Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-08-26
MOB MOUNTAIN MEETING.

a Three Days Meeting will bs held in
the MEGARGELL GROVE ,at the West
end of the Mob Mountain, ORANGE
WILLIE, Columbia county Pa on TUES
DAY WEDNESDAY AND THURS
DAY, AUG. 29th, 3Utb and 3lst, 1865.
There will be speaking in the afternoon
and evening of the first day, and IN the
morning, afternoon and evening of each Of
the days following.
Citizens with their families will occupy
board tents and covered wagons return
ed soldiers will bring their Army tents
and flags newspaper stand supplying
the daily papers during the meeting will
be established aud original poetry, pre-
pared for the occasion, Will De read or
sung.
The object of this meeting is TO revive
and strengthen popular confidence in the
doctrines of JEFFERSON which are now
more than ever necessary to public saliva
ton, though tramplcd under foot in high
places and despieed by those who prosper
upon the calamities Of their country. The
speakers will maintain, with Mr.. JEFFER-
SON, that a Public Debt is q "moral cauk
er" and pecuuiary curse aud not "a bless
ing that all "abuses' is government
should be arraigned at !he bar Of public
reason" that there should be "ecouony
in the public expense, that labor may be
lightly bur dened" that the State Gov
ernments should be supported sin all their
rights az the most competent administra-
tons for our domestic concerns and the
surest bulwarks against anti republican
tendencies that we should have "a
jealous care OF the right Of elaction," re-
ssting interference herewith by corrup-
ton or force and uphold with our whole
influence and power "the supremacy o.
the civil over the military authority and
''freedom oil religion, freedom Of the press,
freedom of person under the protection OF
ho6eas corpus, and trials by jurieS Impair
TALLY selected"
SPEAKERS:
COL. VICTOR E. PIOLET, Of W..
sox, Bradford county, Robert +. Little,
Esq of Tunkhannock; franklin 3, Cow
en-, Esq, of Pottsvile; Robert a. Lam.
berton, Esq. OF Harrisburg; Hon. Charles
Denison, and D. L Rhone Esq OF Wiks-
barre; G. Chauncy Burr, Esq, of New
York City; and Hon. Paul Leidy, Of
Danvlle.
Columbia County will also be fully rep.
resented upon the speakers stand. Hon
Charles r. Buckalew will attend the meet.
ing throughout, and speeches will be made
by Col Wellington II. Ent, Capt @. B,
Brockway, Col John G Freeze, Charles
G. Barkey, County Superintendent Of
Scboos) Wesley Writ and L. R. Ikeler
Esquires, and perhaps by others.
Kew. Alvah K Rutan, Of Luzerne coun
ty, who was kidnapped, during the past
year, subjected to the farce Of the military
trial and unjustly consigned toa Gov
ment Baslile, from which he was Only dis.
charged upon the indignant remons'raucc
of the Governor, Members OF the Legi>la
tpre and U. s. Senators of this State wi
be present and parrate the particulars ol
the Outrageous persecution to which he was
subjected.
lLe first meeting Gu each day will bt
opened in an appropriate manner By a Cler
gyman, and good order will be preserved
throughout by an efficient arrangement fol
the government of the meeting. A select
ed number of returned soldiers will per
form picket duty, particularly at night
about the encampmeut, from which spirit
uous liquors will be excluded.
The proceedings, including the speeche
remarks, prayers, and poetry will be full!
reported and published in a volume fo
which subscriptions will be taken upon th'
ground.
Citizens who desire TO occupy tents, OF
secure ether accommod atoms at the meet
ing, can consult Samuel Everett, at Orange
villo,or Charles G. Barkley, ESQ at Bloom
hnr