The hydraulic press., 1859-08-06
POLITICAL MEETINGS.

POLITICAL MEETINGS.
Two of them in this place since our last.
Last Saturday night four or FIVE handred
people assembled in front of Guthrie's Brick
to hear speeches from John Currey, guber-
material candidate en- the Popular Soveeign
ty ticket, and DIR. Joseph Powell, candi-
date on same ticket for Clerk Supreme
Court. A platform was erected, draped in
the national flag and brilliantly lighted, and
from the balcony of the Union Hotel oppo-
site the Brass Band discoursed with accus-
toned skill After .he election of Andrew
Hartman as President, Messrs. Bryan, Ever
ett, Cassin and Nuttall as Vice Presidents,
and o. P. Stidger as Secretary, Mr.. Hartman
made some Introductory remarks and then
presented Judge Currey. Mr.. Currey made
calm and dignifcd address upon the polit-
ical issues of the day, closing with an ar
gurrent against the Cassie Cierc letter. He
was followed by DR.. Powell, who kept the
crowd applauding and laughing for more than
an hour by forcibfe, humorous, old-fashion-
cd stump speech. Mr.. J. c. Palmer, candidate
for the Assembly from this county, next ad-
dressed the audience. Other candidates
who had been announced to speak were not
forthcoming, and the meeting adjourned.
On Thursday night the Administration
Democracy held meeting on the same spot,
on the same stand and with the same decor
ations, on which occasion four or FIVE hun
dred people assembled to hear the words of
democratic TRUTH as enuncated by Ex-Con-
gresham Scott and Governor Weller. Mr..
Scott is good stump speaker He has a
good volume of voice and articuiates well.
He saId great many sensible things about
the LIE Gerc and Hofer letters of Gen. Cass,
and, substantially, though With infinitely
more verbrage, presented the same view of
the ''naturalized citizen matter which we
presented last week. These stump speakers
must talk! He talked about Kansas. and left
Kansas about where she was, except that he
thought that slave code for the territories
was, or was not exactly the thing for them
Mr. Scott pitched into Broderick as, of course,
it was expected he would pitch into him
pronounced panegyric upoa the American
Eagle and the Fourth or July, l776, as he
ought-said some complimentary things of
James Buchannan's Administration-and
closed amid perfect hurricane of applause.
The San Juan Brass Band played "Jim along
Josey," and, thereupon, Gov. Weller noun
ted the stand, and made good speech. We
say, emphatically, ga Coop SPEECH, and we
care not who contradicts u.s. He spoke of
the management of the Penitentary, under
his administration, and proved what we all
knew before, that that institution was never
better managed than as he managed it. He
also pitched into Broderick. but Brodcrick
was made to be pitched into, and, so, that
part of his speech was set down as SO much
for QUANTITY. He denied most emphatically,
that he had ever been a defaulter and ap-
pealed to God, as Christian man only
could appeal, to substantiate his denial, In
short, Gov. Weller made favorable impress
sion upon everybody, and everybody seemed
to think that he ought to have had another
two years fling al the gubernatorial office,
to see, if for nothing else, what he could
have made of it. When Gov. Weller conclu-
ded, Mr.. Meredith, of Nevada, mounted the
stand, and enunciated a great many sensi4
blethings-we presume so-thougI wecould
not hear dozen words he said on account
of the noisy applause of his friends.
So far-between Lecompton and Anti Le-
compton we are statu gro.