Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-08-22

with applause 1t is impossible to make
/ the negro equal to the white man. Cries
of 1--WE know it; tell us something new
Shouts" How are YOU, Andersonville?'
d" Mosby! Vallandigham!' Tell us some
/ thing about JEFF Davis."l
/ My friends, was going to say-s'TThree
/ cheers for the Dead Duck !" "Three
/ groans for the Dead Dog" Three
| cheers for John w. Forney!" "Three
| cheers for Thad. Stevens y ''Three groans
/ for jeff Davis!" | am not in favor of ne
gro equality. Laughter, cheers and clap
/ ping of hands. But while | am not in
favor of suffrage for the negro, I would
/ protect him. | am friend TO the negro.
/ Tremendous shouts of "Oh! oh! bully!'l
! am, was going to say-LGO black your
! facc.' You re friend to the nigger -
! Cries Of " Oh. YOU are."
Cheers for almost everything loyal and
grOans for all traitors drowned the speak
er's voice, and he finally retired.
The next speaker was introduced as
! Gen. Epson, of Texas. As soon as the
meeting heard this, such CALCULATIONS
came up from the mighty enthusiastic
crowd; " Where did you get your com.
mission from" "WhO did YOU fight for?'
F6LiO,0 Citizens: The Southern States
are now reorganiZing and preparing 10
come into the Union; to acknowledge the
Constitution and to bear true allegiance
| to the Government. Cries of You had
| to do it-cant help yOurselfn] The
speaker hCSitatcl moment, whereupon
some one in the crowd, with a sharp,
shrill voice like a clarion, reiterated the
cry, What flag did you fight under ?''-
! What kind of Il General are you?n shout
ed another. Roars of laughter, cheers
and grOans.
We have come, fellow-citzens, from all
parts of the country. TCrics-''NVe didn't
ask YOU We have come to mingle with
you, and shall it be said that an Amcri-
can citizen, in a free country Cries of
Ion! oh. who made it free?' ''Oh. go bag
your head.n Three cheers for Lincoln.-
Three cheers for General Grant. Three
groans for the Observation-Disclosures Bri-
gade.n ROars of Laughter.
Fellow citizens-[ cries Of "How are you
Johnny Reb?" lLaughter.) ''Three cheers
for General Gearyu' They were given
zens: We are from all parts of the coun-
try. You certainly will not refuse to hear
me speak. Shall | go home. Here the
speaker was again interrupted with tre-
mendOuS shouts of " Yes ." "Go home!
go homew " We don't care about hear
ing you" Bring out your next speak
er?n1
General EPSON retired, and presently
another candidate for public favor essayed
to speak. We did not hear his name. The
meeting was quiet for moment, and the
speaker said:
[ am from Alabama. This is the first
time in my life that | have ever spoken
in Philadelphia. [Shouts, "What didyou
come 1or?" "Who are you?"l
Gentlemen" said the speaker. TCries
of 'We're the Boys"-Three cheers for
the boys in blue Three cheers for Gen
eral Geary!"l
The speaker now exhibited evidence of
losing his temper, and said something
about renegade Pennsylvaniansn His
voice was now drowned by several hund-
red joining in full chorus
Down with the traitor,
Up with the stars
While this song was being sung amid
the most deafening cheers, in which it
really seemed the entire assemblage of
five thousand people joined, the speaker
retired
At a little after ten, this singular and
truly comical meeting was dispersed. A
portion of the people then proceeded down
Chestnut street, singing John Brown"
Rally Round the Flag, Boys" Down
with the Traitors, hurrah, boys, hurrah,"
and cheering for Gen. J. W. Geary, Thad-
deus Stevens and Col. John w. Forney.