Year: 1868

DEMO AT ORovILLE.-One of the most enthus-
astic political meetings ever held there was ad-
dressed by Henry Edgerton, Judge Southard and
c. B. DEMO, one evening last week. DEMO was
most enthusiastically received, as he is every
where. He closed his speech in the following
enthusiastic terms :-sI have been travelling in
the mountains, and came here tonight to listen
to the man of whom all proud the only
man who can share honors with the lamented
Baker-the sold Gray Eagle of this coast
who fell fighting the battles of his country. As
this town is good Union town, | supposed |
would be among my friends but am we'll con-
vinced that I have few, if any, friends in Oro-
vile, for surely friend of mine would ask me
to speak at this late hour, and particularly after
two such men as Edgerton and Southland had ap-
peared on the stand. But said DEMO, ~ will
tell you q story if you will let me off. And he
told the story and attempted to retire. but cries
of ego on, 60 on" and I" three cheers for De-
mic, :" arose from every quarter, and he did go
on, and for half an hour have never heard a
finer speech with which to close up meeting.
As he pointed to the flag that was stretched
across the street in front of the stand he told
them that it was born with the nation and
that it went with our fathers through the trials
and peris of the revolution and the war of 1871,
and again in our late struggle, how it had stood
with Grant until ne naQ 1Ou5nC IL out on un;it
line; and waved over old Farragut when from
the mast he overlooked the battle of freedom,
and again that it had went with Sherman from
ATLANTA to the sea- " The crowd became per-
fectly Wild and their shouts drowned the voice
of the speaker, and as he paused and looked at
the flag, and then at the people, and asked in
clear voice. /" Will you give it into the hands of
these traitors for safe keeping, will you let it
remain in the hands of those who had defended
it?" Cries went up from all present, Eve will
leave it with its defenders


Union party is canvassing the State with vigor-
that their meetings were never before larger or
more enthusiastic, and they are more numerous
this year than in any other year. We have out
the largest, most active and eloquent band of
orators that ever stumped the State, while the
Democrats appear to be demoralized and can't
get anybody out beyond their candidates. The
San Francisco Examiner complains of this in its
issue of the 22d thus:


Where are these gentlemen eloquent, and
what they doing? We ask this question be-
cause we cannot that any considerable num-
Der of them are actively engaged in the canvass
as we had supposed they would be ere this near
approach of election day. We fear too many of
our orators wish to be commanders, leaders-in
other words, desire to choose their own time
and place for their labors. We call upon our
State Central Committee to lay out their pro-
grammes regularly in all parts of the State, and
assign their long array of speakers appropriately
to them. If there be any desertions or strag-
Cling, let them be marked and hereafter exposed
He who fails to do his duty, let him go down ig
ANONYMOUSLY to the curses OF posterity that
shall have lost their liberties through his indif-
ference or laxity in the great work of his day
and generation"


The fact is these orators feel convinced that
they could do no good. The State is gone be-
yond redemption, and to try to stem the tide
would be expending their breath, and time, and
means to no purpose. These orators have been
among the people and know how they feel
Sacramento Bee.