The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-08-23
The Love-Feast at the Continental
Hotel, Philadelphia.
How the Republican Rangers Welcomed their
Southern Brethren.

How inc republican Rangers welcomed NEIL
Southern Brethren.
trom the rspsu 81 Pern.y'. Pre-. OF tb. m.,,ing a
the Con,insn,.l on Wednesday nishf.I
The Hon. George w. Curtis, oi
New York, spoke for half an hour,
amid calls for Mosby, jeff. Davis
and others Of the defunct Confedera.
cy. On the question Of the equality
Of the negro race, he spoke as fol.
lows.
FELLow-CITrzEHs: I am opposed
to the negro. Laughter, cheers, and
cries of "Boo, boo" If any man
appears before you for suffrage, just
look if one half his face is black and
the other half is white. [Shouts
"Bring out candle and let's sec
yours" Laughter mingled with ap-
plausc.] 1t is impossible to make
the negro equal to the white man.
! fCries FIVE know it; tell US some.
thing new" Shouts "IIow are you,
Andersonville" "Mosbyl" "Val.
landinghaml r. "Tell us something
about JEFF. Davis."1
My friends, | was going to say
| TThree cheers for the Dead Duck r.
"Three groans for the Dead Dog y
"Thrce cheers for John w. Forneyp
"Thrce cheers for Thad. Stevens -
"Three groans for JEFF. Davis r'1-I
am not in favor Of negro equality.
! Laughter, cheers, and clapping Of
hands But while ! am not in favor
of suffrage for the negro, | would pro-
tect him. l am friend to the ne.
gro. Tremendous shouts of"0h
oh oh J bullyW1 am l was going
to say-["Go Black your face -
you're friend to the negro |" Cries
of "Oh you are ~
Cheers for almost every thing 10y.
al and groans tor all traitors drowned
the speakers voice, and he finally re-
| tired.
The next speaker was introduced
as General Epson, of Texas. AS
soon as the meeting heard this, such
ejaculations came up from the mighty
enthusiastic crowd: "Where did you
get your commission from ?" "Who
did you fight for?"
Fellow citizens, the Southern
States are now organizing and pre-
pairing to come into the Union; t.
acknowledge the constitution, and I,
bear true allegiance to the Govern
ment. Cries of "You had to do it
cant help yourself."] The speakc
hesitated a moment, whcreupon som,
one IN the crowd, with a sharp, shril
voice like clarion, reiterated tn,
cry. "What flag did you fight under P
"What kind of a general are you !?
shouted another. Roars of laughter
ckcers and groans,1
We have come, fellow citizieus
from all parts of the country. TCric
I'VE didn't ask you."] We hav
come to mingle with you, and shall
be saidthat an American citizen, i
a free country-[Crics of "Oh oh
who made it free?" "Oh 60 ba,
your head" Three cheers for Lin
coin. Three cheers for Genera
Grant. Three groans for the "Bread
and Butter Brigade" Roars o
laughter.
Fellow citizcns-[Cries of "Hoy
are you, johnny Reb2' daughter.
"Three cheers for General Geary 7
These were given with tremendou
shout Fellow citizens: We ar,
from all parts OF the country. Yo,
certainly will not refuse to hear m
speak. Shall l go home2 Her
the speaker was again interruplc,
with tremendous shouts of Yes |!
"Go home go homo go home g
home !" ave don't care about hear
ing you!" Bring out the mex
spoakerp'l
General Epson retired, and pres
emily another candidate for publ
favor essayed to speak. We did no
hear his name. The meeting wa
quiet Tor a moment, and the speake
said
al am from Alabama. This is tn
first time in my life that | have eve
spoken in Philadelphia" TShout,
"What did you come for?" "Wh
are you?']
"Gontlemen, said the speaker
I [Cries of, ''We're the boys" "Thrc
cheers for the boys in blue" Thre
cheers for General Geary."1
The speaker now exhibited evi
dence of losing his temper, and sal
something about renegade Pennsyl
vanians." His voice was no,
drowned by several hundred joinin,
in full chorus
Down with the traitors,
Up with the stars"
While this song was being sun
amid the most deafening cheers, i
which it really seemed the entir
assemblagc of Ave thousand peopl
Joined, the speaker retired.
At little after ten this singula
and truly comical meeting was dis
persed. A portion of the people thel
proceeded down Chestnut street, sing
ing :. John Brown" "Rally Roun,
the Flag, Boys" down with tn
traitors, hurrah, boys, hurrah."
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