Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1876-11-11
Special New York Correspondence of the
FREE Pass.
The Greatest Meeting of the Whole
Campaign.
200 600 People in aud around TAmmany Hall.
The Speeches, &c.

The tribune az the It1eS aul the WhO.e lie
publican pack had been declaring ever since
the s. Louis Convention that Mr.. Kelly was at
heart opposed 20 the election Of Gov. Tilden
aad would cause his def at in New York. As
is generally the case with sinister witnesses
the wish was father to the thought. Mr. hel-
Tvs hold on the Democratic heart was known
% be So great that Il was thought 70 be worth
the attempt 70 SOW discord between h'm and
Gov. TIlIeu But the attempt failed. No
voice has ruug out more clearly and powerful
ly ON the stump for Hildeu, Hendricks aud
Reform than Mr.. keily's Thursday evenings
monster demonstration. made under the auSp-
ccs Of 1ir Kelly aud IImmany Hall, was the
eliminating event OF the whole campaign IN
the United States. Never was such maguih-
cent political gathering ever seen IN this coun-
try before. What DO yol think, Mr. Editor,
/ Of Two Hundred thousand people collecting
+ iu and around the old Wiswam? What do
( You think Of Sixty Thousand democratic vo-
/ tiers. all appropriately dressed IN civic outfits
! Of various attractive kinds, marching fifteen
. abreast with banners and tranSparencleS and
7 the iuuumeabl5 notices Of victorious De-
mocracv floating % the breeze aud every man
bearing O lighted torch? IL was a sight not
o. be Seen twice To- q lifetime. To give you
an idea Of the Size of what the Republican pa
pers sretriugN called " John Kelly Process
sion. " IL commenced % pass Emmauy Hall at
half past nine o'clock 10 the evening, fifteen
abreast. AMI the eul OF the procession did not
get by until twenty minutes past two o clock
In the morning. There weCe thirty or forty
bands u music ia the line. \ description OF
the various inspiring scenes a;teHt;ug thus
mighty uutpouriug ut earnest Democrats would
take a suujly sized volume Gov. IIldeu
stood on a platform 10 Union Square with
many wcil-kuowu democrats reviewing the
procession Eight u- ten stands were erected
around the Wi.wam aud Uuiou Square, aud
an were covered with RlsS aud notices and
emblsms of Democratic unity. AM patriotism
Rockets danced through the air like 'meteorS
of the y nth - cannon rOIre! with brazen
lungs o. swell, the general joy, and hundred
orator, with Atuc Wit aud SOnorouS phrase
told The story Of peace, harmony and rccoucll-
J iati1u between the North and South.
la the grand Il al Of the Wiswam sat Mr.
Kelly surrounded by host OF distinguished
d mea Mr. Belmont 1i the Syndicate, tWho has
: taken sixteen million. Eve ECuired thousand II
The A. per cent lo1n almost three times as
much as any other banker aud more than the
whole o. the Republican bankers together,
. Au.u>tu, Schcll, ex-senator Dpodtt'e, Milton
SAVER. Soeaker Of the House of Representa-
tvcs Sunset Cox. Fernando Wood. Eugene
Kelly. Attorney General TiircAi.l, Juhu Nc
kaln.J " CHAMBER islu-lu-lIw 40 John ia
: cob AstrI. Bcui Willis, Daniel B. Lucas OF
y.ur own State. and too many Others for emu
o. mautiuu Mr. Kelly called the meeting %
. order boo "a short and forcible speech, ia which
, De assured the enemies ul the Democracy that
SD Gar from there being opposition IN Iamma-
2 rs Hall o. the election % Gov. N.teu that cy-
. CIV shoulder Was 40 the vince. aud ON Tuesday
% he PROMISED that the ga cradle of the Demo
cratic party wli.h bore the names Of Jefferson,
jackson. TrwpSias, Clinton, Van Buren,,
! Pierce and pDIh Uu the rolls % It's membership.
Ithlttre uH Wi.wam would See 90 1t thai
Samuel = Utleu left tue City Of New York
& v.t. Ur CtH majority Mr. Kelly speech was
. received with the utmost cltht siasm and again
Iit tL. people shaE. the house with plauiits
wU1etueir aylri,e leader was speaking. Mr.
nelly nominated that old war horse ui the De-
e mucracy. the Hon. Augustus Schcil, as lresI-
leut % the meeting, which was carried by a
laundering aye Mr. Shell made an elo-
e lueut speech ON being iuiucted t. the chair
To- Uy Mr. Kelly. aud called on Mr.. J. Fairfax
. NcIlu-u.u 90 read the officers OF the meeting
ca1s.stiu ul -oue three or four luudrcd Vice
Presidents and rs many Secretaries. iter
e Mr. Mclaughlin had concluded, Mdi1r Quincy
% real the Resolutions aud Senator DIuu,tle
made the first speech, which was a mastery
p.cce 20 ar-umeutatIyc ,lo!ueuce aud a crush
or O. Mr. Evlrts' hlrau-ue ut the night before
b at Republican meeting The ex-senator
! was followed ty Hon Milton Slyer, who
made ,trlu. speech irr the Democratic tick
c. The Speaker ut Congress, WAS followed 10y
r. Daniel B. Lucas, ESg 90 West Virginia. Mr..
Lucas has q vy,y remarkable voice. The Wig
wgu eau hold seven thousand people aud Is Of
course % immense size. yet Mr. Lucas was dis
! . t.ac'ls heard IN every part ut the Hall His
a. speech was q ringing appeal lie rccouutcd
Tire story o. Democratic victory 90 West \lr-
giua. ana answered Tie charge 0f Solid
South male iy the L pullcaus b. a manner
that brought down the house with applause.
p IS. We were not solid ia 1869, said De, q" nor u
cain Zoo 1872 when my own State voted for
Grtut: Uut we are soli iu 1876, and Why -
, Why. mv f4.Jv-cjtizaus, because the Republic
o. can PARTY has uggr-ruu the South with horde
90 C.ssleks. setting State against state, rnce
against race and religion NJ AUST religion. Be-
cause o. Dhyry and acknowledgement have luym-
cd .n utLu,y l'Naael iu the South and made
, prescription aui lGrLlri,H, their tU.v % ac-
3 ton Because a worse than 0ibInLlte UoUa-
age has overt Sea the white race while the
barbarian has been set up over Us o. rule us.
rh', may beaccarlinc o. the gospel Of Repub-
ucaus. but, my lyllow-c;iZaus, it Is not civil
HiiIu: Il Is not according 90 the American
idea ~ liberty 70 Is not according 90 tue Con-
, sti,utau of The T. ). | think however we
Layc found 40 last what We have So long been
seeking We have had the sympathy Of the
world. ve have had millions % vnierS 10 The
, Democratic party. ve have had, as Democrats
q cause wr,th living and dying Tor, everything
I We have had hitherto. but leader. Aud now
We have found leader, too. When the Dake
Ut Marlborough looked Al gigantic French
greua5.er who had 'ust been captured aud was
passing che great Captain. he exclaimed
"Nuul tO God that | bad 100000 soldiers
Ike yuui" The ereuadier standing there
nearly seven ieet high looked down on the lit
lie Duke. aud replied Sire, would to God
that France had one man like YOU" Fellow
Democrats. 10 Samuel J. I.ieu, the leader Of
the mighty host has been vouchsai,d 90 Us al
last Under his inspiring leadership feel
that tle glad tl.uES 90 victory are IN the air;
/ feel thar reform aud victory have met to-
ge.her. that peace aud honesty have kissed
each other give YOU but an outline
sketch ut Mr. Luca>'s speech. To say It was
good speech would uo, be % say al, that II
r-..-.... D. ,-4- a rrua manly earnest an