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that was all. One Of the ladies thrust her
parasol forward, remarkfRg, I'll keep the
sun off hts neck" ! looked up gratefully,
| md she .snickered." The platform was &C.
vile Of Senator Blair. Xmong sh lie % few men sle
recognized Col, Hartman. the veteran SOL
! dler.. ex+Soyernor. and Republican cam
.paignero the Grant, State, Everybody knew
ftfn and spoke to him, and he responded
OF vanity which is peculiar to popular public
nlen. lie is 4 tail man. of slight figure,
with long gray hair comhed carefully behind
ms ears; and. as the waiting for tho Demo-
cratic hero OF many protected great battles
which were never fought, grew tiresome, the
handsome Colonel put on his specs and
pared his nails. From this genteel employ
ment he was reused by the boom Of cannon,
and the sound of martial music was heard In
!. 1t was trihe ludicrous to hear the band
play "See the conquering hero comes" In
connection with the arrival Of Gen. McCleI-
Ian. But brass bands are no respecters Of
personsi and this was apparent when the
March through Georgia. The arrange
ments on the platform were exeerable: As
the "conquering hero" approached, distin-
euished and undistinguished persons climbed
upon The narrow space, calculated for fifty
Everybody was hot and uncomfortable; but
everybody who logged my elbow, and
punched ME in the side and back, and trod
on my toes, and kicked my shins, did it with
the the utmost good nature, and laughed heartily
At last, amid the blast Of wind-instru-
ments and the boom of cannon,
LITTLE MAC" AsCENDED THE PLATFORM.
BE wore straw hat, and striped blue
and-white shirt, and the regulation mustache
and imperial. and looked very hot and dusty.
Gen. Mcclellan is, an inferior~looking man.
His forehead is low; his eyes too near to
gether,. his chin too short, and his mouth
lacks tir1nness. Everybody now knows that
ne has no decision OF character; but every
body who knew him personally ought to
have been able to predict his failure as mil
itary man from scrutiny Of his face.
There is probably no place outside Of q
lunatfc asylum, except in a community Of
Democrats, where an effort would now be
made to lionize George 3. Mcclellan. And
greater lengths in giving sympathy to the
Lost Cause than any other Democrats in the
country. There is scrap OF history which
illustrates this trait Of the New Hampshire
Democracy y. A few years ago they obtained
whereupon they enacted a law making 1t per
missive for towns to levy tax to pay back to
citizens the cost OF substitutes they had pro
cured when drafted into the army raised to
terbury, being % in contpoi Of De Democrats ] 81 leyisd We'd
suc! a tax; and. in the course Of speech
made in support Of the measure, one citizen
declared that the man who furnished a sub
stltute
EXHIBITED As MUCH COURAGE
as the man who himself went to the front
puhlicans regained control Of the State Gov
ernment they promptly repealed the curious
statute. Who doubts that the Democratic
doughfaces Of New Hampshire would sup
port the payment Of Southern claims and Of
pensions to Rebel soldiers?
Of course the Democrats in the crowd were
bound to make the most Of the General who
had more tendencies for the South and mote
love for the Democratic party than affection
for the Nation and its flag. Accordingly they
idol couldn't be heard ten feet from the
stand. He expressed his satisfaction at being
present, and SAID that New Hampshire and
New Jersey stood side by side during. the
War, and that they now stand side by side in
This III was evideafly the end i Of his sSe PREPARED
speech, or he forgot the rest, for he stumbled
On disconnectedly; and fortunately the
jubIlant Democrats soon drowned him out
entirely, and he stopped; Then bis Worship
the program had to be suspended to accommo-
date them, The. old Bourbon Democrats
couldn't have betrayed more delight over the
General If he HAD actually
SURRENDERED HIS WHOLE ARMY TO TIE
REBELS
without striking a blow. 1.-THE hand-shaking
matinee had to be stopped, and this was ae
complished by the announcement of an even
ing-reception.
Then the program, which was long one,
was carried out to the bitter end, notWfth-
standing the CONFUSION and noise we're inde-
good-natured-looking man, but a poor speak
er, said few words, and gave the crowd his
fatherly benedicti0n. Here an amusing ept-
sode occurred. Gen. McMahon, young
looking man with IRON gray halr u and and mus ~
first time he had ever been called to follow
Gen. Mcclellan when he had any doubts OF
mIsgiyings as to the result. Considering that
Little Mac" always had doubts and mis-
giyings on every subject, and never meyer won
what the speaker meant. Gen. Griffin, Of
Keene, made an excellent speech, but am
the only person who heard 1t, and don't In
tend to report 1t.
COL HARTMAN
then took the stand, and the audience grew
still. He has splendid voice, and Is familiar
snscb w hf for srS tie Of Hon S5at9Fy With Hs Baee bx
He briefly and ,graphicalIy sketched
firing on Sumter, and the patriotic resent
menT which it evoked, to the final victory at
picture Of the future Of the Nation. During
the delivery Of this brief but spirited Grafton
there was almost perfect attention, and the
speaker was greeted with thunders Of ap-
plause. Then there were more speeches py
one Gay, Of Concord, which opened in the
style Of 'Hiawatha gave a history of
everything that has transpired since the In,
dians sailed their canoes over the placid
waters Of Winnepesaukie, including the
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