Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1840-05-07

This body nsssmblsd IN BALTIMORE on Mon |
dsy last, according 10 aPpciniment The papers
u that city, Of Tuesday. are allied with sesonnts
OF iis proceedings. Eighteen thoasand delegates
were in attendance IRON every state in the
UpiOn. and mese .than cue hundred thousand
persons were present 10 witness the pfoce-diaxs.
The procession, Formed Of eight or ten abreast,
reached from Baltimore to the Canton race
course, a distance az two oE three miles. The
sPleudor Of the pageant, It Is said, was beyond
description Seven hundred banners, some q
the mosf gorgeous kind. we're counted IN the pro-
/ eession. Mr.. Clay. Mr. Preston. Mr.. Webster,
and other distinguished gentlemen. addressed the
Coayention. The members of Congress gene
rally were there. John ". l. Mcsiahon, Of
4, Ealtimorr. vas chosen President Of the Conven-
lion, aud gesiiemen from each Of the sta,es as
Vice Presidents and Secretaries. The coayen-
ton vas opened with prayer BY The eIoqseni
Bascom Of the Methodist Church. The delega-
ton from Virginia was estimated al fifteen hun
dree strong. Further particulars In our next
We have only room to-day to crowd in the adj
dress OF Mr.. claJ:
l Mr.. Clay commenced by q reference 10 the
I north west wind, which blew almost gale and
compared 70 happily to the popular voice pf tho
! immense multitude who were present Diff
cult as IL was 10 be heard by such q thronE, no
said he could mol refrain obey ing the general
summons and responding TO the call. tie was
truly grateful for the honor conferred upon him.
! This" said be, 4" IL no time TO srgue-the time
for discussion has passed; the nation has slrea-
/ day pronounced its sentence. I behold here
the advance guard AIevoluiion by the grace
Of God aud the viii OF the people will De q.
| chieyed. William Henry Harrison will be
elected President Of the United states.
We oehold, said Mr. Clay, in bis emphatic
and eloquent manner. the rassges brought upon
our eountry, under the revolutionary adminis-
trations OF the present and the past. We
them IN disturbed couniry-in broken bopcs,-
IN dersnged exehspges--In the muiilation OF
the highest constitutional records Of the eoun-
try. All these are the fruits Of the party In
power, and part OF that revelation which has
been In progress for the last ten years. But
this party Mr.. Clay thought he could say bad
been or was demolished. As Hhed demolished
the Institutions OF the country, 40 IL had fallen
| ITSELF Asinstituiion after institution hadfaIlen
by ~, ana with them Interest after interest, until
general and wide spread ruin had come upon
the country, so now the revolution was 10 end
In the destruction Of the party, and the prinei-
i pies vhieh had been Instrumental in our nation
! nj sugerings.
This, said Mr.. Clay. IL proud day for the
| patriot. II animated his own bosom with hope
and !, he added, sm here to ningle ny hopes
I with yours-my heart with yours and my ex.
! ertions with your eKertions. Our enemies hope
to eoeqaer US, but they are deluded and doomed
to disappointment
MIR. Clay then alluded most happily, and a.
| mid the eh GERS Of all around him, to tho Union
Of the wings. ave are" said he, "siI Wing,
i I've are all Harrison men. We are uaited--
! We must triumph"
One word OF nsyself--he said-referrine 10
the National Convention which met at Harris
burg In December last. THAT conve ntion was
| composed OF as eniighisn and NJ Respectable q
body OF men a. were ever assembled in the
country. They met, delibsrated. aud after full
| aud impartial elaboration. decided that WIZ
LIAM HKSRI HAHRIsos was the man best calcIl-
! lated 10 unite the wings Of the Union against
| the present Executive. General Harrison was
nominated, and eheeTfuliy and without a mo-
| meups hesitation gave my hearty concurrence
IN that nomination. From that mo mept 10 the
present, have had but one wlsh-ore object
4 one desire-sDd that 10 secure the election OF
| the distinguished citizen who received tho Suf-
frsges Of the Convention.
Allow me here 10 say, continued Mr.. CLAY,
that his election is certain. This say not in
any boasting or over confident sense; far from H.
But feel sure almost that there ere twenty
States who will give their votes for Harrison
DO not the Blories OF the day authorse the amir
oipstion OF such victory Z behold before me
more than twenty Thousand freemeu, aud is IL
anticipating 100 much 10 say that such as
sembly as this Is sign ominous Of triumph.
| Mr. Clay then warned his friends Of two great
errors IN political warfare loo much conf
dence aud too much dependency Both were
| 10 DC feared. There should be no relaxation--
The enemy were ye: powerful in numbers
! and strong IN organization. u became the
Wings, therefore, TO abstain from no laudabie
s1eTtIon necessary TO success. should wefail y
he added, should Mr. Van Barren DC reelected.
which calamity God avert. though he would be
The last man 10 despair Of the Republe,--he be-
heved the struggle OF restoring the country TO It's
FORMER glory would be almost hopeless one. -
That calamity however, or the alternative, vas
len with the twenty thousand Wings here as
| Sembled.
We received our liberty, said Mr.. Clay, in
4 conclusion, from our Revolutionary ancestors
| and We are bound in all honor TO tranafer /, IN
| impaired 70 our Possrisy. The breeze which
this day blows ffem the right quarter Is the pro-
mise Of that popular breeze which will defeat our
adyersaries and make William Henry Harrison
the President Of the United States.