New Hampshire Statesman

ANOTHER "MONSTER MEETING!"

Last Tuesday evening, another of those meetings was held in this place, at the Depot Hall. Joseph Greeley, Esq, presided assisted by a large number of Vice Presidents, all from the locofoco party. Mr. Greeley on taking the Chair made a few remarks in which he set forth the circumstances of their coming together. Said he was a democrat, always had been one, and always would be one.— John Atwood, he knew from a boy. They were playmates and school mates together, both being natives of the town of Hudson. He said he knew John Atwood to be an honest man. A capable man and a high minded man.

Soon after Mr. Greeley had finished, Mr. Atwood appeared upon the stand. Cheers after cheers greeted his appearance. As soon as the feeling of the meeting was allayed Mr. Atwood commenced his remarks. He referred to his pleasant residence, and to the acquaintances he had formed here and expressed his gratification at being able to be present and speak to his old friends face to face. He told the story of his wrongs. How he had been insulted and abused by the Concord Clique, under the lead of Frank Pierce and expressed in no measured terms his contempt of the men who had been instrumental in placing him in his present position. He claimed to be a democrat, agreed exactly with the Legislature of 1819, and with the report and resolutions upon the subject of Fugitive Slaves, of that year, approved by Samuel Dinsmoor.

The meeting was the largest held in this place for years, and all went away impressed with the conviction that Mr. Atwood was an honest man, and told the truth. He distinctly put the second letter upon Gen. Pierce, and gave him his true position in the matter. The meeting broke up with cheer after cheer for Mr. Atwood, and from what we could judge of the occasion, this sounded like the death knell of Hunkerism.

Mr. Goodale, of the Manchester Democrat, followed Mr. Atwood, showing the Clique no mercy.— He spoke vigorously, and well—like an honest man, conscious of the purity of his motives. Further remarks were made by Mr. Whittier, of Manchester, and William H. Gove, of Weare.— They were pointed, enthusiastic and eloquent, and told with good effect upon the meeting. Some of the tools of the Clique were prowling around the meeting like hyenas, anxious to put up a yell, but the enthusiasm of the people utterly prevented the attempt.