Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-05-07


iss procession, as the mass Of enthusiastic Wings
congregated from every STATE 10 the Union. moved
81 TO the place Of meeting, far supposed the esPeo
taton, as their numbers oufstdpped The calculations
OF those who, from age other could not al
tend, personally but whose good wishes for its sue
cessfu termination, cordially extended 10 he
actors in the busy scene
F,om the accounts vhich have reached u,, every
state, and, indeed. almost every county. in the Un
ion, had lis proportion Of Representatives Oal
own State numbered not less than 1900 VI her sons
in tho Convention.
Az the appointed hoLr, the Procession, under the
direction OF its Marshala, moved Oft 10 the tune Of
Harrison $ Much. Then came the President and
officers Of the Baltimore City Delegation, with APP
propfiate Banners. Immediately in rear came the
invited guests, in open bsrouches, drawn by four
white horses. Afterwards followed the SUB. Com
mittee of Arrangements, the Central Committee
of the State of Maryland, &c Here followed the
several Delegations fsom the States in the follow
| e order: New Jampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvauia. Delaware, Maryland, District OF colum-
bin, VIaoISta, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia. Vermont, Tennessee. Kentucky, ONO,
[ausiaus, Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama
| Maine, Missouri, Michigan, and Aikansss.
! The delegations from the several States carried
in procession, banners, indiciye Of their political
station, geographical position, &c. and inscribed
with aud appropriate mott0s. That from
- al. tp
nert impression ETHER broad seot SiH be reSpec.
ted" a very elegant banner represented fac
sirliie Of the seal Of be State which we're the
words" Or State sovereignty shall not be viola
tra." ARGUED it," The Great Seal Of the State
Of New Jersey" We cannot doubt but that it will
make due impression in the fall Little della
WARE wave d banner, with the arms ofthe State
o one sd and the reversed The GrSt 10
adopt--and The Inst to abandon The ConstitnttoH.'
On the Flag from W..HlSGroS CRY, was in'cri-
bed The liberty Of SPEECH il not The right NJ
suffrage :" and on that fon GEoRoETowN, was
he bod declasation---" J;.der he 81 ,dote # tie
7Aron,, The hro6 Of f'5ertg stu heats on"
The American thus not ces It turn out Of the
" OLp D5MIsIoS;. and although no special refer
ence is made 10 Berkeley, she was there well rep.
rosepfed by goody portion OF her Young chsmpl-
ons in the Cause Of HARRISON and TYLER:
"v,reuia-just fresh from the encounter in
which -hs has added to her renown aud given new
zest 10 the hopes of the American people, and to
their confidence in her strength lns ability drought
ter own good welcome with her welcome news - |
he delegation WAS very large. la every respect |
the fl g OF lie "a Old Dominion" and its followers,
did justice the place Of the nativity OF the gallant
Harrison.
Z" The Norfolk Borough Delegation bore a large !
banner with the picture OF the Balance, over which |
ware the words of warning FIRST given TO Be'shazaar
- Meme, meme, Teckel Upharsia Thou art
treighed in the balance and found 'oanting On |
tho opposite side tho significant expression Urea
sury Pap Imperative
From Hampshire County, there was a consd-
cradle delegation, with an appIopriaie banner, and
lively green badges.
There was delegation qaite numerous bearing
a banner whose familiar mUtto especially belonged
10 them--on tie front an eagle was painted among
the clouds and letered IYtsc's District on the
reverse the hand IN hand, with the well known ex
preston which ngina,od with Nj. Wise. and w8s
80 interestingly cxemp6ed Yesterday The UaI-
on Of NE Wigs for the sake Of The Union
TRKNrssgx, came with the sable weeds Of So
Tenn mourning on her flag, for one OF her great and
good men has jus, passed away. This token Of re-
speet to the memory of the talented aud Virtuou'
Hugh Lawson White, prodace deep sympathy
Of feeling on the behoder. Tho motto Of the s'an-
jarl was" Not that she had ioVe2 Cesar less,
5ut Rome more"
The banner Of the State Of OHio. with the we'll
selected motto" She offers her CiacisaatWs 10
"A. L. -l..l H.
the Buckeye Safe.
We give these merely as specimens; want of
room forJils giving al
After the States, followed sbe Tppscanoe Clubs
NJ Baltimore CRY
There were eighteen thousand Delegates in pro-
cession; and sltnough the Delegates walked from
SIX to ten abreast, the mass covered a space not
ess ,hsa Two miles long A Correspondent Of the
National In,elligencer says that the Procession
one hour and a quarter passing celsin point,
After the Process, ion entered the ground sci epau
for The Convention. (Which it did under trium-
phal arch the invited guests, Distinguished stran-
gers Cergymen Members Of Congress, several
Revolutionary Soldiers. and others, conduct
ed 10 one Of the platforms, over which hoaled the
" stars and stjp.s Of liberty" The other re-
served for the President and Officers Of the Con-
yendon. The various Delegations, with banners
/ lying I'd bands playing ranged themselves around,
amidst salute Of twenty-six guns from Font Meigs
IA small Fort erected on tho outside of the enco
.ed space, provided with port holes and guns, ana
surmouated by the National Flag, waving besuti-
fully in the air. while the extreme Of The Process
sion was drawing near, the distinguished strangers
on the platform we're seyeraly introduced to the
assembled multitude, and greeted with long and
deafcning cheers.
Among those who we're thus particularly di,tn.