The Illinois free trader. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1840-1841, 1840-06-19
The Springfield Convention.

That the public may know how well the youth.
full delegation from Peru (who assumed to repre-
sent the Wings of La Sale county, acquitted
themselves, we make the following ,passim
from the account of their proceedings, given by one
of their number, a very modest! and uaGssurning!
editor, who resides a little south of us; and who,
we will venture to say, has no 'grovelling amb-
ton" TO crafty, and is entirely free from ua'afy
and selt-conceali'
The following communications appeared in the
Sangamo Journal, about the time the La Sale
delegation returned from Springfield, and are not
behaedto hare heen wriHen by a,ay member cfMQt
dehgaimH They are entirely too modest to
have done so.
"Mr. Editor ] was one among large number
of ladies who listened at Dr. Houghan's, after the
barbecue, TO the delightful speaking Of the three
Young delegates from LIE Sale, Mr.. Daniel F..
Webster, Mr.. Coiling, and Mr.. HOLLEY. CD
Pray call on those gentlemen to make their speech
neof the most impressive specimens Of ebguence
e,er heud (ti!) BY making this call, you will
much oblige Wing LADY of
sANGAMON."
editor ofthe SanganIo Joural:-
Sir: I am plain man, and of course no critic,
but Judging from the effects produced on the feel
ngs, should think the speeches made by the
Young delegates from La SalIe were among the
very best that occasion called forth Those l
mean. of Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Coiiing, and Mr..
HOLLEY (!!) at the barbecue. The speech Of
Mr., HOLLET(O at The close, ,cas, according TO
o.yn I'll, ooH nj T.cf.
ing OF a1y made; md / ,cish you ,couH Gallon him
through yop columns, to gire il 10 the public, and
much obHge (iilii!!!t!!!!O
In abiding to these communications, this ca
iremely modest editor remarks:
"For our o,cn part, as one of the individuals re-
icrred to, we would procure q stereotype mould
and melt our matriai head, breins (?) and all, and
run them into a SPEECH IN to gratify the
,cish ETA WING LADY CLltO
Comment is hero unnecessary.
We clip the following extracts from this same
Editors paper, which perhaps, will be of much
importance to the reader, who feels desire to
know what was done at Springfield on that men,
orabe occasion:
"The to,oer Of strength contained IN the NAME
of one of our delegates, together with the admira-
BILE speeches he delivered at the Convention, gave
the delegation character, which numbers could
hardly have given it; and five mistake not, our
friend the young Daniel, (WEpsTEu,) of Illinois,
will soon be nearly as great favorite with the
Suckers of the prairie State, is the elder Daniel
with the people of the old Bay State" C!!D
"'Thc speech of Mr.. HOLLEY () at the close,
was, according to my judgment, one of the most
eloquent and affecting of any made" (!!D
"Thc speech of Mr.. Webster, was delicious
treat
"Thc close of Mr.. HOLLEY'S was one of the
most forciby eloquent ever heard" C!!D
"Calling Messrs. Cofling, Webster, Davis Of
Peoria, and OURSELF O to the stump
"Thc speakers, were Mr.. Hogan, Col. May, Mr..
Brigham of Massachusetts,, Col. Field. Mr.. Daniel
F. Webster, Mr.. Coiling, and Mr.. HOLLEY." @
Capt Hunter, as he sat upon his "coal black
stccd,' was Il greater treat to OUR military eye,
than any similar one we have met with since the
days Of our youthful soldirShdp. (H!fiO
o! yc gods and "pettifoggers,'
Leother-heads and paper-daubrs.