Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-08-27
cially to the young men, to do their duty in this


the President interrupted him. to say, that, as
there were probably not less than ten thousand
persons present, who, though anxious to particle
pate in the action of the meeting, were so distant
from the stand that they could hear nothing that
was said, arrangements had been made for speak
ing in the western part of the grove, where 6. w.
Briggs, Esq, Of Auburndale would preside, and
addresses would be made by Hon. E. l.. Reyes Of
Dedham, Rev. John Pierpont of Medford, and
Hon. Rodney French of New Bedford We un
derstand that an immense crowd attended at that
stand, and that they were addressed by Others as
well as by those above mentioned
The Glee Club being called upon, after Col. B.
closed, sung a new song entitled the q Fremont
Train"
The Secretary then read the following letter
from Hon. Charles Sumner -
ericsson, ALLEGHANY Mrs. PENN. J
AUG %, 1856,
My DEAR SIR: 1t was pleasant, here, away
on the upper table land of the Alleghanies to
receive the message you have sent me from hon
ored and beloved Massachusetts, and beg to as
sure you, the JOY should have in mingling with
the people in their great Assembly at Newton,
But this, and all such things, must for while
forego
Looking over the field from the quiet of my re.
treat, l see everywhere harbingers of success
The sectional party which now rules the country,
inspired by Slavery and stepping each day still
further in crime, is at last in its true charac
ter, and must soon perish beneath the indigna-
ton of our awakened fellow citizens
Believe me, my dear Sir very faithfully yours.
CHARLES SUMNER.
After the reading of the letter, nine rousing
cheers were given for Mr.. Sumner
John L. Swift Esq, of Boston, was then intro
duced, and made able and eloquent speech,
going over the issues in the contest, which was
enthusiastically received He gave most encour.
aging accounts of the prospects of the cause, as
the result Of his observations in having been two
months in the field, and travelled and spoken in
five States.
Hon. t. D. Elliot of New Bedford, was then
introduced, and was loudly cheered. He intro
duced Jessie to the notice of the AUDIENCE
Three cheers were then given for g Jessie" Mr..
Elliot then proceeded in an eloquent manner to
illustrate the important principles involved in the
contest. He reviewed the Border Rufian, Os-
tend platform, which Buchanan stands upon,
and contrasted it with the platform of freedom,
represented by Fremont and Dayton. He gave
the statistics, showing the vast amount of slave
territory which had come into the Union as
States, out of the Louisiana purchase, whereas
only Iowa has come in as free State from
that territory, and argued from it the necessity of
every possible exertion to preserve Kanzas free
He showed the evilresuts and wicked policy of the
repeal OF the Missouri compromise, in order to rob
the Free States of what little good accrued to
them from that compromise. Mr. Elliot alluded
to the passage of the compromise measures of
1850, ostensibly as the final settlement of the
slavery question; but, in four years from that
time, the slavery agitation had been reopened in
all its fury by Atchison, Douglas, Pierce, &c
He reeapitulated the efforts made by them for
this end Mr.. Elliot then proceeded to a brief re-
capitulaton of the outrages in Kanzas, and closed
by an eloquent appeal to the vast audience to per-
form their duty to themselves, to their country,
to the cause of freedom, and to their God, in the
pending election.
THE DINNER.
The dinner was an entirely success ul one, well
got up, abundant and good and every one of the
2200 plates was occupied, and more would have
been had there been room for them. Hon. Rod
ney French presided. Thes regular toasts were
very good, and several of them were eloquently
responded to by Hon. E. l.. Keyes, Rev. ]. Pier
pont, Hon. E. C. Baker, President of the Sen
ate, DR. Phelps, Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and Others In the meantime, the
speaking was kept up at the several stands in
the grove
We have no time, to might, to give further
particulars of this great and most successful
political demonstration. The number present
was immense, and was variously estimated at
from twenty thousand to fifty thousand persons
1t far exceeded our expectations, and we could
estimate the people only by acres. Through the
whole day, they were coming and going, and, as
late quarter past four o'clock, long train
arrived, we'll filled with passengers, and great
numbers arrived in private conveyances, at still
later period. But few comparatively went from
this immediate vicinity--only about one hundred
being there from Worcester We suppose the re-
mainder are holding themselves in reserve for a
great demonstration in our own county.
/ THE DEMOCRACY FOR FREMONT The Bos-
ton Journal of last evening. says, {" that among
the cheering signs of the times is the accession