The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-09-30

amidst the uproar, TO put the question. Mr.
FLOOD, Coming forward amid the cries an
screams OF the audience,) 81 tell you, younI
man." ("Go 1t, Charley"--"At him, FELcH'
--hallooing. and cries Of orderly Mr.. FLooI
mounted the Chairman's rostrum, gesticulatinl
violently, and showing other demonstration
OF hostility, but his voice was lost amid tn,
cheers, screams, Kisses and stamping of the
audience. Mr.. FLooD assumed the right
ofthe Chair, and put the question as tc
SEGAR's election for Secretary. (.'No, no.
"Go it ts."'"Down with him, FELcH"
! The Chair.--"Fellow citizens, am the
Chairman Of this meetingl" Cries Of, "You
are"-"No, no''-"Fire and fall back'-
"Flood, ,Flood"-"Howett," &c. DR.. Johnson
here arose and addressed the meeting. C"Gc
it, Doctor-let's have it-down on 'ern'' He
came here supposing this meeting to be fol
the Voice-"Well, wasn't iti'O tell you
Mr.. Chair man"-(cres OF order. and
motion for adjournment Sir, L have toe
much confidence in the good sense of this
community-(Voice, uproar, all together
"Oh, Julius Ceasar,' ,'O-to suppose that they
will act in any credtable-("Give him
elbow room, ,"-"Down on 'em, boys "-''two-
forty"-hallooing, stamping, and cries Of
"Wolf! wolf.")
Dr. JOHNSON was here cut off by the Chair
soliciting him not to wound the feelings of
any one presentr.
The DR.. Sir, am going to speak, sir.
will speak, and you had better let me alone;
for will get through sooner. (Cries of "Hur-
rah, my JoHNsoN!''-"Down on him, Mr. Presi-
dent!"-uproar and confuson.) Sir. there is
man presentwho calls himself Democrat,
the editor of one of the city papers, and he
has on more than one occasion sold his party
to accomplish his private ends-he has now
sold the temperance men to the Wing party.
["Hurrah, my JOHNSON! 60 it While you're
young!''-"By gracious, he's screamer!"-
Persons Kissing in different parts Of the
room, and crying "Mr. President" "Mr.
The chair. "One at time, gents, one at a
time"
Mr.. MILLER here got the floor, and said
that DR.. JOHNSON had stated an untruth. He
was a..temperance man ard had not been sod
["go it Miller!''-'Into him Johnsonr']
DR.. Johnson. "Will the gentleman please
state what said that was Objectionable to
him!''
Mr.. Miller. "You said, sir, that | had been
sold to the Wing party 1t is falshood!"
DIR. Johnson. "Although the gentleman
objects to the position which he occupies
before this audience, say still, sir, that he is
not good Democrat nor is any man who
entertans the same views. He has been
sold" [Oh, je whilliker!"--"Go it, Johnson'
-"Hurrah for ipecach!"--"Into him Miller,
I'll see you through"-Uproar and con-
fusion.
Mr.. Miller. "Fellow citizens, your at
man. am Democrat. The gentleman
says he is a Democrat, whether right or
wrong. am Democrat when they are
right And the time has been when sober
Democrat was as much respected, even in this
community, as any body else. That time is
gone; and I'm temperance man." ("Hurrah,
my Miler!"-"Get into him, Doctor. ."-''Ga-
lang-two lorty!"-Screams and cries of
murderr'
The President-"Gentlemen, will you
please address the chair" Mr.. Powers here
wanted to make an explanation. C'DoWn
with him"-"Go it Powers'-"Into him,
Miller"--"Hurrah, my doctor''-"By the
jumpn' jehoshiphat, he is screamer.'D
Messrs. Johnson, Miller and Hewlett
proceeded to address the crowd, amid the
noise and confusion, which was perfectly
deafenine. They were elevated above the
audience, and presented good limitations Of
small steam engines, or parcel of machinery
that had lost It's balance wheel. They
gesticulated violently, but it was impossible
to hear one word they said.
The President, at the close of .he meeting,
thanked them for the good order and decorum,
which they had maintained during the
tendency ofthis great and important question.
He congratulated himself that the meeting
had been conducted with such good feeling,
between the gentlemen. And thus terminated
the great Ant-Mane Law meeting which
will long be remembered by those present,
and especially by the antics, for the last plank
in their platform was torn from under them.
o. S. Journal.