The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-10-02
Crawford County.
Correspondents Columbus Journal.l
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GALLON, Sept. 25, IlS6S.
Yesterday ,oas 10 haUs bsen a great day
among the CraWfo.d County Democracy
It wasDnot so ersst after all. II the Cops
can stand it the Republicans ought to b.
satisfied. Greasbig posters, half as large al
a barn door, and printed in various cOlors
were posted in every public place in thu
county, and in many places out of the
county announcing q grand ratlyat Bucyrul
on the Oath A number of great speaker
were advertised to be present 1t wal
intended to have powerful effect in soaring
Republicans. Well the day came, an6
with It. came, the Mr. Dickinson, O
Fremont. together with. the HOP. o. 7 A.
White, and poor Hubbell, Of Delaware
Beyond the speakers there were not tJtg
peTSons "a BacgFaES t6tt0 itUed outside Of tht
torn, and at no time was the OquIt House
ttoo-thirdS ftlH,0 and fhis was the grand
gathering of the unterrifed. All the harm
we wish them Is tohsve "afew more of the
samee kinde Of gatherings. A stranger
froma distance, who did not know What was
going on, dropped into the Court House
while Hubbell was speaking, and remarkiDg
the great solemnity Of the thing, inquired
fflch0Se funeral Il mGs.t Although he saw
no coffin, he said he thought he smelled The
corpse. The man he asked happened to be
q Republican, and replied that the corpse
would not be there before November Sd
he said they were only training the mourn :
ers SO that they might make a gteat sheHl
When the dsy of interment came. kfi
So much for the meeting at Bueyr1s.
But another and grander affIir is being
enacted at Gallon, General Frank P,
Blair, Democratic candidate for Vice
President, is on his way to the East. He
is compelled to change cars and has to lay
over from P. NJ. until l A. NJ. to get q
train on the A. d G. W, R. R. This in
formation is telegraphed to Gallon, and a
meeting is arranged for this Boanerges.
At the appointed time the train came and
so did the General. He was escorted from
the depot to the hotel by a drum apd. fife
and a dozen boys And after getting
shaved, eating supper and getting some
thing to drink, he made his appearance in
Metropolitan Hall. On coming into the
Hall hel was greeted with a very feeble
cheeriand conducted to the platform, q He
tOok seatJwith his hat on, smoking astnmp
of cigar and looking for all the world
like the more genteel sort of fellows who
spend their time about saloons, race courses
and faro banks. It is to be hoped that he is
better man than they are, but his looks
are very much against him. There is no
doubt but that he was very full of whisky.
He has education, talent. and training that
ought to make bin a good man. His ten
denotes are certainly the other way. He
has the department, bearing, swagger and
look of plantation boss" aud mean rebt
and would undoubtedly feel at home in. .
lodge of the Ku-Klux-Klan. He is evident
ly well fitted to incite and lead revolution
based on ignorance and prejudice aud is
doing more to create just such a revolution
than any othar man in the country.
The Hall was well filed and the General
formally introduced. He spoke about forty
minutes. He began by saying that it was a
source of great pleasure for him to meet
the Crawford county Democracy at time
like this and complimented them on their
devotion to the Union He said the Radi-
Gals lied about him and misrepTesented him.
His Indianapolis speech was not SO bad by
half as what he said here. His letter to
Colonel Brosdhead is not by half so bad.
BE called Congress ga rump" and a
fragment at least dozen times. Hesaid
the governments of the reconstructed States
were Wsurpdtions and the President of The
United States properly keeping and observing
his oath Of Office, was IN duty bound to bredk
them up and destroy them. He said that Mr..
Lincoln was equally guilty with Mr..
Buchanan in permitting the rebellion, in mol
sending aid to the loyal men of the South
who voted against secession; that Secretary
Stanton was a greater rebel than A.AH
Stevens; that when Stanton had Stevens
imprisoned, "the patriot aOds in prison, anc
and the rebel Out." had much to say about
negro suffrage, appealing to the prejudiceI
of his hearers, and doing all he could tt
incite them against the poor black. He
said great many more things Just as baC
as EbRt Lhave givens I greatly, wish th'
Rspub licans had verbatim copy of his
speech to circulate as campaign document
1 know of nothing better. The General !
a very good speaker, and his speech wa
veil delivered. From his stand point j
was a good speech. 1t was not mud
applauded by his hearers, and failed I
make favorable impression It will d,
Democracy no good He tried to make thi
Democrats believe that they fought the war
and any Crawford county Democrat know
that it is lie. Time ard space forbid N
saying anything more. GALLON.