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JorvtrSaN ilwztos ]So\»KAT8ti*—Tbc call for a tuei'tiDg of the people In Uttlon Mpmre to forward the uooitunUod of Len* Sumupt Houston for the Presidency, wa3 responded to by an tt*mb!age of several thwnmnd persons iu die vicinity of the Washington statue last evening, saj the N, Vi 7mrlt; of Wednesday kuA Atthe main stand there Were music, banners, flagfb torches, guu tiring, fireworks, fetches, rtaoiu-tioos, uod an at3t1r«^ to thft people of the United State?, all intecduJ to enforce the W*:a that the boro of riau Jacinto should be the nvxl l*rv.si‘lfat of the United State, io spUcol party conventions, cliques and caucus?. Ur. Stephen JUusbrouck preaided, nod speeches were made by Pi P. Atchison, J. W. Bricc, Clinton Roosevelt, and others. The atldrecss recommended the formation of Houston Ckbs in every city, village and tovtn, and the forma-tiou of a Houston clcctlaa ticket for every Statei A second meeting wa.4 Organized in thd vicinity of the at which similar sentimentswere atlvuoced. The tone of the meeting was decidedly liberal, cheers being given not only for Hen. Houston, bat for Seward, Lincoln, Ucugh»«, anil even the Benicia Boy.
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Banner of Liberty
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Jun 06, 1860
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