The Nevada journal., 1856-10-24
NEVADA, CALIFORNIA FRIDAY MORNING OCTOBER a. 1856
Fillmore and Donelson
Mass Meeting!!
1900 Freemen assembled |! Great
Enthusiasm!


Saturday, the 18th instant, was a
glorious day for the Americans of Ne
vada, At about o'clock P. NJ, a large
and finely mounted cavaleade, accompa-
MED with band of music, left for Grass
Valley, and returned at about 5 o'clock,
escorting Coils. Peyton and Wood to this
city. The pageant passed through our
principal streets, the band playing favor
lite airs, and finally halted in front of
the American Exchange. Three tre-
mendous cheers rent the air for FILL
MORE and DONELSON, and guns
were fred in honor of the occasion.
In the evening the Fillmore Club
turned out with thirty transparencies,
and to the strains of martial music,
marched, with colors flying, through the
streets to the stand prepared for the
speakers. A dense crowd, larger by
several hundred than was ever before
seen in Nevada, collected in a few mo-
ments aroun1 the spot. Hon. Niles
Searls was called, by acclamation, to
preside over the vast assemblage.-
Taking the stand, he was greeted with
cheers, and made a few pertinent re-
marks, closing by introducing Col. R. N.
Wood, who entertained the audience
with speech full two hours in length,
which was listened to with attention,
interrupted now and then with applause.
Col. Wood spoke with great deal Of
energy and earnestness, and made him
self distinctly heard to the fart best limits
of the crowd, though laboring under
considerable hoarseness from previous
efforts. A round of applause testified
the appreciation of the audience at, the
closing remarks of Col Wood.
Hon. Balie Peyton being loudly called
for, appeared, amid yells of delight
Never have our citizens been so well
entertained by stump orator. He
spoke to late hour, with the utmost
ease to himself and to the infinite salts
faction of his hearers, every syllable
which fell from his lips being heard and
app eciated by those farthest from the
stand. He argued some of the political
issues of the day in mastery style, car
rying conviction to the hearts of his
hearers. His speech was interspersed
and enlivened with the most humorous
and well-told anecdotes. which kept the
boys laughing aft to kill themselves"
Everybody came expecting to hear
something good, and went away with a
broad grin on their countenances, and
fun enough to last week. Not man
who listened to Col. Peyton went home
dissatisfied except possibly some ascetic
old locofoco in flannel petticoats. 1t
was just the crowd to appreciate a
speech such as only Balie Peyton can
make.
Three rousing cheers for Bale Pey-
ton, and three more of the same sort for
FILLMORE and DONELSON, termi-
mated by far the largest meeting of the
canvass in this county.
1t was amusingto to hear the consolatory
remarks of a few woe-begone locofocos
moving uneasily about the outskirts of
the crowd. Some suggested that the
gathering was not much larger than they
had seen before OIL the same spot; others
said no, and that some of their own
stripe were mixed up with the rest;
third party declared he saw several
Black Republicans standing about, upon
which announcement they all appeared
to feel better. A small, greasy fellow
of a rueful countenance, pointed to
transparency representing democratic
argument in Congress" or Brooks ad-
ministering few dry knocks on Sum-
ner, and pronounced that Black Re-
publican device. Whereupon the
bludgeon party took considerable heart,
as the sage remark came from an oracle
of the baser sort, and since that moment
they have "laid the fattering JUNCTION
to their souls" that such an immense
crowd could not have been gotten to-
gether without union of both opposing
parties.
The Republicans behaved themselves
tolerably well. Some of them pro-
nounced the occasion a funeral, and
their countenances didn't belle their
assertions, for they looked inexpressibly
sorry.
FILLMORE can't get no votes, he
can't !"