Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-16
From Logan.

Judge. Thurman,s Meeting, Judge
Wright President = speeches by
Judge Van rump and Judge Thur
man-Great Changes in Public SEN.
timent-Ohio Will surely go Dom.
ocratfc. -
Correspondence of the Ohio Statesmanl
LOGAN, August 18th, 1867.
The meeting to-day was wonderfully
large-when the fact;that no.railroad leads
to or near Logan; that this whole region of
country is hilly enough to forbid most
people who live at distance to leave their
homes on hot day in August, and wend
their way up hill and down dale to even
their county seat, unless on some pressing
oriyery urgent business, is taken into con-
siderationAit could not be otherwise than
surprising to see so many people i'll bug
gies, in wagons, on horseback and on foot
pour into Logan in one living and diversi-
/ fled stream from all directions as actually
swarmed here to-day. .5-.., t.,.gJ.-
About half past twelve the people form
ed into procession and began to move to
the place where the speakers stand had
been erected, about mile distant from the
center of the town. An excellent band,
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wagon drawn by four fine horses, led the
way and discoursed fine music. The last
of the procession arrived on the grounds
at half past one. The meeting was soon
organized by calling the Honorable Judge
Silas; II. Wright to the chair. Judge
Wright expressed his great happiness on
being called to preside. He said he had
not in long time, made any speeches nor
did he intend to do so on this occasion.
His position on the bench and his views as
to the dignity Of the Courts and the Ju-
dietary, would constrain him; but as the
presiding officer of the meeting, he would
call their attention to the two great ques-
tions that now claim the attention of white
American taxpayers; the questions that
they had come there to hear discussed;
that these questions were very grave and
were filling the minds of the people with
solicitude was evidenced by the multitude
there assembled. ''God,' said he, 'created
this beautiful planet; God created these
large and wide spreading trees; these
green fields; God created. the sun that
shines alike upon all; and the balmy
air that is alike breathed by all. The
white man discovered this continent and
took possession of it. The white man car
ried civilization into it; and the white
men of Ohio subdued her forests,
climbed these hills, turned up the
soil, laid out the farms 1g and
brought the land into fettile subjec-
tion; and, now, when the broad acres up
on which ourselves and our fathers toiled,
and titled. and sweated, are yielding their
abundance as the reward, the white man
is asked by a-party of dishonest and devil
ish fanatics to yield up his prior and su-
perior claims to the Government of the
State, into the hands of the Negroes, and
to pay over to the non-taxpaying Bond
monopolists all his surplus earnings. This
was the great question they had come here
to discuss, and he would, without any fur
ther preface, introduce to them the Hon.
Philadelph Van Trump, after whom they
would be addressed by the Hon. Allen G.
Thurman, their candidate for Governor
and gallant standard bearer"
Judge Van Trump, on being presented to
the audience, said he was glad to meet such
an assemblage of honest, industrious citi-
zens; that he had recently returned from
Washington, where he feared the atmos-
phere was not, morally speaking, any bet
ter than it should be. He was glad to find
on his return the people alive to their in
terests and refusing to be longer used for
the most unworthy party purposes. And
as those who were so fast running the
country to destruction could not any longer
hope to succeed in their evil designs on
the Government by any other means
than misrepresentation, he had COM
mitted to writing his views, and
would closely follow in his discourse
what he had written. To give any synop-
sis or abstract of his speech, would be SIM
ply doing the speaker and his effort only
an injustice. To be- properly appreciated,
it should have been heard throughout. I
will forward to the STATESMAN for publica-
tion the whole speech as delivered, assur-
ing its readers that more able document
has never appeared in the columns of that
paper. z'e.H.H CzGsJ sszzCy A
On the announcement of Judge Thur
mans name, ferYent, earnest, welcoming
cheer greeted him as he stepped to the
front OF the stand. All the people of Ross
Pike, Scioto, Vinton and Hooking counties
seem to know Judge Thurman, not
merely by reputation, but as an old
and well tried friend. The hold he
seems to have, on the affections of
the Democracy in these counties is only
equaled by the esteem in which his fellow
citizens of Columbus hold him. His speech
hor mi yod
and the most damaging to the Radical
leaders, of any that he has delivered since
the campaign opened. He has carried the
'war into Africa" not merely attacking
the outposts, but has stormed the very cit
adel of corruption, venality, swindling and
deceit. He is just warming to his work,
and, judging from his speech to-day, Gen.
Hayes and his friends viii have something
to do beside calling Copperhead before the
campaign is over, if they expect to defend
the leaders of their Negro party from the
bloody and corrupt record they have made.
Holt, Stanton, Butler, aye, and some of
Ohio's immaculate Radicals, were shown
to be the very reverse of what constituted
honest, pure, upright Christian gentlemen
in the olden time. Stanton, the defunct, is
not the ALONE william that most people i'm
agine. The astounding deviltries. are COM,
ing to light The people will soon learn
how the National debt was swelled to such
proportions. There are other means of
gorging the pockets besides buying Bonds.
Why, it is feared even that some of the pets
grew plethoric through selling rather than
buying. There are good times ahead.
There is something besides nigger equality