Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-08-22
The Grant and Wilson Meeting

this place, on last Saturday evening, |
decorum greatly cclipsed everything of
the kind VIC have had in this place since |
the campaign opened. Under the di-
rection of our worthy townsmen, Mess. |
John Cox and Eli Crise, Il large COM
pany of horsemen, about l25 in num-
Der, were assembled at the south end of
town and were form ed in process sion.-
Gen. |. NJ. Kirby then took command
and little after dusk with torches burn
ing and banners flying the procession
was ready to march. The sight was
one of tie most beautiful we have ever
beh ED. The column was headed by
Prof. NJ rtin's Silver Cornet Band, the
memLers of which have long been not
ed for their efficiency in music, but on
this occasion they quite excelled them
selves. Their music was grand beyond
description.
The torches and transparancies, car
ricd in the hands of the horSemen, add
ed very much to the splendor of the
scene Our description would be quite
incomplete if we neglected to make par
ticular mention of one transparency
that engaged the attention of all as the
procession marched through town. 1t
was carried near the head of the pro-
cession and bore the portraits of Grant
4 Wilson, in life size, The honest and
manly faces of those two great men of
the nation, painted on canyass, filled
the hearts of every patriotic and coun-
try loving citizen with enthusiasm and
pride. The portraits, we are told, were
painted expressly for the occasion by
our excellent photographer, Mr.. ID. Ri
der. As the procession marched
through town over two thousand peo-
pie thronged the streets to enjoy the
sight, and even the Greeleyi:es pro-
nounc ed it splendid. After riding
through the principal streets the horse
men disbanded about eight o'clock
and after disposil g of their horses. re-,
paired to Beerys' Hall, where large
number of Ladies' and Gentlemen were
assembled to listen to the speakers that
were announced for the evening. Gen.
l. NJ. Kirby. President Of the club, in
troduccd as the first speaker, Col. C..
Sears, who deliver q short address, in
which he gave his reason for not eating
crow and supporting Gen. Grant
While he conceded that the present al
ministration had committed some er-
n hn1 tn
reform from Greeley, and those who
would be likely to control his admins
tration if elected. He showed for the
benefit of cit liens Of foreign birth, that
this administration had done more for
immigration in increase
ing facilities for their transportation to
to this country AMI protecting them
from imposition on their arrival, than
any other inEthe history of the country.
His speech was frequently applauded.
The next speaker was a. w, Brink
erholf. He read an elaborate speech,
the forepart of which was replete with
important political facts. showing the
record Of parties in regard to the ques-
ticn of slavery, secession, the war &c.
He concluded as follows:
Fellow Citizens In conclusion let
me ask you to remember that when
Major Andre became the prisoner of
Van Vert, Paulding & Williams and
when the traitor Renedict Arnold
knew that his treason, would demand
the forfeiture of his life, he inglori-
ously fed anu when in the enemies
country, and at the home of the
Sisters of the Spy, Andre in London,
with brazen impuce Ice, asked for
mission TO their home, but even
they spurned the traitor: So now,
in choosing your cou!s, of action,
may God so direct you as to gave
you from associating with those who
fought for, talked for, and would
have sold your country to the inter
ests of human slavery and black
hearted traitors, rather than let their
party die!
When they ask you to vote with
them, look back upon their record,
and say to them,-too black! too
bloody! too false to trust.
Who ever heard an American ask
an American to forget the damning
deeds of Benedict Arnold? Is not
the crime Of murder the same if com
mitted by one or twenty men?
Let the treason of half the nation,
be and remain on the page of his
tory no less than that CT one mans !,
And as we teach our childrenthe en-
ormity of the crime of Arnold, let US
also teach them the greater nolmity
of the treason of half nation! In
the first case the Traitor escaped his
deserts, but the world still detests
his treachery, while the better and
Drawer man, Andre, died the death
af spy! In our case hundreds of
thousands of good men and true
died by traitors hands, and now the
enemies of the Hero who crushed
treason and saved the country come
to us and ask ''Is the past never to
be forgotton-are those old sores
never to be allowed to heal up?
l answer for myself only, and say
while Arnolds infamy continues to
inspire to mobiles deeds, and the
black stain continues to mar the
page of our Revolutionary history,
so long will l stand by the words of
Horace Greeley, In his American con-
flict. Pg. 344, where he says "then
MIR Stephens sank from the proud
position of citizen of the American
Republic into that of vice President
of the confederacy of Slaveholding
traitors, and their benighted. mis-
guided satellites and dupes"!
If traitors, then, before the she'd
ding of blood, we have NO pardon
for their otienses of later days; and
we shall continue TO open the ''old
sores so that our children and chill
dren's children may continue to look
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