The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1845-12-23
From the Ohio Statesman.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.

demccracyat the United States Court House
OREGON. TEXAS, AND THE CONSTl-
TUTICNAL TREASURY mo BRIT
ISH INTERFERENCE! ~ a5. rs
,",Meetng at tho United States Court
House, his eyeLing, TO respond to the able
and patriotic Message of the President!
at will be unnecessary to urge any dem
ocrat or lover of his country and lis ins'itu-
tions, who has read the purely republican,
American.and Patriotic Message ofour worthy
President, 10 attend the proposed meeting.
A full and ent husiastic gathering of flcemen,
Will doubtless, respond 10 this call without
further solicitation. Several distinguished
speakers will address the meeting. r... e
Saturday, Dec. 6, lS45.o
Pursuant 10 the above call, "a large and
respectable meeting Of members of the Le-
gislature, and citizens Of the State, and of
Columbus, convened atthe above mentioned
place.
Hon.. A. p. Stone called the meeting TO
order, and nominated JAMES II. EWING,
of Cincinnati, as President @
On motion, A. ?. Edgerton, of Defiance,
and Amos E. Wood, Of Sandusky county,
were uUpOiIll6u VICE ITcSIuCIl'S'
On motion of Hon. II. S. Knapp, Of Put
nam. Matthias Martin of Franklin, and c.
L. Vallandigkam, Of Columbiana, were ap-
pointed Secretaries. .... - .a.. ~.
On motion of Gen. W. T. Sanderson. Col.
Samuel Medary was called upon to address
the meeting.
Col. Medary arose, and stated that il
would be proper to first appoint committee
10 draftresolutions expressive of the sense
Of the meeting. "
A.P. Stone moved that the chair appoint
u committee of five for that purpose; which
was agreed 10.
The chair accordingly appointed the fol-
lowing gentleman that commitee-A. Z.
Stone, Robertson, Hon. H. s. Knapp, Hon.
Charles Reemelin, and Gen. w. T. Sander
son, said committee. .......
Col. Medary was appointed on said COM
mi:tee, but being called upon TO address the
meeting, was excused.
IWe have room for buta part Of Col. Me-
dary's excellent speech.
Mr.. President: If one should pertlnen'Iy,
or impertinently, from ignorance, or by malice.
ask The q.,estion hereafter. "Who is JAMES
X. POLK?" his friends can point with pride
10 his able, beautiful, and most patriotic
message, now under consideration. No 'nhig
will hereafter express ignorance Of who he
is, or what lie is after! The nation will al
once array itself for or against the great
principles so clearly and SO patriotically cx-
pressed in this his first message; and II
doubts are apprehcnded as 10 the course OF
other portions Of the Union, the mighty
West will rally as one man TO IFS great inter
est and the integrity of the soil. The high
and manly tone Of this message will Instll
new life and vigor into the people, the first
impulse of which may be understood by this
full and spontaneous meeting here tonight
As much as we all expected, for one, Mr.
M. said) he must confess that he felt tive
inches taller, since reading this message
Our government is now on the right tack
and he hoped TO see public sentiment anc
appreciation rolled up mountain high, at the
capitol of the nation, to sustain the President
IN the noble stand he has taken for the ma
tional honor and pure republican principles
Without any effort at the gloss and tinscl o
language, he has presented facts and prncr
pies before the nation, in the clear and elo
quent style of simple truth, that he who run;
NAV read, and he who reads will not fail to
understand.
"While the great Valley of the West
which is the garden Of Eden Of mode''
times, and already the Egyptian siore-houst
of the civilized world, is yet in It's infancy
of power and greatness, we should not be
unnindful of what VIC owe the future, aut
at once strike for the whole Of our soil, re-
bukc the naughty power that would rob us az
it robs others of their territory, and disgrace
US in the eyes Of all nations. A free com
mercal intercourse Of this valley with The
Pacific, is Just as important TO the future
as that with tho Atlantic is TO the present
and he hoped 10 see no more halt br''isi
and half American Secretaries of State be
come the dupcs of foreign diplomacy. MIR
Webster, not satisfied with his labors IN CIV
ing up portion of our free soil on the north
eastern boundary, is already, true TO his IN
sincts, driving away in Faneuel Hall, ina
ancient cradle of liberty, for still more DIS
graceful compromise, if possible, OF our ia
ci6c possessions.
elf there is any thing in the message of th
President that any lover of our country
honor can regret, it is the evidence of tn
numerous offers made by our government 4
run the lines west of the Rocky Mountain
at the doth degree of parallel. But, let u
rejoice that the last offer of that kind ma
been made-,hat all such propositions ar
Withdrawn. never to be again sproposed.-,
"trhe whole of Oregon or none,n and if ih
British desireoit, as has been well'aremarke'
here this evening by the gentleman IN IT tn
chair. let theem come and take it, soldl CT llk