The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-10-12
THE GRANT DAY.


rl,m tho Richmond Hausffeund.
What shall We say of it7 That
the procession in the morning and
the torch light procession in the
evening were respectable in mum
Der, but in no other point of view,
10 the simple truth. The number
on horse back amounted to 1922;
Of that number were 1913 white, and
ia negroes. To this number we
add IA bummers, 90 wagons with
out. and IL with flags, and 4 bust
ness advertising wagone. If We
add yet to this that q single music
band headed the monstrous pro-
cession, our statistical report is at
an end. But now i. is our duty to
investigate more closely the char
acter Of this long procession, and
the impression it produced upon
tho impartial spectator. If we
characterize the whole of the pro-
cession as a disgusting. noisy de-
monstration, that will be the most
lenient judgment we are abe TO
pronounce upon it. The most thst
was to be seen was calculated to
produce effect; and such want of
order, good behavior and harmony
which was witnessed in the display
by the self called noble Republican
Party, we never could have imagin-
ed; it was necessary for US to bring
to the place our own eyesight in
order to be convinced that the
Americans were able to become
guilty Of such disorder. In the
whole procession, consisting al
most only Of negroes and boys
there WAS hardly to be dinguished
q single intelligent face; and, had
not the stout farmer boys, with
their red pantss the behind of which
they filed to bursting, and the
lovely girls, dressed in white and
crowned with flowers, produced
some diversion, nothing refreshing
at all could have been seen in the.
whole procession. The torch light
procession in tic evening defeated
anything in noise, fray and disor
der that we have ever heard and
seen. 1t was a chaos Of harmony,
produced by the bowling of the
negroes, the ringing Of the bells
and the hissing of the rockets, in
such way thar, the people were
inclined to believe themselves
transferred to the musical perform
ances OF Boston, or even to the
Blocksbcrg into the midst of the
Sabbath of witches. If these dis
plays as we witnessed them on the
third, were tue representation of
the party, revelation Of its spir
it, and What else could they be :? we
only wonder over orc thing, that
yet n few GcrmaRs, there we're,
how, vtr, t,:t fcw, NC might easily
count them .on our fingers, were
ingloriosuly represented in that
carnival procession. as exceptions
to the rule, the Germans don't let
themselves be used as fools. About
the speeches held On tue fair
ground, we Intentionally keep 81
lent; for we should be obliged to
speak Of oil that which sensible
men do not wish to bring forth
again from its place of putrafaction.
as done With and buried. The
straw, which Sir Sirobach frou
Alabama throught himself at leis
u"c to bring up here, was so thrcsh
Cd through ttat ii could not ever
no longer be used as straw paper
That good part Of those who
took part in the Grant procession
arc not willing te vote fer Greeley
because he is q temperance man
wss only too visible. Let Us wal
one week from today, and We shall
see who snay expect to make use o
tie ,ce Gin. which the Grani mer
/ liau!ct around in Iheir procession
against all tie deccucy OF educated
men.
COMMENT, gT THs TELEGRAM
! The editor Of the Hausfrcund i.
known to be Rev. Father Hun,l
ofSt. Andrews Catholic church, ,
foreigner who is intensely hostile
10 the most of our American inssi
tutions, and especially to our Re
publicanism. His sneer at what b,
is pleased to style The Grant day
lis TO hin as natural as it is un
becoming and inpertinent There
were in the procession OF October
| Sd, thousands of honorable and in
telligent native horn and natural
i lied American citizens who rcver'
the nations dag and tie institution:
1t protects, and who we're exercis
ing their rights in an orderly man
or. Decent criticism Of the per.
Torrance was to be expected iron
their political opponents, but Their
is no conceivable ground within
he bounds of honorable journal
tism for such dirty filings and NAL
icious mis-statements as the abov
contains. With what sickly an
contemplate grace does the charg
of disorder against the late Repub
lican procession come from on
who is the inspiring genius 9
those annual carousals in GU
midst, known as the 'beer pic-nics
from which a number OF cracke
skulls are usually turned over 1
the tender mercies of the surgeon
and against which the better pol
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