Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-12-18
THE BALL ArD BANNER.
MT. Br,n.ons ResolIsotions of 1,

1874. remember something about
that globe, but do not know where 1t
started from.-soine where, however,
south, and 1t crossed the Ohesa apeake
bay and WAS rolled up the Peninsula.
The Wings sent brass band from
WILMINGTON down the State and es-
corted those who were rolling the
globe mp into Delaware. The globe
was made Of wood about or 8 feet
In diameter and was covered with can.
vas and the names of the States were
painted upon 1t. At the axis there
was ring with pole running through
and which stood oat about four feet
from each end. Around the equator
or middle was o strong band, broad
enough for hoop of iron at each edge
and which acted rs q broad tread
wagon wheel. Four or Ave men at
each end or horse hitched to forked
chain or rope leading to each end of the
axis was the propelling power, bat
through the towns the ball was gen.
orally rolled by men or boys holding
| up and pushing the shaft at each end.
In the fall of 1874 great Whig meet
ing was held in Wt.inlE Issn u on the
square batween Seventh and Eighth
and Market and King streets, There
were then but few houses on the Sev.
eDth street end, and the upper end on
Eighth street was used as a place for
fdepositing curb and stepstones. There
we're were only four houses on Market
street above Seventh. and at the end of
the upper house, now occupied by DIR.
Harlan, the speakers stand was erect
4 ed. The globe was there in the lot at
that meeting, John M. Clayton, by
some called Delaware's favorite son and
by others tha bull of the woods, was the
orator Of the day. The Rev. John Ken
nedy, then known as the silk stocking
Methodist preacher, 60 far forgot his
religious duties as to leave the pulpit
to 20 upon the political rostrum to pray
ana preach politics.
l, being Democrat, but not so much
|prejndiced that l could not listen to
any good speaker, went to the meeting
10 hear Hon. John NJ Clayton speak.
believed then, 81 / do now, that Della
ware has produced on both sides as
good and honorable statesmen as any
other State In the Union has prod uced,
aud they are native Delawareaps, run.
ming from C@JAr A. Rodney down to
the present time.
When Mr.. Clayton was introduced he
commenced his speech this way: "aen.
tlemen, the question now is, bread or no
bread. If Henry CLAY Is elected you
will have plenty OF bread, but II James
X. Polk Ia elected there will be no work
and consequently no bread" That
summer l helped TO put In q water
wheel at Rockford for Joseph Bancroft.
He had staked off the ground for new
10 Il Nf hn q 40
liz Henry Clay was elected the factory
would bs built, but II James K, Polk
was elected no factory would bepui up.
But James X. Polk was elected, the
people did not go without bread and the
factory was bnilt some time after ward.
AS General William Henry Harrison
had got great many votes in 1840,
when he was elected President by the
log cabin, hard cider and raccoon
racket, and Oy the little yellow-covered
song book, the campaign of 1874 was no
.ss noted ~ q Singing esm5a'snf a
great many sonss weEE III aeo DS both
parties IN 1874 John M. Clayton was
called the bull Of the woods and Charley
Brown. of tinder box notoriety, was
called a sheep compared with Clayton.
A verse in one of the songs ran some
thing like this.
Charley Brown the tinder box
The eheep Kicked at the bull;
Wen go along with Jimmy Polk
And at tho oars viii puit
Aud up Salt RIVER they Will go,
Poor fellows, ssd the joke;
Cn their way they'll curse and swear,
You cent US here, old Folk.
The Democrats were called loco -foeos,
after o match OF that name. / think
first In New York. Some Democrats
were holcin meeting which was not
very harmonious, when some one put
the lights out. O'hers, determined that
the meeting should go on, lit matches,
by the light of which the business was
transacted, and hence the name Of loco
foeos.
Arother song in that campaign was
| little personal, and reflected little
upon the Wing candidate for Governor,
who was elected. /. ron somAi aing like
this:
lhem S Sockton can't CORE 1t, now mind
Hurrab for the relaware farmer.
He viii have the school fund money to pay,
| He will tine at the end OF the strife,
hurran for the Delaware farmeri
a man TO be Governor II ust mary wife;
hurrah for tile delaware farmer!
Another song much used in the cam
paign ran thus:
Hoi ho! to tho pclls wefl go,
And vote for tho Western Statesman o,
| u, coons you'll stand no charcs,
1 o, GOODS you'll stand no cnancs;
1 The lose f4cos are o Joke,
They 40 for James X. POLK.
Four years before. when Harrison
was running for President, II large
L ali
4 Eleventh street school lot A whole
beef an roasted the light before rear
Twelfth and Tatrell streets. Joshua
Hutton attended to turning che spit.
The beef, weighing perhaps two huu.
ldred pounds, was placed over the fire
and turned around and over and over
until 1t was done roasting. Daniel
Webster was the orator of rha Gay al
Ithis meeting. The foregoing are facts
THAT came under my personal obserYa'
ltion and are correct:
THE BALL TRACED.
An aged farmer from Christiana Hun
Idred, attracted hy the controversy
labout the ball and banner, called at tht
lRHPUBLICAN office yesterday arGernonr
land gave such information as to tht
lsource from which tho ball came, thai
1.-The question may be considered ded
Inisely settled. His health is poor, and
he did not desire the excitement OF be
ling named personally In public, anc
therefore his name is withheld. Id
lived In Milington, Md, in 1874, and
WAS one of the chief marshais aids II
the great whig parade In baltimore q
1.-The nomination of Henry Clay.
He says the ball was got up in ALE
, lghany County, Maryland, 70 go witt
1.-The banner wherever 1t went. Della
Iware having gained the banner, DIR
Earieyes, of the Alltahany County dele
CATION, presented the bail also to tn
iDelaware men. He ssys that as th'
Delaware Wings marched from tn
field where the great meeting was helS
hinto the city they were attacked D!