Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-09-01
Democratic Mass Meeting In Portage
The People aroused.

Democratic Mass MeelllS In portage
The People aroused.
As per previous announcement, the Ds.
Emocracy of Portage County assembled in
Mass Convention q, this place ON Wednes.
day last, and q most glorious and imposing
meeting il was too, far exceeding in num-
bers and enthusiasm, the fondest expecia.
tons Of our friends 10 tins place, and more
than realizing the fears Of our opponents
It was fully equal to any political meeting
ever held in this county, ard quite as large
as any Of those which, in former times,
have been estimated d, 1000 and 5000 peo-
pie. The mhigs. who had made desper>
ate effort 70 get up "grand rally" some
time since, but had me, with most signal
failure, vainly hoped thu. the Democracy
would have no better success; but they
were doomed to q sore disappointment, and
the evidence Of !. was visible on their elon.
gated, woe.be>gone counienances, Is they
looked out from their skulking places upon
the immense procession Of The sturdy hard.
hsied Democracy, as it moved through our
streets.
On the afternoon previous 10 the meeting
the Democracy Of Ravennn, assisted by
few friends from abrond, raised as nice q
Young Hickory" us ever pointed its proud
top TO the sky, nearly hundred feet in
height, and bearing aloit s.reauer Sa fee,
80, IL X L. al.
names of our noble s,andard>bearers,
PiERcE and KIse. |, stands some thirty
feet from the little skinned tamarac Saddle
Of the whigs,whi really looks as puny and
significant as the remnan. ofthe once proud
party Of which il is the emblem. It was
raised, too, with bat q single effort, with>
out having 10 send and employ hands from
the rail road to assist, Notwithstanding the
rdin was pouring down pretty smar,ly a,
the time.
0 Al about ten o'clock on Wednesday
morning, the town was pretty well thronged
with people, but none Of the professions
| had yet arrived. Soon, however, the pro
cession from the sou,h-composed Of The
Democracy of Franklin, Bsim6eld, Suf-
I field, Randolph and Roo,stown, abou. half
at, :; l.L i dJ LI
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sna .a.ssd ,h,ovah - I ,ha s,,as,. III ,h";s
| fine fine hammers fIos,;ne and aver. .". wsaa. .'.sn
decorated with Hickory bosghs. Next
came the procession from the enst, which,
though not as large, was quite respectable,
preceded by the Palmyra Brass Band -
| Then the immense procession from the
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After Judge Bliss had closed. the assem-.