The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-10-16

large audience, which embraced about
equal numbers of Democrats and Repubi-
cans, with fair sprnkling of ladies' and
children.
The fact that the Governor of Wisconsin
would address the people of Manitowoc
upon political matters was widely end in
dustriously heralded by the faithful.
Fences and dead walls were plastered with
posters, and the last two issues of the par
ty organ in this place were gorgeous with
display lines announcing the important
event. For three or four days previous
there was an ominous running to and fro
of the 'trooly loir' portion of the eommu>
nifty, and it was whispered that LUcIrs,
upon his arrival, would meet with an ova-
tion beftting the Chief Magistrate of a
great and loyal State, and which, by it's ex-
tent and magnifcence, should at once en-
courage weak kneed Radicals and strike
terror to the hearts of the "Great Un>
washed. The eventful afternoon arrived.
The advent Of the Governor was announced
BY grand salvo of artillery, and the public
thronged the sidewalks to witness "the
feast to which they were invited" to use a
favorite metaphor of the distinguished vis>
itor. First came about thirty horses and
mules, bearing upon their backs an equal
number of cavaliers, varying in age from
ten years up, all of whom were radiant
with sashes Of bleached sheeting and red
calico. Next came a vehicle, bearing a
striking resemblance to a hearse, which was
supposed to contain His cellency. The
rear Of the cavalcade was brought up by
carriages containing the rank and file of
the party of "God and humanity - said
carriages consisting of one beer wagon, one
buck board and three or four buggies. The
Hanitowoc Militia Company, under Cap
tain BECKER, formed in line in front of
their armory and paid the Governor the
honors due to the high Office he holds, but
declined to take part in the procession.
The committee of arrangements, whether
from lack of funds or for some other rea
son, failed to secure the entire band for the
! occasion, bat contented themselves with
! three brass pieces and a bass drum.
| The speech Of the Governor in the even
ing was remarkable only for its tiresome
prnsiness, its poor logic, and the skill with
which His Excellcn y evaded the questions
pending at the coming election. He
averred that Republicans have no more
love for the negro than have Democrats !;
that negroes had been enlisted into the ar
my to spare the lives Of white men, and
] for no other reason and in the next breath
he assured his audience that the Radicals
were the only true friends of the down
trodden and long uffering African; that
with the accession of the Democracy to
power the negro would again be cnslaved,
maltreated and murdered, and that only
under a continuance of Republican rule
would he (the negro) be assured those
hts and privileges to which his intelli-
gence and loyalty entitled him. He de-
clared it his solemn conviction that if HO-
RATIO SEYMOUR should be elected Presi-
dent on the Sd day of November, and take
his seat on the 4th of March next, no pow
er on earth could prevent the peaceable Sc
cession of the Southern States on the day
following ; and he further declared that,
should Horatio Seymour be elected, he
would be as powerless for harm, restrained
by Republican Senate and House Of Rep.
resentatives, as ANDREW JOHNSON, who
has done his worst and that, iu any event,
the loyal North would rise as one man and
enforce the plan Of reconstruction marked
out by the present Radical Congress. He
was un. pairing Of his anathemas against
JAMES BUCHANAN, HOWELL COBB, and
others who are now resting in their graves;
and, in fact, the greater portion of bis
speech was devoted to issues which have
been dead also, for eight years past. In
support of every assertion he made, he ap-
peale1, repeatedly and fcelingly, to the
good sense and candor of a mythical indi-
vidual whom he addressed thus: my
Democratic friend, do you not kno,o it to
be so?" But he took the precaution to
state at the outset that by his Democratic
friend" he didn't mean any one in that au.
dience. His listeners began to disperse
before he brought his remarks to close
and Hon. GEO. GARY, of Oshkosh, who
followed him, addressed but meagre au
dienec.
Taken all in all, the speech Of Governo
FAIRCHILD was weak and puerile effort
Perhaps the failing cause of Radicalism ad
mits of no better arguments; but, if so, tn,
stock in trade Of the Republican orators i
, indeed limited.
Citizens of Manitowoc: You have heart
the reasons advanced by Governor FAIR
CHILD why you should vote the Republican
' ticket this fall Go to Turner Hall, o.
: Wednesday evening next, and hear tn
!. reasons which GEORGE B. SMITH will Civ
: why you should not vote it.