Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-10-20

meeting was one Of the largest and most
] enthusiastic of the many held in thi, place
| during the present campaign. The Speak
| cr., Messrs Gwin, Van Voorhees, and Rear.
| don, were received with enthusiasm and lis,
! tened to with attention The facts and mr..
guments they put forth, were replete with
sound democratic doctrine, corroboratcd by
the history Of our country, and met with
the tumultuous appreciation Of the enlight-
cncd audience to whom they were addressed
The -peech Of the Hon VIM. NJ. Gwin was
one o; the most able, argumcntative. aud
forcble speeches we have listened to in the
State. The majestic form of the grey haired
and prophetic "Old man eloquent" Us he
lowered upon the Democratic rostrum, and
thundered forth the Eternal and Heaven
born principles Of the Democracy" excited
! the respect and veneration Of all present.
AM carried conviction with his words 1t
was his tirst appearance in Butte County,
and we could not repress the wish that lie
had a rostrum upon which to stand rs high
as Mount Shasta, and IA voice like the arti.
lery of Heaven, that he might rise and pro
claim Democracy to the world.
lie referred to the principles of the Dem
ocratic party. which had originated with
our revolutionary torefathers, promulgated
by them, aud had continued to govern the
glorious Union Of the American States for
nearly a century Of years, thro' prosperity
unexampled in the history Of nations, and
| never, until the present time was the oppo-
sition a sectional one. The Democratic
party extended throughout the broad cX-
panse Of the American Union, in every
State, in every district, in every county and
in every township. The principles of the
Democracy were the same in Massachusetts
and Maine, where they were overwhelmed
by opposition. as they were i'll South Caro-
lima and Alabama Was such the fact with
regard to the Republican party They did
not extend beyond Mason & Dixon'S line,
and in the States south of that they could
not find corporal's guard sufficient to act
as Electors.
California had first asserted the principles
contained in the Kanzas Nebraska bill
From an unorganzed territory she became
State by her own will. Without any ter
| ritorial organization, hel people had assem-
b cd, elected their delegates to State Con-
vcntion, formed their con~tituton and ap-
I piled for admission. The principles tm
oraced in the kanzas- Nebraska bill, organ
| zed those territories, and simply g We them
| the power to do as California mad done
without Interference from other sources
! 1t was carrying into practical effect the
| principle of non.interyeutlon affirmed by
he passage of the compromise measures ot
| $50. These measures were supported 10y
such men as Cass, Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster, and they knew that they were assert.
ing great principle in their passage. So
popular was this principle, and 50 universal
Was the acknowledgment of its correctness,
hat both OF the great political parties in
! 1852, adopted it in their platforms 1t was
IN opposition to this universally acknowl-
| eu VI u-iutCl 'CuNlVh tll'tl tuC hc-
publican party has been organized in the
Northern States, and put forth the broad
assertion that no State shall be admitted
nto the Union except under certain restrlc.
| tions
1t had been asserted that the Democratic
party was opposed to the construction of the
Pacific Railroad. The fact that the Demo
cratic party had appropriated twelve mill
! IONS Of acres of land for railroad purposes,
and $500 900 of dollars for the purpose
of surveying the different routes to the Pa
cifc, was sufficient refutation of this charge
We cannot, in the limited space allowed Us,
mention all the points ma lie by tins venera.
| Die champion of Democracy. II his visit
was rs gratifying TO himself rs to the De
mocracy Of Bate, its remembrance will long
| produce the hviiest emotions OF pleasure.
The speech of Hon. " Van Nuorhees. was
one the most effective and telling ttort> we
have heard. II there was II Il lack Repuhi-
can present who listened to his speech, and
did not shake in his ebony hide, it was be
cause he epaL not understand the lain
and comp ehen>ive language of the Ameri-