The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-09-27
For the Free Trader.
The Great Buchanan Demonstration al
Springfield.

The 18th was a glorious day for the dc
mocracy Of Central Illinois. The mass meet
ing at Springfield in universally admitted t
have been the largest ever held in the stat
of Illinois. The number present could onl
be estimated by acres, and could not posi-
bv have fallen short Of 10000. II is said
hy those ho were present, that il took Owe
one and half hours for the procession o
coaches, bugeics, teams, horsemcn, bands
and military companies to pass given point
| Owing to the high wind and clouds of dus
that flied the streets, pedestrians did DO
enter the procession, but made their way tc
the grove as best they could.
! j here were three stands erected in The
grove, from each of which speeches were
made by different distinguished gentlemen
from this and other states.
1hc Speaking commenced az 12i o'clock
p. NJ, ard continued until 81 O'Clock p. NJ
when the crowd adjourned to meet in the
! State House i'll the evening.
JoBN HOGAN, an old line whig, who ha:
fought many hard battle in former times
against the democracy, opened the ball or
the first stand; Col CAgPENTER, of Chicago
I on the second stand; and a German from
! St Louis, whose name we did not learn, from
the third stand. As DOUGLAS was to speak
from the second stand, we took our position
/ there, and consequently did not learn the
names Of those who occupied stands one
and three.
Alter Col. Carpenter got through, Judge
Douglas took the stand, and, for about two
hours, held tie audience, as far as bis pow
cr.ul voice c uld be heard. perfectly spell
bound. His speech was one Of his ablest
efforts, and was received with unhouuded
enthusiasm. Fusionists, black republicans,
and abo itionists NAV dgIounce, dcfamc, and
blackguard Judge Douglas all they NAV, but
tie fact is paipabc rs the light OF the sun,
that, let speak who may, great or small men,
when Their speeches arc compared with those
Of the Little Giant, they seem as mere chaif
scattered to the breeze. Ali men Of all par
ties, agreed that this speech Of Judge Doug
las, was the most powerful, the most pro.
found and argumentatiyc, they ever heard.
After Douglas
Col. RICHARDSON was called to the stand,
but having spoken three times the day be-
fore, and laboring under severe COLI and
hoarseness, begged the audience to excuse
him, and he retired from the stand amid
deateniry cheers.
Maj. Harris, was next called for But he,
too, from much speaking ia the open air was
barely able to be on the ground. having been
confined to lis room for several days previ-
ous, from bleeding at the lungs. In scarce
" audible voice he explained the reasons
why lie could not respond to their call. So
alter giving three times three loud and hearty
cheers they allowed him to take Lis seat
Next
Mr.. JARRETT, Of St. Louis, was called to
the stand, who made short but admirable
speech.
During all this time, speeches were made
in German and English from the other two
stands.
At half past five TIE meeting adjourned
until in the evening, when the Hail of Re.
presentatives was flied as full as il could
possibly be packed. Here Col. Richardson
was agan called out ; but from the weakness
Of his voice, it was evident that it was in
tcnsely laborious for him to make himself
heard, nevertheless, he spoke, with powerful
effect on the audience, for nearly half an
hour. After Col. r. took his seat Col. DoS
NorEsoH took the stand, (Col. NJ. is also an
old line whig) and as long as we could re-
main (the cars leaving at about 10 p. Nd he
made the OF fly. Never in our lives did
Ne hear party more severely handled than
the Fremonters received from this eloquent
Clay and Webster whig
At the time we left the Colonel was ad-
dressing himself with powerful appeals to
his brethren Of the whig party who are fool
SHY following aftet the Fillmore banners.
In conclusion we can confidently assure
The democracy Of the north that Illinois is |
viii give Buchanan an overwhem
ng majority. The idea Of supporting Fre-
mont Is hooted at by the wings of the south.
ern counties. They will 90 Fillmore as long
as there is any hope of his carrying single |
state. Should they despair Of this, they will /
turn in on Old Buck. II must be |
that these old line wings are, |
by no means, Know Nothings-they are I
Wigs, and support Fillmore because they !
believe he still has some whig principles in .
hin. They deprecate know nothingism as
much as the democrats do, and protest that |
he is no more Of a know nothing than any |
Of the other candidates. But they despise |
Fremont They denounce him as hypo- /
2rite and a traitor, and many would sooner /
ut OF their right arms than to aid in elect
ne hM President Of this Republic.