Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-07-12
POLITICAL.
The tireeIey Ra'larnlion.
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TOR BAYARD-RAMBIINa sPFEoHEs--cHEEhsF FOR
GRANT--Is HORACE GREELEY A DEMOCRAT.
With commendable promplness, at least, the
Greeleyites decided TO hold ratiica ion meet
ing, last evening, in front of the City Hall
BY s o'clock. there WAS large crowd gath
cred, including probably Thousand people
noaly tho whole Of them drawn by curiosity to
hear what would be said, who would say 1t, how
tho alra would be managed and enjoy the fun,
generally. At leaet one-third of the whole
meeting and possibly one-haf, were llopubli-
cans.
Shortly after eight o'clock. the managers OF
the affair put in an appearance. Henry Eckel
seemed to be- the leading spirit of the occasion.
Upon his motion General" jesse Sharpe was
made Chairman and the following other Off
GERS were subsequently named
Vice Presidents 1st Ward. Philip G.. Plum |
kett 2nd VIM. II, Quinn Sd, ii. f. Finegan |
Ith, Jacob Butz 9th James Monaghan 9th. |
Henry Eckel 7th George W. Stone /; Sth. DIR. |
George W. Chnytor 9th, DIR. Il. q. Shortlidge ; |
10th James ONell
Secretaries: George Chance Peter b Eyre. |
Committee on Resolutions, Capt. JOS NJ. Barr, |
@. Hill Blinton, VIM. Thatcher
The Chairman now announced that Senator |
Bayard could not be present but lie had :" sent a
letter." 1t would be read
Mr. Walter Cummins law student in Mr. Bay |
ards office, thereupon read the letter, 1t was
| long, aud sounded like funeral dlrge. The |
main part of it expressed pain, disappointment,
| and regret, at the nomination of Greeley II |
| was not that which the writer desired. He had
| hoped against it. II demanded sacrifices that
Democrats thought it impossible to make.
After several pages OF this, the squad on the
| platform began to assume yery detected APP
| pearance Republicans in the crowd were run
| ming over with amusement, and the Democrats
present felt that their worst opinions OF the Bal
| timore job were confirmed Mr.. Bayard's ex-
prespions of disgust could not have been strong
| Inh, Ilvrn IA fItarafOra iumOa1 and
| terrupting the reader, demanded to know-"to
| whom is the letter addressed Z" 70 this the
| answers were rather vague, but finally appear
| ed that it was written, HOt to the meeting, but
| to some person down the State. "Ihen, said
| O'Byrne, "it is private property, and does not
belong to tho meeting" He evidently wished
TO choke OF such dolorous strain, and prevent
its further i'll ehec
| The crowd however demanded the further
| re ding, and the letter was finished Mr. Bayard
said. finally that after all, he would vote for
| Greeley and he hoped everybody else would,
| and if he rec lvered his health he wolld come
home and Join in the campaign.
The letter WAS then pocketed by O. +. John
SO d and presently John o Byrne rose to speak.
OByrne's speech was nearly an hour long, and
f.,any to the last degree. HIS best efforts be-
fo :, a Quarter Sessions jury never surpassed it.
As or argument, it had mono, but it abounded
IN usions to the Declaration of Independence,
Ia Constitution, Thomas Jefferson. the Ameri-
can Revolution, the Battle of the Brandywine,
tha rebellions in Ireland, the fate of Poland,
the right OF Habeas Corpus, DC, &c, NC He
was interrupted several times by questions from
inauirimg persons in the crowd, and always pre-
| tended to answer their queries. man i'll
front OF him asked - Is Horace Greeley
| Democrat?n O'Byrne proceeded to demon
strate that he was He had " accepted the dis
tinctiye principles OF the Democratic Party.
Though coming IN late as a worker in the party
he was az worthy as If he had borne the heat of
the day. Another question Who made the
Democratic platform ?" Why said the speaker
Thomas Jefferson applause by the squad on
AZ one point. some indiscreet person in the
crowd proposed three cheers for Greeley! A few
voices responded once, and the second hzzled
out. Hang the cheers cried U Byrne I'VE
didn't come here for cheering
, On the outside of the crowd there was large
number of Republicans, and some Of them i'll a
spirit Of fun, several times proposed cheers Tor
Grant which we're given with Will. THESE IN
terruptions were not to be commended, as 1t
7 was ayowedly Greeley Il Brown meeting, but
the volume Of cheers showed the number present
', VINO were for the Republican candidates.
O'Byrne finally sat down o' ercome with heat
Y | excitement and mingled emotions, his voice
cracked. and his utmost efforts to rouse enthusi
asm chilled by the evidently adverse feeling OF
y the meeting. ,,,,
made much the best speech of the evening. II
% was cold. and reused no response whatever, bu
il was, in the main, gentlemany, and had som'
appropriateness to the object Of the meeting
Ia He said the object OF the gathering was TO ratli
10 the nominations and he would give some rea
sons WHY it should be done. He proceeded Il
N eulopize Mr. Greeley, and related various evl
Il dsnces Of his excellence Of character.
Capt Joseph M Barr then read tho following
N RESOLUTIONS.
Resolped That we recognize tho fact that ther
w has been political deluge
Resslped That we perceive many OF anti-diu
yian landmarks have been swept away thereby
al ResOlued That we intend to take our place
among the post-diluvlans.
Rgsolued That we intend to forget many thing
ut that are old and learn some things that are new
d. Resolped That it is evident the pesen
n movement sis the peoples" and that in it they
nd are above and ahead of the politicians and newt
Resolped, That we are for Greeley and Brow
and are determined to carry Delaware for tina
-. ticket. ,,,,,,..
or, Grand Mass County Ratification Meeting,
by AN aarIv day to continue day and evening,
ratjfy the proceedings of the Baltimore ConVe
til tion. ~, .
club be formed, at once, to assist IN carryll
aas out the above resolutions
st 1ss Oaptain Barr, in reading, said I've recogn
" the fact that there has been political det-OOge
ard his further reading of these humorous res
lmtions was amusing to the last degree. He th'
proceeded in a short speech, which onght TO ma
49,; | been shorter. for his own credit He raked oV
% the stale ISLANDERS of the campaign or lsOS agar
/. General Grant, anu IHauo hDuhiNo hhu
TED charges against his personal character at whl
few vulgar and ignorant persons i'll the ero
old laughed. In two days after his inauguration 81
Otel the speaker the President trampled on
4 is Constitution. voice from the crowd at th
Mr.. cried /" And he kicked you out of the Pe
Office, too !" at which there was general Taught
ter Somebody proposed "lhree cheers LOT hori
OO0. Greeley and the whole Republican ticket" viii
lpo- caused anotnel iie iaus us ,asn adinyrned vii
mia, lhe Heee It,oane Of the Adperijssr' standing
cars deoiBe Onniiee, ad ,yth vahennant earnast1
nan, @Three cheers for Horace Greeley" f
wen persons. lstanding near, not more than
In number who had, OF course, boon "coach'
who 20 raanond shouted heartily, but the meeti
con- Gansrallv was silent and made no ansv
the crowd which had now thinned out tC
small gathering, then departed.
yard |
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on VINO CONES NEXT2-J L. Bostck, cole