The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-10-09
DEMOCRACY!.
The Greatest Political Meeting ever
Held-5OO,000 People In Council
A Torshlight Procession Of 80, 00O-Al
Letter from Gen. Mcclellan. s,

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"A Torshlight Procession Of 80, 000-A
Letter from Gen. Mcclellan. - -
Hada 4o3 New York. Oct. 5. :
| The greatest mass meeting ever held in
New York took placethis evening in Tam
many Hall, corner of Fourteenth street
and Union Square. The Democrats
! forchlight procession now in progress has
| in it's ranks. according to the estimate of
an experienced police captain, over ninety
Thousand persons. After junction had
been effected with the delegations from the
adjoining counties, the length of the pro.
| cesslon exceeded ten miles. Every ward
was largely represented, and banpers and
| trausDarencles were numerous. Several
bands accompanied each delegation, playing
the Star Spangled Banner and other ma.
tional airs. The scene in Union Square
was grand. From the main stand, the
Temple of Liberty, which was splendidly
Illuminated, strings of'lights were stretched
to Tammany Hall, and the streets in the
vicinity seemed literally on FIRE with calci-
um lights, rockets, fire paintings and fire
balls. The main stand, facing Broadway,
was the centre OF attraction outside of Tam
many Hall, though there were SIX other
st ands at which speeches were made to the
Immense throng, roughly estim ated at half
million persons, men, women and chil>
dren. The crowd stretched completely down
Broadway to Eleventh street. The spa
cious thoroughfare was we'll filed, while
scores OF cross streets were alive with oiti-
zens. afa zta tq Is iCtf sesiE be
The meeting at Tammany Hall was held
in the spacious hall in which the delbera
tions of the Democratic Convention were
conducted, which was filled to repletion, the
front seats being occupied by ladies' The
hall was splendldly decorated. Gen. Baldy
Smith presided, and said that, spes king as
the representative of hundreds of soldiers
who had risked their lives in the war, he
declared it to be his opinion that the results
OF the war would be lost without there was
an entire change in the policy fthe gov
| erpment. s.z -
Hon. Sanford E. Church was the next
speaker, aud his argument was that the
centralzlng policy OF the radicals would un
less checked, inevitably result in deDriving
the larger States, such as New York, Ohio
and Pennsylyania, of the preponderance in
the affairs OF the government that properly
belonged to theur In consideration of their
numbers, resources and amount contributed
by them to the support of the government.
!
by Mr. A. Oakley Sail. District Attorney.
| LETTER FROM GEN. N CLELLAN.
The following letter from Gen. Mcclellan
vas read, his emphatic endorsement of the
Democratic candidates being received with
enthusiastic demonstrations of applause:
| New York, Oct. 5, 1865
Douglas Taylor Esq, Chairman .t4
/ Ny Dear Sir: | have the pleasure to
acknowledge the receipt Of your invitation
/ to preside over the Democratic meeting of
Monday next | have long since determin,
ed to abstain from further participation in
politica life, and therefore find myself com
pelleS to decline the homer you prefer.
should, however, be glad to attend the
meeting rs . private citizen, did not en-
gagements of domestic nature, rendered
| imperative by my long absence from the
city, upon the day in question, prevent. I
gladly avail myself of this opportunity to
express my hearty sympathy with the
! Democratic cause, and my wishes, ardent
wishes, for the success of those constitu-
[ tional principles for which the re.
cent war was undertaken by the North.
| Separated as | thus am from the di.tiu-
guished soldier who has been chosen as
leader of our opponents, | know that you
agree with me in the highest respect for
the services he has rendered our country
but 1t is my conviction that the measures
of the party which has placed him in nom :
| ination are but combinations Of the strife,
and Can never restore peace or constitution
al supremscy, and thereby complete the
work he and other brave soldiers SO ably
commenced. II
The war was only the first epoch in the
history Of the struggle in which We have
been long engaged. The work of the sol,
dier is, trust, forever ended, and 10 re.
mains for the people to fulfill the great OBJ
jec.s for which they and their sons and
brothers we're called to the feld--a restora
tion of the Union Of the States, nm invico-
rated constitution, to be firmly and faith
fully supported, the maintenance OF the
national credit inviolate the establishment
Of national and state rights in all their in.
tcgrlty, and thus securing true harmony
and a lasting peace. These are the object.
for which every citizen should now strike.
Believing they rest. in the success of the
Democratic party by the election Of the
eminent statesman selected to represent
the party, it is my intention to sustain
that cause ass private citizen. a eid@
With The request that you will convey to
the gentlemen of the committee and my
other friends for whom you act, my sincere
thanks for the compliment they have paid
me, F .a.V
/ am most truly yours,
(Siened) GEO. B MCCLELLAN.
Letters we're also read from Ion. Horatio
Seymour and Hon. Frank p. Blair.
Speeches were also made by Mayor Hoff-
man. Hon. Henry G. Murphy, A.. j Rog-
ers, Green Clay Smith, Isaiah Rynders, /
John MnQaley, Captain Mcclellan, Colon
ell Davis and Others. a eI =
The meeting was still in progress, and
the procession yet marching throught the
streets, at midnight. !.
WENDELL PHILLIPS our For GRANT. =
The great leader Of the radical party, its
watering pot, pioneer, Wendell Phillips,
has written d letter in favor OF the election