Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-19
Letter from NIarysvilIe.


MARYsvILLE, ONO, Sept 16, 1868
This is the day of all days for the Black
and Tanners of Union county. Aday long
to be remembered (by our friends who sup
port Grant and Coltax) as grand ''fiz."
At s o'clock A. M. the Hon. Rev. Col.
Granville Moody (who never was known
until the war was upon us, some, five or six
years since,) and Col. NJ. B. Walker. the
-illustriousz speaker of the day, made their
entrance into the small quiet village Of
Marysville, I say quiet, for it was nothing
else-the thousands that were expected to
be present on the occasion, were not up to
time.
At o'clock P. M. the large and enthusi-
astic crowd OF expected thousands, which
did not number more than one hundred
and fifty or two hundred, assembled at the
Union Hall. The honest Diviae and the IL
lustrious Colonel were on hand, but their
small audience did not look encouraging.
They made powerful, moving speeches; for
at the close the hall was nearly vacated
omitted stating that Walker had not com
mitted his piece to memory. he having
to use his manuscript all through his ad-
:
dress. Ti5Hol 90 OF h5bn3tGi I9YsE bGR
20 Mr.. 'Eshelman addresses the Seymour
Club on Friday evening" Expect a big
time. 81 H'h '4H9h2 '-no SUBS CRIBER.
7l9hi '4s From another Correspondentl .sno
MARYsvILLE, UNION COUNTY. OHIol
O5Hl hHs lJgu September 18th. 1868. I
81 Ed. STATESMAN. After Scattering bills
ysthe hundred Throughout the county,
announcing grand mass imeetingt to be
heldshere on the 18th instant, besides an
advertisement in the Tribune of this place,
with the names ofParson Granville Moody
and General Walker in large type, the
Abolition party of Union county succeed
ed in calling together the smallest politi
cal gathering ever assembled here since
1860. YaR -tf oIui .'ei III 20 izJ1
,7 The meeting was to be held at the Coun-
ty Fair grounds, but owing to the very
few present, it was deemed best to have it
at the Union Hail. where each and every
one could have a comfortable seat, with
plenty of room to spare. .t1ioV -dj qa
the meeting was called to order,
the Chairman introduced General B. M.
Walker. His speech was simply rehash
of his sayings at other places, sprinkled
with sufficient abuse of all those who were
unfortunate Cor Fortunately enough as to
differ with him in opinion His speech
elected no applause whatever from those
present, which issthe best evidence of its
failure to have been either interesting or
instructiveairs ss.sr .7Ejiuf -tE
sd Parson Moody was the next speaker, but
being very hoarse his speech did not
amount to much. He requested all
those present-that is, those of the same
political faith-to bind themselves by an
oath, every other word of which was
'blood," never to vote anything but the
Abolition ticket, and insisted that they
should repeat the words after him; but
either not comprehending what he was
driving at, or having no desire to forever
and ever tie themselves to corpse not a
single voice responded to his urgent ap-
peals. He finally proposed three cheers for
Grant and Colfax, in which he was more
q successful. ia. a s.a4...t ..
The meeting was not, as enormously re-
ported by some, opened with prayer. The
idea no doubt originated from the fact that
the Parson is sometimes in TIE habit of
preaching about One whom a few Aboli-
tionists OF the Reserve, few years since,
petitioned the Legislature to call, by spe-
cial enactment, Mr.. Jesus Christ. .i
sl.-s tli aFt Lrr 1,1-ib DOVER.