Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-11-19
From the Philadelphia Times Fremont paper)
Meeting of the Fillmore men ON Saturday night.
He Rebukes the DisuniOn Schemes and Slavery
Agitation of the Democracy.
"PITCHES INTO" FORNEY.
Amusing Picture Of the Cincinnati Convention.
A THRILLING APPEAL TO THE FILLMORE MEN
FOR UNION AGAINST THE COMMON ENEMY.

Musical Fund Hall filed to Overlooking last evening
by the numbers hear the Hon Rayner
of c. He received with great enthusiasm, and made
an address whose eoquence and effectiveness fully justified
his high reputation as speaker.
At about hapast o'clock the meeting organized by
the appointment of Mr. Edward C. Knight President
and Mr. JOS. Church Secretary. Mr. Rayner then
introduced and after the powerful demonstrations of APP
planse with which he was greeted had subsidized he said
greeting is as unexpected by it is undeserved am
OF the humbesi of the humble that great American
listed for the Applause understand that this is
an meeting cheers) and in addressing shall
and in the first place. shall speak of the course which
contest.
You who much in the habit of meeting in these
large assemblies may perl APPS regard this holiday
sport but such is not the There is philosophy in
the scenes which transporting throughout the nation
from the Northern lakes to the Southern gulf 1t is the in
evitable destiny of all people who in the enjoyment of
the political elements They indispensable to the pu
rcation of the political atmosphere Lightning thun-
der Storm for the publication of the atmosphere which
We shall soon be called upon to perform great and
S9!smn dnfytS exercise great and nestimabs privilege
under the sunhe right Of electng own executive
chef-he man who is to be entrusted with honors which,
single to the welfare Of his country will not allow him to
rerose upon bed of Vast indeed are the powers
are to enst into the bands of now we know not
whom He must attend to tue preservation of order at
home he must that the laws Of the land faithfully
executed he Must protect honor and take care that
the American and the American character treated
with that consideration to which they entitled among
the nations
remarked that supposed this American meet
ing and addressing American meeting see before
you who has borne his for the last two years.
(Applause You look upon who in common with your
selves has been subjected to all the caumny and oboqu
and abuse, of which the human tongue is capable.
am aware my feow-citzens that when attempting to
discuss the principles which hold DEAR and the
poses which we have at heart is something like telling
"thrice-told tae know that to those especially who
do not believe in the American doctrnes it has become
tsoe tale. Yes they tired of hearing this eternal
talk Of Amercanism But they have not heard the last
of it. cloud applause) They have heard only the NUT
terngs of the thunder They feel just felt the enemies
of Arstdes when he had made himself obnoxious because
the streets of Athens resounded with the
the Just" (Applause)
The speaker then entered into elaborate dsquisiton
the history Of the American party the necessity which
called it into existence aud the principles and policy which
it advocates. 1t had arisen to meet exgency, at
time when old party issues had become obsolete ~
The evils against which arrsyed itself were: first foreign
influences next the power Of the Roman hierarchy and
lastly the plottings Of tuitors to destroy this Union. Mr..
h dwelt for time upon the first two of these evils
defending the American policy in manner which ELECTED
from the audience repeated manifestations of applause lie
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The third great element Of order is the esta
which had humble share that is the pledge
to each other of lives fortunes
Or that we will maintain and defend this Union at the haz