Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-09-01
The Meeting Saturday Night.


sons on Saturday evening last, to hear that
great national man and disinterested patri-
OF, ex Gov. Foote, of Mississippi There
was about the same number in attendance
as there WIS on the evening Of the day on
which the Democratic county convention
met. With the exception Of few persons,
it must have been wholly an 0rovile and
vicinity crowd--such as turns out at every
gathering; and yet it must have been larg
er than the meetings usually addressed by
the great ex Governor, for he announced
that the demonstration would warrant him
in saying, that Butte county wGs safe for
Fillmore and Donnelson Monday night,
will doubtless make as big n demonstration
in favor Of Fremont. and give the Black lie.
puhlicans just as much reason to claim the
county for Fremont as Gov Foote bad on
Saturday night, to claim it for Fillmore
1t was just such crowd as OroyIle can fur
nish any evening 1t turned out such
crowd on the occasion of the "preseniation;'
II turned out such crowd to sec the "Bull
and Bear fght'-it turned out such crowd
10 greet Gov Foote and Dr. Powell, and to-
night the same crowd will be out TO hear
those eloquent advocates of Black RepubH-
| cansm, Tom. Cox & Co, and the latter gen
tlemen will 90 away and feel auth orized to
claim the county for Fremont.
The Fillmore men had displayed much
taste and some expense in getting up the af
fair. The U. S. Hotel was fcstooned with
evergreens-anvil, fred-and six -twelfths
Of dozen rockets were sent up from below,
aud then sent up into the immensity Of space
by order of the secretary OF the Cub-prob-
ably as warning to the Niger worshipcrs
of the manner in which the Fillmore men
intend to send them up next November.
Those who have had the honor of listening
to political speech, delivered in California,
by Gov Fooe know what the speech amount
cd to, on Saturday evening. with the excep-
tion of Slight variation lie saved tie Union
again, on Saturday nght-thnt is, himself
Webster and Clay. He again annihilnted
President Pierce, JEFF Davis and the "little
giant" He appeared to be satisfied in his
own mind, that the only man. who could
save the Union, was Millard Fi-l-Lm-O.,-e.
He had done it once, with the assistance Of
the humble and unpretending speaker, and
would DO it again providing the speaker
was in the Senate or in his Cabinet to as
sst him. He informed the audience how he
had used up jeff Davis, in Mississippi, hu'
neglected to explain how it was, that jeff
Davis is still an honored ciszen Of Mi>si>-
sipFi, while be is II itical exile, seeking
Office, on the shoree OF the Pacific. lie class
es himself with such men rs Clay, Cass and
Webster; but docs not explain why, unlike
them, he left the state which had honored
and advanced him, and sought prelerment
in California.
lie was particularly severe on what the
Cincinnat Convention had to say about the
trans Atlantic Railroad; but did not men
ZION railroad in connection with the FIJI
more platform, for the very good reason that
his platform says nothing aoout 1t, He la
b red with n spcciousness, unworthy Of "A
national miad, unbiased hy desire for Of
fee, TO reduce the action Of the Democratic
party upon this subject, to level with the
position assumed by his own oath bound
and one-ideal Know Nothing p-a-r-t-y.-
The party with which this g-r-e-a-t ex-Goy-
ernor is connected, has been to busy pro-
scribing our uaturalized citizens, to say a
word about the Pacific Railroad, and yet we
understood Gov. Foote to say, that the dem
ocratic party we're not favorable to the con-
structiCn Of the road, and that the oath
bound party, whose success he advocated.
was lie asserted this in the face Of the res
olutions adopted bs the Cincinnati Conycn-
ton, and in the face Of the bill passed by
the Democratic Senate, to establish n mill
tary road across the plains, which is ack
aowlslged by all to be the first and indes-
pensable step towards .he construction Of
the Pacific Railroad.
Here are facts, acts, and words commit
ting the democratic party in its favor, and
not a single acs, line or word showing that
The oath. bound order Of the Governors, IA
yors the project, and yet he asserted that
the democratic party were opposed TO the
Raj road. and that the proseriptive order Of