Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-10-01
Enthusiastic Onion Meeting.

a large and enthusiastic meeting was held in
this place on Saturday evening last to listen to
Brannan and vnton, who made telling Union
speeches. In addition to the dense crowd around
the speakers stand the balconies of the ada
cent buildings were thronged with ladies and
gentlemen After several patriotic airs were
discoursed by the Band the meeting was organ
lied by electing Hon. Ed. Neblett, Chairman,
who made a few pertinent remarks and intro
duced the Hon. Samuel Brannan, who proceeded
to deliver the most able, logical and telling
speech that VIC have had the pleasure to listen
to for long time. lie showed that the Demo-
cratic party is composed of two separate and
distinct classes gentlemen and men the former
doing the thinking and engineering of party af-
fairs, the latter the voting. lie showed that the
only reason that the chvalry, or gentlemanly
class, would associate with the inferior, nom
thinking class, was that they wanted to use them
as the monkey did the cats paws to rake the
chestnuts out of the Goals. He showed that the
only peril to our national success lay in the aid
and comfort given to the rebels by the Copper
head Mcclellan party in attempting TO get up Il
success of this traitor-sympathiziny claw hangs
the last Lope Of The rebellion. Should Lincoln be
triumphanily reelected, it would show to the
world, aaI jeff. Davis in particulir that the war
would never cease till the last traitor hauled
down his reptile banner and did homage to the
flag of the Union. If the Vallandigham party
should accidentally elect the grave-diggcr of
the Chickahomny p" the Government would
then get down on its knees to the rebels ask
forgiveness for past sins in wickedly attempting
to hold, occupy and possess the public property,
and enter into heavy bonds to keep the peace
hereafter
lie drew parallel between the two candi-
dates for the Presidency. Lincoln was Il states
man in the broadest sense-honest ana faithful,
and master of the stu ttion. Mcclellan
vain showy top sunshine soldier and summer
patriot Of a small pattern ana licking all the
qualities of good general or statesman said
the reason he WAS fivorite Of the rebels while
commanding the Army of tn : Potom tn tt
he so manage as TO prevent his men inficting
any injury on the enemy. even when they had
the most favorable opportunities, and for the
same reason he is now the idol and the chosen
Candidate OF that party, who do not deny that
they hate the Government and its defenders, and
pray most sincerely for the success Of the Slave
holders Rebellion. He shows further that the
only guarantee for peace in California is in
overwhelming Uuion majority at the polls in
November
Mr.. Vinton followed in strong speech, full of
patriotism, and which elected frequent and pro-
longed rounds ofapplause. The invictive which
he hurled at Copperheads was scathing, his
rhetoric graceful, logic convincing, anecdotes
apt and amusing, and his appeals to the feelings
and judgment OF patriots grand and magnificent.
The meeting WAS great success and contrast
ed fayorably with the miserable fzzlc of the
Democracy that came off few weeks previous.
More able speakers will visit us soon; !; let all
lovers Of the Union and the Government be
awake and doing, and the deS of November
will witness more complete rout Of the enemy
than WAS recently accomplished in the Valley Of
the Shenandoah.