, 1876-10-06
THE CONVENTION.
A LUDfcRous rfzzLB.

INprAHAroLls, Oct. 5--Thc crowd wds here,
and It was biz ono, bit tho Democratic mass
meeting held under tllu false pretcnsc Of 4 asol-
dicrs' reunion was failure because of that
falso prctcnse, which cl.catoI nobody, but
which, having bean assumed, had to- oc
kept Up throughout, and mndc tho whole
affair ludicrous failure. There voFn some
soldscfs hcgc, men who need not be asfamcl OF
thcIr army record, but their number Nas ut
tcrly Insignificant. Tie meeting was simply
yast asscntblagc Of the untcrrlGcd Democracy
OF 1ni1lann, who aenounced tho War as nm
ubolltlon crusaac, and tic Onion enfd'nrs ne
Lincoln hirclLngs. Tho attempt to got up
soldIers reunion will, such material was sufll-
GENTLY farcleal but when II to tho speech
making aud some thousands OF them were gath
cred together to be addressed rs "comralcs and
1cllow.soldiers IL was simply prcposterous,
mud q wet blanket whS thrown over
the whole performance It excluded from
sl,arr In th6 affair the Democratic lenders Of
Indiana. Daniel ". voorhees,, The finest orator
of them all, The man At whose appearance, too,
there would have been most stthrsasn, re-
1ncmbctcd Ills own Coppcrhcad record, and
lncked tho audacity to take part In even such
sham OF a susdlcrs' reunion rs this was to-day.
n1uE 1rAEs tTtLLikxsr
who never wore the blnr, did not dare show
himself Ut tl!e pretended reunion ot tito Boys
in Blue nsscmllcd to got up enthuslashl Tor
him. His votes Ii, tho Indiana
appropriations for aM and supplies Tor Indtann
soldiers In tho field forever rtlr him ont from
a.,y reunion of Union soldiers, real Or pro-
tended. Andy liumphrics, who Is now
running tor Congfcss on tho Democratic ticket
In Dluc7Teaas' district, It ts true, was Major
t;upcral during the War, but he was Ma1or-
General, not In tho Gn!on attny, hut iii the
trcasonablc Order ot THO sohs OF Liberty
kndy also was lnlct1 out, as in like
a,stt,,a,,t,1 s 1o,,,r1ro,o ri r,1tan, sa woa
eta's1'Sheu :, nI''loStat' " n1a n :, -.
.fsat tala cotost'on .. unNl''uea ,"s.., oenu'A.S
here assernlod to-lay to make up tho pretend
ROW ty,,t cn,ncn. warrior. cx-f;nv. John NJ,
n',.,,a. ,t,a,. Ii,.,,t ,r.,,t A., l,,.r h,, Wb.n
faincl' ahey t'l'"t VAIL W He:,' 't""' "Hen
L1lat other gallant sola'eF oI tho unlon1
wiiusu Army HEcotp IL rET uEwNlTrDs,
aasr rs s efs sess ss se1tsa Sse ess Il fs ss
speech, not from Palmer, hut from tlo'r Old
tl,ia reunion pesllaps remembered how,
during tho darkest honrs Of the War,
wheh they wo.e .; e.''c" upon 49, " r1nS ~ ~
the delcnso OF 1ao oia Aas' .ne Ra'-
!anI nenatshs, IN wors T. thas . , eannos "..,, oq
ay sS
.is sne'yvs speech a whs o snounssat
,n,cr.tcs and fnrtnncs n thr miller int
] iIsn1rI.ks also seemed scent imnressyI with Tic
full sense 4.a' Of low SI reposterous Il WV would
be for him 10 Dguro ct what putportc.1 to 30 a
o,,s o roue1usion lint Var which I'D dc,1o,1rce,,
AID as %ns ataoS;s ~ Sa aEM to,G " i
95niot' III, "1ai soderv4 Neytr,helcss, % wtl sublime u M
suaSs.y, ] s IL weltois.sa III ssiSless st e !s.a"a
re- is,fks @ wsSo'1 50 70 sm 1a'a ts s. sodsts 5 4 q
og n 1sssy y eff;s snes ssy ss e sSw 5 t
1uulana n tho fslt i'',%sn fSf ss9aoy IND FcfoF.'
r,on r,a,ner vns 1nnhs ~ IaM,rcc, ,to c+.o, ,5
hen WI esa yeeru he .N
tad'0 urd By A Ioastins % thss is III lad d''E d
% st m na'e' uv Islcnee aud ~ culo.y dSy"t' y
iE nI .aain, that a. ma,,r Ir,s ~
The ysefaA at It nss, Sas tey Nn tcesvn ta
pfl o. ny Spcseta ao 'S3 M ~oMn ~ ns" lHvsmee ~
sGwer o. MC !rhd ~ tlrr au, !" ~
vtro isrs Il av TIC WAX sae vesstsas usdsSt
}fi. M, fe1ssu's Is whit "a on 10 % dcoicu % rarnsfj
!h Mpsye <, Mts ,nat, N ~ sin,1oht orri m,
Heneta! wfo aeMt tl,s 'Meu @ 10 uu u ,l ,u
sn9e|, tno aPlia1Msu Mtbs1e,a Mde famn4 otier y
.,, nur ms ,,,,.,,,,,,,,,, uo,,,,o,, r,,, ~,
hESDiSo vALhARp.u.tAM TMn1uut iln s, ins,1 taMni
eae !s xgiesas as ~ ihntotetn a,nn,in
esS felemneTeu not' a'li n,,..
WIZ tHe nioto YiGoF lno aGhumeson s,t., ~ mut \
s"le; Iais assault upon nuIn'lac' W. Wnoh ~
E0ppsf"eas % saasa,. q e. .an,sn,ma-,,,, a0 "ays c,n
S nanysut saY't u ths II Depstmut % u tu IL 6iiit
Was but past 81 ~ his attacK upon the Ve.era 1
WIG pal.ieihateu ~ tto union s9s.'els leustao
o. III ~ u.., MnoiM ~ usn1G
d ~ .uct tt y. T, ntm,.p ,.Er p;a M
tnMylvt'oSs.. Ms'sss;nF ~ ans aAisvsxs III
aetlo1 tiat the nonnty.JGinpess. nna eowur.
tsy ersisseI al'' III styins T. pat
llosesasa = inafs slss aa ae aouittless III /
editor Of TtlE rn.suks " sssert!ns there W Y,
1Io c2Wata %M0 VIC Wasnt g.. nofe totiayi thas w