Daily national Democrat., 1859-08-03
MOUNTAIN CORRESPONDENCE.
Glorious Times for Douglas Men !
NoRrn SAN JUAN. July SO-Midnight.


resentative to the State Legislature.
At o'clock p. NJ. the meeting was called
to order by Moses F. Hoyt, Esq, and, on
motion, Andrew Hartman, the Bailie Nichol
ted to preside at the meeting. Four Vice
Presidents, viz: Messrs. Judge II. Bryan,
| Henry S. Everett, Michael Casson, and James
! Aultail, were chosen, and o. p, Stdger was
elected Secretary.
The stand was erected Immediately in
front of the Union Hotel, on the opposite side
of Main street. and was beautifully decorated
with the American flag and well Ii -hted
chandeliers. The San Juan brass band sta
toned upon the upper floor of the porch in
front OF the Union Hotel, and occasionally
enlivened the scene by some of their soul
stirring airs
On taking his seat as President Mr. Hart
man, in an exceedingly eloquent manner, an.
nounced the objects for which the meeting
had been called passed glowing eulogy upon
Stephen A. Douglas and the principles he
advocates, condemned in strong and eloquent
terms the doctrines advanced by Gen. Cass in
his letters to Lecerc and Hofer and called
upon all native and naturalized citizens to
stand by the party that would protect natur-
allied as well as native citizens in the enjoy
ment of their natural birth right. Mr. Hart
man was frequently opplauded by his hear.
ers, one half of whom probably were Irish
Welsh Germans, and Scotchmen. lie con-
cluded his remarks by introducing Judge
Currey, who was received with great APP
plause
Judge Currey occupied the stand for the
space of an hour in the argument of various
questions that now agitate the public mind
His remarks were received with great salts
faction and were listened to attentively
throughout, by his audience. Judge Currey
certainly made many friends here tonight
by his gentlemanly bearing, his courteous
and digniied language, and the ability he
displayed in the handling of his subject
AT the conclusion of Judge Currey's speech,
Powell, was introduced and received with
three hearty cheers. lie spoke for over two
hours in strains of eloquence of the sins of
omission and commission of the Administra-
ton and its party. He spoke of Stephen A
Douglas and the principles advocated by him,
and proved conclusively that Buchanan had
abandoned every principle enunciated in the
Cincinnati Platform and cheated the people
of the State of California out of their votes
by pretending to be favorable to the con-
struction of the Pacific and Atlantic Railroad,
when in fact he was an enemy to it. He re-
viewed at length the position of the Admin
istration as laid down in Casss celebrated
letters to lie Clerc and Hofer, and placed the
doctrines enunciated in those letters in iuxta-
position with the principles advocated by
Gen. Pierce on the same subject, as enuncia-
ted in his Inaugural Address, and by Millard
Fillmore, in the case of Allibut. He ar
raigned Milton S Latham on several severe
charges, all of which he said Latham admit
ted to be true, with one exception, to-wit:
furnishing aid to w. |. Ferguson, in getting
up his Anti-Lecompton resolutions; but, he
said, in making the admission of the truth of
the charges, he (Latham) plead the statute
of limitations-that is, that they occurred a
year and a half ago. DR.. Powell showed
Latham up as a Janus-faced Office beggar-
as man who had been on all sides of every
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that would or could give him office He said
other and more serious charges involving
Latham's private or moral character had been
made against him, but as he never had and
never intended to attack the private charac-
ter of any man in making a stump speech, he
would not touch upon the subject.
He charged home upon Buchanan his old
blue-light federalism and aboitionism, and
said he had the documents to show that in
1929 Buchanan was as much an abolitionist
as old Josh Giddings or John p Hale. Here
some one asked him to read the document
Powell replied I'll do it," and proceeded
to read series of resolutions introduced into
public meeting at Lancaster, in the State of
Pennsylvania, in 1919, by James Buchanan,
requesting their members of the Legislature
to instruct their Senators and Representatives
in Congress to prohibit the extension of sla-
very in any of the Territories of the United
States thereafter to be organized.
He spoke of Gen. jackson and of the per-
fideous course pursued by james Buchanan
to worm himself into the confidence and good
grace of that good old man." and denounced
in bitter terms the hypocrisy and deception
practiced by Buchanan against the Demo
cratic party
He spoke of Broderick. At the mention
of his name the whole multitude broke out
in cheers and applause. Dr. Powell pointed
out Broderick's course in the Senate and
compared it with his colleagues, DR.. Gwin.
He said that he, like others, had been led to
believe that Broderick occupied a mediocre
position among his brother Senators; but that
he had been undeceived upon that point by
one of the abest men that occupied a seat in
the Senate-no less a man than John Bell. of
Tennessee-that he had letter from Bell
there in his possession, written a year ago
speaking of Broderick Here he read Bells
letter in which Mr.. Broderck is spoken Of
as frank, candid and honest man, an honor
to the State he represents, and as a man of
enlarged and liberal views and destined to
WELD a powerful influence in the Senate
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ell through his lengthy and eloquent speech