Daily national Democrat., 1861-08-03
min 4latlonalQ Qrmotrat.
Froncisco IL atiiication Meeting.

,he Breckinridge Ratihcation meeting oi
o uni o,,t After stating that the hall was
'us dad and giving a list of the officers
cVy tbe account goes on this wise;
THE CONFUSION BEGINS.
o.ronse to repeated solicitations, seve-
~ ~ tia officers named ascended the stage,
ro' "a a the hootings of the loyal portion OF the
pn, Tance. while the Seeesaonlsts, VINO plain-
unrestricted but small part Of the assem-
iage and who congregated around The stage
oun"rIouded as best they could.
''r cot HOLT ESSAYS A SPEECH.
co1 Holt, the Chairman, rose, and this was
s;cnol for wild uproar, cheers and misses
i"e i. IIended lie said the meeting had been
peth9 'la1 for the purpose of ratifying the nomi-
vat;on for State and Congressional officers
ha'iO Ia Inv the Democratic State Convention
at Sacramento, and
Woice-"And to defend TRAITORS"
This interruption was received with loud
laughter and bisses
The Colonel waited unGl mparatvequiet
,,as restored, and again resumed The Con-
.antion to which he alluded was the bona
adI Democratic one. The principles which
4 had put forth were the unchanging princl-
rles of the Democratic party-the principles
endorsed by all the great chieftains OF De
mocracy in former times, when men were not
maddened by fanaticism. volce-"By
secession you mean -more confusion
Col. Iolt-If the principles put forth by
the late Democratic Convention were dlsun-
iou principles, then were Jefferson and Mad
ison disunionists [Cries of oh oh We
stand upon the principles of George Wash
;nOton A voice-"W ell, that's cool. Was
he a secessionist ?"] The Father of his
country was not a.Secessionist. Who would
say he was? "Dry up, you just said SO.
came from Kentucky, continued the speak
er and history will acquit that State from
any attempt to create geographic lines to di-
vide the people who should be one. Three
cheers for the stars and stripes were here
called for, and given with will that made
the house completely shake. The cheers
were given again and again, and the noise
was like that of thunder. The Secessionists
dare not hiss, but they showed their real sen
,iments by abStaining from any applause.
Holt continuing, asked, "who made this geo.
graphical distinction? | charge it home"
said he, "upon the North Here again a
scene of the widest confusion eusued Kisses
and cheers testified tie feelings of the audi
ence Cheers were given for Old Abe, Gen.
Scott, for "the loyal North" and groans for
lniug furiously, but not word that he Ut
tered could be heard, even by himself, so ter
rife was the din. A slight lull occurring in
the Storm man with stentorian lungs, cried
out SAY, you Secessionists why don't you
show the American flag y No heed was paid
to this request on the platform, which was
destitute the national ensign there displayed
on all public occasions. Holt tried to con-
tinue, when hundred yelled out, IN o COM
promise; not another word till you bring
out the flag" A consultation was then had
among the officers of the meeting, one of
whom stepped from the stage to an adioin-
ing room, and brought out the flag, which he
held aloft, amid the most frantic applause.
The people seemed fairly crazed with excite
ment and standing upon the seats waved
their hats, and continued to cheer for fully
five minutes. Put it up where we can see
it, cried one "Are the stars all thereY'
vcciferated another Lets see them!' and
in response the flag was held up so that the
stars could all beseen. "Ihey are all there
was the cry. The flag was placed in front of
the President table, and further applause
Holt tried to speak again, but had said
only few words charging the North with
being in the wrong when he was re-hissed
and hooted with a vim extraordinary. He
stood a long while facing the storm, but it
ragged every moment more Violently. He
asked whether they would not listen to him
Whether free speech would not be acceded
to him? To this many Of the audience re-
piled Not to a traitor!'
HOLT RETIREs IN DISGUST.
Holt, finding every attempt to further con-
tinue would be useless, sat down, first
thinking zuch of the audience as had listened
to him quietly.
JOHN L. MCCONNELL TAEEs TIE srAYr.
john iR Mcconnell then arose. unntro-
diced, and asked that he might be patiently
heard, while he set forth the reasons that
brought him there that night.
A voice-We will listen TO no insult.
Mcconnell shall give utteronce to none.
] claim the right as citizen of California
my chosen, my adopted, my beloved State,
whose welfareis SO dear to me-to be heard.
ICheers. ! claim as a citizen of this glor-
Gus Union, [cheers for the Union, the right
to be heard | claim, lover of this,
Iplaciug his hand upon the Gag. the flag of
my country-my lagv tremendous applause,
the right to Ue heard. This flag, which
waved over our victorious troops in tne war
Of 1912, and in the more recent one with
Mexico
Noice-"And in 1861, too" Loud laugh
ter and applause
Mr.. Mcconnell then remarked that he had
appeared there as lifelong Democrat; not
as Breckinridge Democrat, or as a Douglas
Democrat, but as a Democrat without the
epthet or handle. lie was Democrat as
defined by the great Jefferson, and by the
scarcely less eminent Madison. No honest,
fiSht-thinking Democrat could be a Disu-
nlonist or do aught to break up this great
Union. Cheers for the Union and groans
for the traitors
lie then went on To combat the charge
that the principles enuncated by the Con
Venllon which placed him in nomination for
Governor contained the germ of secession in
tnem' They are not new principle. They
Were the Democratic principles. That Con-
Nenllon had reaflirmed the Cincinnati plat
form, and who would say that that platform
was a qisunion one? In the last Presidential
campaign he had supported the cause of the
distinguished Senator from Illinois, now, un-
n"pPlly for the country, deceased-Stephen
a. Douglas-because he believed that great
n'", was the regular nominee, and because
ne oeneved in his principles then and me be-
'''sS III them now. LApplause
\, TERRIBLE Row-wEAPoNs DRAWN.
tn;' nG;Gohnel up to this point, was listened
~ ~tnont interruption. But as he advanced
laid at the door Of the Republicans the
c'use OF all our present difficulties. All such
o""rges were loudly coutradicted by persons
"W3, "IT"S tle audience Remarks were made
o no began this war;" "Who fired on