The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-05-21
The Great Wing Convention at
Raltimore.

Baltimore.
Yesterday was a proud day for Baltimore
for Mafyland-for the Union. 1t was the day
on which the young Wings of all the States
were to meet in grand Convention. Never be-
fore was seen such an assembage of the people
in whose persons arc concentrated the sove-
reignty of the Government. In the language
of the President of the day-Every mountain
sent its yill-- Euery uulley its stream-And,
10! THE AVALANCHE OF THE PEG
PIE ARE HERE! s.
We feel, when we take up our pen to record
some OF the events of the day, that we enter
upon task to which no pen can do even par
tial justice, no pencil adequately depict. The
feeling left on the mind of all who beheld this
mighty gathering is one of wonderut the mag
niticencc and sublimity of the scene We hard
ly know where to commence description, OF
where to leave off. ts 3 i}
The day was all that all could desire.
From daylight, till the hour of the moving
of the procession, Baltimore street, from one
extremity to the other--and, indeed, along the
whole route designated for the procession to
pass oyer--prcsented a spectacle beyond dcs-
cription, animated and exciting. To say that
the streets were crowded. is TO express Il literal
truth. From corner TO corner they presented
one living mass of human bcings-every win
dow was alive with fair smiling faces--Irom
the top to the bottom every house was crowded
--saslcs were removed : houses, with balus-
trades, were crowded on the roof. The whole
city was out, the whole country was here.
At daylight II national salute was fired.
Several delegations arrived during the morn
ing, and were conducted to the points indicated
by the chief marshal. When all WAS ready,
the discharge Of cannon, and the blast of sim
gle trumpet, rcsounGing through the streets,
announced the moving of
THE GRAND NATIONAL PROCESSION.
1t is impossible to convey even tic faintcst
idea Of the sublime spectacle presented by the
procession as it moved through the city. All
that pen could write, all that mouth of man
could speak, all that the imagination can con-
ccive oil beauty. grandeur and sublimily, would
fall short, far short, of the reality. The ex.
element, the joy, the enthusiasm Which every
where prevailed, lighting up the countcnancc
oil every man in the proccssion-thc shouts, the
applause, the cheers, from those who filed the
side walks and crowded the wndows-thc
waving of handkcrchicfs by the ladics--thc re-
sponsivc cries OF the people the f,aIntng
banners-thc martial music--thc loud roar, at
intervals, OF the dcep-nouthcd cannon-all
these and more, much more, must be dcscrib-
cd, seen IN the minds eve, vibrate through his
proach to any conception Of the reality /; and
when all these are done il they were possible,
he still has but Il amt and mcagrc impression
OF the scene that was presented. In no country,
in M time, never before in the history Of man,
was there Il spectacle so full Of ma ural glory
The veteran, whose declining years forbid his
joining the pr. ccsson, looked on, his Il ebie
voice went to swell the general shout that
penetrated even 10 the blue vaults of heaven:
his hand waved above his head, whilst down
his turrowed checks ran tears the OVERLOOKING
OF Il heart full even to bursting with 10Y, and
happiness, and gladness, Of all that goes TO
make up LIES best pleasure, and were crowded
as it were, into one moment. The father, who
brought his children to see the patriots OF the
and--the mother to look upon her son. one of
the patriot crcw-thc sister to behold the bro
Their give vent to his youthful and extruvacant
ioy-werc all there, and all went to make up
the spectacle.
AT nine and half o'cleck, at the DISCHARGE
of cunnon, the procession begun to move First
came rs
J he Salute Party. drawn in an open carragc,
and three pieces of artillery III the rear-Ncxt,
The Chief Marshal, james .. Law, with his
aids on either size of him.
Band of Music
The Grand Banner, supported by two stand
ard bearers dressed in sashcs and scarls. On it
was written these expressive words:
Is The people arc coming from plain and from
mountain,
To join the brave band of the honest and
free
Which grows as the stream from the lcafshel- |
tered fountain,
Spreads broad and more broad till it rca ches
the sea
No strength can restrain it, no force can retain
it,
Whatc'er may resist, it breaks CALAMITY
through,
And borne by its motion as shin on the ocean.
Speeds on his g Tory Old Tippccanoc!
The iron armd soldier, the true hearted sol.
der,
The gallant old soldier of Tippccanoc ~
Next followed the aa.
President and officers of the Baltimore City
Delegation, # 81
Sub Committee OF Arrangements,
Invited Guests,
In nine open baroucl,cs, each drawn by four
'rcy horses: Among them VIC noticed the Hon.
lcnry Clay, the Hon. Daniel Webster, the
lon ). Z. Lcaken, Mayor of the city of Balti-
more.
We also observed Henry Baer and Valentine
5runner, from old Frederick, soldiers of the
teVolutlon, who were ut the battle of German.
own and other engagements.
Baltimore Harrison Convention and Central
committee, dressed in sashcs and with appro-
riatc badges, &c. |fn sErf
Next followed the Delegations from the
states, commencing with the old Thirteen, nc.
ording to Geographical position, and the new
Thirteen following in order of their date of ad.
mission into the Union. First came the +
New Hampshire Delegation, ,
Led on by the Standard bearer, with the .
'tate Banner, on which was painted the Coat
# Arms,
And on scrollw written the motto, sCrcs. d
it subpondcre vrtus.'* E .
= Virtue grows under the imposed weight
Next came, fifteen hundred strong, the dele.
alton from it sttsf}t ta}t.Eat
Old Massachusetts. fE ,
irst came the arms Of the State, with the fol-
lowing motto:
There is Lexington, and Concord, and Bun.
ker Hill, and there they will be forcvcr.'
lile above is merely specimen of the thous-
nd banners that were borne in the procession
nd ftoatcd in the breeze. We find it impossi-
re with our present limits, to give any thing
1ore than a mere skeleton sketch of the pro.
ession or the proceedings. We may hereafter
I've the account in detail, as we find it thrill
ngly described in the Baltimore papers. Each
tate, IN connection with the above was more