The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-08-23
,mxss MEETING.
The Unterrined Assemblc--A Hickory Peie
ProeessIen-The Big Guns. q,


The Oopperhead mass meeting on Saiur:
day was really failure. There. were very
few people in from the ceuntry--ws should
think 1000 large estimate--apd those who
we're present msnifested no enthusiasm or
interest.iu the OCCASION Itborc no compsr-
ison 10 the meetings Of the democracy In lie
psluy days in this county and was quite
damper On the spirits Of the Cspperheads
who have talked of big msjOrities this fall.
/ The first arrival of the morning was from
Fmdlsy aifi EFostofiasy Tie OonhAitteesI
down there bad chartered special train to
bring up heavy delegation oi the "un-
washed at sccst of s$l0O gWhen-the train,
arrived it had jus. nineteen on, board, max
ing something over $5 90 apiece for each
psssenger--an exceedingly profitable invest
ment as any. body can see by little Fl curing
I'VE call ii paying dear orithewhistle. II
at half past bine the procession was TO
have arrived 81 The Marshals-pre.ty much
all efoihsn1 county officers-began 10 ride rid
aqxiously pp the streets tqwards. Ballville,
and Clyde, looking for dust" At abou'
half past ten there came professions of wsg-
ons. from BaIlville and Riley ToRnships
which, when combined, numbered l01 wsg-
ons including everything that trundled on
wheels and followed in the wake of the
poles and banners, OF which there were few.
TheywsgoHs would not average more, than
two VOTERS each There were Two wagons,
we believe, each containing thirty seven
young girls. all properly labelled SIS States.
After considerable marching aud counter
marching, considerable fast riding, much
sweating and more swearing ou,the part OF
the marshals, the wagons were uuloaded -op
the public square. hTssnVat -nig'o.) - !
Hero the big guns, Geo. H. Pendlelcn and
Frank Hurd were expected to spehk, There
were on the ground, at large estimate, 1000
people, Of whom 800 Of tiiss5 most asteHtiye
vote the straight Union ticket The meet;
ingswsS called to sfder byaah ab.cqrs young
man, who immediately nominated Finefrock
as chairman. Every body staredat first and
Uttered afterwards at the Ferdancy of the
young 1usnl The, old heads had intended
placing some man Of character in the chair
bpt it was toO late and the playId gu. FiIe-
frOck. gss scunstiIgonsly elsetea aud The
verdant young man sat down quite as large
as life. The Chairman introduced the Hon.
Geo. H. ,PendletoD,% and Pendleton rose aud
came forward with Rgrscefutbow, of course,
the signal for enthrsiac cheers. but it was NJ
go-y on could have heard a pin drop.-Pep'
dleton blushed up TO the rects of his hair;
Finefrock hetned, Ihawed, winked, and al
last, in despair, ordered three cheers for the
spesker, dong The pump lIaEdle -riuTement
himself, and got faint rounds at that.
Pepdleton's speech was. atame affair. The
crowd ceased rsyiDg attention after the frs
half hour and only few, many of them
Union mep, listened through tq, the end, i
copteiued ethng bat q rehash Of tie, old
appeals TO prjudice against the "nigger
and against "bond holders" (ihe speaker is
one Of The largest ifi the StaieC SThe Dem.
oerats were disappointed and the Repubi-
cans disguised. Frank Hurd, the copper
head candidate for Attorney General ough'
to have left Fremont out of his list of sp-
pointnents. q Hesis hoo well known here
Sever al of his follow students listened TO his
speech who knew him to be an airant hypo'
acrite at college and know that at bis hons
in Knox county, he is considered utterly
rotten, morally and politically. His speech
wss intensely rebel, full of grumbling against
| the Union party and fswery allrsions to
our 'sgsllaut southern brethern;' but not 8
word of censure for rebels u! praise for 'oui
gallant army and navy. Davis or Tombs OF
Vallandigham. or Thurman could have made
Just such a speech and not CROSSED his treas.
ons bic war irchbrd After the sbig guns
hadluses up al Aeir ammunition and the
| peoples patience, Lang of Tifin must make
speech, which he did, wbils most Of the
crowd scattered FOL, home. sSeSt
| TRs great aeinbnstration that was to b
vss an acknowledged failure. and yst Arm;
strong Of. the Plain Dealer who has attended
| all the late copperhead gatherings. says thai
/ his the largest yet held in North srn Ohio
| Why doatr,the great Dsmpcrstic party
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