The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-10-15
~; From the harrisburg Telegraph.
THE GREAT LANCASTER CON,
VENTION.

/ Look! look, how these multitndcs r,,.b IN u
, rally, '' - -
And swear on the shrines of their sircs to b.
! free, ~ ~ -f0''o -
From the cast, where our fathers came I'D from
.-s the ocean, g =
Far west, where the twilight is h, tb;ro :,
dew; t.aHe
Lo! the sons Of the free, like forest in motion
AHrush TO the banner of TIpPEcAxoE!
'fhe 18th was a glorious day at Lancas
ter, notwithstanding the rain. Her streets
lanes, hotels, public and private house:
were all filled by an immense gathering
OF enthusiastic and jealous Freemen.-
Bands of Music were playing Hail Co.
lumbia, Harrison's March and other pat
rIo,ic airs;-groups were singing Tippe
cano esongs; a thousand banners were iv.
ing with every kind of ornament and Ge.
vice-guns were fring-and every mo.
ment delegations were entering every ay-
enue of the city, in procession, amids,
mud and mire, and rain and shouts.
1.-The storm around might roar and rattle,
They did not mind the storm whistle"
All, all was animation, and Joy, and
soul stirring, patriotic devotion to the
cause of the country. The scene was one
that no mind can imagine, and no pen de-
scribe. Not having taken any memor.
anda of the scene, and having received no
account of it from any other source, we
shall attempt 4 fain. and brief one from
memory. "s a
We arrived at Lancaster about 5 clock
p. NJ. on Thursday the 18th. The city
was already teeming with the multitude
that had come before us. Trains and ca
valcades were arriving from all parts.-
Jus, as we entered the city, the De;ega.
ton from Old Berks, numbered at roo,
with upwards of 70 vehicles, besides
horsemen, and all hundred banners, came
pouring in-and Immediately after, two
trains from Harrisburg, containing thou
sand delegates. Before these had found
lodgings, part of the Philadelphia dele
CATION, numbering 800 arrived, and march
ed in from the eastern side OF the city, af-
ter the music Of one Of the finest bands
we have ever heard. BY this time the
rain commenced, which continued the
next day, with a short in,ermission early
in the morning, until after three o'clock,
p. NJ. .-...HF..,
Rut this did not stop the marching, nor
the music, nor the influx of people: they
came pouring in by every avenue, during
the evening, until every part Of the city
was literally dense mass of human be-
ings, and every inch of flooring in The
public houses provided with tenants, who
were glad to find even such place to
sleep upon, besides the numerous private
houses that were opened to give shelter to
friends and strangers, and filled 10 their
utmost capacity.
But the mass that were there the night
Of the 9Th, was but foretnsle of what
was TO come. Early as the dawn on the
following morning, the motion commenc-
ed-the people came rolling in, in long
columns, with merry hearts through the
RAIN.
"From many an ancient river
From many hill and plain,
'a They gathered to deliver
.ff. Tho land from Factions chu'n!"
And such gathering. for such pur-
pose, was never before seen by any one
Of the vast multitude-the tens of thou
sands that witnessed it. BY 10 o'clock
there could not have been less than 25,-
900 persons in the city, and delegations
were constantly arriving at every point.
About 4 o'clock, JORDAN'S WAGON
BRIGADE, from Dauphin county, con-
sstlng of Log Cabin, brought from Mil
lersburg, 70 miles, ''rip Canoe on
wheels, and forty, four horse acagons
and carriages, with flags and banners,
and filled with Dauphin county Demo-
Gratis, entered the city on the west, and
passing through several streets, amidst
the deafening shouts which rent the air
on every side, encamped i'll a field east of
the city, belonging to Thomas H. Bur-
:owes, Esq.
At IL o'clock the Marshall Of the day,
JAMES PORTER, ESQ.,, (who appeared on
one of the finest horses that eyes were ev-
er set upon. richly caparisoned, } with his
numerous Assistants commenced forming
the line Of procession; and at about one
o'clock. Harrison Army of twenty-five
or thirty thousand took up its line Of
march, like '.an army with banners from
the east side through the city to field
west of it, where stand had been erect
ed for the speakers. In front Of the pro.
cession were seven log cabins, one of
which was made at Valley Forge, of the
logs of the cabins that sheltered The Amer
lean Army in the winter of l777, and
which contained a piece Of a log from the
cabin occupied by Gen. Washington. as
his quarters. Another was brought from
Germantown-anoth had weaving and
cloth manufacturing carried in it. Anoth.
er manufactured cards. On other vehi-
cles were tin and copper ware manufac-
notwithstanding milestone man
ufactorv from Cocalico township, and 9th,
er mechanical operations. In the midst
of these came towering majestlcally
FORT MEIGS, whose guns roared, and
from whose portfolios the smoke of Har-
rison thunder issued. This too, came
from the county Of Philadelphia. From
East Hemp6eld came the GREAT