The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-09
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING

| Wednesday, last was a proud and brilliant day fol
the Democracy of Wake County. At an early hour
our friends from the country pouring In by hun
dreds and by twelve o'clock there were between
eight hundred and thousand upon the ground.
The stand, the seats, and the table had been erected
in the Baptist Grove in the eastern part of the City;
and the shade Of the broad and lofty oaks the strains
of music, the greetings of old friends, and the
fine breeze that sprang up in the morning and con-
tnued throughout the day, all conspired to render
the occasion and the place at pleasant animated,
and highly agreeable.
At about half past eleven, Perrin Busbee, Esq. led
off in speech, which was remarkable for the accu-
racy of its statements, its general ability, and its
stirring eloquence. We cannot even attempt to fol-
low him, we took no notes at the time; but it is
sufficient to say that he touched nearly all great
topics of the day. He came up fully to the expee.
tatons of his most ardent friends; and We have no
doubt that whilst he pleased his own party, and con-
frmed them still strongly in the faith, he at
the same time produced decided effect upon the
minds of many of his Whig hearers. He occupied
the stand about two hours and a half.
Mr.. Busbee was followed by Duncan X. McI2ae,
Esq, who spoke for three hours. He held up Gen.
Taylor and Milard Fillmore in their true coors to
the assemblage, and thoroughly rddled their claims
to the support of the American people. His allu-
sons towards the close of his remarks, to Gen.
Cass and Gen. Butler, were strikingly appropriate
and beautiful and when he came to declare his warm
and unqualified approval of the great principle Of
equal suffrage, the masses before him and around
him were thrilled as by electric fire. The applause
was long-continued and tremendous, thus showing
that he had struck chord-that the people are
in favor, heart and soul, of this noble doctrine.
Both these gentlemen have every reason to be
gatied at the manner in which they acquitted them
selves this occasion.
The Dinner, which was served up under the direc-
ion of Messrs. Hutchins, Nixon, Womble, VIII
iams, Beckwith and others of the Committee of Ar
'angements, was capital-and not only capital, but
here was an abundance Of it. The table was about
'ne hundred yards in length and there was enough
'oom to accommodate four or five hundred at one
ime. 1t was constantly crowded, from end to end,
Until the hour for Dinner had expired. We were
pleased to many of our Wing friends around the
able, and many of them listening respectfully to the
peeches and whether they were convinced or not
# the ''error of their ways" we hope they enjoyed
he rich repast which was spread before them.
We never witnessed a more orderly, quiet, or at
entive assemblage. For hours the masses, compos-
~ VI dl ages dho PaIues' kept tneH seats and hung
pon the words Of the speakers; and the silence
vas only broken by rounds of applause. At about
TX o'clock in the evening the Meeting broke up,
nth three cheers for Cass and Butler, and three
lore for David S. Reid, the champion of equal
ghts. AT night the Cass and Butler Club held
Ieeting in the Court House, when other Speeches
'ere delivered, and the building was made to ring
nth shout upon shout for Cass and Butler. We
an assure our friends in other Counties that the
lost enthusiastic spirit prevails here with the Demo-
ratio party, and that We are determined to increcse
nr majority in November next.