The weekly Butte record., 1863-06-27
The County Convention.

The Democratic County Convention which
assembled in this town on Wednesday last
was one Of the most respectable both as it re
CARDS numbers and the material of which il
was composed, that ever met in council in ihi;
county Only rs delegates were required
By the call YET l2l live delegates" as was
justly remarked, were in attendance And
this large number were not drumned up by
Office seekers, or drawn together By the IRE
sistable indueement of the loaves and fishes Of
Office. 1t was 3 spontaneous uprising of the
people-the bone and sinew of the county
who felt that their liberties were being imper-
illed, by the action OF the Federal and State
Administrations and that crisis had arrived
when it behooved them 10 rush TO the rescue
of Constitutional liberty. The utmost harmo
ny, unauimty and cordialify characterised the
proceedings Of the Convention throughout, as
will be seen BY the report. There was no dis
satisfaction whatever manifested, nor any
" Soreheadedness engenderod as the Intellect
ual Tom Shannon would say. The speeches,
of which there were several from Messrs.
McCorkle, Lott, Phipps, Vance, Shields, Mil
Ter, &c-breathed the pure spirit of devotion
to the Union and Constitutional Liberty. and
an utter disregard of every thing Ike personal
considerations.
The resolutions are the same. with o slight
addition, as those contained in the call for the
State Convention Oh the 9th of July, which
arousng and uniting the old lion hearted De-
mocracy in an unbroken and unconquerabe
phalanx. They Indicate the rock on which
we stand, and the surges Of error and fana.i-
cism will beat against it in vain.
The ticket formed by this Convention, is
one of the very best and most unexceptionabe
ever presented to the people of this county.
Fulsome adulation of every candidate upon that
ticket is not required at our hands. They are
nearly all old residents of the county, and are
known to the people as honest, capable, and
loyal TO the Constitution and Union. That
tain scarcely the semblance of a doubt. For
the accomplishment of that result, let every
Democrat and conservative man labor with IN
remitting assiduity.
The MEETING on WEDNESDAY EVENING
The members of the Convention and the citi-
zens of Oroville were addressed on Wednesday
evening last by the Hon. J. w. McCorkle and
Col. F. L. Hatch The speeches of both of
these gentlemen were eloquent, argumentative
aud impressive, were listened TO by large au
dence with the most marked attention, aud
were greeted with loud and heartfelt applause.
Col. Hatch who spoke first. acquitted himself
in manner that sustained his reputation as
an able and efficient speaker. He was followed
by Judge McCorkle, who made one of his
ablest eff0rts--in fact, one of the best speeches
we have heard for many a day. 1t was an
appeal to the intellect and reason of the audi
ence, rather than their passions, and in this as
we'll as other respects was in marked contrast
with the usual babbling and rant of Aboli-
tion speakers.
The meeting passed off pleasantly and prof
itably, notwithstanding the great efforts made
by the Abolition Jacobns to destroy its effect
iveness. by getting up another meeting. One
of the iackals of the party having ascertained
by caves dropping. that a Democratic meeting
was to be held, forthwith sailed forth to sound
the alarm, and succeeded in raising funds for
the purpose of attempting to accomplish the
very honorable object which we have mentions
ed. The result was that the services of Rer-
erend gentleman were secured-one who for
merly acted as a hireiing Abolition lecturer,
who has subsequently desecrated the pulpit by
his lanatical harrapgueS and soled his clerical
robes by dabbing in the dirty pool of poll
tics" who has been a cringing suppliant fer
Office, from that of Lieutenant Governor, down
to the meanest crumb that could be gathered
up from the feast of the loaves and fishes. This
man was paraded upon their stand where he
raved ranted and roared like one OF the bovnes
of Bashan, much to the edifcation, no doubt.
of portion Of his audience. The scqual to
this blood and thunder exhibition by this pre-
tended follower of the Prince Of Peace, was
worthy of the prelude. A butfoon, with not a
suliciency of intellect to comprehend the pur-
pose for which be was exhibited, like a baboon
sans c,ilotfe was thrust upon the stage, whose
antics closed the loyal" performance.
We are happy to state that several honora-
BILE members of the Republican party utterly
refused TO countenance the object which the
contrivers of this demonstration had in view.
An ABoLIrloNIsr. ON FREE SrEEcu.-The
following is an extract from a speech delivered
in February last by Hon. A. G. Riddle, mem
Der of Congress from the Cleveland District in
Ohio: