Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-08-06
THE SETTING OF THE POPULAR
TIDE

N'NAN "PNAS' SA-O" wv WI " hSiH
current which in every Northern State |
S setting in favor of freedom:
AT great rally of the people at Mas
contari, Illinois. 23lh ult., Mr.. Hecker,
the eloquent German on the Fremont
ticket as Senatorial Elector, spoke with
powerful effect. Three Democrats who
have heretofore occupied seats in the
Legislature, actively participated in the
meeting.
At a Buchanan rally in Cummings
vile, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 80 persons
were present. After the organization,
the Conmerc al states that eleven DEM
ocrats withdrew and organized a Fre-
mont Club,
Henry ]. Higgins, Esq, whose name
was appended to the call for Democrat
&c State Convention in Michigan, has de
clared for Fremont; as has II. B. La
thorp, prominent Democrat of Lapeer
county.
The Chicago Democratic Press says /:
Everywhere the people seem alive with
enthusiasm for Freedom and Fremont .
Two votes on the Galena cars stood, Bu-
chan Is, Fillmore 2, Fremont 78; Bu-
chanan "a, Fillmore 13, and Fremont 10.
A vote taken in the Mad River R. R.
Machine Shops at Sandusky, stood: FIRE.
mont 80, buchanan IL, Fillmore 1.
The Hon. James Stewart, who, until
the consummation of the Kansas william
les, was an unwavering Democrat, sent
an able letter to the Fremont ratification
meeting at CoshOcton.
An excursion train into Toledo on the
4.h from Indiana and Northwestern
Ohio, voted thus: Fremont los, Buchan-
SO, Fillmore IL.
Gen. Lowry, former private Secretary
of Gov. Reeder, a Democrat of the Han
ker school, who voted for Pierce, is
stumPing for Fremont IN New England,
and will do so in Pennsylvania.
The school districts in Amherst,
Mass, have been thoroughly canvassed.
The vote at the Presidential election viii
stand for Fremont about 500; Buchanan
and Fillmore 10.
The Fort Wayne, Indiana Times, edit
ed BY ]. w. Dawson. the Fusion can
didate for Secretary of State, has drop
ped Fillmore and run up Fremont.
The Ithaca Journal, for nearly thirty
years the Democratic organ in Tomkins
Co., N. Y, has taken down Buchanan
and Breckenridge and Iun up Fremont
and Dayton, giving unanswerabie rea-
sons therefor.
w. G. Morgan, who was appointed
contingent Elector for the First District
in Indiana, by the Democratic State Con-
vention, repudiates Buchanan and his
platform, and is stumping southern In
diana for Fremont.
The Daily Meas, Newport, KY, car
ries at its editorial head, the name of Fre-
mont and Dayton.
In the 18th Ward, New York, over
200 Germans joined tie Fremont Club
at its first meeting. all Of whom had act
cd with the Democratic party heretofore.
At meeting at Howell, Mich, Wm.
A. Clark, a veteran Democrat, renounced
his adhesion 10 the Democratic panty as
follows:
I an, this day for Fremont ! 1 cut
my connection this day from the pro
slavery party. nominally Democratic,
and enlist under the banner of ''Free
Soil, Free Speech, Free Men and Fre-
mont -
The Detroit ADJ ertiser says:
Capt. R. Wagstaff, who has just re-
turned from California, where he has
spent several years, informs us that in
his opinion that State is infexibly GER
tain to give her electoral vote for John
G. Fremont.
Neil Gray, Calvin Davis, John Sowles,
Charles T. Mallary, and H,nry Steph-
ems, all prominent Democrats in Macomb
county, Michigan, recently took active
part in a Republican Convention at Mar
shall. Other old and reliable Demo
Gratis joined with them for Fremont
The Detroit Advertiser says, "the Gin
cinnati platform is driving tie Democra-
,y to our ranks by scores and battal-
ons."
Here is a crumb of comfort for Buch-
luiers. At meeting of the Catholic
Institute in Cincinnati, the vote stood {:
Buchanan 85, Fremont 5, Fillmore 1.
Hon. Simon Cameron, Ex United
State Senator of Pennsylvania, an infu-
entail Democrat. opposes Buchanan.
DR.. L. w. II. Ellis, at one time Dem
,eratic Auditor of State in Indiana, has
withdrawn all connection with the party.
The Hon. Russell Whipple. of Dupage
Co., Illinois, venerable and prominent
Democrat, writes to his friend Dorshei-
ner, Of Buffalo, that the Democratic
party having hoisted the black piratical
lag CT slavery, he can no longer act with