The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-09-10
GREAT MASS MEETING AND
HAT1FIuAT1DN.
o5O,O0o People TegetlaeriIi

II 10 no easy matter TO win q FepH
tation for truth, aud punotillious yer
aeity For this reason, he who has i
should guard 1t with d jealous eye, elss
some other knave, steal III upon hin
unawaref, and feloniously rob him b
the jewel. The reputation Of tbi.
Journal for truth, is wide spread, and
we have no inclination 10 hasa,d IL on
u single venture. For this reason 1t Ii
that we have purposely delayed giving
any account Of the Grand Democratic
Mass Meeting held ii this city, Oh
Saturday last until The organ Of the
party appeared with official proeesdt
ings, and The opposition paper III La
fayette street, should be heard. They
have both had their say, and now IL
becomes the duty Of this sheet to
spread itself on the same subject, and
unfold to public view the true, faith
full and impartial account Of that meet.
ing. The truth Of history demands
thus much Of w, as an impartial chron-
icler Of passing events.
The number Of persons on the
ground Is Of course all important, and
the principal subject Of difference be-.
tween our contemporaries. To enlivsn
tho city through The month Of septem-
Der and October, we hope the matter
will give riso to discussion, and leaders
II each paper Of columns length,
until November'1 ides. The gazstte's
reporters, think that there were about
twenty-five hundred persons present,
all told, and out Of that number ''per.
haps about Eve hundred voters" The
Adpoeats says there was five thou.
sand people on The ground" Hore IL
only small difference Of three thou
sand five hundred. This discrepancy
can DO accounted for, III the fact that
the Advocate rubbed its eyes, 40 as to
aee double, and The Gazette shut one
eye and squinted through media Of
with the other. II IL a lii.
tic strange however, that there should
be such a wide difference. Some gen
tlemen we wot Of contend that there
was at least ttpo hundred and ffty
thousand soals on the ground y but
they are worry careful, to aay nothing
about the area covered they set no
pegs and give no bounds. To settle
the matter, we propose that the math.
etnatieal rule Of cube root DO applied
that the ground BIO measured In it,
length and breadth, and that, never
lying figures (unless there IL mis-
takel be called on. to decide the CON
troversy. Thus; 1t Is well ascertainod,
That one man with another; great and
small, must average three square feet
no two men can occupy one position |
At one time. Women are allowed by
modern invention, nine square feet
but pe will say for compromise as
some Of tho ladies' Oh the ground, were
IN q collapsed condition. that five
square feet will suffice. The children
according to their sex, shall DO class
ID on either side as adults. This il
generous; for they did as much in the
way Of squalling IS the largest. Some
# the young gents with rosetts, rib.
ions, red sashes and bassions of Office
" nudging people about. and dancing
'round, occupied the place of at least
even adult men piece, but we will
ay nothing about this; because the
'abies are to DO accounted as adults
) il not plain to the dallest compre-
tension. that after the dimensions Of
udge Bnrk's premises shall have been
scertained, that the controversy can
70 settled by any Civil Engineer, in
be land? We think SO; and shall
cave the war to rage until il gets to