American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-16
Great Democratic Meeting tn
PerrY County.

: Great DemocrnsIc Meeting IN r.,
Ferry County.
he-"Loeosa0.ius" Of last week givesa a so
oloUing description of this Grand Aa''- I; :;
AmerieGn DsmonstratiOa, from which We w
give some extracts. 1t says, ia
1.-The unterriied Democracy assembled pl
At this place on Saturday last 10 the num- re
bef of nearly 400. There were perhaps US 81
LARGE number Of persons in tho oppoS, 4 y
don present. William Allen, Gov. A1odIll' =.
David Tod, Lucius Case, DR.. olis and OH q
ers were announced as speakers on the oc' n
casion: wher the people asseulbled,ln Carr y
, rolIrs Grova nj about / O'clock 1t was y
found that none of the distinguished gen. v
Element except Dr.. ods were preseni'- q
lone schleiyh fNy) Of Lancaster. was
+ frs, hrouubt forward To skin the Know !,
Nothings; He spent some TWO l'1uts J."
!, ,"exposing" tho signs, ,gIips' anu pas
1 words of tho order, and IN ~feadthS5 Gus q
: oaths administered. He Is not very. wen :,
b. posted in the matters Which he a1enipsed
flo expose. Though not a member Of the /
4 Iorder. and never having taken the patlns'o
i tfpry into such matters, we ieel @conhden'
,sltlISt- escaur do this work much betterl lhan
II Mr.. SchI.ich: aud we volunteer our ser
n VICES to all curious persons, and wlli give
i lipstr,1e,ions in these matters gratis wheneV-
}. Ter We have leisure to devote to such trlfilpS
/. Iamusements. Mr.. Schteich is mo orator
las Brutus is, :" and we advise him to QUIT
Of The rostrum; he may thereby save himseii
+. much modification when lie gets older, and
le has more sense. u. -. ,s--
l. Now don't Mr. Locomotiyeialk so,--Mf
10 Schleich is the "talenied editor" OF the Ed-
i ale and MS near as wa can ascertain Is ihe
greatest Know Nothing in the county
,d and besides "his great c6fliation to the
nd Protsstaat Religion and the -Nethodists in
id particular" has caused him to repoupce
w know Nofhingism" so ofton that the
~ thing might become stals TO his hearers II
- vou expose him thus. We expect him to
sd 90 to Perry Co. again, SO please don 7
.ly spoil his beautiful story. ,.
= The next speech was that Of, Dr.
ok Old; at a.te.' e.
nc "EIe devoted tho 6fst hour Of his speech
- to the Know Nothiugs; and declared then
le to be the neanest and one Of the most de
Oh tesable societies on the face of the earth
me- Itis generally conceded that the d.
r." never loved the Know Nothings since Gal
en- loway was elected to Congress last ia
A. while he was acting as Secret Mail Agcn
uo, The result Of the election did not set we
anI u upon his Secret Agency; but hear his
mi further: -.
can 'IIe tried to explain his vote upon thi
cate measure, butt was evidently an 'cmoa
the rassing subject, and he soon dropped it,
nate He declared that he was Free Soiler, ;
With enemy to the extension Of Slavery"
~ The Drs conversion is certainly grca
.''a1 I4na or one than that Of Gov, Medill; he"
and only little Freesoil-not enough 10 hu
ncnt any body" Surely the old liners shou
send these two Apostles Of FreesoIlism
ould to the Reserve. They might do sor
nier good in that quarter.
hgs In conclusion the Locomotive says:
-. "All who camc to the meeting in dou
MS as TO The position of the Democracy,
.n, the leading question now before the p'
"a A. pie went away si'lsh"d--S'.lishoa tI'as
,onld party is rro;st~ery to 'he core 0ny 'hc
i tb. fore unworthy OF longer support .
favor sincerely oe,le.e ''as a. y we eou'u az "'
,nino such speech rom sucn man one a w, W
d,I from this liH,e uh,l sne fieo,'ou' G'' 6''
;ouldl wou'u ne"' Ni'u''' t7.-" : =, ~ ~
fully county, s4 III
him We sincerely hope shey may y'sit re
A. "A
iopcd ol'eh u, sacu lesu,e. VIZ .o'lg",-. ~
'"i"S Boony JoHSsoS.-rhe last We hearJ
'hvy A,o hanbv mill recently. hcwns maki,
srm"' snce,Lsto our citizens, irving to prove
rp,e he was better anti-slWery man I
u ,a snl Smith, the then FreeSpil candidate for G.
'osI and 70 prove it. he was peddling a j