New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-10-09
NUMBER 1877
Great Fillmore and DoneIson Demonstra9len
twenty Thousand Union Men in Council,

fioih she accounts given of It in the Georgia
papers we are highly gratied at being able to sav
lnat 1he great Union meeting which came of at
Atlanta, Ca, on the 1st ard ID inst. cyceeded oil
Ihat mad been expected both in the argeness Of the
representation and the enthusiasm manifested
The editor of the Macon Citizen, who was nra,ont
publishes in his paper of the 4t inst full renor ~
the proceedings, from which we conlense the foo,v
| i1g:
On Wednesday evening the LIST inst, the masses of
people commenced pouring into the city and it was
estimated by many that not less than 1000 persons
were either in the city Or encamped in the suburbs
before clock at night. Public speaking took place
IN ne cIty Hall and on the two portcos OF the
pudding at the same time, and until late hour bv
Messrs Bups Doyle, Wright and Others and the
widest enthusiasm prevailed.
a t0lchlIght procession consisting of thousands of
persons was formed, which paraded through the prin-
cpal streets. This was magnificent feature Of the
exhibition and carried out effectively and heartily
every KIND Of lubaton, shouting singing and waving
| OF iambeaux being manifested.
p:n,y Enary IN the morning of Thursday, the several
Railroad trains with from ten to fifteen car loads Of
passengers came pouring in from the four points Of
the compass, till the city was full to oyeraowinp of
!,Ylas enthusiastic humanity Ats o'clock the pro-
cesslon again formed under the direction Of that vet
eran old1ne Union Democrat Gen: Jno, ". Sand
ford OF Baldwin, and after turn or two through the
principal streets repaired to the ground fitted IN for.
se speaking OF the day and the barbecue near Walton
lected and among them about three thosand ladna
II was soon ascertained however that no speaker was
able TO reach the ear of the vast assebara and there
was necessity for erecting two additional stands
snort distance apart to crafty the crowd who were
nungerlng for political knowledge. While therefore
TIE Hon f. W. Hilliard, of Ala and the Hon Ben. Il,
dd M t .. .5eorga, occupied the main stand in success
son s. nc, Tor near two hours Dr. H. Y. b. Miller Col. A.
4. Wright and Hon. R. P. Trppe addressed large sec
tlons from the adjacent POSITIONS =. -
Atthls point in the proceedings the people repaired
to neghboring grove where a splendid barbecue
was IN readiness. Some fifteen tables each over two
hundred feet in length, were bountifully spread with
wholesome Georgia fare. Of the barbecue the Citi.
zen says:
Five tables were reserved for the use of the Ia
DIES, and We do reckon pretter sight never greeted
the eyes oi man than that here presented whole
acre Of ladies up to their elbows in bread and meat
But we for!jear cannot do Justice to the subject
The vast crowd assembled around the board not only
mad plenty to eat, but there an abundance of un
eut provisions lett for distribution among the poor Of
The neIghborhood who might need them
After the feast over. the people returned TO the
stands and were eIoquensy adressed by Mr. Cooper
of Tennessee and Hon. Julius c. Afford, o,t of Ala
bana, but formerly of Georgia, where he is known
ulider the familiar sobriquet of {" the old warhorse
OF Troup" :.
In the evening speeches were delivered in.town by
Mr.. Poe, DR.. Miller, Mr. Barlow and Others which
closed the proceedings great demonstration of
the people of the Empire State of the South.
Of the precise number present on this occasion,
(says the Citizen) we form no accurate opinion
but good judges wio were present at the great mass
meetings in Macon in 1910, in Madison in 1874 and IN
Knoxville Tenn, last month, give it as their opinion
that the American mass meeting Of Atlanta was the
greatest Of them all
There could not have been less than 10000 besides
the thousands OF women and children. 1t was en-
platically great demonstration, a monster eyhibi-
ton of the strength of Mr. Fillmore among tie peo-
pie of Georgia. -Itwas not meeting of the leaders
OF party, but spontaneous outpouring and upheav
ing of the masses Of honest yeomanry and Citizens Of
the e9lntfE. And denee nov in tie
Intelligence Itdtf76 OF the people. that We
have no doubt whatever that the vote of Georgia
caM and riH be giren for billiard Fillmore, The
ball is in accumulating like an avalanche
from the mountains ready to bear down before it all
opposition. When bands Of fifty and hundreds of
tile sovereign people will at short notice. leave their
homes and business and travel on horseback and on
foot Is and 100 miles, to be present at Fillmore
meeting, who dare say that the hearts of the people
are not with their great leader, the Model President
and noble man, Millard Fillmore
or the speeches on the OCCASION we have not space
to speak in detail to-day suffice it to say, that they
were all of the right stamp, eloquent able patriotic
and overpowering for their truth and demonstrations