The pilot. [volume] (Baltimore [Md.]) 1840-1840, 1840-04-16
HARRISON MEETING.
A GLORIOUS ASSEMBLY OF THE
HARD CIDER ROYSt

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sent was larger, perhaps, than was ever known to
| have assembled on any previous occasion.
| The meeting was organized by the appoint
ment of Ex-Governor Thomas w Veasey, gre
sIdent, Joseph Roman, Jr. and woodward Abra-
| hams, secretaries
! The object of the meeting was stated by F. A.
Ellis who concluded by submitting proposition
! to appoint committee 10 draft resolutions eX-
! pressive of the sense of the meeting. The chair
| appointed Messrs. F. A. Ellis, John Archer, Da-
MEL Megredy, Lyttleton Physic, and John Con
| rad. During the absence Of the committee, the
| the Hon. James A. Pearce was called upon TO
address the meeting, 10 which he responded in
the most foTcbe and eloquent appeal 10 the wings
! OF Cecil, urging them to renewed vigilance in
! the approaching contest between the people and
the compact Of federal office holders. He dwelt
! forcibly upon the abuses and mal-admni>tration
oil The different executive bureaus showing plain
| ly the miserable condition of the army and navy
departments, the bankruptcy ofthe treasury and
the confused condition of the post Office depart
ment. Mr.. Pearces interchangeable industry and
untiring research enables him to show up the
executive eel and his Shiny brethren of the cabi-
net in no very enviabe position at this particular
crisis in The affairs of our government. The al
most breathless silence with which he was list
ened 10 may be conidered as a favorable omen
every word told the deep interest manifested by
his hearers, while here and there loco-foco
might be seen wincing at the CALLING truths he ut
| tered.
| After Mr. Pearce concluded, call was
made for Augustus w. Bradford, Esq of Bal
timore. Mr.. B. rose, and delivered one of the
most thrllingy eloquent addresses it has ever
been onr good fortune 10 listen to. His re
marks were confined particularly to the young
men, urging upon them the necessity of ener-
getic action i'll the preset campaign. His vim
dication of Gen. Harrison was consistent, able
and profound; and the ingenuity with which he
ridiculed some of the leading measures of the
administration called, in dealening peals OF ap.
plause, the admiration of the crowd.
At the conclusion of the address, Mr.. Ellis,
from the committee to prepare resolutions, sub
mted the following as their report.
Whereas, the spirit Of the times, and the ev
licences now reaching us from all quarters of
the Union, display too clearly to be miSnnder-
stood, the fact that the people themselves have
arisen in their strength, and are determined TO
remove with their own hands the grievances
which The ruinOuS and destructive administra-
ton of Martin Van Buren, has inflicted upon
t this country, in the prostraton of commerce,
the annlhilation of all credit and confidence,
the reduction OF the value of Iabor and the pro
ductions OF the earth, by course of policy
reckleSsly persisted in, regardless OF the COM
5 merclal, agricultural, and general interests OF
: tllC kHdlOu anu WISISdb. we COTuldHy anu
thoroughly unite with our brethren, the wings
of the Union, in this spirit of real reform, and
are convinced that, to bring about this desired
2 reformation, change in the administration ol
The general government is imperativey de-
manded.
Therefore, Resolved, That we heartily re.
Sponded TO the nomination of Gen. VIM. Hen
ry Harrison, of Ohio, for President, and John
Tyler, of Virginia, for Vice President, as the
candidates o: the great wing party Of the I'm
! on, and that, for ourselves and the wings oil
; Cecil county, we solmnly pledge to them our
undivided and unyielding support, looking
forward to their election, and the change of
national policy consequent thereon, as the only
remedy Tor the evils Of which we complain.
! Resolved, that in the nominations of Gen.
VIM. Fl. Harrison, of Ohio, and John Tyler,
/, of Virgna-the ;neXampled enthusiasm with
! which these nominations have been responded
TO by the wings of every slate in the Union
J in the future certainty of their election TO the
two highest offices in the gift of the people
and in the changes of the public policy which
! that event will certainly bring about-we hail
! with feelings of unalloyed qualification the
dawning of brighter day, and the glorious
prospect of a deliverance from the present Tu-
!, flnous system ofmisrule and corruption.
Resolved That in the voluntary sacrifice of his
youth and the best of his days TO the service of his
country, in the tented field, and in the most fear
full contests of savage warfare, General Harrison
has given the brightest example of his devotion
TO liberty, andthe spontaneous gratitude which
the people of these United States are now seeking
to bestow upon him, is the best evidence that re-
publcs are not always ungrateful, but that high
sense of public justice yet survives in the bosoms
of his countrymen.
Resolved, That in cherishing the recollection
of the military career of Gen. Harrison-a career
eminently successful and brilliant, rejecting the
highest honor upon his name and securing to the
exposed inhabitants Of the frontier, tranquility
quiet, and security from the horrors of savage
barbarity-we do not lose sight of his important
civil services in the territorial state and gener-
al governments, and the distinguished ability with
which he has discharged the various important
public trusts which have been, from time to time
by the fethers of the republic, reposed in him; but
looking to the man, in all his relations and iudg-
ing the future from the past, we can rely with the
utmost confidence upon his integrity, we will
warrant his capabty, and will vouch for his at
tachment to the constitution; and in this view we
confidently recommend him to the support of the
people Of Cecil county, for the highest office in
the gift of the people.
/ Resolved, That this meeting proceed to the
appointment of delegation of not less than one
l hundred fo reDreSent this county in tho n,