Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-22
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING


Notwithstanding Rs'ey's Vatican Troupe
vas playing TO crowded house, the corner
front of the United States was crowded
10 its utmost capacity by an attentive and
enthusiastic audience. whose good feeling
was cordially manifested by the most un-
bounded appreciation Of the Speakers. No
interruption occurred to mar the harmony
of the meeting, if we accept one unfortunate
Republican individual who was evidently
carrying load that he should have divided
and carried at two trips.
Mr. Kelly had prepared AMI sent up two
balloons in the course of the evening, the
latter of which rose majestcally into the
lark expanse of the "Heaven's blue dome"
and taking a northerly direction, bore
steadily on, until lost in the distance. An
enthusiastic Democrat gave vent 70 his feel
ngs by exclaiming-"There he goes that
is Buchanan going to Washington' May
the course of the gallant old Democratic
ship, and the Union. be as steadily onward
and upward, to the glorious position that
awaits the only free nation on the face of
the Globe.
The Democratic ball was put in motion by
she President of the meeting, Capt. Wilson,
who introduced L ID. Wheeler, Esq, of Ma
rysville The speech of Mr. Wheeler was
an able aud argumentatiye one, and was
nterspersed with points that elected un.
bounded appreciation. His allusion to the
Black Republican platform was particularly
effective and this political gulltrap was
exposed in its deformity and rottennesS.-
Mr. Wheeler occupied nearly an hour, and
was listened 60 with attention, interrupted
only by enthusiastic cheers, for the heavy
blows he dealt upon the woolly head Of Re
publicanism, and the diseased rump of the
once powerful XIII party,
At the close OF Mr.. Wheeler's speech, Mr.
Ferguson came forward, amid loud calls
and the most enthusiastic demonstrations
Mr.. Ferguson briefly alluded to the rapid
and vigorous growth Of 0rovlle, and after
an appropriate introduction. opened his
broadsides upon the opposing isms of the
day The speech of Mr. Ferguson was one
of the most eloquent, soul-stirring, tervid,
and patriotic appeals, which we have ever
had the pleasure of listening to in Califor
MIA, and was replete with illustrations and
beautiful figures. He referred in fervd
terms to the common blood which had been
shed in different portions Of the Union in its
common defence. and was unwilling to sever
a single battle from the history Of the coun
try. He referred to his former connection
with the Know wNothing party, and gave
manly and patriotic reasOns for severing
his political connection with them. lie
showed in the clear and convincing manner,
that the K. ~ were never a national party
that the effect of its organization had
been to secure the election Of Northern
Abolition Senators and COhgressmen-that
the present House of Representatives, elect
ed by the Know Nothing party, was en-
phaticaly and decidedly Black Republican.
A majority of the States Il Withdrawn
from their NATIONAL Convention, and he
did not feel under obligations to maintain
his connection with a party thus Repub'
licanized and slaughtered. (Cheers,) He
alluded to Mr.. Gardner, the nominee OF the
American party for Governor Of Massachu-
setts, who had deolaredin favor of Fremont.
There was not o. paper in the Green Noun
tain State supporting Mr.. Fillmore. IN n,
Rhode Island and other States,
it was about in the same proportion He
had declined adhering to this broken and
party, and the X. N. press Of the
State had raked up every foible in his nature
from his boyhood up, and searched the vo-
OF the English language with which
to overwhelm him. He referred to men Of
other parties, who were daily giving in their
adhesion to the Democratic nominees, and
when he mentioned the patriotic letter of
Mr.. Choate to the Wings of Maine, cheer
after cheer rent the air. The wings of n
York who supported Mr.. Clay in A. and
Mr.. Taylor in '4S, were now supporting Fre-
mont The great Know Nothing, Live Oak
George Law was supporting Mr.. Fremont
He referred to. the son of the lamented |
Clay who was supporting MIR. Buchanan land |
had refuted the charge of bargain and cor
ruption so freely urged by the opposition
press, and asked if man could 50 far for
ret the blood in his bosom as to .uppert |