The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-09-21
West Virginia Sends Greet
ing to Ohio.
From 5000 to 10000 People
Present at Bellalre to Hear
Messrs. Cox, Clay and
Lawrence.
Carl Schurz Knocked Higher than
a Kite.
"Here We Come on the Lively sally.

alt never rains but it pours,' is an ola
proyerh and it never was more fully eX-
empliiied in the world than in the pres
ent political contest. Night after night
as Democratic meetings are announced,
the masses gather in immense throngs,
and st each meetlng it is the general
feeling that the last is as good as it can
be, and the climax has been reached.
But every subsequent turn out shows. the
error of such calculations. When two
thousand Democrats turned out at three
hours notice to greet GENERAL BoURKE
last Friday night, 1t was thought that n"
such other gathering of Democrats could
take place. When Tuesday light the Opera
House was jsmmed from pit To dome
and many had to be turned away, despite
radical torches and bloody shirts, it was
again teltthst the Democracy had done
ITS utmost. But the turn out last night
for Bellare proved the fact ths, there is
no use trying to estimate Democratic en-
thusiasm, for it Is boundless.
At seven o'clock the steamer Maliie
Rsgon was announced to sail for our
neig ghboring Ohio city to enable
her passengers TO hear speeches
from Messrs 5. ). Cox, CAsSIUs Nj
CLAY and WILLIAM LAwRENCEin favor
of TILpEN. HENDRICKS and REFORM
At the time of sailing, the wharf in
front of the st. James was literally
crammed with Democrats. There
seemed to be no end to them. They
came from every quarter and filled every
spot .of ground. No kerosene was
needed; no red shirts and caps
required. The Democracy OF
Ohio County had gotten its spunk up
and Democrats fairly stresmed from
every side. SO great was the crowd, that
many feared it would be dangerous to
make the trip, and left the Ragon to take
passage on another boat. Finally, how
ever, all got oil, and, as cheer after cheer
went up to the Heavens, Radicals read
therein the doom which awaits them in
November. AS the boat went down the
river, the banks on the West
Virginia side were apparently lined
with Democrats, who though they
could not been seen, made their
presence known by waving lanterns, and
yelling in loud tones for Tilden, Hen
bricks and Reform.
Arrived in Bellaire it seemed as if tn"
whole county was alive. Clubs orgsnlZ-
ed and equipped from Martins Ferry,
Bridgeport and st. Clairsville added to
the gathering, and these Joined to those
from Bellaire itself with the Wheeling
de egstes filled up the whole grounds.
Estimates of the assemblage varied from
five to ton thousand; but it was impoSsi
bic to estimate at all approximately.
Suffice it to say that AS many people were
present as could be gotten together, snd II
was the unanimous verdict that MIR
SCnuRz' gathering of the night before was
"knocked higher than u kite.
About 8 o'clock the meeting was called
to order, and Mr.. ID. w. Leet was
elected chairman. In brief
speech, he returned thanks for the
honor. and introduced to the audience
HON. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, OF KENTUCKY.
Mr.. Clay commenced by saying that
the country had survived 100 years, and
he, without appealing to the prejudlces
and passions OF any men, desired t. make
81 rapid review of its history in the last
century. He alluded to the experiment
of u Republican Government being
nn new one at that time. The old
Democracy; next came the Roman
Republic in which there WAS mixture o.
aristocrsey; then came the Republic OF
Venice, the Dutch Republic, and the con-
federstlons OF Christendom. To these
were succeeded monarchies OF absolute
and limited jurisdiction. and all these
were considered by the fathers OF TINS
government when they were engaged in
| the work Of its establishment. All
! former governments had more or less oi
devllment in them, which our Repubil-
eau fathers strove to avoid, hence sprang
up our system of having Federal Gov
ernment for. the country at large, and State
governments, each separate and distinct
for the different States. Hence arose
one doctrine of state rights, rs expressed
by Jefferson, established so that while
the Federal Government should super
wise the whole, the States themselve:
should be in condition 10, each and all
look after their individual prosperity anc