Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-08-31
GLORIOUS RALLY.


ical assemblage which ever gathered in
this city. packed Hancock Hall to its
fullest capacity, on Monday night, and
even then. only half the crowd were
able to obtain admittsnce. IL is esti.
mated that fully 5000 people were pres
ent. Long before the hour of meeting,
the streets were thronged with represen-
tative Republicans from every part of
the County, and seats in the Hall were
taken fully two hours before the speak
ers took the platform. The floor of the
Hall. both seats and standing room. was
crowded with voters alone, and the gal.
leries. reserved for ladies, was equally
filed
The Hon. Eugene Hale then intro
duce1 in graceful and eloquent words.
the Young and gallant Governor Con-
nor, who spoke in his straight forward,
sensible manner, upon the great aud i'm
portant political issues dividing the par
ties. lie was listened to with the clos
est attention and often elected the
warmcst applause of his audience.
After speaking some forty minutes,
Gov. Conner concluded, anu Col. In
gersoll began one of the most eloquent
and effective speeches ever delivered be-
fore an Ellsworth audience. Before he
had spoken five minutes, the fullest sym-
parhv existed be tweeu tho speaker and
his hearers, and with consummate skill
and matchless eloquenco, he swayed his
vast audience as one mind, aud COMPEL
ed them TO give assent TO his impassion-
cd and glowing utterances. Party was
forgotten, and Democrats were seen in
voluntarily TO applaud his noble sent:
ments. His picture of the history of
the Democratic party for the past TWEEN
~ wears was so truthful and vivid that
the wavering and uncertain saw and
felt and decided then and there that il
was no longer the party for them. His
arraignment OF the Democratic party in
a thousand different forms. fortified by
indispuiable facts of it, treason II hui
rights-its traitnrous attempts On the
life of the nation-iis savage and bar
barous warfare-its recent naughty and
unscrupul0us attempts To regain power
its bloody murders and massacres to
accomplish this purpose, and the cring-
Ing subserviency of Northern Demo-
Gratis to Southern rebels ,-was mastery
and scaihing. A hundred times before
Tad the people heard them, but never
never did they come home with such
force TO the hearts and consciences of
his auditors rs on Monday night. Dem.
ocrats even, shuddered al the iniqul.ies
Of the party with which they had voted.
And then, the contrast which the elo-
quent gentleman drew between the acts
Of the Republican party and lis orpo-
nents, completed the picture. W ith
masters power. he recounted the noble
sacrifices endured. and the glorious
victories achieved by the party Of pro-
grcss, the party of equal rights, the
grand national party of the Union.
Each man who ever voted the Repub-
lican ticket felt proudcr for that act,
and inwardly resolved that he wculd DO
it again.
Continually, during the delivery of
Col. Ingcrsolfs noble speech. he wa, in.
terrupted by loud and continued APP
plau-e. At he close, the highest en-
thusiasm was manifest. ana the widest
applause rang through the Hall. Never
before had Republicans estimated the
full worth of the ticket which they sup
ported, and never before was cvinced
half The determination to work. act aud
vote for it henceiorih. MANY Demo
crat staggered under convictions too
heavy to be thrown of, aud We hope
that soon we shall see them clothed and
in their right mind.
On leaving the Hall, the Ellsworth
aud Bluehi.l Bands led the procession of
lawmakers, numbering 20 torches
strong, through the principal streets,
cheering for the flag and Hayes aud
Wheeler, and discharging rockets as they
marched. An excited throng lined their
route and answered back with the
heartie>t cheers. Many dwelling-hous-
es were brilliantly illuminated and pre-
scented a dazzling spectacle. Main.
Pine and Hancock streets were fairly
ablaze with light, and in various other
localities the patriotism and zeal Of oc-
cupants were shown. They let their
light shine and are known the city over
to-day as ardent Republicans. No
grander, more imposing or more sue
cessful demonstration ever came of in
Ellsw orth.