Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-06

of Peabody, was President, and in his
opening speech paid his respects to Gen.
Butler as follows:
When candidate for public office SO for
gets the decencies of life as to call honest
men traitors, it was time that the truth is
told. The opposition to General Butler is
not based entirely on his previons political
opinions, but upon the following grounds,
which the speaker read:
Because he is self-willed, arrogant,
headstrong, domineering, of violent tenn
per and bitter hatred, intractable, implaca-
BILE, inconciliatory. His great governing
passion seems to be either to rule or to
ruin; friend If you submit, an enemy if
you resist. He is persisting, unyielding,
bold, bent upon his own way at all haZ-
ards. artful, adroit; in private life not with
out generous qualities, but in public life
knowing no scruples; of great abilities;
not troubled with modesty; devoid OF
moral sensibilties; of keen wit, but abus-
i've and violent in speech and diction. with
his faculties all sharpened and acute. Such,
he said, was the man In whom the Repub-
lican leaders all over the country do not
confide. Such was the man in whom they,
as independent electors OF the Fifth Dis
| trict, would not and could not confide.
Mr.. Abbott's remarks were received with
applause.
for Congress, spoke at considerable length,
reviewing the position assumed by General
Butler on the financial question, and stig-
matizing him as the Ishmael Of the Repub-
| lican party. 1t is claimed by Butler that
he is the regular candidate, and therefore
should be elected. The speaker thought
this did not follow. The great contests of
liberty have been fought, not by the regu-
lars, but by the volunteers and the mill
tia, and with them, in these
contest. he (Dana) cast his lot. GGreat ap-
plause.l He continued with some criticism
upon the caucus management, which he
declared the weakest point in our political
system, and said that this in connection
with the right party discipline of the
Democratic party, which General Butler
now proposes to engraft upon the Republi-
gradation of the Democratic party which
General Butler so much deplores.
The Turf:
.a--.., BUFFALO, Oct. 5.
The fall meeting of the Buffalo Park AS.
sociatioh commences to- morrow, and will
continue three days. Thirty-one entries
have been made. .
Immense Democratic Meeting.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5.
The Democrats held an Immense mass,
meeting here to-day. Preparations have
been made on large scale. No effort was
spared to make it the greatest Democratic
demonstration ever seen in Western Penn
sylvania. The day was fair and beautiful.
Delegations from the country were numer-
Gus and large. The procession was two
hours and ten minutes in passing given
point. The business houses and residences
along the various portions of the route were
profusely decorated with flags, Chinese
lanterns, &c. Among the distinguished
speakers are Hons. George II. Pendleton,
Hester Clymer. Edgar Cowan and others.
The torchlight procession tonight was
grand affair. The streets along the route
of the procession was thronged with peo-
Pile. Many buildings were brilliantly IL
Illuminated.
Cuba.
MOBILE, ALA, Oct. 5.
| The Register, in leader this morning,
takes strong grounds in favor of the imme-
date annexation of Cuba, in view of the
success of the Spanish revolution. It says
the will of the people plainly demands
this, and that the Government should take
| steps to secure the prize at once.