Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-09-02
The Abolition Meeting last
Nizht.

4 ehCC uAttbiNt VI Ahoh N~~fo 80 -''r-f
nevertheless. The music, too, was excel
lent, but the enthusiasm was decidedly
thin and feeble. 1t was not of the
''unJOunded" description by any means.
It's manifestations were confined TO less
than fourth of the crowd--and made
with faint-hsartednsss, as evident as
appropOs.
The speeehiCying was perpctrated by
private j. A. JORDAN, and Major General
RoBERT G. ScHENoK, both Of this city
especially Mr.. JoRpAN. The fellow
BRoUeH of "hundrsd day men" fame was
not present, to the infinite disappointment
Of no body in particular.
Private JORDAN was permitted to dis
tingush himself firstly way as he said
of allowing the crowd to be adjusted" j"
He is a man of incousiderable import
ance as general thing but has the hap
py faculty Of swelling his consequence to
immense proportions in his own estima'
tion. He said quite a number of little
things, and seemed, as general thing in
tent upon being funny, with occasional cli-
makes of indignant, and ludicrous severity.
He illustrated himself with much ability
by ratifying "all.that General ScaENcK
ever done--or ever intended to do"
One of his indignant elimaxes was occa-
stoned by the discussion of au "armistice "
"Shall WE, now lay down observe that
pronoun] our arms" said he, "when
GRANT has captured the Weldon Railroad,
and pushed his head against the spinal
column of JEFF. DAVIS Never never l'
The audience was confused hereat, and
not knowing whether to laugh or to
echo "never," did neither. The only
decided success Of the speaker was in the
Lincolnian field of vulgarity. His effort
in that line disclosed his forte, and proved
him to be in every respect a worthy fol-
lower of the blackguard candidate. Ladies
having any "talent' for modesty--have
great reason to be thankful to the kind
providence that Disseminated in their
favor, and disiLclined them to the occa-
sion.
Mr.. ScHEEoK, followed in a speech Of
an hour and half. His exordium, was
about match for column of Cincinnati
| Gazette editorial. His "centre" was com.
posed of the old story Of Buchanan's ina
becility and the schemes employed by tn,
rebels to destroy the Government. II,
followed this train of talk up to the irinl
upon Fort Sumpter-and took the oppor
tunity he thus made for himself, I,
apostrophiEe the "old flag" and raise tn
steam generally. From Fort Sumter ant
. the flag. he transported his hearers to Har
per's Ferry-.nnd attempted to refute tn
4 assertion Of VALIANDIdHAM and othe
copperheads, that old JOHN Brown com
menced the war between the sections. Afte
this, his remarks were based mainly upol
the two false and monstrous assumptions
that slavery is the cause of the war, an
that there can be no peace until it is eradi
. Gated. Slavery was deadly cancer-an
b. the war was a surgical operation for its re
q moval. In short, his speech throughou
e was of the vigorous prosecution--subjugS
3 ton stripe. His assaults upon the Demo
+ crscy are not worth noticing, from the faa
that they were based upon the ridiculor
proposition that there can be but tw
parties in the country--or rather that thei
4 can be but one Union party, and that tn,
one party is the war party. Ifthis is ~.
e we of the democratic party are the en-,
y mics of the government and the Union, (
9 course il il is MOI true, those who a
charging it may not only be the enemi,
: of the Government, but the enemies of a
q that is good beside. We may say in tn
, connection that if slavery is the cause
the war--and il it must be eradicated b.
fore peace can be hoped for--then o.
= fathers who made the Government, ar
e established slavery, are the real authors
the war--and the government they MAJ
y a failure. Hence it is enDlity to this go
II eminent Of our fathers that stimulates tn
e war party, aud which justiies "emancip
> SOn" at such appalling cost. LiNoor
II has notified the world that he is wagiI
n the war for abolition--and the paramou