Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-01-24

UNION NETTING MoEDAY EvEEING.-We
I have seldom seen q larger or more enthu-
siastic night political meeting than that as
sembleJl at TemplaF Han, Monday evening.
The hall was crowded to its utmost capacity
until the moment Of adjournment, nOtWith-
standing q steady fall Of melting snow all
day made 1t an exceedingly disagreeable
evening. DR.. A. BIymyer was called to the
Chair. I1Ioa1Eing the MEETING to order he
was greeted with hearty cheers, and ez-
planned his action Ia presiding at the Burns
meeting, Saturday by saying that he was
I former Eesident Of AIanslleId : rhat Colonel
Burns was an old neighbor and personal
friend, ana he consented to Oblige him IN
this manner, without thinking Of the ad-
vantage that would be taken Of it. If any
person thought BY this act he had become
Democrat, he was mistaken, and II he had
his own way in regard to reconstruction,
good many rebels would not be running
about as they were now. He could not go
with the Democrats in bringing such men
back to Congress. The speakers Of the
Judge Nash, OF GalIipolis, and Hon. Samuel
Galloway. The following we cOndense from
the report Of the meeting as published in
the Cincinnati Gazette:
Gen. Keller was presented as the first
speaker, and in a calm and earnest manner
presented the questions involved in this
Congressional canvass He said It was a
small matter which of the two candidates
was elected, as regards the iudi viduals them
affairs OF the Government should be con-
tinued ia the hands Of those who had saved
Il until they placed it beyond danger from
those who had sought to destroy it. He
thoroughly reviewed the speeches of Burns,
taking him at his word, that he was Op-
posed to the reconstruction policy of Con-
gress. He held him to the approval Of the
recent act of the Democratic Legislature,
rHHr aara- %
Amendment Of the Constitution He show
ed that he is. opposed to guaranteeing cit
in this country; IS opposed to securing all
citizens In their rights Of person and prop
erty; that he is opposed TO an equal basis Of
representation in the South as In the North;
but would give North Carolina, South Car
Olina, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi,
with the same number of white voters as
Ohio, double as. many Representatives in
Congress- that he is in favor of this in order
to increase the Democratic power in Con
gresS; that he is opposed to disqualfying any
rebel from holding office for the same rea-
son. He spoke briefly on the subject OF debt
and taxation, expressing the sentiment that
this generation, having sacrificed their
means and blood in preserving the Union,
should not be required to pay more than
the interest on the public debt, and that the
principal should be left for future genera
ttonsg that viii enjoy the prosperity conse-
quent on the success OF the war
Judge Nash, of Gal1ipolis, on being intro
duced, expressed the interest which not only
the whole State but the nation felt in this
j.
test that would show whether the Demo-
cratic tide, as IL was called, was to sweep
over. the country, and carry Northern and
SouLnefn rebels alike into pol1tical power
This distTset had given majority for GOV.
Hayes, and If the Republicans failed to elect
Gen. Beatty it would be argued that the
the people of Ohio. and they would be
strengthened in their opposition to the re-
matter Of life and death to all loyal men,
and every lover of the Union looked anK-
1ously to the Eighth District, and prayed
that every man here, on Monday next,
would 90 his duty.
Then came the speech of the Hon. Samuel
Galloway, who, for an hour or more, held
the large audience, a fourth of them stand
ing. spelI-bOund as fG were, and shouting
their hearty approval of the many strong
points made against the opposition. He did
not even know the candidate of the Union
party, Gen. Beatty, but if he were a citizen
Of the Eighth District he would vote for him,
because of his attachment to the Union and
the principles Of freedom, and he would not
vote for Barnabas Burns If he were his
brother. As long as there was an enemy in
the country he would vote Tor Beatty, be
cause he was a representative man, repre-
senCng the liberal sentiment that now ag1-
tates the nations Of the world. The speaker
referred to the resolutions of the recent 8th
of January Democratic Convention, and to
the men who rqSsed them Showing that
they were the same, and entertained the
same sentiments that controlled the Demo-
cratic party at the outbreak of the war and
during the long struggle. He appealed ear
nestly and eloqueutly to the soldiers and
Union men VINO W1LQSEOOO them so T6SO-
Iutely then, to hold out a little longer.
Before the meeting adjourned, Gen. Keller
again took the stand, and said that to those
who did not know Gen. Beatty. he wished to
say that.he had been with him for seventeen
months in the army lived with him and
slept with him, and was happy to assure
them that he was devoted Christian, who
never retired to his bed in camp or else
where, without saying his prayers that he
had never known him to swear an oath or
drink a drop OF whisky.
The announcement was received with
hearty cheers, and the meeting adjourned,
/ for Gen. Grant.