Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-09-06
Gen. OgIesby in Plymouth.
MAGNIFICENT DEMONSTRATION.
5.oOG Freenren i'm Council.

5000 Freenren i'm Council.
Monday last was great day for the 10y
Il people of Marshall county. Always |
ready 20 honor courage and devotion to the |
flag, they assembled in numbers which cod
only be estimated by thousands to hear the
gallant General Dick Oglesby of Illinois,
The people, it is true, were invited TO come
out and hear this tried patriot in the usual
terms by handbills ahd through the press,
but it was not expected that any imposing
display would be made, and beyond pro-
viding a stand for the speaker and seats for
a portion of his hearers, no preparations
had been made to receive the immense del
cgations which came pouring in from all
quarters. The soldiers. however, deter
mined To compliment brave Comrade, and
to show the Copperheads that they had not
all been killed in the war, improyised a
demonstration which did them honor, and
reioiced the heart Of every Union man who
looked upon it. About eleven o'clock the
Southern delegation headed by fine look
ing and splendid troop of cavalry, under
command of Major johnny Williams, Lieu
tenant Frank Dawson and Sergeant VIM.
" hited, all of whom enlisted as privates in
the war at the first call to arms, and won
promotion upon holly contested fields, were
met in the outskirts of town by the delega-
ton from Polk and few horsemen from
Plymouth. all under command of Major
John VI Moore, another private who won
his straps by hard fighting, and together
they marched through the principal streets,
with banners flying, drums beating and
bands playing. striking diSmay to the hearts
of Copperheads, and eliciting cheer after
cheer from the crowd which thronged the
streets.
vt one o'clock the people began to as
semble in the Seminary grove to hear the
speech, and soon every available seat was
occupied The greater portion of the au-
dience were compelled to stand up, yet
there was little moving about. even Demo-
Gratis seeming to be rooted to the spot. and
though the General opened with grape and
canister, and continued to hurl it into
their ranks in furious volleys until lie clos
ed. it seemed that they could not leave the
ground had they so desired. Looking from
the stand, the audience appeared immense
We do not desire to overestimate the crowd.
but we have heard no one place the num-
Der at less than 800, while many insisted
on figures ranging as high as 5000. 1t was
the most enthusiastic assembly we have
seen during this campaign. The speaker
was frequently interrupted by rounds ofap-
plause which greeted his happy illustra-
tions and caustic remarks.
We regret exceedingly that we cannot
lay the whole speech before our readers
II was the most complete vindication of
Congress, and the best history of Andrew
Johnson, and his copper-bread -and-butter
party that we ever listened to. II was Just
the speech that was needed in this local.
ty. 1t was the heartfelt sentiments of a
man who loves his country and has made
sacrifices in her behalf His picture of the
seven old Abolitionists, ''old Cowan. old
Doolittle, old Browning. old Randall" etc,
who, he said, had got hold of the nose of
the Democratic party, and had twisted it
down on its knees, until il had no more Vi
tality left than a dead donkey. slamming
the doors of the Philadelphia Convention
in the face of its old Copperhead leaders.
yet admitting rebels big and little. compel
ing 1t to guarantee the inviOlability of the
national debt, to acknowledge the legality
of greenbacks, the necessity of the war, the
triumph of abolition, and finally. making il
declare in favor of negro equality. was
most ludicrous and convulsed his audience
in laughter and cheers. We cannot deny
that the Governor often sacrificed elegance
for force, hut we must remember that he
was dealing with an ugly subject. ~
Johnson came in for a share of the most
scOrching invective, and when he alluded
to his sclf-aSsumed character of Moses
to the black race, and compared him to
that other Moses, the champion of the bond
man and the appointee of Libertys God,
the leader of Israel, at whose command the
seas divided and met again to ovcrwhclm
the pursuing slave-catchcrs: when he COM
pared this modern Nose" to the law -giver
of Israel, he showed wherein the President
more nearly resembled the ancient Egypt
ian, the taskmaster whom Moses Of old
slew.
The Governor rose with his subject in his
remarks on the conduct of Johnson in ref
erence to the FenianS. He said that when
he returned from Washington in 1865. af-
ter the accidental promotion of Andrew
Johnson to the Presidency, he was met by
hundreds, both Republicans and Demo
Gratis. who greatly feared that the Prcsi
dent, whom they regarded as great hater
of England. would rashly involve Us in
war with Great Britain. The English
Ministry. justly fearing a nation which had
suppressed the most monstrous rebellion of
modern times, dreading our invulnerable
iron-clads which would, in the event of
war, sweep the commerce of England from
the seas, accomplished by flattery what they
knew themselves unable to do by force
They sent one of their agents, c0rrespOn-
dent of the London Times, to the White
House, and made Johnson believe that he
was regarded by them as very great man
indeed He opened his bosom to this willy
representative of English craft, foreslad-
owed his policy, and pledged his admins
tration to the utmost devotion to English
interests. The speaker went on TO show