, 1879-08-18
TIIE XES[t WAR MEETING.
Sketches of Ill" Oratnrs-aFeCaba. Gatldis,
Mnocy. Stanton.
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Sketches Of til" oratnrs-sEccabe. Gatltlis.
Nfaody. Stanton.
Ta the Editor NJ 7he Tribune.
hUCnLA, ILL.,, Aug, 14.-l shall not stop hero
to dispute With THE TRIBUNE ns to tho size nf
the Nen1a Republican mol, nf seDtcnlher, 16tIl.
TIlat Is question ot accuracy t,ctwcen THE
TnINusE's Ncnia correspondent arHl myself,
which can only be settled by proofs, nothwlth.
standing THIS TE1nusE'A assumption That u
Immensely tnagnislctlit." AS to tho prhvovatIop,
II thcro was my "s'soutIng for Ief Davis"
did not llcar IT.; | mean, from Tho .,ruccssion.
Later In tue evcuing, about dark, some Clinton
County rouEl.s got ontslllo of como ponr Demo.
cratic whisky, n,,l attempted tu rive jeff Davis
Il good scnd-oiH. They wore. however, nrumptly
stopped In their recreation, n,ulc to 1ismount
from their llorscs and, Oh thclr knccs, cheer for
Lincoln AMI the uniou After lnoru or less
pnsn.nnl!ug lley were allowed Ia slepart, go
berrr, II nut wiser, t.,cl,. TIE rxraet fEoIn tic
NeuIa 11rcAlght. which THE rnInuSn rcn,ih-
lislea, Ia misleading far us II ca1lvr,s tho Idea
thnta Iart OF thy procession was mt VI tackled llle
entire proctsstun'wus nut nttAcke'l. of course,
because y did 'Iot COMA thrnugll town, but
tho Uhl.1own and ivllow-SpsnEs delegations
worn attacked. And nov, fuaviuE TnE 'fMln-
uSE 10 the defense Ut What II ealls 'proecs.
Ann Bqllabbleh IN Acrta, wish to hay q ward
III reBl,ect to sonlu pcrtnlllgrs cuincrtell with
my rrcnllee.ions of that day. and whIetl may
nUt bo without interest 10 your readers.
II was Kind q llell.day IN politics, gspcr.
nsly. 0corgs L. l',lgh aud j. y. Cox lind Oh
enlightened The Denn.erary Turing lllD day rs
to tie purposes OF thu Government and tin
duty OF Ublnocrats In the Annnaous situation
In which tlicy found themselves; alnt il.c Re
puh'icans rounded u. tlltlgs by III, Immense
Cabs, rsesllsnt Of til. Ohio Wesleyan tYnlyer-
sity, spuu rst. | recall, With ltstinctIlcss, bis
1aic una snfrtf''e! faee as he BtUNl til thu
Elara of TIM tnrchJlgl!ts, mil s1,ukc
With t5nu artcnt al.,l impressive hutesnnltv
Especially 90 re'sle.nbur his refsre,.ce 70
Mr. PuGth l1t spoke II, tuna III wlIIrh halllnA.e
hntl rtgrrt werc strongly blended: lie had OK
lrctttl, llr satl,-lIo htl A,peu, butter thtags
lrtM Mr.. FIg!I,-;rOnl George, US Il. fatnfllarty
eaIlu.l him. t'rorgn had bcsn pupil at .ns.
iiu freely bore teAilinbny 10 :, i,c trllllnHci ot
the tnnl who was :lnIl.Elst MT tt be unwntthy
to 10 spokesman for tAu Narttrrtl beni ,cr'tcY
~ !he Charleston Convention Of ~, II tIcorgo
had followed his iAl:Cabr's) ,teachllgt ho
SCARCELY W.HllA hive bcen ID,iln1 addressing Il
tal!au1lslaW mass-ElcekaGs III. taa nut en~
tlEelY lost ilope; to Thought llIu waaerer
would 3ct rcturn, etc. Aus! that brilliant !iv,
wlse,her wrang Or right, hus pasted fnrever be.
yonl thu rcaeu ri'licr 0t irauy ur re9ret.
Ihn nest sEeakar was also Il minister, hut nt-
tage.her 0f y different gcnns. Maxwell =.
GAsttlls, lu soisle aensa. was u carieatl,fc upon
Ito cloth, but, III Llnlrs of Rseat papMInr e1-
element, lthu lt,e stirring perluI OF wll.h
wrtc. WAS coilsidrtaniu fur,., In pnlitics. llo
la lAe sllcHaHcss VI t1t p1!bt,clah HtetIIIut lAe
hreal!tl Ut tha statesman. iis was mounta-
hank, ! should Judge, fu religion, anh u
fauattr In poli1ics. Hut t,o lIul Al intense,
passionate power of aratory which was yurr ul.
itctiys wttL tl,t multitude. Of insignificant
physique, ,-atteuuascd almost to haggastlaoss,-
Ianr, ls voice wu3 out ol all proportion to ills
bo ", a,t.l rang uut OIL tllu hight utr With tlIa
clrasslcss and power of b,,.lo. Never shal!
lUrket ILLS lLteHsr oatBesttcss. h!s startling
energy t!lu dramatic passtun Mil puwcr OF Als
to,c, q. With un'flel h l'd and lltshus eyes,
Ee Called Luwu puu tlle hrll III ilHantrsll thu