The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-09-28


the county has been piastered over
with large, full sheet hand-bills, an
nouncing a grand Republican Mass
Meeting to come off at Court House
Park in this town, on Thursday last.
the attractions offered to draw out the
people being General Noyes, the Rad
ical candidate for Governor, and Hon.
j. A. Amber. a stirring appeal was
made to the Republicans TO turn out,
and they were assured that General
Moves wished to see them and talk to
them. and that they wished to see
General Moves and hear him !;
neither of which was true, as the
sequel fully demonstrated The day
was delightful one-not cloud OBJ
scured the sky and the air was cool
and bracing. The Committee of Ar
rangements had made ample prepara-
tions in anticipation of an immense
crowd, and the town was gaily deck
ed with flags and banners. At about
ten O'Clock the eyes of the leading
Radicals were turned in every direc-
ton eagerly looking for the vast mnl-
titudes who it was supposed wished
to see General Noyes and hear him" I"
but they were nowhere to be seem
Noon came and still no crowd There
were not more people in town than
there are frequently on good business
days. The most liberal estimate that
we have heard doesnot place the num-
Der present from out of the town, at
more than three hundred persons, Re-
publicaus and Democrats, men, ,Wo-
men and children land from that fact
it was pretty apparent that the Repub-
licans of the county had no great anx-
| iety to see and hear General Noyes.-
Disappointed and chagrined over the
failure of their efforts to get out a
crowd, the managers of the fizzle be-
gan to look after the redoubtable Gen
eral who was SO anxious to see and
talk to his Republican friends, but he
was nowhere to be found. The Band
was brought out and treated the few
people who had come to town to wit
ness the grant demonstration to some
of their choicest music. The few
who were in attendance were advised
to wait till two O'Clock in the after
noon as the speakers would probably
arrive by that time. Two o'clock ar
rived, but still no Noyes and nobody
else to speak to the few disconsolates !;
and those who had come from abroad,
detected and crestfallen, homeward
wended their weary way. Towards
six O'clock the services of the band
were again called into requisition, and
with the committee of reception pro-
ceeded to the depot of the G. g p.
Railroad, thinking that the distin-
guished speakers would most certain
ly arrive on the freight train which
was due at that hour. The train came,
but an eager, anxious search by the
committee from locomotive to ca
boose, revealed not the object of their
solicitude. While the Committee and
Band were thus waiting to do honor
to the immortal hero, statesman, and
orator, the train from the west on the
-A-S5- CIV Railway arrived. and
General Noyes unaccompanied and
unannounced arrived, and took up his
quarters at the Etna House before
the Committee had returned from
their fruitless search. Upon inquiry
it was ascertained that the General
had stopped off at Mansfield for the
purpose of attending the Agricultural
Fair in that city. There were consid-
erable many curse words uttered on
account of the grand failure, and eve
ry manner of excuse was invented to.
account for it. .5z bts5a
2 q IN THE EVENING
General Noyes shot off his mouth to
very respectable audience at Citi-I
zens Hall, and a fouler piece has not
been discharged at any public assem-
bly, in this region within the 5recollee-..
ton of the oldest inhabitant. Heat
tempted to be facetious at the expense
of decency, and by. his low-fung
wit Disguised even many of his Radi-
cal hearers, who. declared that, while
his vulgar jokes might not possibly
haYe disgraced a brofhel, they were
entirely unfit to be uttered before. an
intelligent popular assembly. His
speech was a repetition of what The
has repeated over and over again in
his perambulations over the State,
and was made up mostly of the stale
stuff that has entered into the4compo-
sition of Radical harrangues for the
last six years. He started out by say
ing that the Office of Governor, for
which he is candidate, is not one of
very great importance that about all
that official had to do, was to pardon
Democrats out of the penitentiary.-
This the General regarded a center
shot from the Radical coluInbiad; an
argument that was entirely unanswer--
able. 1t was certainly very dignified
in man who is seeking the first Of
fee in the gift of the people. He
next launched out in the usual Radi-
cal twaddle about the war which has
been thousand, times reiterated by
the stumpers of that persuasion DUR
ing these many years past deneanc-
ing the Democrats with instigating
the late rebellion, and with being trai-
tors to the country during the war,
who deserved to be hanged. He
doubtless acts upon the rogue's max
i'm that lie well stuck to will answer
his purpose aslweH as the truth. He
then defined his position upon the
subject of amnesty; and upon that
subject he was as clear as mud
While he was in favor of amnesty to
all, W ith certain exceptions, he