Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-08-21
REPUBLICAN RALLY.
The Meeting Last Night.

II
Falls. last Thursday evening. was the
largest evening meeting ever held in the
place. The Congregational Church was
crowded to its utmost capacity, and
many went away unable to find even
standing room. A large number were
out from Hudson, and Prescott.
A Torch Light possession headed by
the River Falls Brsss Band was formed
in front of Davis Drug Store. and
marched to the meeting and afterwards
returned.
The first and principal speaker was
Col. J. II. BULL, of Madison. His speech
was a thorough and exhaustive review If
the political situation. .uGatbering to-
geIher the facts of political action for six
years past, he dedneed from them an
unanswerable argument in favor of
the continuance of the sp,. icy OF the
Republican party. He analyzed
the Democratic party into its three Ell
ements, War Democrats. Rebels, aud
Copperheads, and ei6quently described
the character of each. lie compared
the character aud qualifications Of the
different nominees for President and
Vice President. and closed with telling
appeal to Republicans to orgadize labor,
work, to enhance the glory Of their com
ing victory.
Lutte A. TAYLOR was then called out.
and made few numerous remarks, say
ing that he knew the people there, and
they knew him too well for him for to
make a speech. The Republicans were
all right, and the Democrats all wrong,
but as the Democrats mainly took his
"family paper" it was not necessary to
talk to them. If they resisted the politi-
cal doctrines taught by that paper, polit
zeal truth would have 10 more effect on
them than dose OF Ayers pills would
have on craven image.
Capt. Sid. S. Starr. of Hudson, was
then called out, and made an eloquent
and telling speech. He briefly discussed
the financial 9ueitiop and showed from
official sources the fallacy of the Demo
cratic statements. of the enormous ex-
penses of the Government. Capt.
Starr ably discussed the Reconstruction
policy Of Congress. and showed by ir-
REPUTABLE argument the fact, that the
people of the South having rebeled
against the~Government defied its au-
thority and fought for its overthrow, be-
ing finally beaten, they were a conquered
people, and their lives and fortunes were
justly subject to the will of conquerors.
he related facts drawn from his own
personal experience and observation in
the South, and showed that, at the close
of the war, the leading rebels of the
South did not expect to have political
privileges. He ably dissected the char
acter of the crafty Seymour, and ap
peoled to War Democrats and all Union
men to vote for the great leader and
pure patriot-Gen. Grant.
John L. Dale, formerly of this county,
now a reconstructed Missourian, was
called out, but declined TO make speech,
and called out j. G. Button, of Prescott.
Owing to the lateaess OF the hour.
Mr.. Button declined to speak.
H. A. Taylor, of Hudson was called
out and tried TO decline, but the people
would not let him. After some local
hits, which were received with great ap
pause, he made brief and eloquent
defence Of the principles and policy of
the Republican party, and closed with
an earnest appeal to carry the banner Of
hepuDicah principles upward and on, IN
to the clear sunlight of Justice and Free
don, as our brave soldiers bore the Old
Flag, at Mission Ridge up the rocky
barriers, into the flaming fire. above the
hanging clouds, into the smiling sun
light beyond.
The speeches were interspersed with
music by the Band, which added much
to thsnnterest If the meeting. and after
all joining in singing Rally round the
the Flag" the Torch light Procession
formed agaip, and thus closed one os the
best Iolitical meetings ever held in River
Falls.
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