Ou Saturday last, with many others, we
paid a hasty visit to Platteville, to hear the
Hon. John Hutchins, of Ohio, who' was
advertised to speak on political matters. —
The meeting was held in a fine large hall
of Rountree’s Block. W. H. Chapman,
Esq., presided. Hutchins is a dignified,
gentlemanly folin, about 45 years of age
and is well stored with the facts of politi
eal history and law. He speaks without
notes, never hesitates for want of a word,
idea, or form of expression, and often illus
trates by anecdote and comparison. He is
a worthy man without doubt, but in many
respects he is unequal to his predecessor,
Giddings, i\.t the close of his address,
the following resolution was offered by Mr
H. M. Page, and adopted with three
cheers by the meeting.
Resolved, That the hearty thanks cf
this meeting be tendered to Hon. John
Hutchins, for bis able and conclusive ad
dress; its clear and candid statement of the
history of the Slavery agitation, and of
the questions at issue between parties at
the present day, its happy illustrations and
unanswerable arguments, and we pledge
Ourselves, in response, to do our utmost for
Freedom and against Slavery extension, at
the polls, in November next
Judge Paine was loudly called for, but
laboring under a severe cold was unable
to speaic; he'indorsed the speaker, and felt
proud that the mantle of Giddings had
fallen on such worthy shoulders; he prom
ised to address the public at Platteville, on
Monday evening, the Ist of November.
