Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-09-05
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AT an early hour on the. morning
of the Both day of August, the boom
ling of cannon was heard in city and
surrounding country, until near the
middle of the day, when many Of the
citizens of both parties, residing near
the town, came in to see what was the
matter. ,,fe.,7 ,eslsa4G isifiG oil 3ets
By this means a crowd was muster
ed, and atprecisely half past y O'Clock,
was Marshalled into order by an Of
fcer of the day, and marched to the
grove, where they were entertained
bya tan persong considered by LEEoas
his Right Bower, inplayihg hisigame;
but by many Of the spectators he was
pronounced the Deuce.
The main arguments upon which he
dwelt; were to prove othe people that
ALI eacts Of the Union party since
the War commenced were acts of
Righteousness and mercy, instead Of
ltyrranyg andIoppression, ng
He also attempted an illustration OF
the weakness of the Government by
saying that the negro heldthe balance
Of power, and the only -means Of
crushing the Rebellion lay in the
hands Of the Negro, and for that pur-
pose they were called into the service.
Gen. LEE came up second best, and
entertained the immense audience
with quite a lengthy discourse, and
the crowd not meeting his expectation
he was rather inclined, to, make a
pleasant speech if possible; but being
SO much practiced to the sledge ham
mer argument he could not forbear
sledging the Niger down the people,
and driving the wanderers into a solid
body. s19issig mgdipoa t ltgUey sag iup
Notwithstanding he was received
with all the kinddess possible for the
party, TO- possess. by winking and
blinking and sundry other signs and
tokens, and the many posters sent out
on the occasion, yet it was written up
on every face IN unmistaken letters,
the words Of sad disappointment
and the meeting was pronounced a
failure. .saliss8 .loiaJ EDS to sg'ri5 $40.
During his argument in favor Of
Negro Suffrage many soldiers were
heard to say II cant 60 the Niger"
IaI won't be driven into the line, when
the Negro is recognized as my equal.''
Here it seemed the Gen drove the
main spoke and forced many to desert
the party, If we are tojudge from their
expressions upon the subject. n
Notwithstanding the repeated express.
ions of dissatisfaction, the Gen. tells
them they must do ii; and if they do
not that ii will hauntthem dOwntO their
graves Joo ot blIr 81 d9ida 80 isslg'g' %
he thought he saw d big Negro, just
four feet from him, saying %Gub il
to- ,ew, fellows, for dey dOat skars worth
Ia cuss." ue aaoa5n935g ST gino5 oss.
Upon the whole, the meeting was .
success to our cause for we have been
telling the people all the while what the
AbOlitionisls were trying tOrdO, and now
they. tell Us the ssmething, andisay:--
WE ARE GOING TO DO IT. We are GO
ing to give the Negro his vote for the
purpose Of maintsiniDg our party, and
Ethe perpetuity OF the Government. We
are going to do il, rest asaured Of tbatl-,
/ The many Democrats that we're at the
meeting returned home with new weapi
oHs in their hands to renew the battle,
and contend for the real rights Of the
American people, and the White ,Peo-
| ple's Government ag haa .d,ooa 70 ilgi
TEeentire crowd ofipsople (including
4Dsmocrsts, women, and children, tina,
bslped' 70 make up the large Mass
Meeting Numbered somewhere between
Live hundred and fifty thousand, say
Jsome ; but avery correct mathematioisn
says there we're sig hundred sminus obg
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