Democratic Meeting At Chelsea
Mu. Editok: - The Democratie (urn out at Cluíliea on Saturdaj List, to licar Mossvs FjOtiirop nnd Noaus was ari enthusiastic and orcditahle ;tft'i: r. The day, howver, was ■uit ) uiiprop:tious, i about 10 ór ! I o'ulook a ehilling "nortli-ca Ier" nf wind a:id rain Bet in, whicli :ontin:i.'.l with littl ■) Intormission ti 11 iiÍl'Iu. J5n t ïoï tina tlie attonduucc vrould havo beo:i inioh greatoi1. As t, was, ubout tliroe or four liundred wcro present. Mr. LoniKor was mot and eoorted to the villnge by oue Itnudrcd mounttíd uien uf tUo Sylv.-n and Grns Lake Douglos Kanjers; ab)ut sixty of the lattcr wcre present aad witli tlicir beconitng uniiorm made :i fioe appearance. Soon after Mr. LoTiutoi' bogan Iiii speech, tbero seemed to l)e a ooucerted attempt on the part of oertnin Ilepubli[ cans to annoy and break np tin: meeting. They asked a medley of qaestions all in concert, and raisctl a confusión that would have done Jionor to :i deloeation froiu Pandemonium. One noisy Rttpublicaa deinijohn t'r.mi Waterloo was vcry eonspieuouB, and bubbered most sonorously. Mr. Lotiirop, however, soon silenccd the cnemy's batteries and pro ceeded with his speech. In the coursa of his remarles he clcarly duinonstratcd tlio fuot that the Ilomestead Jiill is a Democratie measure, origlnating with the Demooratie party; and ho alao provtd from the record that Stjbphsm A. Docai.as lui voted for cvory ]Iouestead bil brought before Gongress during the lust fifteen years. Mr. LoTiiitor noxt eluoidatod ths dootrine of' Pop alar Sovereign&y, and clearly showed that it is the great central American principie, pervading all our coustitutions and laws, and on wliicli our national existencc is based. Mr. LoTHROp's speech was a liue ell'ort. Ho answerce everv llcnublican question, aud fully viudicated tho timo honored principies of whicli hu is suoh an ablü defoQder. When Mr. Lothrop had eoncluded L. D. Nurris, Esq , addrossod the meeting for about balfan bour. Aftar expressing lus regret that contrary to bis expectación, iieithcr Jmlgo ÖRANGER nor Mr Chank werc present, he prooeedfid to give the Uading faets of tho last tvro State admiuistrations, Mr. Norris showed that the Ropublicans have broken all their pledgea, and paid but littlc over ono hundred dollars of tho bondec debt, while they liavo ineraasod tlio State indebtednt'ss to tho trust funds more than a millioti of dollars, and increased tho taxes seven fold. Mr. N. also said that at tho present time the teachers iu soms of our State sehools have to do without their pay because there is no moncy in the Trcasury to pay them Mr. Editor, wn may well ask, Whore is the half million dollars left in the Treasury by (Jov. IÍAB.RY? Echo answers "Where." Mr. Editor, it is the forte of Republicaii8 to ask questions of and contradic Democratie speakers, as was exemplifioi while Mr. Lotiiuoi' was spoaking on na tional isdiies, but uot one of the.n a3ked a questiou of Mr. Xoaais. They so wel know tho damning facts of Republicïn misrule in Michigan, for the Ia6fc five year.x, that no oio had tho hardihood to oontradiet uiything that he said. Messrs. Lotiirop and Nokris each de livurod au cxccilent Rad successful speech th principies and fnots presanted by thera were often warmly responded to by tho audienco, and the meeting closet] amid enthusiaatic clicering for Lotukop and XoitRis. ïhere was much regot expressed by both Republicana and Democrats tha Judge GrKANöBE did not accept the invitation of the D&inocracy to be present for a discussion ofpoliticnl issues, and that hc also disregardcd the publioly exprsssec wish of Chtlsea Republicana, as published iu the Journal for a "joint meeting." - It wils a matter of Bpeoial rogret inasïuuch as public notico had by authority besn given that Mr, Loïiirop was quite willing and would be happy to have a discussion with the Judge, Had Mr. Gran ku olioien to oome ho would luive been listened to with courtesy and attention by the Dcmocrucy who had invitod him. DEMOCRAT. Chelsea, Oet. 23, 1860.
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