Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-02
That Rebul1e.

llOt NNiciOh VI thN "h-'''
The President of the United states contem-
plates a brief visit to Concord, n. H.. the city
of bis residence, on Thursday the I'd day OF
October. As soon as this fact was known a
cali was issued for Il meeting Of the citizens Of
Concord, without reference to party, to deter
mine how they would receive the President.
The call was signed by eight highly respecta.
bic individuals. four Of them democrats and
four of the opposition The democrats desired
to avoid all partisan action or feeling, and to
give such reception as is due from New Ham
Shire to her honorcd son. But no The OPP
portunity was Just what the ack republicans
had wanted, to exhibit their petty Spite to in
suit the President of the United States, and
put in contempt bis high office. And they did
it! At the meeting alluded to it was found that
rowdes enough existed in Concord to vote down
proposi ton to give him public reception
what were these blacks afraid ofl-Gen. PIERCE
would make speech If so, where is their
" freedom of speech!' Shame 0h--shame !!
The miserable creatures know not what they
do
BY this indgnity the leaders of the treason,
gang probably thought to interpose between
New Hampshire and The President, and prevent
the people from taking by the hand their old
citizen and friend. But they have defeated
and disgraced themselves. They took just the
course to expand the hearts Of the people
Such an outpouring Of the masses as was never
seen before in New England will greet the
President OF the United States, at Concord,
next Thursday.
Another version is given by the Concord a.
Ill., Democrat. 1t is lis follows:
The great gun Of the Buchanan campaign
has exploded For several weeks past, MIR
JOHN H. George, i Co. have been whispering
with knowing winks and characteristic grim
aces, that "the great gun OF the campaign
was yet to be fired" lncaniiously, however,
and with that loose-nouthed that marks
all that George undertakes, he . let the cat ont
OF the bag at the bunker State Convention,
when he stated that "A letter had, within II
day Or two, been received from Gen. Pierce,
announcing his anxiety to minglc again i'll the
battles of the Democracy Of New IIamsphire,
and to lay his bones in their midst adding
that " the President would visit us in about n
month, when he George ventured to predict
that more democrats would be here to take
their old icader by the hand than ever before
stood upon the soil of Concord -
Accordingly, last Saturday evenings Dai'
| y Patriot came out, L" large AS life" with the
following call
RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT.
A meeting of the citizens of Concord will b.
held at Depot Hall on Monday evening, Sept
%, at clock for the purpose Of making ap
propriato arrangements for the reception u
the President OF The United States, VINO is ex
| rod T., ,ic;t tl;c ~ f,c lilo rasiunnpp at
early day in October. general attendance
invited
John Abbott, Joseph A. Gilmore, Ezra Car
ter Onslow Stearns, Joseph Robinson, Charlie
Smart " illam NJ. Carter.
Concord, Sept. 20, 1856.
After quoting,the remarks of an administrator
paper that his teliow-cilizens will have an oppol
tunity Of taking him by the hand and sssur
ing HIM that their faith in and reliance upo
his .atIiotsm have never been shaken for II me-
ment and that the opinion Of men who's
good opinion is worth having, is unequivoca
" in favor of the President, and, we had a.
most said, in favor of the measures Of his al
ministration with scarcely IL single exec
ton !"
1t says
IL Is LOb SlTdilSc lIllb CItinCllc VI NOi
cord were not in ecstacies to except such an IL
,itatiOn AT the hou
alpo nted, 7 o'clock. Depot Hall was nenrl
hled with men wbo-at least five slxths U
them were not willing to take Franklin
Pierce by the hand and - assure him that thcl
faith in his patriotism had never been shaken,
and that they were . unequivocaliy III laVo
of the measures of his administration.
|
After sundry putting together of heads, and
all sorts of gyratons Gen. Low was seen to
enter the hal alone, proceed immediately to
the rostrum and call the meeting 10 order.
Then, Immediately, without calling for or wait
ing for IL nomination for chairman, he an
nounced Col George" nominated, put the
nomination to vote. and declared him elected,
without paying any heed to the calls for I" the
contrary" These calls, however came so thick
and fast that finally, he gave way, and called
| for the contrary when such laundering NO
went ND. as shook the nall The noes were
clearly fre to one. Still, Low declared George
elected, and refused poll OF the house.
immed ately George came forward, with an
air of compluccncy that would have made the
fortune of u whole brass foundry. OF course,
on audience of thousand men were not to he
oversaughcd in that :" border ruhan y way ;
and three such groans as shook that hall prob
ably never fell upon the ears OF the man - who
succeeded Gen. Pierce in his law business. -
His brass was paled into pewter in short metre
A after an effectual effort to bul-rag the audience
into hearing him he announced that he only
wanted to decline. The audience then listen
ed to characteristic speech, much the tame
from the fact that he saw his masters befor,
him. After he had concluded, George B Chan
dler ESQ.,, was called to the chair, and John
p. johnson Esq, was appointed Secretary.
Gen. Low then made IL sort Of selfexculpato
ny speech, alleging, us u re son for declalin;
George elected when he knew he was not, tina
he - was satisfied that the MA lority oil tn
meeting were the opponents of Gen Pierce
Just as though that was not the best reason il
the world why he should have declared the yot
according to the facts. Gen. Low then mad
an irrcsoutc plea for Z" his friend Gen. Pierce,
and hoped the citizens Of Concord would no
refuse to honor the Office, even though the
'despised the man. He concluded, by bayin
that warm rs was his love of Pierce and Blu
chanan, he was one of Gen. Jackson's bitter
est opponents.
When he sat down, l.. r. FLINT ESQ.,, offere
the following resolution
j." Resolved, That it is expedient for us, as Gil
liens of Concord, to make any arrangement
for giving President Pierce public receptio
at this time.
The resolution passed by II laundering Ay
against comparatively small number OF noe,
motion was then made and passed unan
imously to adjourn without day. Three rou,
ing cheers were then given for Fremont, thre
very faint ones for Buchanan, and the meetin
dispersed.
Subsequently, We learn, the few Pierceit,
who were present, staid behind and organize
another meeting Who presided, and VIII;
they did, besides making sundry indgnatio
speeches, and appointing Committee of Al
engagements to give Pierce democratic - IT
ccption we are not informed
All in all, the action of the citizens Of Co,
pn. tl,.,, r. Al II