The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-22
THE CINCINNATI MEETING.

arge and enthusiastic meeting was
..MPike's Opera House, Wednesday
III. which the Associated Press was
set. to give no report of. The Gin
s,rs:i Enquirer in speaking Of it, says:
Nearly ten thousand people went to
g,-; Opera House under the call. So
..,y men lot so assemble without
'-,.a. such meeting cannot be built
h5- upon the broad foundation OF the
p..c conscience. The people aEe IN
-,.,,,. il this matter, and the most un-
.1.,-. words last night received loud
s:spp su,e. The audience would quick
II sli .yr1ially have responded to any
..-s .la.orv declaration, but, happily,
.:-re u4 Zone. The people, always
s.ys4 o.! their leaders, are evidently de-
.e.m.ryt last a president shall not be
Ils...rsted until he has been elected,
and lie meeting last night was clear
t4: t-m expression of this determlna-
t.,. The speeches of NJ. King, Mr
>:auJerry, Mr.. Rowlsnd, Judge Stallo,
SO Genera Nard, the words OF al OF
s-om are sways listened to respectfully
s-'- in excellent temper. They were
D.: those o: partIssns. The resolutions
.,.a:hed, not violence, but an lnvincioIe
.,pos ton TO see the laws prevail. The
.-.IHg in thI; city Is the feeling IN all
..v.. It's the thought CT the country.
I;- immense meeting was a Spontaneous
.ap..sr declaration that Mr.. TiIden has
.es2 elected President and shall be IN
s-gl:aiet
Among the principal speakers were
Js1gr STALLo, ex-Attorney-General
>-AyBERY and others who had no mill.
A. reputation, and the tone OF their
Ee-caes was mild, discussing only the
"a. aspect OF the troubles, yet advising
.-:e:mi,a:ion to hold on to the Ark
. Liberty. But the last speaker WIS
= .r-g u the late war, Gen. DURBGN
NAsg. Ulv Of the bravest of the Union
s.-''sse A-l VINO WAS s4ON SiAHS
Tine but manned and crippled as he Is,
"a: Is brave heart as in the day oi
',%- The following concluding para
gAi u bis address shows the invincl-
O. .grl, %. thousands of his comrades
. zee Ia. Constitutional liberty is not
.H:rgyed by TIE "Iron Hand Gen.
"@D,aiI.
~: Sc are alarmed by the portents
~s ,.rr'uad Us. l. constitutional no.
-. - n.. ;hrotlled on the Potomac as 1t
= tsra On the Mississippi? Are bay
..s., - be stacked IN the rOtunds OF the
'7--'s Capitol as they have been round
..7 s:a:.e Of Washington, in the State
1.-'e u: South Carolina? Why the
.lss2trs,ion OF troops 1T Washington,
40 NV .Le dread Of Investigation INTO
- conduct Of the government! Inc
"P-cu-Hs seem TO assume that tDey
III the nation, and that it Is treason
~ Democrats to sock control OF the
-''a1s. administration. Even the Pres.
,r.-ll IN grave state paper, brands the
''hocrs:ic party as d:sloyal, though
~..ga Of Us wore the Federal blue
:: y aep: step 10 the music OF the
l-'Ol amid the thunders OF artil
-! sud the groans Of our dying
~~'aces. We have constantly avowea
-, purpose 10 stand by the Constitution
~ he rights of all parties and races
-1' L, snd still we are treated by
',1'.ea. leaders ss political outlaws we
- Pa'ient and long suffering, but we
-. loi surrender our constitutional
ut,-s. This is all we now have to say;
nave sworn allegiance to the Kepuo-
" '-e a.:ar Of liberty, and our osth
y. 'eeorded in Heaven. From the horns
u. ;ah altar We will not be wrested oy
-, ,-s t'on Hand. American citizens, with
Constitution in one hand and the law
;. 'ae other, our hearts hred by the pa
,.y' a'dOr that nerved our fathers. and
~ Gs4Sihs Ss under the protecting folds OF
- National asg, We are invincible-ln-
SOe 81 the ballot box, invincible
"s'ywtere.