Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-05-22

They bore banner, on one side Of which
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'1Ac spirit Of John Hampden calls us 10 res
Isl oppressionj WE OBEY THE GALL
On the olher side
~ HARRISON n TYLER
A picture Of Fort Meigs and g4k1F
Springfield comes 10 tell sRf IS Rkpftarb,
The Convention was holden on the bean.
tiful green on the brow Of the hill in the
rear Of the church, overlooking The valley
OF the Green River. AT II A. NJ, the ,pee.
ting was duly organized by the choice of
Hon. Geo, Grennell,Jr as Presidentand The
other usual officers, for n more detailed oe.
count Of which organization we refer on,
readefs 10 The official report in another
column.--Afler the divine blessing had been
invoked by Rev. Samuel Washbnrn. a s.,
Of spirited and highly pertinent resoIu.
lions were offered by Hon. George 4. In.
Wis. which he accompanied with some very
appropriate remarks He was followed by
Gen. Ebenezer Nation. of Amherst. a
veteran Of eighfy:four years Of age, and
who has been, in days bye-gone, one Of the
great and good Of the Connecticut valley.
who imbibed his Wing principles in h.
Revolution. and never found reason 10 de.
part from them in the course OF a long and
brilliant political career land who now. al.
though he has been deprived Of sight ior
more than twenty years. and has lived be.
yond the usual span of life. comes forward
10 add his assurance Of the honesty, patriot,
ism. and purity Of William Henry Harrison,
gathered from long and intimate personal
acquaintance. His remarks were most elo.
queni. and were listened to with the deepest
attention. We could almost fancy that il
was a spirit OF some OF the lorefaihers OF
American Liberty. warning us Of The evil
courses. into which we have fallen. and cal
ling upon Us 10 return 10 The principles Of
the Wings of--76.
Gen. NATION was followed BY Hon.
Isaac G. Bates and we need hardly saw
that his remarks. which occupied about an
hour in delivery, were most eloquent and
-soul-s,irring. liehin fancy. and highly I'm
ished t -esa
Hon. Myron Lawrence succeeded Mr.
Bates. and, with his well known sarcasm
and huinor. delighted the Convention for up
| wards Of an hour. sAi 3
MIR Lawrence was followed BY Mr.
Rhodes. Of WaIpole. Norfolk County who
delivered one OF the most effective and cut
ling speeches made during the day. Mr.
is a carpenter by trade. and il is only a few
months since be 6fsl entered the political
arena. But be displayed in his remarks,
knowledge ofthe political state OF The Union,
be laid open the causes of the present dis
lressed condition Of the country with an ac-
curacy. and illustrated his positions with a
fund Of anecdole. which few Of our dislin-
guished and prac,ieed politicians can claim:
and there was, al the same Time. simplicity
and freshness about his remarks, That brought
them home to the understanding. OF The hum
blest. and fixed them in the memory OF all.
Gen. James Wilson. Of Keenr. n H.,
closed the doines OF the Convention with
q most brilliant speech OF two hours in length,
Il was one Of The most successful Of
the many successful speeches he has
ever made. and will add no little 10 his repu-
tation OF being the crack orator Of New
England.
We should like TO give these speeches
mote in detail. Indeed we should do it.
had the meeting been one OF ordinary char
acter limited in numbers and speakers
But the fact is The people themselves were
present TO hear them. and we probably
should be repeating to mos, OF our readers
who: they heard for themselves. After the
Convention Adjourned. at about 5 p. NJ,
most Of the audience. numerous as it was,
ronirived to ge, bite at the log cabin,
which had been erected for the occasion. and
where Gen. Harrison's friends were served
with crackers and hard cider s au
II is impossible to form any exact esti-
mate OF the numbers, that were present.
Blu. from the opinion OF those capable Of
judging in these matters. and by an admeas.
urement Of the ground covered by The Con-
ven.ion. we think that we may safely state
that not lar from SIS ~ $3.50
10000 Ns ~.
were convened. Undoubtedly some portion
OF this immense multitude consisted of our
political opponents; and we have even heard
OF one locoloco. who asserted tina, he believ-
ed a majority Of those prsssat acre IN taror
Of The present administration. The fellow
who said so mus, have been wag Of the
FIRST order. and we can only add that we do
not believe that the Convention contained
locefoeo majority AT night, if it did so when