Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-04-15
THE CITY.
The Colebrntion Ye.tcraay .

dbSlx O'CLOCK yesterday morning ny sa-
Lutte of one hundred guns in Capitol Square,
by the ringing of bells and the display Of
flags on public and private buildings. A
salute Of one hundred guns was also fired
at noon, and again at six O'clock in the
evening. During the forenoon, the streets
were generally empty and quiet; but in the
afternoon, they began to be a little lively
with people from the country and citizens
promenading. 4
THE SPEAKING IN THE AFTERNOON.
At three O'clock p. NJ, considerable
portion Of the terrace on the east side
of the Capitol was filled with peo-
pie. George M. Parsons, Esq, who had
been previously selected for the position,
acted as President of the meeting. Rev.
Granville Moody opened the exercises with
prayer. He commenced by repeating the
Lords prayer, emitting, however, after the
words-"Forgive us our ~trespasses," the
words-"As we forgive those that trespass
against u.s." The exercises that followed
consisted in speeches, intgspersed with
singing and instrumental music.
The speeches were made by the President
of the meeting, and Hons. John Sherman,
G. Volney Dorsey and Samuel Galloway.
They generally consisted in eulogies upon
the soldiers, upon our Generals, and, es-
pecially, upon "Old Abe" They all dwelt
upon negro emancipation at great length,
and with great jubilation. Each speaker
attempted to grapple with the problems
likely to ensue upon the closing of the war,
but cast but very little light upon those diff
ficult questions.
Mr.. Parsons in his remarks assured his
hearers that slavery had perished forever,
and also with it the doctrine of State Sow
ereignty or State Rights. Henceforth we
were to have homogeneous Union with
the supremacy or absolute sovereignty Of
the central or national government univer-
sally acknowledged. .COI5afs ala
Mr.. Sherman raised the question as to
what should be done with the rebel States.
He thought they would ali be readmitted
into the Union. But as q preliminary to
this slavery would be abolished In them all.
This would give the Southern States four
teen more Representatives in Congress, be-
cause all the inhabitants, white and black.
would be counted In making up the ratio of
representation. .
Now, under these circumstances, would
it do, Mr.. Sherman asked, even ii the lead
ers were excluded, tc let the mass of the
Southern people vote? He thought they
would stir up fresh strife. Yet he saw no
remedy; atleast he propounded none. One
safety valve he thought there was-that as
the Northern States would still have the
majority in Congress, and if they could be
kept right they could, if the South should
send disloyal men to Congress, exclude
them under the constitutional rule which
makes each house the Judge of the election
of its own members.
Treasurer Dorsey regarded negro eman-I
cipation as the great achievement of the.
war. He was opposed to general amnesty
to rebels-opposed to their being allowed
the right Of suffrage; but made long and
tedious argument in favor of comforting It
upon emancipated negroes. .+f aom"-l ''
Mr.. Galloway amused the audience as
much byyhis gesticulations and the twists
he gave his features, as by anything he
said. Speaking for himself and his politi-
cal friends, he said" This is our day; this
is our FEAST our jubilee" &c. At the same
time. he. labored hard to. convince those
present that political opponents had not
been excluded from q participation in the
meeting. Yet his own statements showed
that he himself was in favor of such ex-
clusion, as he. characterized those who did
not walk with himself and his political
friends as no better than rebels
Mr.. Galloway said that profounder ques-
tions than had arisen during the war, would
now come upon us. He endeavored to'deal
with some of these questions; but seldom
reached further than vague generalities.
Probably no one who heard him could tell
what he was in favor of as to the future
policy Of the country, except that he de-
clared he was for the Constitution that was,
and that will be, and for the new Union that
will be. "'''-'' n'@.a. 20 'l ilt4 a's- c.
At the conclusion, "John Brown" was
sung, and the assembly dispersed. rrrg
-AKi THE ToRCH-LIGHT PROCESSION. 9s
IA procession, OF which the torch-lights
were the grand feature, was formed early
last evening, and proceeded through the
principal streets of the city. 1t consisted
mostly of military, accompanied by bands
0fmusic. The torch-lights made very fine
appearance, and extended some four or five
squares. The entire procession, probably
reached six or seven squares or more. The
fire engines were handsomely decorated,
and made prominent feature in the pro-
cession. gs,4NI9TA
AZ BkE THE ILLUMINATION. eF
AS soon as the shades of night began to
hover over our city last evening, many por-
tions of it were in blaze of light. The
dome Of the State House, and many public
and private, as well as business houses, were
brilliantly Illuminated. The iron railing
on the west side of Capitol Square, and
considerable parton State and Broad streets,
was studded with blazing lights.
The Opera House building, under the SUI
perintendence, as we understand, of Mr..
john M, Kinney, made splendid appear
ance. The windows, exhibited q beautiful
show OF yeriegated colors. In the upper
part, In the center Of the building, was the
motto In Illuminated letters-"GoDr AND
OUR CoUNrRY, and on the south corner