Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-10-29
Great Demonstration at Della
ware City!
Speeches by General Ashley and Colonel
Smith.
Fine Torch-light Procession


At Delaware City. last evening from fifteen
hundred to two thousand people were present,
forming one OF the largest meetings held outside
OF Wilmington during the campaign. The meet
Ing was called To order by John c. Clark Jr.,
who named for President Edmund Cleavcr, with
list of Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
Tue first speaker was Colonel George +. Smith,
of West Chester, Pa, who addressed the audi-
encc in IN able and eloquent manner tor more
than an hour. He reviewed the Reconstruction
policy Of Congress and showed lis necessity re-
ferred to the revolutionary projects Of Frank
Blair, and declared that the laws of the land
would not be subvcrted but would endure and
be enforced; showed the disagreement between
Mr.. Seymour, who says Finance Is the main is
sue, and Mr. Blair, who declares IL to be Recon-
struction passing To the subject of taxation aud
public expenditures, he met and refutcd tho
charges made against the Republicans of extrav-
agance, and showed by comparison with BIZ
chanan's administration the economy and fidelity
with which Congress has discharged lis duties
lie closed with IN exhurtalun to his hearers to
sink ptcjndiccs and consider the issues Of the
campaign upon their rcii nciits, and decide them
for the advantage Of The couiry.
General danes NJ. Ashley, of Ohio, upXl spoke
for an hour and forty minutes. Space viii mt
permit us 10 more fh,n briefly refer To what is
acknowledged, ly all who heard hini, to have
been calm, earnest, aiid most effective address
ic reviewed the course ct lhu Democratic party
previous to the war aud showed how that nrgaui-
diUn was responsible tor il. with sll its blood
shed aud expenditure; traced the successive steps
taken by tho Repuhlicau party during the war and
since, showing that lhtil.h they had done much
Tor the cuurtd people, Justice aud prutcucc per-
nitlcd nothing rss, and that wise craftsmanship
compelled the couisr they had adopted. With
the question of taxation, Mr.. Ashley, from his
service on the yaritii- Cungrt ssunal committees,
was especially familiar, and his explanation WAS
admirably clear and convincing He disspated
the charges hudr by our uppuncnIs by his sim
pie statements Q, tlr f,cts. He twice attempted
to close and rclir,, hui the audience insisted that
he should rs.'ree,i.
| The meeting Il ipilr,ud after u few remarks by
Col. Thomas ui .,r>t Chester, I; crippled veteran
of the war, tl,t -insins If same patriotic songs
By j. 7. Nligli, ~ Il Ire. iuiisrs cheers fur
GRANT aud CoiFsN.
MIriiNG AZ rEi,itY's rAyEES.
| at pcrry's Tavern. 10 Brandywinr Hundred, a
| very spirited hrpuic.n nie,iing WI, held Oh
| Monday cv,nina, nj which a.ics,ss .Crc made
by Anthony ii-gn,, Esq, and C,l. Niclds. ii
was II dtcidtL success.
| TiIE TohCHL,Giir PROCESSION. ..
| The Boys III Blue, the Pioneer Tanners and the
| Republican lnvincibes went down To the meeting
On the steamboat John Syirester and had ii plea
SAINT "trip. They turned out in force, aud wcrt
met III Delaware City by u large delegation o
mounted men with t,ichrs All Joined il u grand
| tOrcl-llght procession through the town. Til,
| Wilmington Ciuhs got buck ut about ~ o'clUCt
last night, and marched up to their headquarters
| making handsome display.
pEMocRATic MEErING Al MuFonD--A unEAl
sri.ECA.
FgiurHnA, Di.i.., Oct. eth, 1865.
MIsssRs. EDirons The object Of this writin.
is to furnish you with an ui'irg Of the gran,
rally in Milford, IN Saturday lust, aud TO Civ
you some idea Of the "moral' s'a,gs oi the uu
terrified Democracy, It's leaders and devoted ful
lowers,
TO find the Star Spangled Banner hluntcd 10 III,
| brecze-thc Identical Stars and Stripes that wer,
SO utterly dctestablc in the eyes of some, but
| few short years ago-and the assembling OF
eoncoursc of people To listen to an addres
from "the gallant young Senator" when 10 an,
behold, at about half-past three O'Clock, Willar,
| came forth to greet his fellow Chico citizens.
The stage having been previously arranged i'm
mediatcly opposite, or rather in front of tn
door leading to the bar-room of t1c Milford Ho
tel, the exhilaraiing influence eTanating there
from, could be readily felt and eajoyed by th
speaker, Well, Willard mounted the rostrum
Keeling to and fro like the crazy walls of de
serted castle, scarcely able to articulate plainly
or In other words, about as glorious as Tam o.
Sbanter, on the Night of his remarkable adven
ture among the ghosts of Kirk Alloway. Every
thing went swimmingly onward for n time, Will
Willard vented his spleen on the unprotecte
heads of the Odd black Republicans" am
sinners generally, aud raved about Governmen
taxes, and being or not being equal to the negro
we did not distinctly understand which, Gcner
ally speaking that portion Of the audience were
MS far as We observed, sober.
All OF sudden the hitherto undisturbed still
ness of the assemblage was thrown into violei
commotion by the rushing In Of two drunke
rowdies, both OF the Democratic persuasion. VIII
set upon sober inoficnsive young man, and com
menccd maltreating him. with the very vim an
manner of the Southern chivary. The rowdies
however, got the worst of 1t. One was sent Of
with dislocatcd or broken bone, and the othe
more than realized his highest expectations Of
sound drubbng. This affair, of course, was NOR
interesting than the logical reasoning Of the speak
er, consequently he had but few to listen, am
meanwhile he howlrd and whned alternately
stamping and swearing about having so little al
tention paid him, until finally he became as FL
rlous as the diving Of Jehu. He declared Ia hi
wrath II no on1 else could knock down the son
, a., to bring HIN on the stage aud he could d
1t. After awhile he succeeded in quelling III
, commotion by pouring his phias of Democrat
oil on the troubled waters, and again all was u
tention. individually and collectively.
Morning more occurred to mar the felicity {
the affair until about hnf-past five O'Clock, whr
the tranquility of the speaker was again disurbt
5 by the violent ringing of the supper bell by OF
of Alricas sable eons. The speaker felt hmst
a aggrieved, and belched forth In Sient0ran tone
= "knock that id niger down, I'll give you d
j dollars" etc., etc. =.
Q Thus ended the big speech of this EVENT.
day, Prov Boy.