The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-07
FURTHER OF THE GREAT CONvEN-
TON.

| Delaware, announced, that its delegation Woulo
expect of DIR. Thomas of that State, If present,
a response to the call; when introduced, aiterthe
shouts and loud huzzas and cheers-given III
honor of this patriotic celebration-had some
what subsidized, the speaker addressed the assem-
blage in substance as follows;
Mr. President and FeLloto Citizens:
1t has been announced to me that the delesa-
ton from my state has done me the honor to re-
spond to your call, and to give to this conven-
ton and to this great concourse OF freemen from
all quarters of the Union, some account OF Della
ware. Sir, there are many present here to-day
of her talented sons, and many more at home,
who, with all my heart, could wish for your
sake, to occupy the place now do,to tell you,
sir, what Delaware has been, what she is now,
and what she is resolved ever to remain, a free,
untrammelled and independent State-and al
though with a body less, but a soul as big as
any of her sister States-one of the old thir-
teen. You get something other history in the re-
nnisences of the oppressed in the colonial strug-
giles for liberty, in the names of her Reeds and
her Rodneys of that day-in the war Of the revo-
luton which followed. You all know her through
her Kirkwoods and Jaquetts-who with their
brave and invincible comrades in arms were to
be found in every battle which took place from
| Long Island to the sanguinary sands of South
Carolina. Yes, sir, some Of the old colonial line
of Maryland can tell who she is, for they, too,
were there on the plains of Camden and Guild
| ford court house; shoulder to shoulder and side
by side, manfully defending and disputing every
inch of ground with an empowering and UNI
natural foe. And there repose most of the bones
Of those brave and gallant troops who went from
Delaware and Maryland, who died SO gloriously,
and who so greatly assisted in achieving our in
dependence.
To the councils of this great and growing
| ton, it has always been the pride and boast Of
Delaware that she endeavored to send there
some Of her best and abIest men; how well she
succeeded when represented by her Rodneys and
her Bayards and her Claytons, leave you to
judge.
At the last election, the wings of Delaware
nodded as my distinguished friend from Virginia
now at my side, (Hon. Henry A. Wise,) said,
when addressing one of the largest and most en-
thusastic political meetings few evenings since,
have ever witnessed in that state, that while
Virginia had slept, Delaware had nodded. The
remarks were true. Sir in the words of the old
song, we were for once caught in the dilemma of
''nodding, all nodding-nid nid-nodding-we
were all nodding, at our house and home"
But am proud, sir, to know, that Virginia has
awakened, and that Delaware mods no more;
| Il IL 4ba
of whose young brood now represent her in this
almost numberless crowd Of freemen to-day, is
wide awake, has many old cocks at home, who
. like the young ones here, all crow tTip-pe-can-
noe"
Sir, will close these desultory remarks, that
ADLER men, who are yet to speak, may have an
opportunity to do
My report of Delaware is, that, composed OF
but three counties, the ocean county, sold Sus-
SEX" is whig; Kent, adjoining, is wing, and al
ways has been; and that Newcastle, sick of Van
Buren, and his destructive measures, will go for
the country and Harrison at the fall elections.
And though now her voice is mute in the House
of Representatives, and she stands firmly but
on one leg (as game cocks will sometimes do) in
the Senate of the United States, pledge you,
sir, on behalf of my fellow delegates and the
gallant little State of my adoption, will sent
y two wing Senators and wing Representative
, to Congress. Her ELECTORAL vote for Harrison
the distinguished civilian and brave old soldier
will be by majority double that she gave hin
in &c, or great at least as shall CRAFTY you
. and help to elevate him to the Presidency Of thu
y country, to be the guardian Of the constitution
as he has been the defender Of its soil and ma
, tional honor; that glorious constitution whicl
Delaware, as you see inscribed on yonder banner
was the first to adopt, and which she will be tn
r last to abandon.
: DR.. Thomas is Virginian by birth, and fror
y the now wing district of old Frederick, latel
s represented in the Senate of the State by Majo
e Opie, now by Conrad, wing.
FROM JAMAICA.
We are indebted to Mr.. Gilpin, of the Exchang
News Room, for files of the Kingston Mornin
Journal, and of the Royal Gazette, each 70 tn
y 18th April.
Great excitement was created at Kingston, o
the 7th ult BY the falsely reported failure OF til
l. Planters Bank, by which great losses were coca
stoned to the poor and less rejecting portion Of tn
II community, who, in the panic, sacrificed thei
notes at discounts varying from rs to so per cent
= run upon the Bank was also produced, but with
e out injury to the institution, which paid all de
u mands.
!. Public meetings were being held for the Pun
pose Of encouraging immigration, for the sake c
N preserving the sugar plantation, from utter rui
for the want Of labor. In the parish of Yer
alone, the loss sustained by planters from tina
s cause is estimated at $4,000 In the Legisla
y placed at the disposal of the Agent General 70
n the purpose Of facilitating immigration. Th
ID Legislature was prorogued on the 18th.
A letter from Santa Maria, dated 23d March
received at Kingston, says:
ie "The accounts which reach us every Wednes
s. day from BoRota are BY no means favorable an