The Van Buren press., 1871-09-12
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EDIToR Press =
lThi9Hng, perhaps, that report from our
Democratic Mass Meeting, in this County, on
End September, would be of interest to your
readers, l will endeavor to give you brief
synopsis of our proceedings on that eventful
occasion.
At an early hour on Saturday morning the
crowdcpmmencSi to gather intpwn, and long
before noon sar strvsts were literally
thronged. by one Of the most orderly, respect
able and most intelligent crowds, that l have
ever had the pleasure Of seeing together. Old
Johnson As Vas sxpected) nohly ysspohded
to the calf for her honest citizens to assemble
Ell masse, for the purpose of dcvising ways
and means tc get rid of the miserable set OF
plundersrs WHO nfest our border and are
fairly sucking the 'life-biood from our fafr
State From every hill and hollow, they
came, with that quiet, earnest, demeanor, that
bespeaks purpose to do their best to throw
off the shackles which have kept us at the
mercy of these vampires.
4ktH O'clock the meeting was cailcti to or
der by placing Judge NJ. ROSE in the chair,
and J. \. BROWN as secretary.
Every available space that man could sit
or stand OH was called into reguisition, and
yet the crowd could not by half, be gotten
into the Court House.
After the meeting was called to order, and
the purposes for which 1t had assembled, been
explained by the chairman, a committee was
appointed to draft suitable resolutions ex-
pressing the sense of the meeting. During
the absence of the committee call was made
for DR.. j. p. Mitchell to address the audience
which he responded to in his usual happy and
efficient manner, and although Ills remarks
were entire ertempore they were well-timed,
forcible and to the point The Doctor IL tru-
ly host on the stump as well as in the sick
room, and wherever dishonest radicalism is
found opposing the interests Of his oppressed
people, he can be found with his shoulder to
the wheel making herculean efforts for their
relief.
The committee then reported q set. Of spir.
tied resolutions, through their chairman Col
J. +. Crayens, who advocated their adoption
in forcible and we'll directed speech. He
reviewed the course Of the present party In
power and brought our people to see the griev-
Gus burden of taxation under which We are
staggering, and Showed them conclusiv6ly
that our only hope lay in thorough organ.
zation OF our ranks, in order that we may
vote as ONE MAN for theDemocratic nom3n1es
In ~. -
A Cdnnty Central Committee was then ap.
Brown and John e. Connolly. who at once
entered upon the duties of perfecting thor
ough organization of the whole county.
We intended sending you copy Of the res
olutions, but failed to keep q copy after send
ing the original to the Central Committee.
The meeting then adjourned she die, the
utmost harmony and good feeling prevailing,
Notwithstanding the fact that Col j. S. HOus-
toms call for more reconstruction had just
reached us that morning, and we found (by
his report to Jack McClure) that we were set
of "cadaverous devils. "arayed in open, un-
disguised and bitter hostility to the fedora
tive system Of government, as 1t lett the plas-
tic hands of its patriotic founders, and no
longer worthy to partake Of the milk of hu-
man kindness" His call for STEW more
grains OF reconstruction, methodically COM
pounded, fell like bomb shell in our quiet
and peaceful camp, for we had begun to think
the war was ocer and that. like the ancient
Greeks shouting their "Io-trlomphs, We
could return to tie Temple with our offerings
of allegiance, and be absolved from our past
sins. an, / -. .. ..I.rr.. ay.s...g
been for slandering and vilifying his neigh
bors here, among whom he has " broken
bread for a quarter of century,, he can no
longer deceive any body, by button-holing
them and laying down plans whereby zoe,
Democrats, may defeat the evil purposes Of
the present administration. b. y -.
He has fully identified himself against his
people snS " sHpE & as ssS.aGy' and
hands forever of him who sold his birth-right
for mess of pottage."
Yours truly, II.