Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-09-18
THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN.
rwo POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS

TWO POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS.
Republican Parade and Democratic Mass
Meeting.
There was an immense Outpouring of
the Democracy last evening 1T the juno
ton of South Queen, Middle and Straw
berry streets. The meeting was held un-
der the auspices of the Third, Fourth and
extended to the other ward clubs to partic-
ipate.
The several clubs met at their respec-
tive headquarters and marched to the
meeting in body. Several of the clubs
were fully equipped and turned out in
strong force, and with flags flying, torches
blazing and music playing, presented 4
most inspiriting appearance. The Second
and Ninth wards attracted especial adj
miration by their immense numbers
and their manly bearing. They carried
in line large number of handsome
banners, flags and transparencies bearing
appropriate inscriptions, and we'll executed
portraits Of Hancock and English. Ali
along the route of march they were cheer
ed heartily, while flags and handkerchiefs
were waved from windows and dOorways
and many residences We're brilliantly illum-
mated.
The Meeting.
Arrived at the place of meeting, the i'm
mense assemblagc was called to order by
John A. COyle, esq.,, of the Third ward
club, from stand which had been erected
for the speakers Immediately in front of
Bechtold's drug store, and from which Il
full view could be had up Middle and
Strawberry streets as we'll as up and down
South Queen street. and all these streets
in the vicinity of the stand were packed
with masses of enthusiastic Democrats,
those on the outside of the crowd being
far beyond the speakers voices.
MIR. Bartholomew speech.
The first speaker introduced was Harvey
Bartholomew, of Bath, Pennsylvania. In a
spirited address of about twenty minutes
duration he reviewed the villainy of the
electoral fraud of 1876, exposed Garfield S
shameful connection with it, as we'll as
with the DeGolyer and Credit Mobilier
frauds, and cOntrasted his besmirched
character with the spotless record of the
Democratic candidate. Referring to Ham
cocks brilliant achievements during the
Mexican war and the war for the Union,
he answered the Republican snecr that
Hancock was educated at the expense of
the government by saying that his vic
tories earned at Williamsburg, Gettysburg
and other hard-fought battles were worth
more to the people of the United States
than all West Point had ever cost from its
institution to the present day.
Mr.. Bartholomew was often greeted
with applause; at the close of his address
Clemmens's City cornet band treated the
fvvIr, TO
Mr.. rows Speech.
John II. Fow, esq, of Plia-
delphia, was next introduced. He
felicitated the people on the fact that
the Democracy throughout the entire
country were wide awake and in motion :;
that they are organizing everywhere, and
that a thorough organization is sure to
result in the election of Hancock and Eng
lish. He referred to the scores and hun
dredS of eminent and honest Republicans
who have left that party and declared for
Hancock because Of their abhOrrence of
injustice and fraud. The great fraud of
1876 of which Garfield was q principal en-
gincer, and his former and subsequent
frauds as congressman stink in the nos
trils of honest men, and neither he nor the
party that supports him can hope to es-
cape the consequence of their crime. The
bloody shirt issue will not win, and yet the
Republican party has 10 other to present
to the American people. The speaker
next showed that the Republican
claim that they had crushed the rebellion
and saved the Union was bald assump-
tiOn, unsupported by fact. They had
helped to save it, but without the aid of
Democratic officers and soldiers the Union
would never have been saved. 1t is 4 re-
markable but undisputable fact that
nearly all the great soldiers of the late
war were Democrats. Thomas, who
crushed the rebels in Kentucky and Ten
nessee, was \ Democrat Rosccrans, the
bloody fields is 4 Democrat. and is to-day
California, to vote for Hancock Lyon.
who fell at the head of his column in Mis-
souri,, was Democrat, rs is his gallant
fellow soldier, Sigcl Buell., who won at
Perryville and saved Grant at Shiloh, is 4
Democrat Fighting Joe Hooker, who
scaled Lookout Mountain, was y Demo-
crat Mcclellan, the hero of the Peninsula,
the victor of Antictam, is q Democrat :;
Mcdowell and Porter, whose fair
fame, tarnished by Republican obloquy,
has at last been vindicated, arc Democrats :;
Reynolds, Meade and Heintzelman, all
Pennsylvania heroes, were Democrats,
and their gallant companion i'll arms, by
whose rare gencralship Gettysburg was
won and Pennsylvania and the Union saved.
the superb, the incompatible Hancock, Isl
Democrat. Even Grant and Sherman and
Sheridan were Democrats when the war
commenced, but sold out their party
principles for political preferment. Grant
has never yet voted for n Republican can
didate for president. The first Republ-
can ticket Hartranft or Geary ever voted
was when they voted for themselves.
Ben Butler was originally q Democrat and
he has returned to the Democratic fold
and declares, no doubt truthfully, that of
the c, 1000 men he commanded during the
war not 500 ever had voted the Republican
ticket. The Republican administration,
however, took care that none Of the great
Democratic generals should ever become
commander in-chicf-to have permitted it
would have destroyed tho Republican
claim of being the party that had saved
the Union.
Mr.. FOw next disprovcd the truth Of the
Republican claim that they had abolished
slavery. They make the claim not that
they love the negro, but because they
want to catch the negro vote, All import
ant factor in politics, for without it the
Republican party would be in a minority
of, ,OOO,O 600. Greeley, a chief among AbO-
litiOnists, was Democratic candidate for
president, and Sumner, the great senator,
voted for him-so did hosts of other noted
abolitionists. Lincoln's proclamation of
emancipation had to be backed up by an
army of Democratic soldiers before it