Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-08-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Mass Meeting and Free barbecue
as ssn>'i1iilc Ois the 22ih--Eighi TI.or-
sand i'm attendance.

lie Democracy Of Rush are confident they have beat.
N any hing IN The way of public demonstration in favor
of ioi.h and DALLAS, that has been made any where
IN the State sinrc the Baltimore Conyenuo, No, how.
ever, without aid from their brethren Of The surrounding
counties Tor mat would have been impossible. We have
'"!!"e'''"ao'l nan The largest meeting. the hes, dinner,
end at least ~ good speaking. Old oiiizen- saw il was
much the largest gathering ever assembled in the county
on any occasion " whatever. The crowd commenced gath
enns by J o'clock in the morning, and by ten o'clock II
mad swollen to NJ least seven thousand. Soon after this
hour Gov. NhIicomb was introduced. and kept The stand
ui DINNER, say three hours Of his speech IL - unneces-
sary To speak suffice II 10 say that n was such n sneecb
rs all Know Jamcs Hhiioomb ran -.ake. And none ap-
Preeia'e his speeches more fceIlngiy ih.n our " hg friends,
as Is most abundan'ly shown by the yay they speak Of
them. lie makes n track through, their ranks, when he
moves, hence their unceniicmaniy course tow ards HIM. I
speak OF leaders and loafers among them.
Amer his speech the vast ssembIagc partook Of a plen-
ui"' pem"cratic dinner, got up IN good style. eaten in
good order, and passing oft 10 the satisfaction Of all. One
table %sixty-hve yards long was exclusively devoted 10 the
ladies' OF whom there were about two thousand present.
Ihey mad themselves sent IN the provision that " as serv-
ed up upon ~, aud II was such as dd honor To Them and
the cause that 1t contributed To promote. All after eat
ing again returned Ia the stand, aud were for more than
two hours enchaincd BY a speech from The Hon. A. Ken
needy Mr. Kennedy had already acquired "A reputation
IN this part Of the State Tor speaking ability Of a very
high order. Yet on this occasion lac surpassed and IN
creased that reputation. lie was argumentaiive, power
ful and eloquent. rs a popular speaker he has M supe.
moi ~ Indiana. Long may he live to expose the corrup-
ton of Federalism, aud and his countr, men IN Keeping
on the rock upon which IT was funded by our rcvolu-
ho"hiy hlntIr. OuT WoTthN representative, tOl. smith,
was then called to the stand, but having spoken to n por-
Ton 81 u The evening before, aud supposIng that the
audience. standing as many of them were in dense mass
es Tor SIX hours, were worn out. he detained them hut n
lew moments. lie was mistaken, however; they still
wanted To hear more, and after calling up George g.
shoup, Esq o' Franklin, who very happily entertained
them Tor one brief hour. they called the Col. up again On
she Texas question. \ question, by the way, he had
ably elucidaied :he night before, and which occupied
much of the attention Of Mr. Kennedy. They were of
course both tor remuneration. The lone star was wa,-
ing over their heads and The pn-Itfnu of MIR llaV upou
that interesting subject was com pietely exposed. What
means this upheav,ng OF the Democracy every where /?
When was 1t that such an irresistible feeling was mani.
Tested RUSH.
July 18th, ISif.