Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-19

and fine delegation, while CadiZ, and
perhaps some others, contributed to swell
the crowd. The most suggestive thing
we saw in the Western procession, and
perhaps during the day, was a whisky
keg, elevated on pole, and with this in
scription on either side "My Policy !"
"I am your Moses.-A. j." This was
pretty good, and provoked shouts of
laughter along the streets.
THE MEETING AT THE FAIR GROUNDS.
The people commenced moving toward
the Fair Grounds as soon as the process
sion was through. Gen. Logan and the
other distinguished visitors went to the
grounds in carriages about O'clock
Vaas' Band marched in front of the car
riages, while several hundred people on
foot brought up the rear. The windows,
doors and pavements along the street
were crowded with people, anxious to
get sight of the hero of the Army of
the Tennessee. When Gen. Logan
walked on the stand the whole vast au-
dience, numbering perhaps near 10000
people, welcomed him with three mighty
cheers. The band took up the echo, and
the artillery in distant part of the en-
closure reverberated 1t far over the hills
and valleys.
MR.. DANFoRD's SPEECH.
Before the excitement had fairly sub
sided, Lorenzo Danford, Esq, stepped to
the front of the platform and introduced
Gen. Logan to the audience, as follows,
for report Of which we are indebted to
the Cincinnati Gazette: ......
FELLOW CITIZENS: see by your en-
thusiasm, by the notices and devices
you carried to-day in your procession,
that you have not forgotten the history
of the past six years. A glorious part
Fifteenth Army Corps, and its gallant
leader, General Logan. That old corps,
on whose badge was the cartridge box,
with sixty rounds in the box, and sixty
in the haversack to fight rebels with. A
voice-"Good food for them.n]
You remember the history of that old
corps in the trenches and over the hills
around Vicksburg. You know its history
when it's gallant leader, General Logan,
pointed to the crest of Mission Ridge and
led that old corps to its summit. You
| hIOW ITO IllStoIy uU lNcouCt huu On tllS
nights of Kenesaw Mountain, when on
the 22d of July the gallant Mcpherson
fell; you know its history through the
grand march under Sherman down tC
/, the sea.
When the guns of Beauregard aroused
this nation to the fact that war was upon
us, Logan, with the patriotic Douglas
indorsed the action of our Government
and putting on the harness of the soldier
and unsheathing his sword, he pointed
you only where he led. Since the wal
has been successfully closed, he has pu
= off the trappings of the soldier and ha!
stood before the people and on the floors
of Congress, and is to-day one of the mos
fearless champions of the people in favo
of the doctrine that this Is loyal man,
Government. Not as Pendleton ant
others say, n white mans Government
without regard to loyalty, but q loya
Government without regard to color
u CCheers, and voice, that's so."l
| heard one soldier say he came forty miles
to see whether Gen. Logan spoke as wei
as he fought. He said the last time hi
) saw the General was when he marshal
3 ed his troops at LOvejoy Station.
! l will say to this soldier as to other
y here, that Gen. Logan will speak for him
SELF and l am sure that he will charg,
u the ranks of the opposition to-day a!
Q fearlessly as he charged the rebels a
r LovejOy Station.
a My fellow-citizens, 1 have the homo
to introduce to you Maj Logan
who will now address you.
GENERAL LoGAN's SPEECH.
u AS the General stepped forward on tn
II platform, he was greeted by the most en-
i thusiastic cheering. He began hisspeeel
1: by alluding to the proud position occu
- pied by our State in the war; spoke Il
e glowing terms of the glorious record G
$ the Union Party during the struggle 70
q the nations life, and contrasted with
= the infamous record of the heso-called Dem
II ocratic party during the same PERIOD
u His exposition of the reasonable cours
Of the Democratic party was whitening
' and his denunciation of its infamou
y leaders was terrible. He spoke nearl
Q three hours, and from first to last fire
y solid shot into the ranks of the Confed
b crate Democracy. The whole ground c
n controversy between the People and tn
u Democratic party, and between Congress
and the President was gone over, an
his opponents routed from every positio
3 they take, as signally as he routed tn
g armed Democrats before Atlanta. Hi
g appeal for the amendment giving tn
: colored men the right of suffrage wa
p grandly eloquent, and moved hundred
= of his hearers to tears. He alluded t
y the fact that In Ohio thousands of me
. who bore arms In the Rebel armies al
y already voting, and then pictured til
manned black veteran who had lost
: leg or an arm in the trenches at Peters
'. burg hobbling up to the polls, and aske
whether that brave, crippled veteran
: who had helped to save the flag aud
Q secure our right to elect our own rulers
n should be turned away. The thousand
y who were listening to his impassione
} appeal were deeply moved. His appea
Q too, TO his old comrades In arms was yer
> eloquent and impressive. 1t was alto
" gether the greatest stumpspeech weev
J listened to, and, although he undertoo
y to quit three times before he succeeded
L the audience insisted on his going on
's 1t was replete with the most magnlfieeI