Butte record., 1856-09-27
DEMOCRATIC MASS mEEr1Ne.

night, was decidedly the largest and most
gathering ever held in 0roville.
Risley's Vatican Troupe
was playing to q crowded house, the corner
in front of the United States was crowded |
to its utmost capacity by an attentive and
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 divide
and carried at two trips
Mr.. Kelly had prepared anil sent up two
balloons in the course of the evening, the
latter of which rose majestically into the
lark expanse Of the "Heaven's blue dome,
and taking a northerly direction, boz
steadily on, until lost in the distance. An
enthusiastic Democrat gave vent TO 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
lwaits the only free nation on the face OF
the Globe
The Democratic ball was put in motion by
the President of the meeting, Capt. Wilson,
who introduced E D. Wheeler, Esq, of Ma
rysvile. The speech of Mr.. Wheeler was
an able and argumentative one, and was
interspersed with points that elected un'
bounded appreciation. His allusion to the
Black Republican platform was particularly
effective, and this political gull trap was
exposed in its deformity and rottenness.-
Mr. Wheeler occupied nearly an hour, and
was listened to with attention, interrupted
only by enthusiastic cheers, for the heavy
blows he dealt upon the woollF head of Re
publicanism, and the diseased rump of the
once powerful Kl-Yi party.
At the close of Mr. Whecler's speech, Mr.
Ferguson came forward, amiG loud calls
and the most enthusiastic demonstrations
Mr.. Ferguson briefly alluded to the rapid
and vigorous growth Of Oroville, 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 fervid
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 Nothing party, and gave
manly and patriotic reaeons for severing
his political connection with them He
showed in tic clear and convincing manner,
that the K. Ms were never a national party
that the effect of its organization had
been 10 secure the election of Northern
Abolition Senators and Congressmen-that
the present House of Representatives, elect
ed by the Know Nothing party, was en-
phatically and decidedly Black Republican.
A majority of the States h d withdrawn
from their National Convention, and he
did not feel under Obligations to maintain
his connection with party thus Repub-
licanized and slaughtered. (Cheers.) He
alluded to Mr.. Gardner, the nominee of the
American party for Governor Of Massachu-
sets, who had declared in favor of Fremont
There was not a paper in the Green Noun
tain State supporting Mr.. Fillmore. In n.
Hampshire, Rhode Island and other States.
it was about in the same proportion. lie
had declined adhering to this broken and
disiointed party, and the K. N. press of the
State had raked up every foible in his nature
from his boyhood up, and searched the vo-
cabulary of the English language with which
t. over whelm 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.. Cheate 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 Ere
mont The great Know Nothing, Live Oak
George Law was supporting Mr.. Fremont.
| He referred to the sou of the lameuted
Clay who was supporting Mr.. Buchanan ,and
had refuted the charge of bargain and cor
ruption so freely urged by the opposition
press and asked if a man could SO far for
man whC had slandered his father? t',No,''
.sno''--ssWe don't believe try In iowa, the
only free State that had held an election the
present year, there were not X. n S enough
to form on electoral ticket, and the party
there we're without '.loc,l habitatiou and a
name'' The southern S.ates had gone for
Buchanan by heavy majorities, aud Texas
had gone go strongly democratic, that the
papers did not pretend to estimate tho ma
jority.
He dwelt at some length on the principles
of the KaBzas Nebraska DILL and the Repub
lican platform, aud showed what would be
the result should the Republican, succeed.
1t was prominent Black Republican who
Hail as political millennium the time when
the negro of the south, armed with British
bayouets should rise in servile instruction
He referred in eloquent terms to the pro-
gress of the country under Democratic rule,
and demonstrated that that the Democracy