The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-23
A GRAND DEMONSTRATION
BRILLIANT ILLUMINATION or TlIE LINE
IMMENSE TURNOUT OF CITIZENS
EIGHT THOUSAND MEN OUT
Addresses by Gen. E. G. Darlington
and Hon. Richard H. jack
son, Of Illinois.
THE RAIN ENDS THE CEREMONIES

liver addresses.
At about $50 D. M, the various ward clubs
were marching toward the City Hall, there to
fall In line, aud the display they made, with
their new uniforms, torches, banners, transpa.
renctcs, Chinese lanterns, was immense. The
Democrats little expected that they would
witness SO great turnout OF the Republican
element OF this city; and more especially as
the night was a rainy and disagrccahlo one.
The first company that arrived at the CITY
Hall was from the Fifth ward, and soon the
line was so much augmented that the space In
front of the City Hall and the streets for a
great distance was completely blocked up with
the masses.
At about $50 o'clock the procession started
| up sixth street, with Brig. Gen. A. Grant
| commanding.
A SQUAD Of mounted police, under command
OF Sergeant Pool, OF the Second precinct, took
the head OF tho line, and cleared the street,
aud several pieces Of artillery followed, they
having discharged gun for each state before
leaving the city Hall
| Col. W. $. Morse followed, with the First
division Of the Boys in Blue, and the following
were his staff officers:
| Col. G.. ". Taylor, Adjutsnt Generals Lieut..
| Col. A. A. Grant, Inspector General; Lieut..
Col. Albert n. Seip, QuartermNstcr General;
| Mai. !. II Smith, Assistant Inspector General;
| Mai Newton FcrrcC, Assistant hdjutaut Gen.
| cral; Mai. 7. 7. Gctchcll, Assistant Quarter
| master General; Capt &. II. Hcuch, Mai
| Henry knight, Capt. l. fithian, and Maj IL.
| Shirley, Aidcs.dc.Camp.
The III st regiment of this division was under
command of Col. II. q. Otis, with the follow
| ins named stan oillccrs VIII A. Short, Atju-
tant; Allen Wright, Sergeant Major, &c.
Ulosc after this followed the Printers Grant
and Colrsx club, mhrshalCd by Mr.. A. j.
rrcalI, assisted hy Mr. l.. +. Clements, This
was n splcndid organization, and attracted
the attention OF all who saw them.
All of the clubI named above were led Gy
| the independent Brass Band, John n. Laugh
lin, leader, aud the artillery was In command
Of Captain y. q. Ciary, aided by Lieutenant
| Samuel Cook,
| Those who Witnessed the procession vGri-
Ously estimated the numbers at from 5,OoO to
| 900 persons, and fully ns many men and
women wcrc on the sidewalkg as were In line
In passing given point on street, the pro-
ccssion occupied fully 20 minutes, the men
marching closely together and quite briskly,
as the rain began TO fall quito steadily.
| II was intended TO hear an address from
| lion. Speaker Colfax, ut his residence Oh Six.
tccn.nnd. a.half street, and he remained at his
residence until $50 p. m, and was compelled
TO leave TO reach the 9p, IN. train of cars for
Chicago, AZ per previous arrangement. This
| fact having been asceTtaincd, the procession
PASSED along IL street to Seventeenth, aud
| thence TO Pennsylvania avenue, without halt
| Ing at his house.
| This immense illuminated mass Of Republic
cans then kept steadily on down the Avenue
towards the Capitol under u heavy rain.
When passing along by Wil.ard's hotel the
head OF the procession WAS greeted with
hearty cheers from the residence of Mr.. Han.
| son Galc, which was pTOfusely decorated with
A flag bearing stars representing the SO States
Of the Union. The building wac handsomely
illuminated, and 4 fine portrait OF General
Grant cncrclcd by a wreath Of flowers and
| CyCrgTeCns, was suspended in front ri the
house, and splendid wreath decorated each
| window.
| On reaching j. street, the procession Med in
| and passed. the NATIONAL RErLBLICAS office,
| delivering loud and continued cheers Tor TIL:
| REPUBLICAN. They then passed down Tenth
street, and again marched along Pennsylvania
| avenue until they reached the Republican
| headquarters, No. $40, opposite the MetropOl-
itan Hotel, which WAS brilliantly Illuminated
with chinese lanterns, and suspended in front
were several Handsome flags, appropriately
inscribed.
About II Ia time the rain began to fall In ,or
rents, and those who formed the procession
bic, with the exception OF The clubs from
Georgetown and East Washington, which
made their ways hOmcward,
In the procession we observed the following
| decorations
The Genital and Printers Grant and Coirax
| clubs were dressed in large Oil-clOth cspes
with the names OF Grant and Colfax on either
front corner and neat military cap
The following are the notices Equal jus.
ttco to all y " Each earpSt-bag contains a
| n which inHCFibel uTilteEai
with the words, SCHOOLS and churches" Oh
either end; also the words "tannor and the
Tighten the burden Of taxation, while 1t con.
stantly reduces the national debt" Let us
have peace Maine, Vermont, COLORADO and
New Mexico. 1--WE cant Seymour ~ Grant
In Blue are wide awake" "Back seats for
traitors;n ~ think seymour viii surrender II
things-TI. 5. fraut;" "Mainc-a Tremendous
route Of Radicals says Hoover, $4,000 Radical
rotS to r"wnrd tSe %sScr. VIZ
country" 1--WE will Grant him peace" "Down
with fcpudiationjm God Grant yictoryj"
Fail In, frecdmcni" vigilance Is the price
Of liberty large trunk on which was in.
scribcd, The biggcst rascals carry the most
baggage "Grant, U. >. peace, or See-morc
tOTy;n I've won by the bullet and will main
} tain by the ballot" "Thc war shall not 10 u
Liurc;" "Put none but loyal men on guard"
A plat Of the PrcsidCntial Mansion, with the
| names Of ''IiTant and ColiaNn on either side
| OF the main entrance, and the sentence ~ 900
miles TO Tennessee" at the side entrance.
the lion shakcs his 'Matne,' and gives reg
ular Old.hshlOncd roar A representation
Of men hriug colorcd schooi-house, over
which WAS inscribed" Seymourism," Pictures
Of chUIch, schoOl.housc, and polls, over which
was inscribed "Radicalism." Handsome pOr-
TRAITS OF Grant and COlfaX. "Notice-Will be
sold On the I'd of November, u large lot OF
htckgrcs; for terms, apply to Grant" under
| which was represented pile OF hickory
brOomR, VITA chicken cock sticking out Of
| one end Of II. "WashingloR was q carpet
npEgcr; "Eiucttl0n, liberty and victory"
I'VE win fight It out on this linci" Eight
hours and no reduction of pAy-the bill as
| passed by CongroBs;" ave Grant that n stili
tongue mAkcB wise head" (Which 10 you
think the country nccds-a man Of words or q
man Of dccds;1 Tom florcnce's carpct-bag, on
the end ui which was lottery ticket-"No.
4il-I'-and beneath this was a blank draw
ing, and below this again, "Philadclphia lot
observation-disclosures" ave go for seymour
aud Blair as we did for Lec;n negro on \
cannon, In the act Of firing 1t, adorned with
was inscribed the names of the various States
| tkry expect to 20 Tor Grant and ColfaX;
| "GTRnt viii turn the rebels again in NOYem-
bCr,' One charge more boy =, and our coun-
try Ii slyCdi' thrlth regiment Of Independent
| IDInvCs commanded by Mayor Jas, Quinn,
| WClrdrCssudIn light blue Jackets red brecchcs
| and the regular military caps, giving them a
| very neat and handsome appearances there
| WA very large number OF national Hnd other
IiIngs OF tho various organizations In the linCj
Fine sixth Ward Original Grant and COllaN
club drew up in line IN front OF the WAllach
| school budding and there waited IN the rain
| until RGtCi ~ O'Clock, hoping the main process
| sion would come to the Navy Yard where 4
| large crowd were In waiting At the stand
| erected for the orators to speak from. Then
| the club msrchcd down to the music Of fife and