Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-10-03
The Democratic Mass Meeting
ON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER no. 1858.
EX-SENATOR WIN. .ALLEN TO BE PRESENT

the Democracy Of Montgomery and sur
rounding counties, that the great champion
of Democratic principles, ex-senator WIN
ALtrS. will positively be present and adj
dress the mass meeting to be held in this
city next Saturday, the 10th of October
Last August the Cincinnati Commercial
paid this deserved tribute to the sterling
qualities of Hon. WILLIAM ALLEN:
"lf there be a Democrat in the land whose
tap-roots extend down to the centre Of the
earth, and who is not blown about by every
wind Of doctrine; and if there be one who has
preserved ss carefully as an hermetically
sealed bottle the spirit and essential oil of
Jacksonian Democracy, with its flavor and fra
grance unimpaired, that Democrat is the
Hon VIM. Allen, of Ross county, familiarly
known the country over as "BilI Allen. In
the wise order of Providence he was embalm-
ed and laid away with all his political virtues
about him, to rise up at later day, to eXhib-
it in his own person well preserved speci-
men of the fine old school Of politicians, of
whom he was in the old times no mean repre-
sentative Fixed rs the everlasting rocks in
the events which have taken place since his
retirement from public life; undisturbed by
the influence and passions which have swayed
men hither and thither on these stormy days;
expecting and wanting no office, aud we'll nd-
vanced in the serene afternoon of life not
without its influence upon his country, he has
traced the progress and observed the develop
ment Of the causes that have led to open re.
volt against the Government which he reveres
with an affection and devotion that no politi
cal prejudice can extinguish.'
The Chillicothe Adverti5er, published at
the home of Senator ALLEN, in comment
ing on the above, remarks:
And what was true of Hon. vii lam Allen
laat August is true Of him to-day He has
beyond doubt, preserved, as carefully as
an hermetically sealed bottle, the spirit and
essential oil Of Jacksonian Democracy, with
its flavor and fragrance unimpaired " and
having been "a passive observer of the events
which have taken place since his retirement
from public life undisturbed by the influence
and passions which have swayed men hither
aud thther on these stormy days expecting
and wanting no office, and we'll advanced in
the serene afternoon OF life not without its
/
man to counsel the people in these times-
There is no man in the State better able
to advise the people properly. Senator
ALLEN long since retired from public life,
full of houors and years; but, impressed
with the dangers that beset the country,
he comes from the quiet and privacy of his
home, to instruct people by the light OF
his wisdom and experience, and with his
mighty eloquence to warn them against
the dangers that beset and threaten to en-
gulf the nation in common ruin. He has
been for many years faithful sentinel on
the watch-tower of Liberty, and to-day
his voice, long silent, again rings out in
clarion tones, rising above the tumult and
din of contending factions, in warning to
an erring people, which, if needed in time.
will bring us to the harbor of Peace and
Safety.
Let the men of the Miami Valley, who
in times gone by were thrilled with 'the
words of fire that burst from his soul like
lightnings from the tempest cloud" greet
Mr.. ALLEN with an audience alike com
plimentary to him, and to "Jacksonian
Democracy" in his devotion to which he
has been "fiXed as the everlasting rocks. -