The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-01
An Enthusiastic Demonstra-
tion at Bellaire Last
Night.
Speeches by Hon. G.. W. Ju-
Itan and e. G. CraCraft
A Big Time and
Good Work
Done.

given, and not till ten o'clock yesterday
morning was it certainty that he
would be present, for rumor had been
put in circulation that ne could
not come. A dispatch, however,
from Columbus, shortly before the hour
named above stated to our Bellaire
friends to rely on him being present.
This information was communicated to
our folks in the city, and few enthu-
sisstic and enterprlsng gentlemen went
straight to work, and before evening all
the preparations were made to
participate in the demonstration.
The steamer GMallie. Rsgon" was
chartered, and at o'clock P. NJ, she
was on her way to Martins Ferry, where
she took on board about seventy of the
wIde-awake Democracy Of that place,
who were prepared betimes and ready
for the fray. About 1870 o'clock, dele
cations from several of our ward
clubs, with, and a number of citizens
without torches, aggregating near
five hundred persons, embarked at
the wharf, and shortly after the Rs-
gon with her precious cargo OF humanity
was gliding down the placid river, which
was lit up as if by day by The Queen of
Night, who never shown brighter than at
that hour. The "Baby Walker" made
things lively on the way down by an oc'
casional sharp, decisive report that
augured victory. About $50 the boat
arrived at Belaire, and after the boys
had disembarked, they fell into line and
Joined the Bellaire clubs. The procession
marched through the principal streets,
and probably numbered fifteen hun
dred +orohes Wo may hero
mention that over one hundred men
from the Eighth ward went down in the
street cars.
The meeting was held in the Public
Square, where stand was erected.
and the names of Tilden and
Hendricks were blazing forth,
through gas jets just sbovelt. The affect
was beautiful and all honor is due 70 the
noble Democracy Of Bellalre for their
fine efforts TO make the occasion splen
did success. The city was fairly bristling
with people snd along the line
of procession the crowds were immense.
In the square where the speaking took
place, there must have been at least $500
persons, and after the procession had
eRded many more.
The Hon. G. w. Julian was intro
duced and spoke for over two hours, and
every word he said had its effect, and
will tell on next Tuesday with force
that will dumbfound the Radicals of Bel
mont county.
Here is short synopsis of what be
said:
GENTLEMEN AND FELLow-CITIZESs
| At this late hour in the CANVASS, when
the minds Of nearly all men are made up,
| | scarcely know what / ought to say. j
don't know whether | ought TO engage
in general skirmish along the lines OF
| the enemy or undertake II systematic AS
sault upon its works. But, gentlemen,
what is the question you mean TO try in
November? There are as you know,
| immaterial issues, and false issues and
dead issues. My old Republican friends
tell you that the great question in this
| canvass, or, at least one OF the great
| questions, is the war, and hear tncu
making their old speeches over again,
which l listened 70 four, eight
and twelve years ago, and | have
| got tired of them. l have had my
! ears so INCREASINGLY cudgeied with this
wretched old balderdash shout the war
! that sometimes / think the boys are still
! fighting down South. Aad | an obliged
TO overhaul my facts in chronological Of
der in order 10 determine whether they
are or not, and ss often n this Is done !
| get back 10 the solid and satisfactory
| conclusion that the war is absolutely
over. haze no doubt abont II.
Laughter As reason It ls more than
eleven and n half years since the last gun
was fired, consequently We ale well on 70
! twelve Years OF peace. NOlwithstand-
ing that half generation OF men have
| gone down 70 their graves since tue
| bloody conflict ended, and that bali
| grown children when the struggle
! ended, have now come 10 the
front, yet you to day listen to accusations
from these Republican leaders and or
stors that the people Of the South are
! hypocrItes sHd rebels, seeking 70 gain
polit cal asC Centency and 10 overturn ali
! the results of the war, results that are as
irreversibIy settled as are the results OF
| the war between George III, and the
Colonies one hundred years ago lap
plsusel, and you might as well drag into
this canvass the issues Of the old Mexican
War or the War OF 1872; you might as
well make q question out Of the ware OF
tie Jews or the Antediluvians. Indeed,
il would be far wiser 10 do that, because
those things happened so long ago and
they touch modern society so remotely
that we could talk cbout them all day
without getting msd and exciting our
angry passions, and at the same time We
could refresh our memories s.
70 how these old sntedlls
visns engaged themselves. Il would be
q decent business; Christian service IL,
comparison with the internal raking u
of the old quarrel between the North
and South, and putting the devil into tbs
hearts Of our fellow-citizens, just as n
has decency enough TO go out hInself
And gentlemen, that is exactly the trou
, bic sith my old Republican brethren
T Their party leaders don't know that th'
war is over. Senator Morton believe,
to-day with sll his might that the boy