Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-10-03
The BroOkvilIo Meeting.

Notwithstanding the inolement wsnther O
last Friday evening, quite large number o.
people--the audience was comprised oil
both parties--assembl at the school house
at Brookville TO hear the remarksof Hon T.
J. s. Smith and Gates P. Thruston ESQ.
The people we're highly entertained BY the
efforts Of these gentlemen, we infer, for a
friend who resides there informed us that the
audience listened for about three hours with
the most respectful attention, and without
exhibiting the least sign Of WEAKNESS. When
we consider the ability Of the speakers to in,
teress, and the earnest moderation which
characterizes their discussion Of the topics
Of the times, we do not wonder at this.
Our informant remarks that Mr.. Smith 5
remarks were principally directed to State
and County policy and interests, and he sue
ceeded in impressing the audience with the
importance Of tho truths he advanced, and
his sentiments we're frequently endorsed by
the hearty assent Of his hearers.
Mr.. Thruston had been solicited by Mr..
Elliott one Of our candidates for Represen,
tive, to meet his engagement at Brookville, as
he was too i'll to attend. He made neat
and pleasant apology for his appearance,
and before be was through with it, the chez.
ring reception he met with no doubt made
him "feel at homei' for he at once entered
upon the discussion Of the Territorial
Question with freedom and olearness
which plainly eVinoed his thorough aequain,
tanoe with the subject. Mr.. T. chose this
topic from the fact that his friend Smith had
completely canvassed the important ques-
tons Of State and local policy, and on ac-
count of personal knowledge Of the affairs Of
the Territories and the wishes of their in.
habitants Mr.. T. had for some time resi-
ded in Nebraska; he was the representative
from two populous counties in the Demo
cratic Territorial Convention last summer,
and he took prominent part in the delib,
erations and discussions Of that large and
intelligent body of men He gave many in
teresting items in regard to the working oi
territorial laws, and spoke at length of the
Fugitive Slave Law as applicable to the
States and Territories We have not space
to give even an outline of the remarks made
by Mr.. T., but our informant claims that his
speech was the most interesting, instructive
satisfactory and able on the topics treated
of ever before delivered in Brookville'
Mr., T. has, without really intending it.
made himself TO card" in that intelligent
neighborhood. His almost extreme diff
dence, which induces him to offer his views
in deferential rather than positive style
cannot fail to make him favorite even with
those with whom he differs in political mat
ters. We have alluded to this matter par
ticularly from its rarity young men too gener
ally assuming dictatorial airs upon the stump
and we speak the more freely of the virtue'
of Mr.. t. a. q speaker because he is mo,
one of the kind to be spoiled,
i The meeting at Brookyille had goot
effect; it is to be regrettedithat the weather
precluded the presence of large crowd oil
the ocoasian. The leaven Of that meeting
however, will go out any leayen the who'll
neighborhood.