The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1868-09-12
up Columbus street, we're met at the Suprem,
Court House by the

Court House by the
DAYTON DELEGATION.
This delegation was the most tastefully ar
ranged of any. The band wagon was followed
first by one wagon drawn BY four horses, con.
tanning thirteen old, white-haired men, carry.
ing banner on which was inscribed, "7Ae
OLD Thirteen" Each one of these old men,
with memories running far back into better
times, when the future of America looked to
them like one long stream of prosperity and
happiness, represented one of "the old thirteen"
around whose Union, made years ago to secure
the blessings of liberty to their people and
their peoples posterity, this great country has
formed ITSELF Next came the the most beau
| tlful display of the day,-another wagon
| drawn by six horses, on which were seated, in
tiers of seats, one above the others, q repre-
sentation of every State in this Union, thirty.
! eight beautiful ladies, beautifully arranged on
that circle of seats, while above all in the
centre, stood the Goddess of Liberty. What
contrast between this display of last Monday
and the one of the Wednesday before. Here
we have grand procession, beautifully srrsng-
ed representations, gotten up and composed
of the ladies of the county, coming in miles
from the country to welcome JOHN r.. EDEN !;
while Logan tile name and its con-
nections seem sufficient excuse-was met
only by handful of dark images-dressed in
dark and gloomy costumes, calling themselves
tanners" together with about dozen of his
chosen people from the land Of Africa. No
wonder radicalism is ON the downward path
to ruin, when it is Stunned by all that is good
and pure, all that is pleasing, and surrounded
| only by evil-corruption, darkness and gloom.
In the Dayton delegation, after the ladies,
came thirty-eight horselhan wearing blue
sashes, and representing each State. As this
delegation passed the Seymour Legion, three
cheers were given for the Dayton ladies.
The streets were filled with processions,-
moving in all directions. BY this time the
Legion had formed to escort Mr.. WILLIAMS
from the train, it having been ascertained in
the morning that Mr.. EDEN was at the Clifton
House. After this duty had been performed,
and Mr.. WILLIAMS safely placed in the hands
of Mr.. HOWARD, of the Clifton, all professions
were dismissed until two o'clock Pm
At two O'Clock the vast throng moved to
the court house square, where stand had
been improvised for the speakers. The square
showed a solid, compact mass of living hui
mainly, that presented a sea of upturned faces;
while trees, balconies, windows, and every
available spot within hearing distance Of the
speakers were also crowded and still the
crowd could not be accommodated. The meet
ing was called to order by the Hon. JOHN B.
RICE; Judge CATION was elected chairman, and
thirty vice presidents were appointed.
Judge CATION, upon taking the stand, ad-
dressed the meeting for nearly an hour; and
it would be superfuous to add that his re-
marks were most effective. After thanking
the meeting for the honor conferred upon him,
he proceeded to say that the scene before
him recalled the good old days when the de-
mocracy, always the national party, were in
power throughout the land. 1t was to such
as those before him that the country now
looks for relief from the condition into which
it has been plunged by unprincipled political
demagogues- For time democrats had been
obliged to strike hands with those politically
opposed to them in putting down rebellion
that threatened the life of the nation. That
was past, and now it devolves upon them to
rescue the constitution from hands that threat
en-, not only to tear it in two, but in shreds.-
A majority of congress-and he said it with
sorrow-are abandoning its landmarks; and
it remained for them, THE PEOPLE, to rescue
it from their sacrilegious hands. Many who
are thus assaiIng it-though some are 90 be-
nighted that they cannot be made to under
fully. He proceeded to review the encrosch-
mcnts and aggressive policy of the dominant
party upon the constitution, as inaugursted
by Mr.. Colfax, and demonstrated how this
policy had been pursued for party purposes.
His review Of the reconstruction infamy was
most mastery, and the rebuke administered
to its authors and their apologists whitening
one. In closing, he alluded to his long &C.
quaintsnce and intimacy with Mr.. Douglass,
in doing which he produced and unfurled the
Douglass banner used in the campaign disco.
He closed with beautiful perorartion, and
amid tremendous cheering, which had fire.
quently interrupted him during his remarks
He then introduced the Hon. JOHN r. EDEN,