Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-12
GRAND MASS MEETING.
SPEECHES BY WALKER, KIN
DRED, AYLETT AND
GOODE.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM.

| Yesterday afternoon there assembled
on the Court House green the larges
and most enthusiastic body of citizens
of all colors, that we ever witnessed il
Norfolk.
People came from nearly every coun'
ty in this vicinity to hear the eloquent
gentlemen, announced to address the
meeting.
| About s o'clock w. w. Walker, Esq.
of Westmoreland Colonel Kindred, o
Southampton P. Fl. Ayett, Esq, o
Richmond, appeared upon the scene
and were seated as the speakers of the
occasion.
The other gentlemen previously an
nouuced to speak, failed to arrive.
The meeting was called to order by
Gen. Geo. Blow, and j. B. Whitehead
was called to the chair.
In few pertinent remarks he intro
duced P. H. Aylett, Esq, as the first
speaker.
Mr.. Aylett spoke for more than an
hour in an argumentative an eloquent
vein.
He was followed by Col. Kindred who
rendered manly address and substan-
TALLY endorsed the views Of Mr.. Aylett.
Then came w. w. Walker, Esq,
whose grand and flowing eloquence,
powerful argument, and deep, fluent pa
thos appealed to the hearts of all pree-
ent--b'ack and white.
The former looked and listened in
seeming wonder, and ere he had deliv-
cred half of his master address several
of them actually declared for Gilbert
G. Walker.
He cordially invited them to put ques-
tons to him, promising to answer them
frankly and gladly. And he did do it;
and many of them, we venture to say,
who even worshipped at the shrine of
the Michigan carpet Dagger. before they
heard the thunder of his truthful and
convincing voice returned to their homes,
determined to vote for Walker and the
expurgated stitution. Such strains Of
eloqucnce, rhetoric, and logic we never
| listened to before He seemed the very
impersonation of Patrick Henry, Virgin
las greatest orator, so potent was his ev-
cry syallable.
He held his hearers spell bound-save
when they burst forth in paroxisms Of
applause-for one hour and half
when he left the stand amid the plau-
dts of thousand leaping hearts.
On his retiring, Mr.. Gooie responed
to the calls of the multitude, and we
are sorry to announce, that though he
councelled them to vote for Walker and
against the two clauses he virtually told
| them to vote down the constitution by
telling them that he would vote against
tiff he had vote. With but few ex.
ceptions-very' few-the assemblage
was unit for Walker, and his plat
form, as defined by W. W. Walker,
Kindred and Aylett.
The meeting was most gratifying
success, and assured the friends of Col.
Walker, that if every other section o
the State will respond to his call witt
that force and spirit tina Norfolk will
he will be elected, and the expurgatee
Constitution adopted by an overwhem'
ing majority.
From beginning to its end the meeting
wore a triumphant face--and it was 6
triumph.
| Every che present stood and listened
with that close attention which becomes
the importance of the issues of this mo-
mentous canvass. One had only tc
look at them aud see that they were
terribly in earnest, and resolved to d.
their whole duty, now and when tn
day of election arrives.
| We regret our limited space preclu
ded even a synopsis of the respectiv
speeches, which embodied the grandes
politica. conceptions and the most con
vincing logic that we ever heard in
political campaign.
And the eldest and most intelligen
men present expressed themselves i
like terms.
The meeting adjourned at l.
o'clock, having achieved success whic
even overreached the most fatterin
hopes of all.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTI
!. The regular meeting of this Boar