The daily gazette., 1876-10-02
A MAGNIFICENT FAILURE.
THE ssD f. M q n . Il II A :
TION" NOT A SUCCESS.
A Spiritless March
Through Mud and
Rain.

HALL-THE AUDIENCE DISREGARD THE
SPEAKERS AND DO THE TALKING THEM
sELvEs-sHABBY TREATMENT OF THE Or
AToRs-A SMALL MEEIING-wHAT SAM
UEL AND LEVI TOLD THE FAITHFUL.
The Radical parade on Saturday night
and the Radical meeting which followed
it were miserable failures, and ca used q
chill Of disappointment to creep over
the party leaders and the managers of
the affair. In the first place the rain
put damper ON thu parade, and the
character of tn" street ''demonstra tion"
rot bed the subsequent meeting of what
ever attraction it might otherwise have
possessed.
The parade started out shortly after
z o'clock, and marched oyer the route,
which had previously been arTangedamid
the drizzling rain and the laughter of
the spectators. The 1000 mounted men"
dwindled down to about 10, while the
'Boys in Blue" BIRD Guards" BLACK
Guards" Second Ward Pioneers" and
the number of boys who filled up the
sIraggling ranks, did not aggregate more
than 800, all told. The horsemen led
the line, land the "Black Guards" brought
up the rear; and as tho ridiculous look
ing procession filed along it was heartily
lduBhCu du ny Ill bu0 bPCCbdtOIas lLC
Bird Guards" were the only redeem
ing feature of the procession, their mob
by uniforms contrasting favorably with
the stiff, awkward regimentals Of the
, Boys in Blue" and the uncouth appear
ance of the balance Of the line, Captain
Jim Hawkins led the Guards, but the
| gallant Higgins, who is prominent mem
Der Of the organization, did not appear
in the procession.
The meeting was held at the City Hall
and when the procession filed in, the
room was crowded, but in ten minutes
after the meeting opened one-fourth OF
the audience departed. and the Hall was
not even comfortably filled again dur
ing the evening.
H. F. Pickels called the meeting to
order and nominated James Scott for
| President, with the usual list of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries. The first
speaker introduced was s. A. Macalister
Esq, whose treatment by the meeting
was simply disgraceful. During all his
half-hour speech, the audience paid him
scarcely any attention, and all over the
room knots Of men engaged in animated
conversation, The buzz of conversation
became so general that several cries for
"erder" were made, but they had no ef
feet; and while Mr.. Macallister blazed
away at the Missouri Compromise the
audience discussed the chances for sue
cess of the Republican ticket, 1t was
| doubtless great relief to the speaker
when he brought his argument to a close
and departed.
When the magnificent Levi took the
stand there was partial lull in the con
versation, but as his remarks failed tC
create any interestor enthusils lsm tt e zen.
eral current OF conversation was SON re.
sumed. Again the buzz of conversation
sounded through the room in spite of sev
eral cries for "order," and the numerous
departures after the commencement OF
his speech left scarcely 300 to hear his
closing remarks.
Appended is synopsis of the remarks
Of each speaker.
Mr.. Macallister said the country had
never beer. in such peril since 1868, and
wanted 10 know which party the country
would trust for the next four years? The
old slave party or the party of human
rights. He next skipped back to the
Missouri Compromise of 1920, briefly re-
viewed that time, and said the Demo-
cratic Party put the country into great
war in 1861. The Democratic Party, he
said, tried to break up the country, and
no loyal man who loves his country
should forget l.,
After reviewing the reconstruction
acts, Mr.. Macallister touched upon
present issues and said:
The Democratic party denies the
right of the Government to protect its
icitizens, by means of the armed militia,
in their free enjoyment of the elective
franchise. 1t would be futile for me
attempt to argue questions of consti.
tutional law with so able lawyer as
Mr.. Bayard (who is also an eminent
and respectable gentleman, of whom
Delaware has reason to be proud) but
his utterances as political speaker l
have a perfect right to criticize.
will therefore endeavor to answer, in
a feeble and efficient way. his structures
of Attorney General ADMINISTRATIONS
to u s. Marshals.
MIR. Bayard says that the State alone
confer the right of of suffrage; true
but the Constitution says that no State
can prevent any one from voting on
account of race or color. Colored mer
were entranchised by the Fifteenth
amendment, and were thereby giver
the right to qualify themselves fol
voting. If this is not comforting the
right of suffrage 1t is coming so clost
l W IL tndb ~ W III tohS q cSesSi vi
than 1 am to tell the difference.
We'll sir, not one of your colored
men can vote in any State until he
qualities himself in accordance will
the laws thereof. He must be resi-
dent year, paya tax, &c. ED
GAZETTE.
Now if the State denies the right O
any citizen to vote, where is tn,
remedy 1t is in the General Govern
ment. The Supreme Court has no
( declared the enforcement act unconsti
tutional in its entirety but only wher,
it brought to bear upon State cleo
tions, In all other respects it is un
constitutional, and if it was not tner
are men in this city who would sool
test it.
But the instructions of Attorney
General Taft are not based entirely o.
. the enforc9mens act. but mostly upo
D the act of February, 1871, entitled
IAN act to protect the elective Fran
chised,' under the act Congress ca