Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-09-16
Democratic Mass Meeting.

On Saturday afternoon last about one hundred
Democrats and Wings, (most Of whom had met
to attend the Rail Road Election) assembled in
the Court House 10 listen 10 speech from Mr.
CARPENTER, a second rate lawyer, who had been
imported from Rock County, TO enlighten the be
nghted minds OF the people way out west upon
the subject OF Politics. The speaker appeared 10
be mice young man." splendidly decorated with
gold rings and broadcloth and well supplied with
gas His speech was a rehearsal of the oft re-
peated slang OF the most virulent party rewspa-
pers of the present day, dwelling particularly
upon those supposed to be calculated for this
latitude He spoke vehcmently In defence of
slavery-denounced the Wing party as utterly
destitute of a single principle, except determin-
alton to ruin the Nation by establishing United
States Bank, &c said that the wisdom of Prov
dence in the death of Gen. Harrison, was all that
saved it at that time--dtnounced the Wing plat
form "a saying one thing and meaning another =
and launched off into abusing Gen Scott, by asser-
ting that he possessed not single qualification ex-
cept that which he possessed in having shed blood
accused him of having quarreet with every sub
ordinate officer in the army-treating his soldiers,
ard in fact every body else, in arbitrary tyran-
meal manner said that Scott never had but one
idea, and that was Native Americanism, and a
determination if elected President to prevent for
eigners from voting until they had served two
years in the army OF navy of the United States in
time of war. After exhausting his vocabulary of
billingsgate upon the wings, he turned to the
more pleasing theme of Democracy and It's Plat
form" He said that the Democrats had ever
been the friends of Harbor and River improve
ments but the Wings had defeated their efforts to
obtain appropriations for that purpose, by refus-
ing 10 let them pass bill 'unless il contained ap-
preparations for all the little canals and mud holes
in the country" but he forgot TO say that Demo
cratic President Polk vetoed bill for that pur-
pose, passed by the wings or that Mr. Pierce had
uniformly voted against all appropriations for the
harbors and rivers of the West. He finally con-
cluded his speech by describing the Democratic
platform briefly saying that it was as broad as ere
a'i0n.and EXTENDED from the lofty pines Of sunrise
to the golden sands of the closing day
He was frequently cheered by the audience,
who ever ready, at the signal of certain
StooI-plgeoh, placeo near Inc centre OF the room
for that purpose, to stamp his flows of eloquence
with their appreciation. We noticed however,
that his signals were not always we'll timed, for
when the speaker poured his hottest shots at Gen.
Scott he could get no cheers except the cIatter OF
the canes Of a few noisy boys, provided for that
purpose.
The evening session. we did not attend, but are
told !, was a repetition of the afternoon pro-
gramme TO an audience of from IS to 80 wings
and Democrats which was followed by the very
! laughable atter-piece, of
4 Speech in German, by Frenchmau
/ Thus ended the great Democratic Mass Meeting
( in Mineral Point.