Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-12
GRAND BUCHANAN FIZzrr

IN this region, Impressed upon the leaders -
necessity for q grand effort to stay their down m
ward career, and if possible to arrest ,ho
ward march Of Free principles. After ma, O"-
and anxious consultation, it was dec;dod
make demonstration on the recurronoo "
Our National Festival" The precious man.
ries OF that glorious day were to be invoLoa.
aid of such rally as would revive tbo l. "
ing spirits Of the friends of BUcH,x,r o'l
encourage them to action. The corr,, '
been flooded with handbills requcsting ,la ~
favorable to the election of the two p, ''''S
meet in Towanda, on the Fourth dav Of 1,, "
to unite in plain, old fashioned ceIohr,..''
of the birth-day.of our countrv's froedo, Wv"
an oraton at the Court House, and ,,',,:
dinner on the public square" As fnrtla. '
ducements, it was announced that Hon u =,
Dickinson and G. r. BUcKALrw wopId oo....
ly be present and the report that the d;na.
was to be free, somehow had extensive cir,n,
tion To make the arrangement look ertaa
sive, long list of names was made use Of
The herculean labors to induce the f,i,le,
to attend, finally ceased and the Fonrtb H..
OF July was ushered in-not bv ringing of h,n.
nor by firing of cannon. Nine o'clock oaa.
and no appearance of delegation from :,
gle town Ten o'clock, and the cry was "WLr
don't they come p Eleven O'Clock and H..
lengthening faces of the Committee of ,rr.n,
ments were gladdened by the arrival Of y,
Monroe delegation, an army with banner, =
ten inDnumbcr Soon the Wysox deIoc,,;o,
came pouring in, sixteen strong-apd m Or,
val OF fifteen or twenty from Ulster, coDplatol
the mighty throng.
The great multitude was called togrtler ..
the Court House, and when all in, ladies. Fro.
mont men and Buchaniers the house was no,
full The meeting was called to order orl
Mr.. BUCKALEw read carefully prepared oro.
tion which we believe gave general sati>oc.
tion, inasmuch as it dealt only in gcncraItas
carefully avoiding the questions at issue NJ
B. lauded the Democratic party very biglIv
saying that it had never made but one mistake
which was i'll 1920, i'll passing the NTissoDr
Compromise, but thank God that was now
rectifed.
Mr.. WARD then made a few remarks in HI.
usual easy and happy manner, and after some
words from Mr. ELwEu, the meeting adjourn.
ed to the dinner, which had been spread intEe
building OH the south side of the public SQUARE
The attempt to form a procession, being fail,
ure, either through numbers or some other
cause, the hungry ones found their wav to the
table, without standing on the order of their
going. When seated, it was found that the
table (which was set for three hundred va;
not half filled. So messengers were sent into
the highways to bid guests to the feast. and
tickets auctioneered at half price, somewhat
after the manner of the venders of "ice cold
lemonade on circus day Here's your nice
warm Buchanan dinner-only twentyfyeccntsl
Step up, gentlemen Here's where you get
your money back Only twenty-five cents "
After considerable delay and many invitations
to free dinners, the table was nearly filed and
the dinner progressed. What happened there
at we are not Informed.
Take it all in all, this was the greatest fuls
ever known in this county Intended to rally
the Buchaniers, it has covered them with dis
may and modification. They see in it an in
dication of that popular sentiment which is
destined to overthrow the cause of slavery,
propagandism, and erect the standard Of Free
Labor, Free men, and Fremont There was
no time during the day, when the Fremontmen
did not outnumber the BuchanierS, and the
cheers for Fremont told of the enthusiasm IL
spired by his name and the cause.