Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1868-08-21
Grand Rally ct Liberty.

ing you "oui" visa report from the
Grand Union Rally q Liberty, / have
penpsd for the perusal Of your readers
the Impressions Of the day. The general an
nouncement and preparation for this meet
ing was sufficient to call out the masses
from all the surrounding communities
within fifteen miles, and even a. far a.
twenty miles. Such Q coucourss Of peo.
pie have not gathered in this live Union
town since the Morton and Mcdonald
joint canvass for Governor, If 1t was
equsled then, which your corrsspon dent
doubts.
The morning opened fair aud promising.
From one Of Grants vicksburg Parrots,
managed by Fighting Boys IN Blue, peal
on peal rent the air ana echoed Ger plain
and valley, calling on ell TO awake to the
duties Of the day. Never were prepare.
tons more complete. Great credit is due
the committees, and much praise to the
noble people Of Little Union. Innumer-
able asgs noated in the breeze. The
stores, dwellings aud public buildings
put on holiday dress. The Court House
was the centre, for amid lie shaded
grounds preparations had been made for
seating large crowd Of people.
Here let me digress . little, and state
q fact which makes an uniavorablc COM
parison for your town. While Brookvills
is cursed with come twelve or fifteen
whisky saloons, within stones. throw Of
the Court House, mot one;s to be found
10 this town OF Liberty. Union County
is Republican; franklin County is Demo.
cratic. Let thinking men draw their own
conclusions. fif
BY 10 o'clock large concourse had
assembled, but IL was nothing 10 compari.
son to the larger crowd Of the day. An
amusing part Of the mornings programme
was burlesque on the Southern delegates
entering N. Y. City looking for Tammsny
Hall. II was a complete suoc ess, and
crea,ed loud peals Of laughter at the do.
cidedly Southern appearance and sotious
Of the representative delegates.
Notwithstanding the immense gather
ing, | am safe In saying that while IL was
the largest, II was the most orderly as
sembly that has met In the White Water
Valley for several yearf, aud hereby a
con trast again suggests iiself While
rioting, Drunkenness and Sighting chsrac.
terxed the late Democratic ratification
meeting In Brookyille, Of which (e,o
Democrats were ashamed, not one drunk
Gu man was seen aud scarcely a proIape
oath was heard during the day ai Liberty
II was certainly the most intelligent aud
orderly political gathering ever con-
vencd In the ". w. Valley. The crowd
continued TO increase until oon, when il
was announced that after dinner they
would be addressed by Col. Billy Wilson,
one Of Indana's lighting soldiers.
It's not my purpose to attempt y
synopsis Of the speeches. but will say that
for one hour aud half the Col. held
that immense crowd as II by magic. IL
was one OF his charaeeiistic speeches,
pointed and sharp us a two ed ged swovd,
proving the.Coi. champion ON The uump
as we'll ms ia the field. The sreerh OF the
day was by the lion. T. II. Nelson, be-
cause to him was assigned the duty OF
unmaskiog the hollow, bypoc,itical by
pocrisy Of the Democratic party on the
real questions vi the day. The absurd,
ridiculous falsehoods paraded before the
people by Democratic sp,skers w,re
met by master hand a comparison was
drawn between Buchansn's and the
present administration, and it was shown
as clear'as MONDAY that Buchanan was
tbs most expensive, which those that
heard will bear me witness were made from
statistics of .tacts aud not absurd ssser-
tons. - ... ,..e. -
Mr.. Nelson reviewed the history Of the
country, the war, the national debt, Con-
gress, and, in fact, every question of i'm
portanse was met with honorable nau
hood, stamping Mr.. Nelson as one of the
clearest aud ablest speakers of the day,
added to which his gentlemsuly manner
arrested the attention OF all. / sin not
fatteripg, sir, when ! say that il was the
best speech olthe PR sent residential eau
vass. Said an intelligent gentleman of
age and experience, who is a warm adj
mirer of the lament,d Gov. Wright:
"Mr. Nelson's speech reminded me Of Joe
Wright's happiest efforts, aud | felt that
Mr.. N. excelled Wright in his paluiest
days" For two hours aud half there
was no faltering, but amid cries Of "go
on" .'go on" the speaker continued,
holding his audience until the sun had
we'll nigh set. have attended political
and other large meetings for years. and
seldom find man who can in ierest a
mixed crowd for more than q hour, but
Mr.. Nelson held that immense audiance
for the above length Of time, aud still the
cry was, Ego on"
Gen. Bennett spokea few words, and
the vast concoufee started for their homes
amid cheers and satisfaction over the sue
cess of the meeting. ~ sitf ia eeq o..
The Democratic excursionists to Ham
ilton not long since so mutilated and
abused the ears Of the Junction road by
cutting the cushions, &C., that they re-
fused toslet any more cars for excursions.
But for this, there would have been q
larger crowd from ConnersvilIe. and
Hamilton. The Democrats who we're in
that excursion say the cause of so much
trouble among them was accustomed by
their drinking too much bad wdter at
HamiltQa. The effect of the drinking Of
this bad icater was, that many Of them
were taken sick, and lay in the Court
House yard; others became frantic and
full Of fight. Bloody noses and black
eyes were common. Democrats, beware OF
bad pafer. Yours, OCCASIONAL.