Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-08-14
The Meeting at COnnersyiIIe!
An Immense Gathering of the National
Men of Eastern Indiana!
The Democracy of the Burnt District
all Alive!
10000 PEOPLE IN COUNCIL,

We had the pleasure on THURSDAY last.
of attending at Connersvile. in the Burnt
District, tie torged political assembly ey-
er convened IN any portion Of the State
Beng he'd as 1t was in the very hot-bed Of
Abolitionism, it was not anticipated bv the
most sanguine, that the meeting would
number one-half Of the immense and en-
thusiastic crowd in attendance. As early
us SIX o'clock, \. NJ, the various tborouob-
leieS leading 10 Connersville began To be
thronGed with vehicles and horsemen. hur-
riylng onward 10 take part in the proceed
In39 st III" day Two hours laterthe streets
were hilcd with moving masses of buman;-
ty, some on foot, some on horseback hint
the larger portion in hickory wagons. farm
wagons, carriages and bur.ies. Who,
the hour arrived for the Marshals to form
the procession, the crowd had accumulated
to such an extent that the programme was
changed and the procession formed ont of
torn, instead Of a. the Court House. In
fact the town, though large and flourish
ing ely was not of sufficient dimensions to-
hold them.
Alta signal given by the firing of a sa-
lutte by the Young IIickory's,'' the pro-
cessIon WAS formed at 10 o'clock. by the
Chief Marshal, Chas. Frost, and ASSIST
ants. Any description that we might AT
tempt TO give of this grand pageant would
fall far short of the reality. 1t was, beyond
doubt, the largest and most imposing polit-
zeal procession ever gotten up any where in
lndlanl. Its length has been variouslv
estimated at from four to six miles. The
participants were AL either mounted ON
horseback or seated in conyeyances-nota
holman being III the entire line of pro-
cess'on. The time it occupied In passing
through the gate Of the County Fair ground
was one ho@r and three qnarfcrs Over
two hundred large wagons, instructed of
hickory, and bearing young hickory trees
and branches flags and banners, and laden
with men women and children, formed n
small part of the procession.
Bu, the most noticeable fioure WAS the
great number of chariots, frcighted with
beautiful young ladies' OF these there
We're Mirfy-ose, t,rc~fy.tour of which con-
tanned thlny-one ladie each--cach one Of
the fair ones carrying flag emblazoned
with the name Of some State Of the I'm
ION
y chariot from Connersvile, and con-
trlalng elghty-two ladies'. was ootten up
with much taste. It htd inscribed upon
5 cover the words, The IIoosier girls are
TOR BUcHANAN and BREcKIxRIDGE." An
other from Abingdon, Wayne Co., bore this
Inscription: "Whie Husbands or none"
If the editor of the Jour,eat had been pros
cnt and heald the hearty huzzas oiyen BY
III" fair daughters of the Whi.e Water
alley for BUCHANAN and BREcKINRIDGE.
he would somewhat modify his assertion
'hai ali the women are for Tie husband of
OF Jessie. The following counties had the
number of chario.s named Favettc. ::
Union, I; Wayne, 5; Rush, 3; Franklin.
3.
y delegation from Boston. WAYNE coun-
y. rode III Willard buggy" (hickorv.)
Sky f-e, in in length. witn a larse fla,
wiki tie motto. "BUc1iANAN AND BREckry-
RIDGE. The UNrox AND THE Coxsrrrr-
TON"
Anoiher Object Interest WIS an eight
wheeled wagon, l25 feet long. drawn bv
- oxen and containing nearly two hundred
pcrsnns, \ large painting descriptive of
i..e Louisville Riot was mounted on this
vehicle.
The kni shts:own, BrookvilIc'and other
Brass Bands, with any amount of martial
music added TO the interest of the scene.
he banners were numerous and various.
OftieSc We give "A few, only: \ map ofthe
CnI.ed States, with this Inscription, The
Buchanan National Democratic Union Plat
form of thirty one Sta, =" Another man
with the Southern portion of the Confeder-
acy obliierated, inscribed with The Ere
mont. Sectional, Disunion plaorm of only
sixteen States. Shall our Union be dis
solved Democracy SAYS never 4 pic
ture II Il race course with the WLic House
close in view, and BrcmAxAx going in.
whilst Fremont is disianccd. The prog
re>s ot the la;iers' Woody Horse is some
what retarded BY the pulling back of ne
go who holds on the tail Of the animal
Above are the words: National Rae,
Course" On Tie reverse:
In this race. Fremont, YOU can't ride.
The white house YOU won't win,
For. as is on 'tothcr side
odd Buck is going in -
Another represented negro tearing up
the Constitution and Indignantly utteriny:
Il tar's dis up. Brudder Garrison SAYS
dis Is Il covenant wild deaf an a league wild
hell" The delegation from Rush county
had banner with this motto: Rush
county, hitherto Wing, but never Aboli-
ton"
At noon the assembly organized. by Sc
lecting the following officers: Col. Sam
Heron President. \. III. Raymond Of
Wayne, Henry Rider, of Union. W. Hall
of Rush. f. Mccarthy of Franklin. Henry
Bigler of Henry, and Isaac S;elle. James
c. 2ca, John Loder, J. s. Hamilton. j.
Burk, Charles Salyer, II. n. Burgo,ne.
John Reed and Ross Smily of Fayette. Vice
Presidents. Lewis ID. Allen of Fayette.
+. Hibbin of Rush, James Elder of Wayne.
c. Ii. Bently of Franklin. J. r. Gardner of
Union and G. w Cotton of Marion. Sec.
rctaries.
The President introduced to the audi
ence Hon. John l.. Robinson, one of Irdi-
ana's ablest speakers, who. for an hour.