The Arkansas banner., 1844-10-16
i. THE SPIRIT OF TENNESSEE

manliest throughout the Union Tennessee. th residence of POLK, has been neither backward no
 silent in these patriotic movements, and enthusiastic o1ipoufinss ofeeling; as has been testified by thu
 great gatherings of her people, within the last fev months. Besides the mammoth Convention q Nashville, oil the memorable I5rI OF AUeUsT. h,
 whole length and breadth of her beautiful territory from her rich aavial bottoms in the west, through her sweet valleys in the middle and over her nob, mountains in the east, the masses of Democracy have been in motion, and their voices have beer heard. On the I2h September. the Democracy o East Tennessee Hnied with the Democracyof West. ern Virginia, in holding great Democratic Canu l meeting. The following graphic and eIoouapt sRetcA, written by the accomplished editor who Was present, we copy.
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 HE GREAT MEETING AT KfNGSPORT.
 Taking into consideration the sparsaness oi the population in the vicinity, and the re- moteness of the Ross Camp Ground from any large town, and the Democratic meeting at hngsPort may safely be pronounced the monster meeting of the season. The Senti- mel estimates the number in attendance at 2J,00O, We were present on the occasion l: ana unless every previous meeting which we have attended has been vastly oyemated, the sanenels estimate isat least a third too low.
 ihe Feds would have estimated such meet Ing at 30,00O, at the lowest We believe 1t would have counted out'7 35.000. Such q meeting as this requires no Gomishes, no boast nor bombast, in describing it. It was spontaneous outpouring of the Democratic hosts ifomthe mountains and valleys of Fir- i ginia and Ie9a :; and it was such meet lng as nothl3F buta sense of wYong endured, and determination 10 right that wrong, can ever draw together from a community of in- dustrleus farmers. It wac, indeed, meet ing oi the yeomapry of the land Far re- moved from the noise and corruptions of the great cities, in their quiet homes upon the mountain sides and by the borders of clear streams" the efforts which the grasping aris- tocracy Of the land are making to enslaye them by the creation of monopolios-mon- ster banks and protective tarids-have been heard of and felt by the people, and they came up, united mass, {. from all the region round about,o to pledge their exertons 10 the cause of Bepublicaaism, and to promise their efforts, their energies, and their inAu- ence to the cause of equal laws, equal pro lection, and equal rights to all
 Any thing like detailed description of such a meeting would be impossible, unless we had gone there for the purpose of collect lHg materials to write book There were so many things equally worthy of descrip- lion, but to describe which would occupy much space, that, with the present pressing demands upon our columns for matter ol general interest, we must content ourselves with hasty general sketch.
 The meeting was held in beautiful grove, a mile and half from the main eastern stage road, and two miles and a half west of Kings port It was organized on the morning of Thursday, the l2th, by the appointment of the Hon. John Rlair as President, with sun dry Vice Presidents and Secretaries. Mr. Blair made ali excellent speech on taking the chair. which he concluded by introducing to the crowd the Hon. G. w Hopkins, of Vir- ginia Mir. H. Spoke about two hours, and was followed from the main stand by John B. Floyd, of Virginia, and Col. L. C. Haynes, Eleetor for the lst district. At other points in the eneampment, speeches were made da- ring the day, by Mir. Kane and Col. McJIul- len, of Virginia, and by Maj Powell, Gen. Senter, Dr. Brownlow, and others. of Ten nessee as many as three speakers being en- gagged in addressing the multitude at once- We have only room to say, generally, that these speeches were all enthusiastically re- ceived, and that never did those who made them appear to better advantage
 On Friday morning, Mir. Dullield, small Federal orator, was given two hours in which 10 make Federal speech. He made il and was listened to with polite attention. He was replied to by the Hon. Andrew Johnson in one of his most eloqrent, brilliant, and ef- lective speeches. Never did poor coon get such skinning before as DuIfield received. We pited him, for he is said to be clever, harmless man. By the way, when did the Feds, at one of their mass meetings, ever give a Democrat cha lee to make speech?
 Atthe conclusion of Col. Johnson's speech, a flag was presented to the Knox county de- legation by Miss Smith, of Virginia, we be- leve, which was received by R. B. Reynolds. Esq, of this place. The neat and appropgi- ate addresses of the lady and gentleman on the occasion will be published in our next - On the presentation of the flag, the meeting broke up The interest had been kept up to the last moment, and the Democracy return ed to their homes in higher spirits and with frmer resolves than they had ever before ex- perienced
 The baybacue, on the first day, was good and bountiful But the barbacue was one of the least of the Inequalities which were ten- dered to those from a distance by our Kings port friends. Provision in abundance for man and beast was furnished the thousands on the ground from the moment of their arri- val on the spot until their departure, and enough to last them home 10 those who wished 1t. When it is remembered that large numbers from distance arrived on Wednes- day evening, and that almost the entire mass camped on the ground on Thursday night that the meeting was in the woods, ata con- siderable distance from any house--the libe- rality of the Democracy who got up the bar bacue may be appreciated.
 We have said that such meeting requires no pulling-no bombastio description-for there were enough present to spread is fame