The Nevada journal., 1856-10-03
0be Mebaoa Honrnal.
Democratic Meeting.

called the unwashed together ON Satur-
day night. This was to be the great
meeting of the canvass. A band of
music was employed, and artists piled
their sickly trade days in advance for
the gloritication of the party. The
news passed from mouth to mouth that
the great Charley Scott, F., F. v,
and "Ipsedoodle," would address the
Democracy As might have been ex-
pected, motley crew assembled Dr.
Knox was voted Chairman, but DIR.
Knox wasn't s"thar." d. Belden was
offered as a substitute. Two noes OBJ
jected. Mr.. Belden made the night
radient with his smiles. Fifteen claps
and one abortive cheer testified appro-
baton. Then came the pepigfam.-
Scott bowed, Scott smiled, Scott said,
"Fell-o-w citizens !" Eighteen claps,
six and a half attempts at articulate
sounds greeted Charley Scott. Scott
dived into antiquity. He has an old head
on his shoulders. He reached farther
back than Young America could re-
member. The bulthen of his song was
the ordinance of 1857 The crowd
got tired of his vapid insipidity and pam
tomine, and were restless for something
better The Fillmore Club, in session
not far off, offered delightful contrast.
Hundreds crowded for the hall, till it
would no longer hold them. An ad-
journment was effected to the street in
front of the National Exchange. A pro-
cession was formed, which reached from
the Journal office to the United States
Hotel. The air was rent with cheers
for Millard Fillmore and the Union
A stand was hastily erected in front of
Teal's, the Star Spangled Banner shook
out from the balcony overhead, and
bonfire lighted in the middle Of the
street Mr.. Ely, of Orleans Flat,
opened the meeting with short but
effective speech.
0. G. Hall. Esq, American Elector,
was loudly called for, and like war
horse painting for the fray, mounted the
rostrum The scene before him, SO un-
expected, gave him inspiration. For
more than two hours his clear, clarion
voice, full of manliness and eloquence,
rung out upon the night air for Fillmore
and Donelson. The most intense en-
thusiasm prevailed. Gallons of cam
phene were dashed upon the fire, light
ing up the night with the glare of noon
day, while deafening cheers again and
again were repeated, at the delivery of
well-told truth, or the rounding of a
beautiful period. The American boys
made themselves hoarse with hurrahs
that came from the bottom of the heart.
AS might have been expected, the
American meeting thinned the Democ-
racy terribly. At ten o'clock the ad-
journed meeting of the Fillmore Club
numbered more than the great mass
meeting of the Democracy by fnll two
hundred.
DIR. Powell, of Sacramento, being
loudly called for after Hall had retired,
came forward without hesitation. The
dense mass of Americans before him,
and the yells of triumph bursting forth
spontaneously at every moment electri
fed his heart Youth was restored, and
its ardor and impetuosity breathed in
every sentence that fell from the Dr.'s
| lips. Everybody was delighted, the
speaker in ecstacies, and full justice
was done on all hands.
At late hour the crowd dispersed
with three rousing cheers for Millard
Fillmore and Andrew Jackson Donel-
son.
Scott ended his gestures some time
after he begun.
A. C. Bradford made a fool of himself
by saying that if the Fugitive Slave law
should be repealed the South would, and
ought to dissolve the Union. His re-
marks were ultra-southern, like those of
northern dough-heads generally. But
few talk of the repeal of that law, and
a speaker must be badly cramped for
ideas to get up the question. Put the
question to MI. A. G. Bradford-ask him
if the Fugitive Slave law, or any other
law is repealed, if he will advocate dis
solution. If he answers in the affirma-
tive, his chance for being Elector is
much Simmer than at present.
After Bradford had eased himself of
considerable niggerism,
"Then wandered forth SON of Belal
Flown with insolence and wine"