, 1864-09-26
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Correspondence Of tbs Chicago T1lbuue1
TuecoIA, ,-M-, Sept. ~, 1854.
The loyal citizens OF Douglss couosy wish
ang 70 slow their appreciation OF the ser
1lces Tehdcrea By the boys In blna, who have
fttCfQed from tGrlr urst enlistment, or acc
at home on furaongh, e1presseA that appre-
&intion By giving public dinner 1t Bourhou,
Douglas c.unty. Oh the ed iuat,
Del.ga ifum al parts Of the couutyJap-
peaIed On tie ground, and bv II o'clack, full
5o00 Persons were IN .tteadance. The meet
htV. J: 7. Or, and song by tho Tascola
Glce Club, Hon Lawrence Weldon WAS ia-
tLduceu to the audience, and ma3e speech
ol over ope houc In length, in which he, In q
mafm manner, COLI nptfmented the private SOL
c1ets n their trials aud dsoEets on the
faction OF eye-y- thinking man tho large
amount Of o. mp4thy that the Chicago plat
form extends to the brave soldiers In the
held; showed that VIC. had duties to perform
At home rs imperative as those in, the t1eld;
Exposed the tailacy OF Tho SO called Delpo.
cratic party While under the leadership of
,.i ,v.iall,noigham, voorhees,, Wood md such
form anu McCleuan's letter, whereta peace
was talked and urged at Chicago. and war
declared to De the policy Of the party, nar.
ratea an incident he once heard of aa old
4san ard BITS aoD, who, while In the Woods,
found IN Indian -neaFly fa1n1shed- He told
his eon to take him to the house and they
hoe 5 Ss sg1e % ao Mh of Il. *1hang hg n
claimed: "Fntber, this is I nigger." The
old nan replied, "No lis not, it is au IN
dian, SO come along" The boy exclaimed.
Well It may be Iedian up at your end; but
I'll bo da1ned If It isn't Niger down here"
Ills speech WAS full Of unanswcrAble argu-
ment,s
After he concluded, the soldiers present
were formed IN line under direction OF Can't.
Boatman, late Of the 54th Ill, and marched
in front Of the stand, when Hon. Maiden
Jouee, csI didato fvr Representatives, wei
coined them to the hospitality Of their
friends, and thanking them for their services
invited them to partake Of the dinner served
dfezs in line, followed by the audience pro-
cecded to the tables, which tairly groaned
under the substantals aud dainttes which the
fair hands Of Douglas county had provided:
and Hike the instance In the Bible, not on1V
seyen haskets full, but several times ssYen
baekets full were left.
After dinner the assemblage again met'as
the stand, and Lieut.. C,L Wright; of the
135th Ill held the audience for abont three
quarters OF an hour BY his close reasoning !
and logic, showing the inconsistency Of the
peace sneaka in their course.
Ehcir sentiments by voting, which was done
BY Capt. Boatm2n Of the 5Ith and Col. Buck
rer Of the 18th, which resulted as follows:
'5 votes for Old Abe, -f.r Mcclellan.
- Der = few remarks BY John Cunning
II Of Mattoon, Caleb Gar1et, Eeq Was
Introduced to the audience, who spoke Of
Thomas Mcclure, soldier OF the a1st, q
poor man who lost his leg at'Kenesaw, and
appealed to those present to remember him
" their contributions, when tbs vast mutt
nde, actuated By one impulse, rushed to
,ne ,oeo stand tan WITH money, 1ntn 3 little over
# the pleaaantest days spent for years. The
hanks Of the audience were due to the
Charleston Brass Band, aud Tuscola Band
4 martial music, and the Tuscola Glee