Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1840-07-18
From The OIL NnlHinr.
THE GREAT GATHERING AT FORT mEias


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ih'rc FdS Il SlfS"g gathering them
Of fern youit, ami fearless l7.1:
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In long, Q1eadinc Eips tbcyylc,n
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an" '''S'"S """' my CANE Msy comet
The Perry sburrl Whir coufa ms n c,uv.iro pc.
count of this meeting. II numbered NJ e.,i,,a,,J
30 900 souls. TWAS one Of the most brilliant m.
gcants ever witnessed There were military rd,n.
panies from all tue cities ON the shoros nj T,ke
Erie aud other places--thcre were banners nor.
the rolripr Of cannon. e,ycrLs ,n,s, , ,,i,ri,,,
Observation-Disclosures &c. sc, "Wh,t nrn :, 7ar,
the Wing "can record its history 1--l,yen rcni1s
must fell itself rcbuked at the effort n if mod
ding with tina, beyond its cunnrnln,s,or >, THE
"OLD SOLDIER"-TTE WApW0PN vf,Ir
ERAN OF THE WEST-yaS fhpre. amir, ,rr,L-
inr the field of his his cotnl,tss' an, III ,,,,,,r'
GLORY. The ruert,n.r was (yaJ for Tho iii L,'L
The lOh the neiohborbgod nr fine Fart r',. !, J,,,
mass VI human life .AElr down The riv,r =, s,,.
pur c,,;ar,,,ror,, ..lo s,o,,r L,.., r',,,,,i.y
Perry which had left far Tplai, il, ,l,s ,,,,r,;,-
and m her lraiuiLe Trrrsoo and S,ri'.r,. ,,.,I
he seen rgodIv an,r,acl,iror the t,,,., ;I,hn 80,
runs ibrpugb H., mul.iinIa lilo r;li.G-a .GI,
rms r,,n7,,-," w. Iii sno , W.
now - A,I llrn ,I,o, vnI5 sbn,,t a,i ,j'a ,,,
! fired and the b.IIs rgn, and tho 3ro,,,,. -,
! To the d5c, Mt y.ff,h rio p.rrv ,,uL s,,, 49,
! crowded md renamed ,,I i,,n,,eI ,yi, ,on,,i,
So Great was the eyciirn,ani rs tLr boat Tnnn,ni
the wharf, that tbe men ,yb, yorn in tho WOW
climbed upon tic shoulders Of those f,rwsrd 49, If
Jc,nr,,irsJ AZ all lo,arI =, eoo ,CiI ~ - :.
The boat came to-the music M, hoard cornr,o1lp,I
and the multitude shouted TInsr WIN ,,cro
e, the Joal cnnuirrd rryinu,rl II ,l., GonrI
on board. viii he be scent +. he ,,nincr - ,ja
fort toni htl These questions wers n7 ,.,,.or"J
before Il rry ran thrunrh the crnvyI urLoro bn
comes!" "ThaL's him - ..Vhnt's OIi Tin Ana
there, indeed he was. nnon tho nnner Ia.HI or ,i
| Perry, razin,r upon the ui,rbry mss y%ic,, t"d
assem5lcd to welcome him IN :. ,lId Fort lToio ),
! There he stood and as shout arer shout rose frn,
he mouths OF tbou .anJs c,uulcd With Lis r,r,o
we though, we wouIJ have r;ynn ,ba ,y"rii G'r -
,iuule emotion which then thrilled his bn.,,,,
! Here lie was on the Scarc Of his t,rror o,Li.,,-
mtuIs; there he Ind commenced and baro no Il, \
almost terminated his roili,ar, career ITaro ,,as
| Pre.uqc I,le-hcre was Fort Nsir,. and here L
stood, the youth who was LYnored bv m, hero nr
the one; himself The acknowIedred hero nr the
other, receiving the tribute of a free DeopIa We
thought we could almost see Il ;ear steal down tbe
HERDS check aud that there wa, a ueaDinr in hi.
>mc, which told huw wildly memory and srn,i-
| mcnt were at work iii his mind Still Lc yo. ccf .
! iec"d aud calm.
! From the boat, zen Harrison, was escorted nv
| the City Guards of Buffalo. to Fort Ncips. IN n
| bo rOuche hecrowd closed in behind the vehicle
Us it assembled the hill from the dock. loud and
deatcning cheers for "Oid Tippecanoe" rose from
! every mouth, in the vast multitude which were
continued without nterniSsion until his return IL
| town
The eleventh was ushernl in nv n salute of nm
hundred guns The Convention was duv orran
| lied at proper hour "But listen!" The air i,
agan filled with shouts, music and runs! And now
| it changes The cry is "Old Tins COMING " Ever,
eye is turned to the approach of the escort The
bprpucho is now at the foot of the stand.--"Therq
he is" That's the man" "O'd Kentucky Jeau!'
NO 50 900 carriagethat! "Nu rntle shirt there,'
| These, aud thousand other observation, broke
upon nur ears, as the General aScended the stand
| }Ir. Ewing now announced that Gen. Harrison
would address the people. After the shouts which
| followed tins announcement had died away, Gen
HAh"l9pN appeared IN the front part OF the and
/ Uncovered what no" snail we say OF the multi
tude! Could Tie presence OF Mr.. Van BCEEN in
| SPre su'h le'hnSs' as al that moment anImatet
every bosom! Here was no seliisheeling- rich
ana the Ppor--the aged and the young--aii were
were here in theirmi ght--and in the venerable form
before them, they recognized connecting link in
lh"t E!eaI cHah VI PatrIou>'' "Alch had oouhd Inc
FerHot rEg'et; from us J'Fin' 10 inc present DAY
= c''. IAN was '!leIc' VINO i"u yea 'Hrr armies on
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o'''s '''H'' WIFE, o.>'''s, O",'5'!G' ana I"le''
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