Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-05

the management OF the Government and
its affairs.
TheDnegro soldiers, he insisted, should
have the right to vote, "because,," said he,
''if they know how to shoot OH our side,
they know how to vote on our sidep
Whoever had borne arms against the reb-
els, should have the right to vote. General
Butler said, that when seeing negro soldiers
lying dead, on the field of battle in Vir-
ginia, he had taken an oath-he had sworn
by high Heaven, never to cease his efforts
to have their race restored to their rights
In other words, never to rest till the ne
groes In this country had the right to vote
the same as white men.
sHELLABARGER AND GALLOWAY.
After General Butler had concluded, Mr..
Shellabarger being called for, said he
would speak In the evening, and Mr.. Gall
loway would now address them. The lat
ter gentleman was called for, but did not
appear. Mr.. Shellabarger said he would
speak a few. minutes till Mr.. G.. should
men, meaning Of course the Radicals, must
rule the country, or 1t must perish. This"
said he, lis our platform, and all there Is
In it"o,et ,atuts.f lW 'i's
Mr.. Shellabarger -subsided, and Mr.. Gal
loway was called, but came not. After
waiting some time, as the crowd began
rapidly to decrease, Mr.. Shellabarger pro-
ceeded to make set speech, which, how
ever, did not prevent the steady lesseniDg
of his audience. ....... re
We shall not attempt to follow Mr.. Shall
labarger, having already devoted so much
space to greater Radical than he, General
Butler. His speech chiefly consisted In a
lame and abortive attempt to explain and
justify the votes OF himself and his brother
Radicals in Congress on the Bounty bill,
and the Congressional Salary bill. rs@
After Mr.. Shellabarger was through, Mr..
Galloway made one of his characteristic
speeches with his customary contortions,
grimaces, and affectstions of wit. The
chief points he made were that the Demo-
Gratis and Conservative men of the North
should be thankful that they had escaped
the fate which armed rebels deserved-that
of hapging-and that Negroes were better
men than Democrats or Conservatives, and
more justly entitled to the right Of suffrage,
and he Galloway would sooner go to the
polls and vote with Negro than with a
White man who was not a Radical.
BY the time Mr.. Galloway finished his
harangue, the assembly had become beau
tifully small, and was soon afterward dis
persed. So ended the Radical show and
tlzzle of the day. 1866 ..i .H
TUE POWDER AND TURPENTINE DEMONsTRA-
TION.
The burning of powder and turpentine
in the evening formed a very fitting finale
to the days exhibition. Early in the even
ing, around and in Capitol square, there
was quite large amount of powder burn
ed in the shape of rockets and other fire.
works. A procession, consisting chiefly of
boys carrying lanterns, with ignited tur-
pentine inside, passed through part of
the city, making 'Dight hideous," by yells
and screams. There was no general illu-
mlnation, and no signs of general public
sympathy with this night show and noise.
There was scarcely anybody in from the
country at evening. Citizens gathered, of
course, in the street and in the Square to
see the fireworks and the torchlight pro-
cession. But most came out from mere
curiosity, and to crafty love of seeing
tie foolish and ridiculous. In the evening,
as in the day, only on a larger scale, the
negro population was out in force, wrang-
ling with and jostling the whites. In fact,
in some places the greater portion Of the
sight-seers was composed OF darkeys, who
seemed to talk and act as though it was
their festival which they had the right to
..p ..t.,.
The mass of the white people, evidently
disgusted, retired from the scene at an ear
ly hour, and the grand show ended appro-
priately with the smoke and odor OF burnt
powder and turpentine.