Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-08
FROM WAVERLY.
wAvER1v, O., August 5th-Evenin

you more in detail the progress and close
of the meeting; though, by the way 1t
cannot be properly said to have closed yet
for now while write 70 o'clock) Judge
Thurman is addressing large audience
from an extemporized platform right un-
der my window, and others are to follow
him. Though the sun this afternoon was
very hot, yet the grounds of the Hon. JAS.
Emmitt, candidate for Senator from this
District, in which the meeting was held
being well shaded, the audience did
not suffer so much in consequence,
and even when the people were most
exposed to the suns rays, SO in
tent were the minds of the people on
catching every word that fell from the
lips of the orator, that they seemed to be
unconscious of the intensity OF the heat.
The only feature in the whole programme
and arrangements that one need regret was
the fact that the speaker could not be heard
| on the outside of the crowd. The Democ-
racy of Waverly deserve great credit for
the preparations they had made to accom-
modate both orators and listeners. The
speakers stand was magniicently arrang-
ed and beautifully adorned, while seats
were prepared to accommodate two thou
sand ladies. Delegations began to come
in from the various townships of this coun-
| ty- as early as O'Clock A. NJ, and so con-
tinued until every township was repre-
sented. The delegations from Chillicothe
and other points outside the county, con-
tinued streaming in till O'Clock P. M
The splendid band from Chillicothe, drawn
by four spanking steeds, made fine ap-
pearance. This, added to the Waverly
band, furnished an abundance of the finest
music. Verify, the people in these parts
are alive to the dangers that beset the
country, and will undoubtedly do their
duty. They seem to iGolize Judge Thur
man. They know him. They honored
him before, and faithfully did he serve
them. They have unbounded confidence
in him, and they fully appreciate his pro-
found legal knowledge and unequaled
weight of character.
At the close of Judge Thurman's adj
dress, Hon. j. III. Putnam, of the Chillicotht
Advertiser, came forward and delivered q
powerful argument of an hour and halfs
duration, on the conclusion OF which, Miss
Charlotte Ceilings, of Piketon, most beau
tifnl young lady, elegantly attired and
highly accomplished, came on the stand
bearing very fine and expensive banner
presen ting it to the delegation from Pebble
township, as being the largest from any
township in the county, in the following
truthful and appropriate language:
| DEMOCRATS OF PEBBLE TOWNSHIP u
suppose 1 was chosen to present you this
token of appreciation of your zeal and fl
delity in commemoration of t conduct o.
the mothers, wives and sisters of the revo.
lution-who were jealous in supporting
| the noble cause in which their fathers
/ brothers, husbands and lovers were en-.
gagged and whilst appreciate the compli'
ment and, and on behalf of the Democratic
| ladies of the county, can assure you tha
you can always look to us for sympathy
and whatever assistance we can lend yoU
in maintaining that which is as dear to u!
sit is to you; whilst we are compelled tt
| express our disapprobation of. the move.
ments of the other political party who pro-
| pose to extend the right of suffrage, first tt
| the African and then to ourselves, permit
me to say the Democratic ladies aspire
| only to that position assigned them at the
creation of the Government. And in behal
of our attachments to those principles,
now present you this Banner. Unfurl it
and carry it triumphantly through this
| campaign, and in the great contest OF 1868
let the Democracy of your township be
found bearing it in advance of the Demo
cratic columns of your county; and whe(
the Democracy shall have succeeded ir
transferring the Government, let the proud
Banner still float the pure unsullied EN-,
blem of a free and glorious Republic
Republic distinguished for the heroism o.
its men and the devotion of its women.
AS J. T. Moore, Esq, on behalf of the
Pebble township Democrats, received the
proud banner from the fair hands of this
beautiful and accomplished daughter o.
Ohio, he gave it to the breeze, when one
long, loud and earnest cheer rent the air
When the cheering subsided, Mr.. Moore
replied, and a more eloquent or touching
panegyric to the Stars and Stripes has sell
dom, if ever been spoken, than was that
reply. He is, every inch of him, an orator
IL O'CLocK.-Short and telling speeches
have been delivered by Judge Thurman
Col. T. w. Higgins, Hon. E. K. Allen ant
J. T. Moore, Esq, candidate for Prosecu'
sing Attorney, with some soul-stirring
pieces OF music between, performed Dy the
Waverly band. The windows of my room
are now dancing from the firing of cannon
All the ladies of Waverly, mothers, wives
sisters and sweethearts, are out in theil
richest apparel and seem to be as desirou
of the success of the Democracy as they
seem to be impressed with the belief tina
only by and through Democratic princi
piles can the country be saved from i'm
pending ruin. This has truly been grea
day and evening in Waverly! May th'
ladies in all other counties of our Stat
emulate the ladies of Pike county in thei
example and encouragement to the brav
men and patriots who are ready to rail-
round our gallant standard bearer, tn
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, who will mos
assuredly carry the State at the Octobe
election. THOMAS.