Butte record., 1856-10-25
Grond Demonstration of the Democracy.


The Democracy of Oroville had a gloriou:
demonstration on Saturday night. Tht
meeting was one Of the largest and mos
enthusiastic Of the many held in this place
during the present campaign. The Speak
crs. Nessrs Gwn, Van Voorhees, and Rear
don, were received with enthusiasm and lis
tened to with attention The facts ard ar
ruments they put forth, were replete with
sound democratic doctrine, corroborated by
the history Of our country, and met with
the tumultuous appreciation Of the enlight-
enel audience to whom they were addressed
The speech Of the Hon VIM. VI. G~in was
one Of the most able, argumentatiVe' aod
forcih,e srceches we have listened to in the
State. The majestic form OF the grey haired
and urofbetjc ..Old man eloquent" as he
to,yercj 1r71 the Democratic rostrum. and
thundered forth the Eternal and Heaven
horn principles Of the Democracy" excited
the respect and venerltiou Of all present,
AMI carried conviction with his words. 1t
was his FRS appearance in Butte County,
anl we coald not rcpress the wish that he
had rostrum upon which to etabd as high
RS Mount Shasta, and a voice ike the arti.
lery Of Haven, that lie might rise and pro-
claim Democracy to the world
He referred to the principles Of the Dem
ocratic party. which had originated with
our revolutionary forefathers. promulg3 ted
bv them, and had continued to govern the
,,lorious Union Of the American States for
nearly century of years, thro' prosperity
unexampleI in the history Of nations, and
never. until the present time, was the oppG-
siiion 4 sectional one. The Democratic
party extended throughout TIE broad ex
pansc Of the American Union, in every
State in every district, in every county and
in every township. The principles Of the
Democracy were the same in Massachus It's
and Maine, where they were overwhelmed
by opposition. as they were in South Caro-
lima aud Alablma. Was such the frct with
regard to the Republican rarty' They did
not extend beyond Mason & Dixons line, I
and in the States south of that they could /
not find corporals guard sufficient to acl /
as Electors.
California had first asserted the principles /
contained in the Kanzas- -Nebra ka bill. /
From an unorranizcd territory she became
a Scate by her own VIII. Without any ter /
rtorial organization, her people had assem-
bed. elected their delegates TO Il State Con
vcntioa. formed their con tituton and ap- /
Piled for admission. The principles en-
hruced in the kanzas Nebraska bill, organ
lied those territories, and simply I'VE them .
the power TO do as California had done /
without interference from other sources
It was carrying into practical effect the
principle Of noa- intervention ati"me y
the passage OF the compromise measures OF
1880. These measures were supported by
such men as Cass. Clay, Calhoun aud Web
s;cr, and they knew that they were assert
ing great principle in their passage So
popular was this principle, aad 50 universal
was the acknowledge Zincut Of It's correctness.
that both Of tho great political parties III
1872, adopted it in their platforms. 1t was
in opposition to this universally acknowl /
ei principle of R0n-ihterrentior that the Re
publican party has been organized in the !
Northern States, and pct t0rth +he broad
assertion that no State shall be admitted
into the Union except undcc certain restrIc-
lions
1t bal been asserted tlrst the Democratic
party WAS opposed TO the construction Of the4
Pacific Railroad. The tGct that the Demo
cratic party hAG appropriated twelve mill
lons Of acres Of iaRi for railroad purposes
anl $4,000 of dollars Tor the pnp Sc
Uf surveying the different rootes to the Pa
cifc, was sufficient refutation Of this cha-g gc
We cannot, in the limitei ,'ace SLOWED Us,
mention all the points ns le ey this venera
ble champion of Democracy. II his visi-
was as gratifying to himself rs 10 the De
moc7acy Of Butte, it, remembrance w'l long
produce the livHest emotions of plcassre.
The speech of Hon IS Van Voorhees, Tas
one ofthe most effective and telling otforts We
pave hcarl. II there wts a Back Repnhi-
can present who listcnc to his speech, ar
dill Hot shake in his ebony Eidc, it was be
cnusn he coull not understand tho js!aia
and comprehensive language Of the Araeri
can Union. Never was uarty SO eXcoria-
ted, ana never before were woolly heals 50
} 0uEhly hamlet. H. spoke OF their nomi
ice for tic Presidency, who was the son in
PAW Of Col Benton and the husband of Jes
sic. Mr. Van Voorhees, reterrci to the only /
attempt Of ". Frsm Jnt n le-is'a N, and |
made copious extracts from his bill to regu
iIte the working of the mines in California |
This bill We shall cnJeavor to publish in Il
day or two. II is a model in its way, and |
would politically damn its author in the |
estimation Of the miners of California -
n EXHIBITS the total lack OF the ordinary |
's-tt t49 VI u tNtttNAAiu tllNt MS AHht
ness ior tie position ef Ch.et Ma agistrat5 Of
the Union
lie referred e the fact that, notwilhstan
ding the hnow-A'thing party had chang ed |
their name to fillmore men," trey >till |
retained in thciT platform. the naturaliza- |
ton clause 50 oonoxious to our citizens Of !
foreign birth, and showed the iliberality Of /
their position upon this question, in compa- !
rsoa with that Of the Democratic party. |
The crowd we're in the best possible humor
during Mr. Van Voorhees, remarks, aud we
regret that our space will not permit Us to
refer to the many excellent points he made.
We shall refor 10 the subject hereafter.
Judge T. b. Rearlon, of Marysvlle. sue
oceded Mr.. Van Voorhees,, in short speech
appropriate to the occasion. sftet which the
meeting adjourned with three hearty cheers
Tor Rcuhanan aud the Union.