Butte record., 1856-09-13
The Meetipr ON Saturday Night.

/ Notwithstanding the shortness OF the no.
tice, the meeting on Saturday evening was
well attended. 1t was altogether an i'm
+ promp:u affair, of which there was no no.
tice given until Saturday morning, and
shows that the democracy of OroVille and
vicinity, are ever ready to respond to the
call of patriotism. The meeting was one Of
The Speaker, Col Zabriskie, was warmly
applauded throughout his speech, and gree
| ted with the most enthusiastic cheers We
/ do not claim that it exceeded the meetings
of the other parties held at this place, for
/ their calls were for Mass Meetings, and is
sued for weeks in advance, and attended by
men from all portions of the county. 1t
was an Oroville crowd, and numbered about
/ eight hundred persons-sufiicient TO give
rousing democratic majority in Oroville next
fall and from the enthusiasm manifested
on Saturday evening, they will certainly do
| it.
The speech of Col zabriskie, was indeed a
magnificent effort and his facts end figures
went home to every one present.
lie reviewed the set speech of the great
ex- Governor Foote. Showed the fallacy of
many of the arguments used by that distin-
guished Know Nothing~-and carried convic-
ton to his hearers. by plain reasoning, facts.
figures, and fair and gentlemanly argument.
1t is favorite point for the great ex-Jover-
nor. to assert that Buchanan should not re.
ceive the confidence Of the people, because
he had been Federalist, and was now a
Democrat. The reply Of Col. Zabriskle, to
this part Of Governor Foote'S argument, was
just and deserved, but the most whitening
rebuke that the great champion of Know
Nothingism ever received If they could
not repose confidence in Mr.. Buchanan be-
cause Of his change, how could Gov. Foote
ask the people to have confidence in him.
who had so recently been a Democrat who
but a short tins since bad risen in his place
in the U. s. Senate. and stated his willing
ness to allow foreigners to become citizens
upon registering their names at the Custom
House; but who now demanded that they
should remain in the country for p years,
before being entitled to the rights ofeit.zen-
ship The tremendous cheers of the meet
ing, would have materially reduced the
great California Know Nothing in his own
estimation, had he been present
Should the Ex-Governor, agdin favor US
with one Of his mighty Efforts, he will
hardly venture to again make that point he
fore an Oroville audience. 1t won't bear
repetition here!
In reference to the speech Of Col. Bller,
who told the people of 0roville, that he was
led to embrace the doctrines of Republican,
ism from conscientious regard of duty, Of
long standing, Col Zabriskie relatec the ex-
perience of Col. Baker. and sho y ed that he
came within ''the flip of a copper oftaking
the stump for the democratic nominees
Had he done so, lie would have informed the
public, that he was influenced by the same
conscientious considerations Of duty. The
el2quence Of Baker and Fuote, could not
stand before the sledge hammer reasoning
facts md figures brought against them by
Col. Zabriskie. He showed conclusively,
that ''nose Of wax could be pulled hither
or thither at pleasure.
lie asked the miners to remember that
Mr. Fillmore had recommended that the
mines OF California, be leased out to the mi
ners, and that Mr. Fremont introduced such
4 proposition in the Senate of the United
States He wished them to remember that
it was the democracy who left them free to
be worked by the miners wherever they are
found He asked them to remember, that
it was the democratic party who passed the
law exempting the tools and cabin Of the mi
ner from execution. That it was the dem
oeraiic party who passed the Homestead law,
securing to the toiling and weary emigrant,
who had reached our shores, home, exempt
from the righteousness Of remorseless cred
itors.
He referred to the assertion of the Know
Nothing and Black Republican orators, that
the Democratic party were opposed to the
construction Of the Atlantic and Pacific Rail
road, and showed the falseness OF the charge,
by the most incontroYertibe facts and fig
ures
lie showed that Democratic adminis;ra-
tion had authorized the survey of four diff
erent routes from the Missouri line to the
Pacific ocean. That democratic admins
tration had, time and again, appropriated
lands for Railroad purposes, were doing so
now, and would continue to do so until the
iron bands extended from the Atlantic to
the Pacific ocean lie referred with great
force and effect, to the sectional course OF
Ny. Fillmore while a member of Congress
from the western district OF n, York, elinch-
ing his arguments with fyuros and showing
that nearly every vote Mr.. Fill rlore had cas-
insCongress, had been in favor of Slavery
agitation.
We have seldom seen crowd more thor
oughly democratic--more attentive or more
enthusiastic 1t was only after repeated
efforts, and after he had spoken for two
hours and twenty minutes, that they would
permit him 20 retire from the stand--and
then the welkin rang with democratic shouts
which must have carried terror to the hearts
+ of bloody Know Nothings," and sectional
Republicans"
/ FATAL ACADEMIA man was crushed
to death, by the falling of rocks, yesterday
at Mr. Norris claim, ON Carpenters Flat.
near this place Two other men were with
him in the drift at the time, but were for
tunately not injured
Justice Elliott held an inquest on the BODY
and ELECTED the following facts in connec
ton with this sad causality, which we pub
Eeh for tha hann6t of 10 4.....l ,l-..rl II.