The Georgetown news., 1855-06-21

Per order of Com. of Arrangements
The Great Phalanx Meetings at Placer
Vile and Mud Springs,
1t will be remembered that a Great Mass
Meeting was advertised in the Democrat and
-ddCocate, to come off at Diamond Springs,
on the 18th of the month.
The AduocGte is not yet received Tues
day. and the Democrat of last Saturday
says nothing about the "Great Mass Meet
ing that was to be. We find in the latter
paper, however, an account of large meet
ing which was held at Placerville about the
same time, and also. another meeting held
at Mud Springs. AT PlacervilIe, Hon. J.
b. WELLER and Col. MCDANIELs, made
speeches on the side of the Phalanxers.-
After eulogizing the speech of Col. VEL
RER, the Democrat describes the further pro-
gress OF the meeting, which we copy from
the concluding portion of the article:-
"When Col Weller stepped from the
pI-
lows who have sought office with avidity
but never obtained it, called loudly for Mr..
Anderson; and he, protesting to be Demo-
crat. III obedience to their call, mounted the
stand and repeated, almost word for word
the same speech we heard him make before
the Democratic Club few weeks ago. He
evidently knewehe was laborng in a bad
cause and was supported by false friends.
ana TINS knowledge greatly embarrassed
him. 1t is really deplorable to see a Young
man OF line abilities and more than ordinary
promise, throwing himself away purely out
of a spirit of disappointment. We kno,c
that he despises Know Nothingism and has
thorough contempt for its Wing leaders.
and yet strange inconsistency, he is found
working with them against the very party
to which he processes to belong When
he concluded his talk, nearly all the Demo
Gratis having left, Col Weller again rose.
and challenged the young champion of
Know NOthlngism to meet him in Mud
Springs. The challenge was accepted
When Col. Weller got upon the stand. so
fearful were the Wings of the effect of his
speaking, they hissed and hooted and kept
up continual bowling for some time. We
nave never seen a Democrat SO far FORGET
courtesy and good breeding. as to interr1pt
public meeting. The disgrace attaches
Soiely 10 the opponents Of the Democratic
party, and to them we cheerfully accord the
credt: NO teaching, experience or exam
pie VIII make Il gentleman out of a black
guard.
The renloUed postmaster, who has been
pregnant with a set of resolutions ever since
ms removal, for the twentiethtime delivered
himself at the meeting. He read them. put
the question on their adoption without
second, and declared them carried, every
Whig present voting for them. AS our OF
fcious little friend seeks every occasion to
gain notoriety, we have no disposition to
dampen his ardor. AT Mud Springs, we
understand, the same farce was enacted
He presented his resolutions and the Wings
adopted them.''
There appears sufficient in the above, Ia
ken from the organ of the Phalanxers,
alias Democratic Clubs, to warrant the rea-
der in concluding that the Great Phalanx
Democratic Club Meetings have proved a
very great failure, and instead of strength
ening the combination of the foreigners,
Office holders and office seekers, it has very
much weakened their cause
We regret that some of our PlaceryilIe
and III Dorado friends have not sent us the
particulars Of the meetings: but enough ap-
pears already to indicate the failure of the
Mass Meetings. The substance of the
whole matter is, as appears from the Demo-
qrdt, that at Great Democratic Meeting
a .. S. Senator and an eX-COngressmaD.
Tooth being Colonels.) advocated the cause
of the Phalanx wing of the Democracv, and
that after they were through, young gen
tleman, Mr. ANDERSON, of no pretension to
titles or high official position, but with tai
ent and Democrat, answers the aforesaid
Colonels and Officials; after which, when the
great orator WELLER, las the Democrat rep.
resentS him. attempts to answer, the peo-
pie will no longer hear him or his cause
At the same meeting resolutions are pass
ed which are strongly opposed to the Demo
cratic Clubs. So much for Placerville-
Sat Mud Springs" says the Democrat, 1--WE
understand that the same farce was enact