Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-28
Letter 4. om wo-thssgtos.

lCorespondeneeof of the Ohio Statesman.l
NoRTHINGroE, O., Sept. 81 1858.
EDS. STATEsMAN-Our town is greatly
excited this morning. Forepaugh's me-
nagerie passed through, and q Radical
meeting was held in our place last night,
and 1t was difficult to tell which excited
he most curiosity. the howls of the animals
or the ''ditto" of the speakers. .T2
: Pursuant to arrangements, after ringing
the bells for an hour or more, the smeetinp
left the hotel, alter drinking the last of
two barrels of whisky, and proceeded to
the College, which, with an utter disre-
gard to expense, was brilliantly illum-
mated with tallow candles for the occa-
sion.
The crowd numbered about sixty, about
one-halt being small boys and negroes, the
balance being undoubtedly the ''truly loil,' y
with the exception of few Democrats led
thither By curiosity.
The President of the Grant Club pre-
sided over the meeting, but this was en-
tirely unnecessary as the business was
kindly taken, eff his hands by person
well known in this community as the ''six-
dollar-a-day. man." who, having bolted the
regular . Republican nominations last
spring, thought himself better adapted to
swallow any untruth the speakers might
utter. os lsa-.,u ZnIEtg1H
Mr.. McCracken spoke first, and on fin
ishing, after some few local preliminaries
Mr.. T. c. Donaldson was introduced to the
audience, and, like the turkey hen setting
on 127 eggs, was left to "spread himself.'
His bitterest political opponent will admit
that he did so to the utmost, and it Is high
| ly probable the effect would have been fata
to numbers of his Radical friends, had moi
the monkeys belonging to the above exhi-
| bition attracted their attention and allayed
the excitement. -.s 5.ss-, - y.l-8L
1t was evident from the outset that Mr.
Donaldson's aim was not to convince, but
to confuse his audience, and he admirably
succeeded. sb1ai- ~ . huISA A.hz. u "a
r He commenced with the aRoundheads ol
England, who, he said, begat Oliver Crom-
well, Oliver begat the Pilgrim Fathers, the
Pilgrim Fathers begat the Salem Witch
burners, the Witchburners begat Aboli-
tionism;; and Abolitionism being female
was delivered of the great Republican
party. r..,zt4frV
He commanded, every subject, and the
facility with which he reviewed Christ and
Cromwell, Maine and Marathon, Vetoes
and Vermont, was only equaled by the
ease with which he could turn to the " pa.
thetic day of the resurrection" or the
"jasper gates and golden streets of the
New Jerusalem" ''''
Of course, on his 'dying bed" he believed
this to be the greatest campaign in the his.
tory of the world. OF course, he tried to
prove that General Grant was not clan
because he kept his mouth shut, but
truthfully speaking, he did not advance
one sensible argument or one new ides
which was true. Like Spivins' hen, ht
tried to lay too large an egg.
The audience being exhausted, an i'm.
mediate adjournment was effected; and il
is sincerely to be hoped that as the whisky
was gone, the diuretic qualities of the gir
afterward imbibed had no bad effect or
their physical constitutions during the
night. e-
Taking it altogether (niggers and
show included) it was glorious time
glorious as when last fall the Demo
Gratis gained 30 votes in the town
ship; glorious as when last spring
one half the Radicals bolted their NOM
nations, and glorious as it will be in
November, when they will Seymour
than the wool on their eyes at present al
lows. .z1aos 1zG III $50 REDWOOD.