The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-08-30
Douglas DeRiomstFatioEr.
To Me Editor Of The .lNeahaaian

racy held a grand ratlncaIon meeting oh INC
Public Square, in Johnstown, on Saturday
evening last There was large crowd in at
tendance, and the greatest enthusiasm pre-
vailed.
Col T. l.. Heyer was chosen President by
acclamation, and \. w. Horton with ten or
fifteen others, as Vice Presidents, and W II.
Rose and J. P. Linton, rs secretaries.
Col. Heyer the President, then in a few ap-
propriate remarks introduced oliverH Gather,
of Bedford, who proceeded to address the
crowd This gentleman pitched into the Re
pubIicans with perfect looseness. 1t was
really amusing the way he handled Old Uncle
Abe. He dilated at considerable length on the
folly of nominating a person OF no political
reputation for the highest office in the gift of
the People after which he soois his seat amid
the music of one faint cheer
Gen Wm. II. Miller, of HarriShurgh, was
the next speaker. The Gen. took the other
>ack, and pitched into the Breckinrdge dsun-
icnists in a manner truly refreshing to a Re
publican, after the unmerciful lampooning
given them by the first speaker. The Gen.
showed clearly, and conclusively, that Breck-
inridge by accepting the nomination of the
Richmond Convention had Internationally
placed himself under the care and keeping of
Yancey & Co. He then proceeded to urge upon
he democracy the duty of supporting their
regularly nominated county ticket, and wound
up by saying that he would not have been
present but for one man, Capt. G. n. Smith,
whom he loved, even to the buttons on his
coat. This last remark proved distasteful to
some of the squatter sovereigns, and the cheer
ing very slight when the Gen. resumed
his seat.
Mai. Gen. A. II. Coffroth, of Somerset was
the next speaker. The Gen. started off finely.
euogizing the candidate of the national union
democracy for President, Hon. S. \. Douglas.
lie claimed that he was regularly nominated
bv the Front Street Baltimore Convention, and
if the votes recorded by the Secretaries did
not give him the nomination, that he (CCfroth)
was at that Convention and that John Cessna
had gone round, to those not voting, and got
votes enough to give him two hundred and
three votes the requisite amount to nominate
him by a two-thrd vote. He also compared
the Breckinridge men to fallen angels. as por-
traycd by Milton, and assured them that their
fate would be the same. BY this time the Gen.
was beginning to get hoarse, and speaking
went hard with him, he produced from a
capacious pocket a very greasy-looking paper
which took for copy of that delectable
sheet, the Pittsburg Post, and read extracts
from the speeches of Lincoln Wade. Sumner
and Seward. to prove the Republican party a
sectional one. and finally closed by pronoun-
cling the great Republican party one grand
humbug. \ malicious wag at our elbow re-
marked Sotto Uoce if they great Il hum
bug a you appear to be, the age for humbugs
is not yet over. At the conclusion of the Gems.
speech the band played 'Pop goes the weasel" )"
John p. Linton Esq, the next speaker.
Mr. Linton made decidedly the best speech
delivered during the evening. 1t was Il calm
and dignifed review of the position of the
Douglas wing of the democratic party. He
claim ed that Mr.. Brcckinridgc and his friends
were outside of the regular organization, and
that Douglas stood on the Cincinnati Platform
and by the old landmarks of the party. In
concluding lie gave his friend, Gen. Miller, a
sly dig for his friendly lift to Capt. Smith in
timating pretty plainly that it trespassing
on the very principles Of Squatter Sovereignty.
VIM. II. Rose next addressed the meeting,
in few remarks in favor of Gen. II. d. Foster
for Governor He said that Foster had a better
Tariff record than Curtin, but as it was ''get-
ting late" concluded not 10 hunt up the rec
ord.
Col IIeyer then closed the meeting in a
brief speech thanking the assembly for their
attention and good order. The Col. was vo-
ciferously cheered, and the asscmblage then
adjourned with three cheers for Douglas.
Towards the close of Col. Heyers remarks
there was disposition manifested by some
persons to interrupt him, by misses and hollow
ing but which, we are glad to know, but par
TALLY succeeded. We do hope that such con-
duet will not happen again. and that all at
tempts TO prevent the exercise of free speech
will be frowned upon by all good, law abiding
| and right-thinking citizens.