The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-10-04

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100, 900 Freemen In Councfi !.Penne
sylvanfa Safe for RremOnt !----The
Working Men and Ma sses Of the Res@
pie ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fremont Com
ventiOM.sE ssTxYT .Eg > z1EsT -
Yesterday was a great day IN p. ttsburg.
1t witnessed one of those remarkable dis
plays which can only occur in a free c, UNI
try, where the people select their own ruiz
ers, and give expression to their will in the
management of the Government.
Yesterday was the day appointed for the
Mass Convention of the friends of Fremont
in this and the adjoining counties, and it is
but a faint expression of the reality to say
that it was successful, even beyond the most
sanguine anticipations OF the warmest friends
of the cause of Freedom a Isaa - aa1ta
We expected good Convention, large
outpouring of the people, but we had No
conception of the reality which met our as
tonished gaze. ygTa'se
We shall not pretend to give description
of the vast crowd; of the wonderful entfu-
siasm; of the magnificent procession; or of
the numerous and most eloquent speeches.
Our reporters will do their best to give our
readers some faint conception of the wonder
full scene, but after all they can say, not on :
half will be told. 1t would take volume
to describe the wonderful procession alone,
with all its numberfcss banners and mottos,
its quaint devices, its rich jocks, its amusing
caricatures, and its keen sarcasms
In one word, it was the greatest Political
Convention Of the people, ever held in West
ern Pennsylvania, and probably in this
State, whether considered in respect to its
numbers, its enthusiasm or its brill ant dis
play. 'Te 'ah v'T ~, eaSa isa5ol
The Harrison Convention in 1S40-iustly
considered the greatest demonstration of the
kind-was literally nothing in comparison
with it.
Great numbers Of people arrived on Tues
day, but on Wednesday morning every ave-
nue. leading to the city, from every point of
the compass, was crowded with every de-
scription of conveyance. The Western trains
brought in, altogether, forty-six loaded cars,
and the other railroads were equally crowd
ed. ttt $685. " -,,ei, taT .aii. 3
By ten o'c'ock the streets were densely
packed with people, and presented most
brilliant scene. The windows of every house
on the lire of the procession were crowded
with ladies waving banners and handler
chiefs, and the streets presented beautiful
appearance, from the decoration of flags and
notices.
The procession was formed little after
ten o'clock, but the last of it did not arrive
at the grounds set apart for the Convention
until after two o'clock, p. NJ. Take it alto
gether it was the most extraordinary pro-
cession we have ever SEEN Nearly every
mr. art
represented. The stalwart, blacksmith was
hammering out Lis iron, the carpenter was
pushing his plane, the moulder. was prcpar-
ing his moulds, the e: CINE builder was turn
ing his lathe, and driving his rivets, and SO
on through all the trades while the printers
were busy scattering the fresh printed sheets
in the crowd. The steamboat-men, the boat
bui ders, the draymen, and the butchers
made magnificent displays. Time fails us,
however, to enumerate the wonders of the
procession. .1'la@4 ="
1t was nearly three hours in passing the
corner of Smithfield and Fifth streets, where
we stood the whole time. Its masch was at
about the rate of three miles an hour. This
would make the procession from seven to
nine miles long, and this we think is very
near the reality. There over seventeen hun
dred horses, about four hundred wagons and
vehicles of all kinds. $1,000,
The grounds set apart for the Convention,
were the North Commons, ALLEGHENY. Four
stands were erected, and speaking was kept
up at all of them There was no shade and
the dust and heat were dreadful. Notwith-
standing these drawbacks, it is not exagger-
alton to say, that fully one hundred thousand
people visited during the afternoon, and the
stands were always surrounded by as many
as could hear. IF there had been any shade,
or the weather had been less oppressive, the
crowds would have been lurger fta, - g.
The city throughout the day presented the
aspect Of joyous holiday. Great numbers
of stores and shops were shut up, the work
was suspended on new buildings, and the
manufactures were closed. - ...-.
Take it all in all our Convention was
great success. 1t has cheercd the hearts of
the Friends Of Freedom. and carried dismay
into the ranks of the pro-slavery party. The
procession gave unmstakable evidence that
working men, the mechanics, the farmers,
and laborers are with us. Only one week
ago, the Buchanan men, after the labor of
weeks, held a Convention, and their process
sion contained only some fifteen hundred
persons, with few banners and badges, but
no exhibition of trades, or manifestation that
the masses were interested in their cause.
The Friends of Freedom hove every rea7
son to take courage. Their cause is Just and
the people are with them. "A few weeks
more spent for the cause of the country and
humanity, and the victory is won. EEL, ; "a
Books DEFENDED BY JESSE D. BRIGHr.-
Bright, who now represents the State of In
diana in the United States Senate, and who
made political speech in the Lake Superior