The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-20
RALLY OF THE BONDOCRACY
Speeches by Bingham and
Galloway. -
Opposition to Equal Taxation
President Johnson Nowhere

| The Bondocracy of Ohio county MEDIA
meeting at the Court House last even.
ing, and John A. Bingham, of military
commission fame, and Sam Galloway, OF
no particular fame at all, were present to
| address 1.-The terrified" aud render them
aid and comfort in view fthe approach
| ing county election After good deal
of drumming and footing and the frantic
ringing of the Court House bell Tor the
space of half an hour, the room was
| about three-quarters filed and the ex-
ercises of the evening commenced The
con gresham elect from this district was
chairman of the meeting, an ez-mayor OF
this city graced the platform BY his pres.
ence, and the elongated conntenances Oh
| the postmaster, the collectorIof customs
| the internal revenue officers, and other
appointees of the Federal Government
were visible in conspicuous places.
EJohn A Bingham, of Ohio, whose polit-
| ical sins have made his hair prematurely
gray, was first to harangue the audience.
He charged the northern Democracy
with being responsible for all the 0loaa
| that has been shed during the last four
years, but carefully abstained from any
allusien to his share in the death OF Mrs.
Surratt. His special mission seemed TO
be to abuse Vallandigham, and in this ne
excelled Mrs. Moriarty herselfin n billings
gate and blackguardism, but remember
ing that vallandigham tis not candi-
date for the legislature of West Virginia,
be pitched into the Democratic party
generally and the Triadelphia resolutions
| In particular. He called the Democracy
of Ohio county thieves and cowands and
announced himself opposed to equ al tax
alton He grew pathetic over the taxa;
tion of the bonds held by the widows and
orphans .of soldiers who fell i'll the war,
apparently forgetting that, ia this conn
ty at least, it is the shoddy aristocrecy
who hold the bonds. and net the wido VS.
and orphans He was iu favor OF sayiu 3
to the Democracy what Cromwell
(whose revolutionary and despotlc
notions doubtless accord very we'll with
Mr. Bingham's,) said to the Parliament,
"Begone, the Lord has no further use for
| youh He eulogized Massachusetts, and
the administration of the late President
Lincoln, frequently mentioning the name
of Christ in connection with that OF the
late President, but not once during the
whole course of his harangue, which last
ed more than an hour, did be mention
the name of ANDREW JOHNSON. In fact,
he did not seem to know that there Is
now President of the United States or
that since the death of Mr.. Lincoln
there has been an administration which
it is "disloyap to oppose or ignore. Inc
malignity and h1gotry and bitterness OF
his speech was such as might be expect.
ed from one of Stantons pets, "so.called, -,
who has the brazen-faeedness to boast OF
his instrumentality in putting to death a
woman whom three-fourths OF the people
believe to have been innocent Of the foul
crime of assassination. He mentioned
the Democratic party forty-nipe times;
loyalty" thirty-three times; liar, .,
thief" traitor" "eopperhead, and
similar chaste epithets, were repeated
ad nauseam Hesaid nothing aS all about
the constitution or Andy Johnson. He
was also silent upon the subject of the
test oath and the constitutional amend
ment. His speech was the same ONE that
he has been spouting in Ohio during the
late campaign, the negro suffrage por-
ton being omitted, probably at the
suggestion of the Postmaster.
"Another of freedoms champ ions, "
named Sam Galloway, OF Ohio, W; u III.
troduced by the chairman. He sc emed
To have an idea that he was still in )hlo,
and devoted considerable portion his
speech to denunciations of Democr atir
politicians in that State. He laboret! !"
be very funny, always announcing bis
Jokes, 80 called" by kind of apopl &c
tic chuckle which BODIED more danger to
the health of the speaker than to the
Wristbands of his auditors He boasted
of having been an old line whig, though
very mauy of that party in this city will
: not feel very proud of his association.
He frequently referred in terms OF praise
to Dix, Dicki nson, Butler and Stanton,
but, like Bingham, he had not word to
saw for Andrew Johnson He took ,es.
pecial pleasure in the fact that he had
once been superintendent OF the militia
ry prison at Camp Chase, and probably
feeling that the nation owes him debt
3 of gratitude for his splendid and merito-
f rious and dangerous services there, be
t wanted to enjoy all the privileges OF the
negro, and said that he asked no more
, for the negroes than be did for himself
= Mr.. Galloway's talents being mainly Of
: the merry Andrew" style, he will prob
ably make his next appearance in this
CITY wearing the motley and cutting ca.
pers in the ring
Altogether, the meeting was consider
ed failure by great many of the Re
publicans who were present, and the
Democrats felt glad it was none OF their
3 funeral" There was not even shad-
ow of dignity or craftsmanship in either
, o.e the speeches; and there was "plen-
ti,enl lack of that kind Of oratory which
,, copvinces the mind
,, The chairman said he endorsed all
that had been said, and the meeting
stood adjourned.