Daily national Democrat., 1860-07-29
Meetings at Columbia,


lumbia Times of July 25th:
Pursuant to notice, the Breckenridge and
Lane branch of the Democracy held mass
meeting, in Columbia, on Saturday night
last, for the purpose of ratifying the nomina-
tion of these gentlemen. After the election
of officers, Gen. Volney E. Howard addressed
the meeting at considerable length. When
he had concluded, three cheers were given
for him and three for Breckenridge, none
were called for for Lane. The cheering was not
very heartily done, but when a voice in the
crowd called for three cheers for Douglas
and Popular Sovereignty, cheers, long, loud
and hearty were given, which were repeated
over and over again.
Hon II. ?. Barber was called for. On
making his appearance on the platform he
was received with cheers, shouts, Kisses and
groans. AT the conclusion of his speech, it
was moved that the meeting should then ad
journ.
Seth E. Sneadon, Esq, of Sonora, moved
that a Douglas meeting should then and
there be held. The motion was seconded in
hundred places in the crowd, and was car
ried amidst immense cheering, whereupon
the officers of the Breckenridge meeting
blew out the lights and left the stand Ma
ior Dunn and several others relit them, and
amidst deafening cheers nominated L. r.
Calvin, Esq, of Columbia, as Chairman
That gentleman. upon making his appearance,
was warmly received by the crowd; after
briefly thanking the meeting, he stated that
he was astonished to heer gentlemen who
called themselves Democrats, denounce the
majority of the Convention as Seceders; that
was a new plank in the Democratic platform /;
he maintained that Stephen A. Douglas was
the regular nominee of the Democratic par
ty. Some one in the crowd called for three
cheers for Douglas which were responded to
with a will. Three more were given for the
Little Giant of the West After the cheer
ing had subsided, Mr.. Calvin stated that,
with the view of testing the opinion of the
Democracy of Columbia, he proposed the
following resolutions
ReSolued, That we most heartily endorse
the nominations made by the National Dem
ocratic Convention, at Baltimore, of Stephen
A. Douglas and Herschel V. johnson, for
President and Vice President of the United
States
Resolved, That we will maintain the doc
trine of non Intervention and popular sover-
eighty, against the abotionists of the North
and the secessionists of the South, and up
hold them in their integrity against all dis
unionists. from whatever portion of our glo-
rious Union they may come.
Tho rasolpfiopa ~, ba;rcs ,,,,k - ~,o.o
carried without dissenting voice, and three
cheers were given as a clincher Capt. Jas.
McLane, jun, moved that three cheers be
given for Stephen A. Douglas, which were
repeated over and over again.
Judge Calvin informed the meeting, that,
on Saturday evening next there would be
Douglas ratification meeting. when Hon.
Humphrey Griffith, of Yolo, with many
other well known speakers, would address
them. The meeting then adjourned.
There were about four or five hundred
persons present at the meeting"
The Times says:
We opine that the parties. who got up tho
meeting on Saturday night last, are pretty
well satisfied with the result There is but
little room left to doubt as to which way the
"wind blows" in Columbia. We confess to
be somewhat surprised at the turn of events
for we were of the opinion that Breckenridge
and Lane were the favorites in this county,
but after what we saw at the meeting. we
feel compelled to change our opinion Co.
lumbia is decidedly in favor of Douglas for
President We have heard several persons
remark, that it appears somewhat strange,
that at meeting of such character, in such
a community as Columbia, that but one of
the citizens of the place took any active part
in it, and that nearly one half of the men
attending the meeting, came from other parts
of the county while the Douglas meeting,
which took place Immediately after it, was
composed almost entirely of citizens of this
place.