Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-15
Garfield and Arthur.

Music by the Band.
 very large and enthusiastic meeting of Republicans was held in the Grand Opera
 House last evening It being the first meet ing of the campaign, it was not to be pre-
 stunned that the people would be present in;
 such large numbers In the galleries were
 large number of ladies' whose presence gave | interest to the occasion. Every seat in the
 hall was filled and large numbers of people
 were standing in the aisles and in the open space at the rear of the hall.
 At 8:15 o'clock Colonel George M White stepped to the speakers stand and announced \ that the train on which General Fitzpatrick was to arrive was half hour late. He said | that he might be expected on the stage | in about ten minutes, and in the mean | time the Glee club would sing song.
 The Glee club then sang 8 song entitled
 Dear Fatherland," which was sung | to the tune of |" Watch on the l Rhine" The Glee club were loudly encored
 and responded with Fighting for Freedom" I to. the tune of Marching through Georgia"
 They sang with much spirit, and it was appa- rent that they had in their ranks abundant talent for frst-class campaign club. Soon Y after they had finished their second song
 General Fitzpatrick, accompanied by Colonel Dexter R. Wright appeared upon the stage,
 and was loudly cheered.
 Colonel White then stated that this meet | ing was held under the auspices of the Union Veteran Legion. He announced the list of officers fol- lows:
 President-Colonel Dexter R. Wright. Vice Presidents-Edwin s. Greeley, Frank D. Sloat E. D. s. Goodyear, P. B. Bucking- l ham, William A. Lincoln, Ruel P. Cowles,
 Edwin c. Dow, Charles A. Baldwin, George l M. Harmon, Francis Bacon, William s.
 Beecher, Thomas G. Bennett, Addison 0. l Jones, Lyman F. Bradley, Charles J. Buck bee, William w. Morse, James H. Wilkins, c. V. R. Creed, Willis Benedict, John Nc
 Carthy, F. w. Tiesing, William 0. Burgess,
 Charles B. Foote, A. H. Buckingham, Samuel Lloyd, Henry F. Peck, Joseph Cassell, Fred erick J. Hart, Peter E. Bowman Charles R. Coan, Henry w. Clark, William F. Norman,
 Charles F. Beckley, Cyrus Cheney, Andrew F. Austin, Whitney Elliot, Eli Crockett, Stiles
 D. Woodruff George R. Kelsey, Marcus E.
 Baldwin, Henry F. Merwin, Charles P. Au-
 gur, Cecil A. Burleigh, c. C. Kirkham, Ly-
 man Hotchkss, Henry M. Beecher, George
 T. Livingston, James A. Church, Oscar P. Ives, O. T. Morton, l.. M. Hubbard.
 Secretaries-William H. Stowe, John S. Cannon, Frederick A. Chase, Thos. J. Beers, Chas. E. Hart, William F. Smith, Thos. F. Gilmore, Cbas K Caldwell Chas. B. Foster, Wm H. Thomson, Enos A. Hale, Chas B. Dyer, D. S. Lathrop, Geo. W. Ladieu, J. F. Lines Howard G. Ford, Wilbur F. Gray, E. H. Willard, William D. Whittelsey, Jerome B. Lucke, Benj. E. Brown, Albert z. Downs. Colonel Wright was then introduced as president of the meeting and spoke substan- I tially as follows:
 Gentlemen and ladies-You have two gen. tlemen present tonight who will address you on the issues of the campaign. It is not ne- l cessary that should make any extended re-
 marks. Colonel Wright then referred to Governor English's remarks in New York about standing by his friends, and said We l mean to stand by our friends until every ] man, North and South, can vote as he pleases. We believe that in November we shall achieve the victory that will accom- plish this result. In closing Colonel Wright introduced the glee club, who sang a song to the tune of ''Bingo," which brought in Garfield and Bigelow" every time.
 Colonel Wright then introduced J. J. Dempsey, of Middletown, whom he said had been heard in this campaign, and would be heard many times hereafter.
 Mir. Dempsey on rising said he was pleased to see large @ representation of l the Republican party present. He had not come to the meeting to use any billngsgate, but had come to discuss freely and frankly
 
 ] two years ago he advocated the principles of the Greenback party; but that question had been settled by the resumption of specie payments 1T will now,'' said the speaker, Ego through the State and urge the princi- pies of the Republican party until Garfield and Arthur are elected President and Vice. President of the United States.'' He then referred to his boyhood recollections of the late civil war, and said 'EIt was James Blu | chanan and the Democratic party that brought on the war. They tell us that many Demo- ! crats as Republicans fought in the war. My relatives who went to the war were all Demo- crats, but they are Republicans to-day. It seems queer to me why man should not vote for the party who brought the army into the field and saved the Union. If the Demo- cratic party is put into power this time, you workingmen are bound to have hard times. Why is it, my Greenback friends, that you will advocate the principles of the Democrat
 ic party? Both parties are hard money, and if you vote for the Democratic party you vote against your own interests. Thirty-five years ago my father left the ever green isle for this country. When I espoused the Republican cause howl went up from the Democrats. I stand here tonight the son of an Irishman and I say that no Irishman should be con- nected with any party that is not the party of freedom. The Republican party is that
 party. They fought for freedom, have
 sustained freedom through all these years
 
 I have not time to make long speech to you to-night An orator is to follow me who will speak of what he knows and from actual experience. (Cheers The speaker then
 addressed the working men briefly. He
 urged them to consider which party was the
 workingmen's party. He said the South was
 cotton growing section, and when men
 voted for free trade they were voting to take
 the bread out of the mouths of thelr wives
 and children. He then urged workiugmen,
 and Irishmen especially, not to vote the Dem-
 ocratic ticket without reading their platform.
 The principles of the Republican party, es-
 tablished in 1856, were universal liberty and
 universal freedom to all men. The Demo cratic party advocated secession and they fought their cause nobly. Secession did not end with the surrender of Lee. At this point an enthusiastic Democrat in the back part of the hall attempted to interrupt the speaker, but Colonel Wright ordered them to keep quiet or leave the hall, which had the desired effect The speaker then continued his address, and in closing made an eloquent appeal to the workingmen to not vote as to take the bread and butter out of their wives and children's mouths, but to vote for their own best interests and the interests of the country at large. He believed that next November would again see the triumph of the Republican party, and the burial of that dead issue of free ships and free trade in the interest of the cotton planters of the South
 On the conclusion of MT. Dempsey's speech he was given three cheers, after which the Glee club sang another campaign song, which added largely to the enthusiasm of the meet i ing.
 Colonel Wright then introduced General Judson Fitzpatrick. In presenting him to the audience he highly compImented him as one of the brave and fighting generals of the war. whose vote now was and always will be as he fought. +-~a--s s---7--. --=-'->r---7- -sses---
 General Fitzpatrick, on stepping to the front was received with loud cheers, which was continued for some minutes Demo- crat in the audience called for three cheers for General Hancock which was received with misses.
 General Fitzpatrick said Gentlemen, keep quiet. did not come here to lead the right eous, but sinners to repentance. Gaughter.) l If there are Democrats here, and hope there | are, hope they will at least treat me with l respect. The gallant General then proceeded | with his address, creating furore of enthu- | siasm in his opening remarks. After refer l ring to the ins and outs of the Democratic 1 party, he said they had finally nominated | soldier A soldier who had dipped his sword in | rebel blood, and who had done as much as | any other man to advance the eaJ1sa of the l