The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-09-13
Union Rally Tuesday!
THE PEOPLE AROUSED {!
AGREATDAY!
1000 to 10000 Union
lists in Council!
A GRAND PROCESSION!
"LITTLE RILEY"
Takes the FJGg!
A GRAND PROCESSION!
Speeches ndIncidents
OF THE DAY & EVENING 4!

The grand Union Rally, on Tuesday, was
the strongest political demonstration made
in Sandusky county since 1856. The
people of every township and neighborhood
showed themselves wide-awake and came
out in immense numbers to hear what their
standard bearer, GEN. R. B. HAYES, and the
speakers of the day. Hon. Jos. M. RooT and
Hon. FRED HAssAUREK, had to say to them,
on the great issues of the present campaign.
THE WEATHER.
The day previous to the meeting was wet,
and threatening storm and all night there
was high wind. The morning of the
memorable 10th opened ominously. The
sky was overcast with leaden-colored clouds,
and the atmosphere was cold with stiff
breeze from the north. But fortunate ly no
rain fell. About 9 o'clock the clouds COM
menced breaking away, and on till evening
the weather, although cool, was as pleasant
for the meeting as could be wished.
THE CROWD ARRIVING.
At an early hour in the morning, the
streets began to fill. People from the
country commenced arriving, in teams and
on horseback, a few at time at first,
increasing in numbers and frequency until
large mass meeting was already in town
before the organized delegations made their
appearance. Many of the teams that came
IN singly. had their horses decorated with
flags, while rosettes of the ''red, white and
blue" marked the occupants as participants
in the days celebration.
THE MARSHAL AND HIS ASSISTANTS.
Promptly on time the chief Marshal,
Major GEO. F. WILLIAMS, and his assistants,
Maj. D. @. SMITH, Capt. A. G. Wilcox, DR..
H. f. BAKER. Messrs HENRY SrAHL,
THOMAS Fowler, GEo RAMSAY, W. DEFFEN-
BAUsH, A. R. FERGUSON, and GEO. BUcKLAND,
reported in front of the CRoeHAN HOUSE,
where they received orders and separated 10
perform Their several duties.
THE TOWNSHIP DELEGATIONS
Began to arrive at the appointed hour and
at ii. A. M. the procession was formed and
began its march from the Court House. The
line of march was down State Street to
Front, up Front to Garrison, up Garrison to
the second street beyond Main, across to
Market, and down Market to the old Fair
Ground.
THE PROCESSION
Was headed by the chief marshal and his
aids, followed by the FREMONT BAND, Ball
vile, with Capt. LEROY MOORE as Marshal,
leading the van of the delegations. The
first wagon was draw by four white horses
and contained forty-six gray haired veterans
in the Union cause, one of them bearing
the stars and stripes. On the side of the
wagon was the significant motto,
PIONEERS.
Following this was a cavalcade of forty
si1 "Ballville Boys" well mounted, in a
uniform of white shirts, dark pants ;nd
red, white and blue sashes.
After this came a wagon containing 36
young ladies dressed in white, representing
the states, and drawn by sc horses rode by
boys gaily dressed, each wearing badge
With the name of State inscribed. Tied
behind the wagon and dragged along was a
wooley-white, broken down, spawned,
wind broken horse with rider bare headed,
bare. footed, covered with rags, and with
beard and hair looking as if they had not
known a comb for century, labeled Hen
t,scEcy, on bis back and breast. Besides this,
there were other wagons containing ladies
dressed in white to the number of 81, max ng
90 in all in the Ballville delegation alone.
Another capital hit made by the Ballville
people was a wagon labeled Richmond Ex-
press" containing boxes marked ''old
Bourbon" Champagne" "Fine comb"
800 doz. vermin exterpinaior" &C., and
directed to sundry rebels at Camp Chase
"CARE OF JUDGE THURMAN"
Old Kentucky and the boxes were greeted
with shout wherever they passed.
Another hit was a banner carried in one of
the wagons representing the Philadelphia'
johnson Convention, by the figure of a
man strapped into an arm chair, blindfolded
Jagged, fettered and hand cuffed.
Another popularity of the Ballville
delegation was the profusion of flags both
large and small, nearly every wagon bearing
the stars and stripes.
sANDUsKy.
After Ballville came delegation from
Muscalunge of one horse team and ten two
horse, containing about eighty persons,
thirty-five of whom were voters.
SCOTT.
Next followed Scott Township, number
ing two four horse and fourteen two horse
teams with ninety EIGHT persons with large
proportion of voters. The large wagons
were very handsomely trimmed with flags
and evergreens.
One of the earliest delegations to report
was that from gallant little Riley. Long
before 10 o'clock the head of their long
procession rested at the bridge waiting to
cross. Their leading wagon was drawn by
ten horses, each W ith rider neatl uniform
ed, and carried 3s young ladies handsomely
dressed in white, one of them representing
the Goddess of Liberty. Behind this was
another four horse wagon, and then came 81
wagons and carriages all well filled, the pro-
portion of voters being large. The wagons
were neatly trimmed and there was no
better or more enthusiastic and earnest
delegation than that from Copperhead
Riley.
GREEN CREEK
Did not send very strong delegation in
proportion 10 its voters, but it was quite
respectable in point of numbers and dis
play, there being over 200 persons in the
procession from that township besides those
who came in by the morning trains. The
display of flags from Green Creek town
ship was excellent.
TOWNSEND.
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