Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-12
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Procession Two Miles in Length.
M MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY.
Immense Meeting!!
Speeches by Me- SIS Van Trump,
Geiger, Rshelman, Manypsnny
and Baber.
The Soldiers still for the Union

The Soldiers still for the Union
No such procession and display as that
of Saturday night has ever been seen in
Columbus. Its dimensions were so great
that it could have taken in the Radical pro-
cession of Friday night, large as that was,
as the sea swallows drop of water, with
out a perceptiblc addition to its volume.
1t was grand. 1t was glorious! and
shows the Radicals the great virtue there
is in 1.-THE power of numbers"
One OF the grand features of the display
was the presence of nearly I5OO cavalry
men, organized from the butchers, the
hackmen, the draymen and the liverymo
of the city, and delegations from various
townships of this county. AS they rode
| into line at the head of the procession,
forming I" "fours " at the sound OF the bugle,
| it made the many old soldiers who saw
| them remember the raids made during the
late war, when they rode into some town
in the Confederacy, with scores of chick
ems hanging at the saddle- bow, ready for a
luscious supper when the bugles should
sound halt. 1t was a glorious sight, and
as they swept into line on trot, it needed
but the rattliEg of the sabre and the jing-
ling of the spur, to have one imagine that
the next bugle call would be-"Charge-
Gallop!"
Next came the White Boys in Blue,
about 800 strong, every man soldier and
cfsl for ba ITnt hu ha
stalwart company of Pioneers. The SOL
dierly carriage of the "Boys," their steadi-
ness in line and the general perfectness of
their drill was the admiration of all obser-
vers. In their line was beautiful monu-s
ment finely illuminated, shields emilia
zoned on It's four sides, and embellished
with appropriate notices. At its base
were the words Constitution, Union, Sey-
mour, Blair.
Beside this and scattered equi-distsnt
were wagons containing an illuminated
tent with a Zouave officer standing at the
entrance and four Zouaves on guard, one at
each corner. Next came the chief feature
of the procession, an illuminated temple of.
Freedom, with young lady representing
the Goddess of Liberty, surrounded by
four handsomely attired young ladies as
supporters, attended by young soldiers in
Zouaye costume. On the front of the tenn
pie were inscribed the words Union and
Liberty, White Boys in Blue. On the rear
Union, Seymour and the Constitution. On
the right side, Union, Blair and the Consti-
tuition. On the left side, Union and Liber
ty, j. n. Thomas. AS this beautiful struc-
ture passed through the streets drawn by
six splendid horses, it was made still more
gorgeous by tri-colored calcium lights,
which gave hues OF great beauty to the
spectacle. tss5
Next came a gunboat manned by sailors
in their uniform, who kept up an ineessant
cannonade from their vessel with Roman
candles.
Another feature in the procession was a
squad of carpet-baggers, who carried a.,
transparency, on which was painted first
rate portrait of Grant as Hand Organ"
with one of the Washburne family twist
ing his hand instead of handle, and maxi
ing the organ squeal what tune the organist
pleased.
After the White Boys in Blue came the
Hickory Sprouts, an organization COM
posed of the Democratic boys of this city,
who in their red caps aud white shirts
made a fine show. se ..z.e
After them came the Railroaders and the
Jeffersonian club armed with torches-every
man voter and every man dyed in the
wool Democrat. a
Besides the wagons mentioned above, was
one at the head of the procession bearing
two locomotive headlights, which cast
their rays of light far in advance of the
procession, and good old time hickory
pole wagon, draped with the Stars and
Stripes, in front of the Jeffersonians. <gs
All along the line of march the sidewalks
were perfect jam of people, and shout
after shout went up from the lockers on for
the next President and Vice President of
In the State House yard the Gun Squad
OF the White Boys in Blue of Columbus,
under command OF Lieut.. Pritchard; and
the Gun Squad of the White Boys in Blue
of Newark, walked the echos and shook the
nerves of good Republicans. The Dsmoc-
racy have made no investment during the
campaign that has paid so well or worried
the RAIDS. so much as that same cannon
1t has caused our Rad.friends to say heap
of cuss words, and they would rejoice
greatly to see it burst. But it isn't one of
the bursting kind, and in the hands OF the
gallant soldiers who are in charge of ii
will still more shake Republican nerves.
From the time the procession started un-
til it reached the meeting in the State
House yard. the streets were a perfect
tblaze of fireworks. As the procession
filed into the State House yard many beau
tiful pieces were fired, and from the dome
of the State House, from the windows of
the, Democratic State Executive Commit
! tee rooms, and from the line of procession
Roman candles shot their balls OF many
colored fires into the air, and rockets and
red, white and blue fires made y scene so
brilliant and so exciting as never was wit
messed before in Columbus, and will be re-
membered by the people as long as they
live as the most magnificent display ever
seen in Columbus, if not in Ohio.
The illuminations along the line of the
procession were pretty general. Among
the most noticeable were the Crisis Office, the
/ STATESMAN Office, which were each per-
feet blaze of light and of fireworks. G.
i lIowenstein's office, Dickinson's, Jake
Gloss, DIR. Sharp's residence, Mr.. Bow
ems residence, John Joyce, Esq's resi-
dence, the Democratic committee rooms,
the Neil House, and many other places
whose owners names we do not know.
From among the many notices borne on
the transparencies we only had time to
take the following: