The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-15

should lie given 10 the honest and independent Farmer
Of North Bend. The Wings of Nep Jersey, thai
State scorned insulted, and uamped by the ruling
powers, We're there-a goodly delegation. Maryland
too sent forth her sons-a band Of the disciples Of
Washington glowing with the pure spirit of 10
Pennsylvania was well represented--and her dele
gates gave the most encouraging views Of the political
condition of this noble State which has suffered so
much from the suicidal policy Of this Administration
ITgtnid chlvairous, high-minded Virginia was also
there Virginia, the birth place of PArRIck HENRY,
WASHINGTON MADISON, JEFFERSON, HARRisoE, and
TYLER delegation from North Carolina was pre-
sent on this occasion North CaraIina which, like
hon, has reused herself from her slumbers-and has
gwen glorious earnest ofwhat may be expected from
her IN November numerous delegation was also
there from Georgia-and delegations from Alabama,
State which promises well from Louisiana Wing To
the back-bone-from Illinois, from Michigan, and
from Ohio the giant of the West--from Mississippi
and from noble, "true-blue" Kentucky
There was also the delegation from Maine a State
where the tight spirit is rapidly extending and which,
IN November next if not before, will claim to be adj
mitted among the Wing States and its claim will he
allowed In consequence of the election which is to
take place on Monday next, the Wings have work al
home, otherwise the delegation, although now large
would have been more numerous here was Nelr
Hampshire represented, the Granite State; a State
which still wears the livery of the oppressor But the
delegation, which was quite numerous looked as if
they were resolved to deserve success and we heard
one OF them remark, with an air Of confidence that
ihisHt pe result oil election IN NONtm
Der, the whole Wing ticket for members of Congress
would be elected in March next The ball is still
rolling. There was a numerous delegation Of hardy
Green Mountain Boys, representing Vermont;
Stale always faithful which has ever been remark
able for the patriotism integrity, and intelligence of
her sons, and which has always been firmly and i'm
moyably arrayed against the men and measures which
have scattered ruin over the land There the
delegation from little Rhode Island State of narrow
dimensions, but which has nurtured and numbered
among her sons, some Of the mob men that have
reflected honor this republic State which is fixed
for HARRISON, with the frmness of adamantine
rock There was Connecticut, fully and worthiy rep
resented State the land Of the blue lars but
now distinguished for the true blue liberal and en-
hghtened sentiments which prevail among her sons
Then Old Massachusetts, followed pouring out her
sons by thousands Massachusetts, on whose soil the
oppressed pilgrims first landed and found home
Massachusetts, whose sons, in oden time, nobly and
yaenty resisted the encroachments Of arbitrary pow
er Massachusetts, on whose soil enacted the
earlist and most stirring the drama Of the
Revolution Massachusetts who will never give in
her adherence to an administration frau hit with evil
to the general interests Of the whole country.
A correspondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser writes as follows:
What glorious gathering of the People
Five miles of Wings, with banners, moving in
triumpha procession, eight abreast under the charge
OF fifteen hundred horsemen and thousand or two of
marshals and assistant marshals, through two lines
thronging all the sidewalks and roofs and thorough
fares on the right hand and the left, nearly the
whole dlstance-and all this (though multitudes
of different political aith) all without uproar dis
turbance, or outrage With thousands and tens of
thousands of healthy looking and beautiful women
and happy children, crowding all the doors and win
dows, the workshops and the dwelling houses, the
temples and palaces of this large city, with kind and
cheerful faces-au in their holiday attire and all
cheering way, mile after mile, with saluta-
tons and greetings, and the waving Of miniature BAN
ners and scarfs, and handkerchief and shawls-and
whatever else happened to lie in their way
| Just think of it Five miles of full-grown men
the strength and substanceyea, the thinking princi-
pie Of the iand-fowing onward like great river,
hour after hour through the crowded thoroughfares
of magnificent city, with heads up and eyes flash
ing towards the place where their fathers began their
work of revolution, sxty-iv years ago accompanied
by the continual roar of congregated muudes, loud
or by far and steadier than the earthquake voice of
victory, of which spoke yesterday and encompass
ing on their way with, wall of human hearts, as
with wall of fire, every consecrated place in her
strange, eventful history from the spot where the
first batch of Treasury notes burned to ashes
under the name of stamped paper-up to the
ground where the red battle stamped her foot and
nations felt the shock in 76-and Of course includ
ing the Old South, the old Province House, Faneu
Hall, and goodly portion Of the Boston Teapot
and all this, too, without single accident, nay with
out single outbreak Of popular violence of popu
lar triumph unworthy of ourselves of brethren
wiz poioiS " u ullieIeN politicdI systeIH
Our excellent friend, the Editor of the Com
mercial, was on the ground, and gives highly
animated and graphic account of the scene.
How do wish that every citizen of the United
States could have been spectator from the court of
the ate-house, the baustrade of Abbott Law
rences mansion of the gathering of the people upon
the Common From every direction the columns
pouring IN at every gate under their gay banners and
to the exhilaratng sounds of music from a hundred
hands IA their
in the procession BY ten o'clock the gathering of
these divisions was immense, to say nothing of the
ten thousands Of spectators who not formed in
columns. Aud then what array of beauty at the
doors and windows and upon the ,nazzas of the noble
dwellings fronting the Mall, and surrounding the
Common
The appearance ofthe different squadrons of horse
men was spirited and fine. The horses had all been
assorted by coors the white being brought together,
and their marshas mounted upon dark colored steeds
while the marshals of the dark squadrons were mount
ed upon white The effect was very fine.
1t was few minutes past one clock before the head
of the procession reached the consccratcd ground and
full hour elapsed before the whole of this magnificent
procession up. Indeed, it did all come upon
the ground, for it could not. At two o'clock Mr.
Webster took the chair amid the loud acclamations of
greater assembage of men than any of us had ever
gazed upon. His address on the occasion short
and impressvethe hallowed cause which had brought
the mighty throng together and the consecraed spot
on which ne stood gave solemniiy to his manner, and
inspiration to his thoughts He spoke of the declare
ton, (Which will be found in another column) and,
concluding, he introduced Mr.. Winthrop Speaker
of the House of Representatives. who read it, 1t
then adopted by the unanimous shout of aye which
almost shook the hill TO its base and wonder for
the shout was the united voice of SEVENTY-FIVEI
THOUSAND freemen. And il sounded like what
Byron calls The earthquake voice Of victory
After the adoption of the declaration, Mr. Webster
rose, and successfully introduced to the muudinous
assembly number of the distinguished guests present
the OCCASION each Of whom delivered brief and
pertinent speech in response to the cheers with which
they received The first Of them Governor |
Pennington of New Jersey, the second, Governor