Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-28
Birmingham. GRAND DEMOCRATIC FIZzLE AT NATHANs HALL FAINT CHEERS

FAINT CHEERS.
 The Democrats have been busy all day erecting pole to string their banner on. It is hickory and the leaves of the tree were left on the top of it. This circumstance is very ar rplicable to the party just now, as they will fade in few days, illustrating how the party will fade next November. At about quarter to o'clock p. m. the band paraded through Main street and halted near the hickory pole and discoursed several pieces of music until it was SO dark that the banner could hardly be seen. It was thrown out about half past s, when the boys with which the street was par tially filled gave three cheers for the Union General Hancock. There was then a grand rush for Nathan's Hall Charles Durand was elected chairman of the meeting and made 8 very slim speech He dwelt for some time on church troubles which did not seem to take very well, always keeping in conspic- uous position. He introduced MT. Parsons, of New Haven, who was very profuse in praise of Union soldiers. and he said he did not purpose to attack the personal character of the Republican candidate He claimed that the committee in Congress found General Garfield and associates guilty, but would not expel them for fear of reducing the Repub ican majority in Congress He referred to Garfield as being honest when he was driving mules on the canal but he saw more money in school teaching and followed that occupa- tion for short time and then he saw an opening where he could preach end make more money and much easier, and work only one day in the week and finally he saw he had chance to get rich by getting into politics, and the result was he was found in Congress. MT. Parsons whole speech was one of personalities and his hearers were sick of him long before he ended. If the Democratic party will send him through the State it will help the Republican party very much He cannot create bit of enthusiasm MT. Parsons said, which was news to us in this section of the country, that every battle fought was won by Democratic generals backed by Democratic soldiers, and while they were fighting the Republicans were do- ing all they could against the army. One Democrat left the hall sick of hearing so much about soldiers, and when MT. Parsons ended about one-third of the audience left the hall
 MT. B1ydenburgh made 8 fair speech, which gave the Democrats some courage, as he car ried the idea that Maine Ohio and Pennsyl- vania would roll up large vote for Hancock and English.
 Mr. Durand, who, it is rumored, would like to slip into MT. Phelps shoes, said it was late, but he wanted to say word. He said the town of Derby was safe for the Demo- cratic ticket, having majority of 250, but the Republican manufacturers here intini- dated their men so that when election day came some were sick and others out of town and could not possibly reach the polls But this time every man would be seen to- and they could vote and need not fear any one. Some of the Democrats in the hall wanted to know if it was intimidation to bulldoze a caucus against the wishes of majority.
 Three faint cheers were given, and the few that were le tdispersed. July 26.