New-York tribune., 1872-09-16
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
IMMENSE LIBERAL MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD
TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE
AN ADDRESS by GEN. EWING.


IMMENSE LIBERAL MEETING AT SPRINGFIELD
TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE
AN ADDRESS by GEN. EWING.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE Tribune
SPRINGFIELD. Ohio, Sept. 15-Ihe largest
night meeting held in this city, Central Ohio
outside Of Columbus, was addressed here, Saturday
night by the Hon. Thomas Ewing, r. The lowest est
mate upon the crowd 5000 and place high
as - 900 The enthusiasm beyond all precedent.
torchght procession, numbering probably oO of whom
hundreds were Liberal Republicans paTaded the prnc
pal streets end in passing Gen. Ewing's hotel paid him
such an ovation public man ever before received
Shouts Greeley and Brown and the state ticket
fairly the air. Five clubs OF $50 members esch
in uniform, turned out in the procession with
music banners all the paaphernala of enthusiastic
Greeley men, Mr.. Ewings speech was vigorous in
dictment OF the Grant Administration and telling ex
pose OF its corruption. He spoke for u hours and was
listened till his closing sentence by the vast crowd
ENCOURAGING INDICATIONS FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE sTATE-CoL. GROsvENoR AND OTHER
SPEAKERS ADDRESS A LARGE MEETING AT
DELAWARE.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUERl
COLUMBUS, Sept. 15.-The Liberal canvass
in Ohio has made satisfactory progress during the past
week. The Greeley meetings have all been well at
tended and the speaking has been than ordinarily
effective The advices that have been received from all
parts OF the by the Executive Committees of both
the Democratic and Liberal Republican organizations are
or the most cneerlng character. Inc supporters OI
Greeley feel confident that they will carry Ohio both in
October and In November and will elect not less than II
out Of the 20 Congressmen with the chances in their
favor TO elect four five more. Col Wm NJ. Grosvenor
OF 81. Louis has been speaking in Ohio since
last Wednesday, and hsi meetings have all
been excellent and quite large. He addressed
a fine meeting in the Opera House at Delaware
yesterday afternoon His speech occupied two hours IN
the delivery and was powerful arraignment OF the
Grant Administration and the Grant party, and an
effective appeal for the Reform In the evening
magnificent torchght procession parded the streets Of
Delaware with music, banners, and transparences, ex
citing the veliest enthusiasm. Amid the thunder Of
cannon and the shouts the people the procession fled
around an already large assemblage, completely
comprising it, and altogether forming the largest pot
ical meeting that has for years been held in that little
city.
Ex-senator willard Warner first addressed the multi
tude In an able and convincing speech OF an hour He
was followed by Gen. Geo. W. Morgan, Democratic ana
Liberal candidate for Congress In that district, who
spoke another hour most effectively. After Gen. Nor
Gan had concluded the people called out Col Grosyenor
who had spoken In the afternoon and who now closed
the meeting with stirring speech. The speeches were all
enthusiastically applauded throughout. Gen. Morgan
ana his friends feel certain that the lXth District
win send him back to Congress Gen. Wiley and Cassius
NJ CLAY spoke TO an excellent meeting at Mddleport,
Meigs County The coming week Will he an important
Cne in the Ohio campaign.