The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-26

| to,any great extent make their impress
upon the public mind; and while they
may be much sought as newspapers,
they do not sway the convictions oil tne
people. We refer to them simply as
indications OF popular sentiment; ana
from many like Indications, we are leo
to believe the great Republican party
oftbe United States never has been so
powerful, SO harmonious and united
as it is to-day, and has never SO swept
the country as 1t will sweep 1t like a
| resistIess tide in the approaching cam
paign.
R.t,1eatIon Meeting ut Pittsburgh.
An Immense mass meeting was held
at Pittsburgh, Saturday, to ratify the
nominations of the Chicago Conven-
ton. Stirring speeches were made by
Major Haggerty, OF New York, General
Lee, OF Connecticut, George. 81, Stuart
ESQ.,, OF Philadelphia. Hon. T. j. Big
ham, ]. H. Miller, Esq, Major A. NJ.
Brown, Hon. P. C. Shannon, of Pitts
burgh, and Hon. Louis Barker, OF
Maine.
The speeches are pretty fully reported
in the Pittsburgh papers, and judging
from the prevalence of applause" and
"cheers," the enthusiasm was abund-
ant.
We find in the remarks of Maj. Hag-
gerty fair hit at the repudiationists,
whereof Henry Clay Dean is the subject:
Did you ever hear OF Henry Clay
Dean? I will tell you something about
him, He is one of the dirtiest looking
men 1 ever saw in my life. Isuppose
he takes an annual wash, but not much
oftener. He has short trowsers, short
vest, and is a dirty coated fellow. Zap.
plause and Laughter His clothing
and his person are Indicative of his
mind. Well, he got up before an andi-
ence OF Democrats one day and walked
up and down the platform with ma
iestic trend intended TO be very i'm
pressive, and looking at them, pulled
out his big black pocket book and took
out OF it a fifty dollar bill. He said do
you call that money! Hswas address,
ing a Democratic audience and OF
course they had 10 be true to their par
ty and they answered no. No saysIhe
orator IL is not worth the ink wasted on
the paper, or the paper which is wasted
on the ink; it is mere rag. 1t Is of
no value this fifty dollar bill. 5fgl.
He put his money back in his
pocket-rolls IL up, ties the string
around IL, tucks the string in and puts
back in his pocket with an air as much
as to say, thank Heaven 1 have got my
pocket book back from this audience.
A countryinan of mine, In the back
part of the hall, rose and said: "Mr.
SPEAKER, may ask you question:"
Certainly, sir, said the speaker, strik-
ing an attitude that the Ghost OF Ham
let's Father might take. The 1rishman
says, you say this is not money! The
orator replied that, ne did. Well, If it
isn't, you take deVilish good care of it,
| [Laughter.l That query was worth u
whole volume of currency nonsense.
| That poor man, coming In contact with
that speaker, exploded his whole doc
trine, as all their arguments are capa-
bic Of explosion.
Mr.. Stewart, who during the rebel
, lion was President of the Christian
Commission, and the man who predict.
ed that Grant and Colfax would be
next President and Vice President
: thus referred to the incident:
II was my privilege early in the
spring of 1866 when standing in the
Speakers room in the House OF Repre-
sentatives engaged with General GRIM
and Speaker Colfax, the one on my
left, the other on my right, to say
"there is my ticket for the campaign o
: 4S6S; this is the President putting my
hand upon Grant) and this is the Vic
: President Quitting my hand upoI
Speaker ColTaX.") [Great Cheers.
1 have had faith since that moment
through all the difficulties through
I, which the Convention has kpassed,
! have been confident we would com
out all right. and place upon the ban
. ners o. the Republican party the name
a OF Grant and Colfax and Union ant
I victory forever. [Cheers.l With Gran
in the White House and Colfax in tn
: Char OF the Senate, we shall have peac
Z United States of America. Lone
Cheers.