, 1864-10-19
Qhifa9o Qribnl1e.
W1tf090 Wrlbnl1e.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1861.
The VOICE Of LlrTLEDEWiTT,
Great Mass Meeting at
Clinton.
Hlonster Professionalism
Thousand Persons
Pre- sent.
Speeches by Gen John a, Logan and
Hon. Shelby II Cullom.

~-eSNAAf
lspeclsl Correspondence Of the Chic-go Ttibune.]
CLINTON. Dewitt Co., Ill Oct Is. 1864.
Ibis has been great dap for the comfy of
Dewitt, great day Tor Clinton and a great
day Of triumph for the Union csusr. Tue day
iteelf, conbideled'the~~~~.'' 1ndother-
Wise, Was 3nRusF;t'o - - ~..l4-.lg, oeing
dull AID misty, and preceded BY rainy
night, but toward evening all cleared up and
WIS bright and lovely. Had the morning nu-
cured well for a fine day, I hfrdly bell We that
Clinton would have been large enough to have
contained the immense crowd that would
have gathered to hear Logan's address. AS
it vas, the ground having been soaked with
the rain Of last evening, have never seen so
large meeting in so small 8 place The
teams and delegations began to arrive at nine
O'Clock. ard really believe they had not
ceased tt cone when the meeting adjourned
about r. II.
WHO WERE THERE.
had q good opportunity Of Judging DE-
Witt county today, s-11y township in it
was 1spies. nted b5 u dei: CATION to the great
ns6s met ting. Ard The opinion IL favorable.
For intelligence, wealth, the beauty OF fta
ladies', ard the manliness and the mental and
moral worth Of its men, it does not staud
second to hn5 county have yet visited Ths
county consists of the tutlo wing towuships-
Clintolla {of which Clinton ls the centre,l
Waynssyille. DeWitt, hit. Pleasant, Turn:
bridge. Texas. Harp, Barnett, Wapeua, Rat
ledge, Wilson, Greek, Dixon, and Santa anna.
From oil o1 these preclncts came people on
horseback, people In wagons and carfiagee,
and souAe on foot, to zee and hear Gen. John
A. Lcgnn, In the present Us in the past the
pet sLn OF all Southern Illinois. Thlre were
old men, whose hairs were blauchtd by the !.
paeange Of many winters; thtre were Young
ucn Who bad served in the army, and thoss
who lad not; there were fair ma,dens with
their beaux, snd brave men with thc1r wives
ard children With them. There we're Demo-
crate, Old Line .WhIgs, Abolitionists, Repub- i,
llcanr, and t<w Union men and women;
With slight eprinkling Of the Coppe1heud
clement, which, am' sorry to say, has not
cutie died ont in this section of the State,
But the Copps may be said to have been
prett. efeGtually ''scotched," II nor entirely.
ceeuirggs and heard the speeches Of to-day,
They will not sleep soundly Tonight unless
they make up their minds before retiring to
rest tlat On the morrow they will turn over
new leaf and become better men. TIE best
men Of Dewitt county, and a large dslega-
tion from McLeau-from Biopmus sIun-were
pre6net here to-day. And the1r.heafts were
made glad, and thtir hands strengthened for
Noyember's work.
TuE PROCESSION. :.
At about the hour Of noon, the Clinton
band bnd the Marshkls having brought the /
ditfsHut delegations into line, the process
zion commenced to move through the prin-
cipal streets. To the sounds OF music, with |
banners flying, after having Gully sAuted the
upon new pole put up expressly for the
Furpt se-Moved 1ae gag procession shall
not attempt to give the order OF march, but |
merely FTeak OF such portions Of the line as :
cbarccd to catch my eye as 1t passed. The /!
f0llaping were lew OF the notices upon ,
the bs; ners: "stand by the Government" !
this was In 1Rming letters, md stretched !
acrcse the fropt Of building on the south !,
side It the Public Square j upon the side Of ;
q = a. on ives the Jucksoulau m.tto: "The
Amtrican Union, now and forever, one and ;
inefp rahle; "Dtath to Traitors" borne by
q man who looked as though be would really
h1 e9aa mat s o{e5 tna R 9 ds5s ,s
eentitmtn ard children we're: "Who Re- |
jcicts at Union Victories n uPeace Com |
mittee: Grant, Sherman, and Sheridao;" i
*.Our AIRY and Navy i" "An Honorable |
Peace or an honorable Gravel" upon ban
ner, borne BY small boy, in wagon filled !
was printed: t'Uh, Father! Save Our Coun- !
try for Us Little Bovs!" This was the most !;
affecting sight have beh9ld In the entire !
Under the circumstances, these {
words were very opportune, and caused the !
moisture to start to the eye Of more than j;
Ole man, all unused to weep. "In God and /.
our army we trust,'' was another motto.t On i
one transparency vas representation Of the i.
army Of the Union opposed to those OF JEFF.
Dayte- Oyer the ranks Of the later Was the :
!" The army cheers for McClel- I.
[an." On another Wus representation Of !,
i Little Mac going up Salt River" ss.Tne !;
battle and the bhyonet must settle the Ques- !;
tion," was another banner, which seemed to :
be flverite,
In one vehicle were suitable number Of !:
GonDg misses, dressed in white, waving white :.
banners, on which we're inscribed the Names
1t oil the States, suggestive Of peace aud the j
entire md firm ctmebted Union of lli the i
States, but MT upon the basis of Federal !.
UDior, as suggested by the platform Of the !,
Copyention-
In another carriage prepared for the pur-
pose were tWenty-elght young ladies', dressed
in red, white and blue, and carrying suioabts
barDtrs.
Then came fourteen couples, ladies' and
gentlemen, on horseback, the ladies wearing .
r helmets upon their heads, bedtcked wlth
Eta1s, white Wrists AID long, flowing blue
skitts- The gentlemen were generally also
in the 1ntioral blue. This cot1ege attracted
much attention, as well for their good horse
man Tor woman) ship SIS for their emblem
a,ical attire.
AT TIE FAIR GROUNDS.
After parading the streets for while, the
%tyo fad