Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-29
10000 People on the Streets.
Seymour and Blair and Le0ng-
we'll Eadoroed.
4, 900 People In the Proooo.
sion.
SPEECH BY H0N.i iWm. E. LETTING
WELL.

lsn-fold power next fall-has bssa 1rsd.
Aud from the great. strong heart Of the
masses Of The people has gone up shout
that has il il the oninous dsath warrant Of
corrupt offics-holdsrs, and the expulsion Of
\ dsspotic party lfro0 power. Sssh an sx.
preston Of feeling, - was made BY the
masses last night, shows that they ale fully
alive and terribly in earnest in regard 10 the
vital issues now before them. Never since
lhs Douglas and Lincoln campaign has
there been such IAN enthusiastic assembly
1t public meeting.
A. early as.7 o'clock the people began 10
gather on the lsvce, between Brady and
Main streets; and by 3 o'clock q great
concourse vas there, impatiently awaiting
the arrivsl Of the Rock Island:: delegation.
The crowd WAS. in the main, orderly and
quiet, and " have to record that there Vas
not single flght or brawl during the long
two hours that they were waiting .ies their
friends across the river. At u the cannon
was brought over, speedily put into posi-
tion, aud:commsncsd lgiving the people .
lively idea of Democratic thunder. The
Union Brass Band was inl attendance and
discourssd delightful music during the en-
tire evening. At g o'clock the meeting
vas joined;by . large number of Democrat
ic citizens, who marched down Main street,
bearing number Of beautiful: Transparent
cies, notices and ether.significant smblsms.
Among the most noticeable was . we'll ex-
scutsd picture!of Horatio Seymour, ,snd ano-
ther Of Gen. Blair. The notices we're sppro-
prats and arranged In very tasty manner.
Inscribed on the:transparsnciss We noticed
the following words: Let corruption be
banishsd," LET economy be prsct,ssd. :"
"Ta1 the bonds" Ono currency for one
people, "Fidslity to the. ..rights.of States"
" Let ipeculation be .punishsd." A very
tasty triangular transparency bore the
names Of Seymour, Blair and Lsfangwsll.
with laurel. The Whole Of this
part Of ths..proccssion svincsd the utmost
coed taste on tho part Of the managsrs A
hugo pile Of tarrsd boxes and barrels had
been collected, and were now set On hrs
aud, with the firing Of the gum music and
the shouts Of the people, the good folks oI
that part Of the town began 10 think thai
there was really something going on in th,
way Of ratification meeting. Finally, a
fifteen minutes Of . the delegation arrived
from Rock Island, accompanied BY Pref
Bishls excellent band Of music. They
were received with thundsrous cheers BY
the assembled multitude. Shout after shou
rent the air, which made the wslkin ring
and vas heartily responded to BY the dele
ga,ion. Immediately on their arrival II,
procession formed into line, headed b.
Marshal Esgal, and marched up Main street
and through ether streets, as per pro
gramms, arriving At the Ceurt Hsuss liz
tie after = o'clock An immense crowd has
also assembled At this place, and when aug
mentsd by this srrrival. swsllsd into vas
conceurss of people. The whole Of th
yard WAS in few minutes filled and th
band heading the procession made its ap
pearancs playing Rally round the Tag
1t WAS greeted with long and vociferou.
cheers and applause. The open space il
front Of the Court House, sxtending eve
10 the sidewalk was dsnsely packed mas
Of people. Some little time ives consume
by the assembly in getting ssttled, almoa
oil however finding comfortable seats upo
the grass near and around the speaker
stand. Quite . number Of the followers 4
the great American donkey rider" Hiran
Grant, and the carpet -besgsrs and hanger
on of the God and morality party we're i
attendance. and probably. in aocordsns
with their own feelings. prefsr,ipg "dsri
ness rather than light" kept we'll away ,ow
ards the northeast corner Of the grounds, an
fearing the night air might injure ithsi
complsxion had rstirned behind the scrsss
Of substantial mvsDuito bars which msje
Schnisgsr had kindly provided for| them IN
.hsir kind, and to prevent intrusion ha
i..L.a up th. rss@ 10 which they wsr
pleased and put the key in his pocket. Il
dssd some Of them were 90 anxious 70 her,
Ar. Lefingwsll speak that they visited tn
Msjcr some time since, and engaged sleep
- ~~ar.. "a. Hha nc...:~. C>c~~ ~ A.
are 20 iorcibly struck with the beauty .
the surrounding thaa they can't get awe
even now, and viii remain in retirsmsu
until their pet Of the arena makes his ap
psarancs this fall in his ''grsst one donks.
act" Of trying to ride into the White Hous
on the slender back Of military popularity
Quiet being rsstorsd, ths meeting W.
called to erdsr BY L. 8. visls Eco. who il
= few appropriate remark introduced th
orator Of the evening, Hon. VIM. E. Lsf
fingwsll, who ssid:
n Pfesidsat AID xsllss sitissss
l am not vain enough to attribute thil
vast gathsring efsAs nassas ts-night to ~,
individual popularity which myself nigh
have, hswsvsr flattsring it might ~ TO ne
bat rather y an oppression Of your fsslisg,
il regard to thsss principles 10 which thu
very life and eeatinaanes Of sss American
gsvsrnmsst 10 involved. The time has esnl
for earssst, united actisn, the tine i
now at hand whom the people in the nsj
ssty Of their might, shall riss and demand
that they shah no longer b afflicted viii
the burthens Of an onsrous taxation, tha
corruption in the administration Of the gov
srnment should Be done awsy with, tha
the sternsl principals ofright and justice
toward all men, rich and poor-whits and
black -bondholdsr and lsborsr shall Be I'd
ministsrsd with strict. fidelity throughout
the length and breadth Of our county
lapplause.
in regard - the action Of che Demossatis
psr'y IN convention assembled in New Yeet
On the Ath Of this nsush bslisvs il meets
with the hearty esasuesssos Il ~ ealise
naass' Of the Dsoeesaey.