The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-08-30
For he Vinton Record.

COunty---The Meeting at Aliens
Nilie Complete SuccesS--Spcech-
cs by Col. Moore and Il. +. Bing-
ham.
The Democratic meeting at AL
lensville, on Saturday last, was, in
every respect, success. Some
fear had been entertained lest the
meeting had not been well enough
advertised to secure a large as
semblage of the people. Never
was fear less grounded. The call
for those who hold the Union of
the States dear to their hearts, to
meet together and consult, and to
listen to words of patriotism and
wisdom, was all sufficient. Early
in the forenoon the crowd began to
assemble from all parts of the
country. 1t was evident that this
was an occasion of no slight inter
est. The people testified by their
manner and their talk, that they
deeply felt the issues involved in
the questions of the day, and that
upon their exertions depended the
permanency and security of the
Union they loved so well. Old
gray-haired men, who had literally
grown up with the country, and
who knew it in its palmy days,
when craftsmanship and patriot
ism were in the ascendent, were
there, to aid in rebuking the big.
otry and fanaticism which had
wrought so great a change, and
which threatened the overthrow Of
our liberties, and our form of gov
ernment. Young men, in whose
minds had been instilled the love
of liberty which animated their
fathers, were there, eager to pledge
their devotion and their efforts to
the cause of freedom and free gov
ernment. Devotion to country,
and to the party identified with
every step of its progress, and
whose history, is its history, was
the link which bound every one to-
gether as against the common Toe.
Confident that they were right,
they breathed the very spirit of
victory. With an interest that
never tagged, they listened to the
speakers who addressed them-in,
terrupting only to applaud some
favored sentiment.
The first speaker was Col. Moore,
the gallant standard-bearer of the
Democracy Of this District, and
their representative in the next
Congress. We can give but a
brief and imperfect synopsis of his
masterly handling of the issues
now before the people.
lie commenced by referring to
the fact that during the late civil
war, when every safeguard of the
citizen was tfsmpled down, the
Democracy was forced to act, or
did act, on the defensive. Now
this changed. The Democra-
cy, as of old, has taken the aggres-
sive, and, as of old, this the
sure token of victory. With I'M
broken ranks it had stood firm
amid the storm and fury of fanati-
cism, which had so long assailed it.
The war is, over. Peace has again
resumed her sway. But the dan
ger is not passed it has assumed
a new and more dangerous form.
The men whose wicked council
brought upon us the terrible ca
lamity of civil war, are now en-
deavoring to perPetuate their pow
er, regardless of the interests of the
country. 1t is the. same enemy
which the Democracy have so Of
ten vanquished But it no longer
presents an unbroken front, with
its notices inscribed upon its ban
ners. 1t is the fragments of that
party-broken up by its own sue.
cess that the Democracy have to
fight. The President of the United
States, whom the so-called Union
party placed in power, is now pro-
claimed traitor by that same par
ty. The President, it seems, is not
the Government now, as he was
two or three years back. The
meaning Of words seem to have
changed since then. By just so
much as he is traitor to them and