Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-04-25
Great Tippecanoe Celebration---EiSh'" VI
May---Victory OF Fort Meigs.

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Great Tippecanoe Celebrstion---Eighth OF
May---Victory OF Fort Meigs.
On Friday, the Sth of May ensuing the IipPoca-
noes or friends of General Harrison ior the neat
Presidency intend to celebrate the victory OF or
Meigs, won by the American arms under har''So"'
during the last against England
Vast preparations are making for this ceieorauoh'
and il ia expected that all the young and enthusiastic
Tippecanoes from Boston, Providence, Ne" ii@'en'
Albany. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Richmond nan
fax. He'll and Heaven, will concentrate at I've"
vi and make il one of the greatest days that the
island of Manhattan ever saw, OF ever INTENDS 10
zee from this time up to the Day Of Judgment
On the 18th of May, the convention OF twenty
thousand Young Tips will be held at Baltimore On
the 9TH of that month, they viii speak all their
,peeches-sing all their songsdrink all their cider
and on the 9th, they--the same twenty thousand
will be ready to leave Baltimore in the cars i"r
Now York Ii will take two days, two trans oil
lar cars and three or four extra trains, TO trans
nor, the vast numbers from Baltimore to New YORK.
- time eor the great Eighth" Yet 1T VIII be DONE
;f we know aav thing OF the spirit, enthusiasm anu
hard cider tastes of the railroad companies between
Baltimore and New York -.
Meantime we advise the Astor House tne AMER
can. Towards, Carlton, City, Naveriy' "'oo' '"0
indeed every hotel and boarding house IN 1'V"
York TO Law in a full stock of hard cider anu
ers. for on the eighth of May next, re" io'h "'i
contain more thirsty souls than she has done since
the present century set in.
r,be arrangements making by the Central llpPe-
canoe Club in this city, on the most maghlhce'
scale Nib!o's Garden, for one whole day ana hisi'
has been engaged at 500, hard money! 10 aceomino-
date the tribes from all the winds OF the ear'o'-
About one hundred barrels OF hard ciaer VIII De in
norted from New Jersey, and crackers as numerous
as the sands Of the sea shore There Is 10 DC u
80 nrocession of the clubs, converging from
every ward of the city towards the uarden' 'hci"-
dino all the county and neghboring clubs, showing
tail as long as the third part OF the stars oil heaven
"A deyilish sight longer than the tail ct Iammahy
u.u-.u Tippecanoes-and many locoiocos
This celebration will be conducted ON plan per-
e.,lv un;oue-altorether different from any former
noitical assembiage. First the great gathering OF
,h. tribes will be opened by glorious original
rr;,nec.noe song written for the occasion. Then
Chairman will be appointed-with forty Vices, and
6fx Secretaries TO be followed by another Original
.ono After this an "Orator of the Day VIII
Give brief but spritstirring sketch oil the victory
of Fort Meigs fought and won by the 'aor sho
oen;us Of General Harrison. This viii be succeed
ed nv another song-then short speech, only ten
,,;,utes long-then another song-then speech
then song.
,.;twiIl now be wearing through the afternoon
the sun shining with brlliancy, and the tribes iee
inc somewhat thirsty the trumpet VIII be sounded,
,rd stra;ghtyav oae hundred barrels OF 'hard cider
will be opened, with equal number oil barrels OF
famous Boston crackers, manufactured bybono, VINO
is unriyalled in these domestic productions linen
the people will drink, sing, speak, and est-eat'
drink. speak, and sing-all the afternoon the music
I.,;,r n, all the time some Of the hyeliest airs
Al this stage Of the proceedings, Nbio wiz DC s'anu
mo d, nj, balcony ready to split his breeches with
l;,bt At the glory Of the and particularly on
,.s;nr the rapid Disappearance Of the hard cider
The number of original Tppecanoe songs sung on
TIN, occasion will Just be equal TO the barrels OF
hard cider drunk up and knocked over. sPeechi-
fv;uv-dull prosy .peechifying, heretofore Prac-
tied nv the dirty whigs-will be abolished entirely
s,ch to, dollar dinners a. the Wall street ciique
o,ce 20, I'M with Charles King and his associste
bIoekheads Haunting ribbons in their button holes
a. the stew ards will more be seen. The revoiu
ton will be eompletethe Whigs and all their com
mittees will be entirely destroyed and forgotten
That was a name, foreign, uncongeniai, FOOLISH SHY
eonceited. Ii was not purely American as tha' "
Tippecaaoe is. The name VI Wing was adopted o,
Phil Hone, watson'W cb5, and a few others, owe
,h.,r cuns-mcn VINO want 90 introduce here tn
r;d;culoss names. ways, and vulgar distinctions o
the dirty arisocracy across the water. Hence thei
Jrn;op clubs-their Hmm clubs, and their othe
clubs. which are nothing but gambling, drinking
di.gracefuI associations, without the elegance. bu
with all the vice and folly, Of the clubs Of st Jame
in LONDON.
No no. no-the name OF whig viii no more exist
except as a name Of reProseh, 10 designate these
blockheads, who have done more injury 10 society
and reform than good, during the last ten years
The celebration Of the Eighth Of May will unite al
the sensible hard listed, true hearted stron.
minded. nevergiye-in people of this city and neigh
borbood who are heartily sick Of Martin Van Bu
r.n and his doctrines IL will unite them under the
clarion. name Of TIPPECANOE, never 10 be for
gotten or departed from by any foolish foreign de
signaton.
Thu. much TODAY on this celebration-but we have
tea thousand things to say before the day arrives
We have also songs and engravings to publish tha
will as,onish. delight and enrapture thousands OF
thou.and.-particularly among the locofoco'. Now
!. the time for the locofocos to make new evolu
,;o,. The locofocos are fond Of hard money-har,
hands. hard hrhting-why not Of hard cider sn'
hard crackers1 The TipPecanoes are Just tn
same kind Of pesple-sois cold Tip" himself nov
residing in his log cabin the banks OF the Ohio
Old Tin showed his hard hand, in hard fighting,
Fort Meigs, at the Thames, at TipPecanoe hseii.-
Eres, day the Eighth will be
with these remarks we give readers the FOL
Al At he of