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Union meeting.

--In pursuance of a notice in the papers, that addresses would be delivered by the ‘"Union"’ candidates for the State Convention, Metropolitan Hall was densely crowded on Saturday night by parties anxious to hear an expression of the views of the candidates in question. Hugh W. Fry, Sr., Esq., was called to the chair. The meeting, though large, was orderly in every respect, and was addressed, in the order named, by Messrs. Jno. H. Gilmer, Marmaduke Johnson, John M. Botts, and Wm. H. Macfarland, All of the candidates avowed their attachment to the Union if it could be preserved on fair terms. Mr. Botts' entree was the signal for a vigorous welcome. His address was the longest, and strongly characterized by, anti-secession sentiments. At a late hour the gathering adjourned.

The meeting was quite enthusiastic, and every expression of attachment to the Federal Union was applauded.

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