The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-08-20
Tor the last twelve years has pressed upon
1t with weight like that of death.

WIN weight IKE that OF death.
The battle is over. Kentucky and In
diana, and Louisiana, and every other
state that has recently cast her vote. are
erect! The minions of the despot are
appalled,! The popular thunder has para
lyzed the traitors in power! Their doom
is sealed! Our country is free ~
We feel ourselves incompetent 10 de.
scribe fully the proceedings Of Wednesday
evening. A vast concourse of our cit-
zens, accompanied by band of music
started at seven in the evening, for Port
land to meet the New Albany delegation.
In about an hour, the Indianians and Ken
tucklans, to the number of three thousand,
assembled around the Great Ball at the
Log Cabin. There the procession was
met by five thousand citizens of Louisville
whose shouts Of welcome attesttd the
glorious feeling which burned in every
bosom. Kentucky and Indians met on
common ground-the sacred ground on
which stands the temple of freedom-an
swore allegiance to those principles which
can alone sustain the institutions of our
country. The brilliant illumination at
Horns rendered every banner, motto and
transparency perfectly and beautifully
visible.
A few moments after the arrival of the
procession from Portland, large canoe,
filled with lighted combustibles, was
drawn through the assemblage, which
opened and formed line for its progress.
The fires that blazed from it, were typical
of the bright Wing flame now scathiug
and consuming to ashes the affairs of cor
ruption erected by office holders, office
seekers, public plunderers, tramplers on
the constitution, and Van Buren, forgers!
The Great Ball was soon in motion!
How can we describe its progress? How
can we give our readers even faint idea
of scene more sublime than any ever
witnessed in Kentucky before Eight
thousand persons followed the rolling orb.
Eight thousand sent up, at every step,
their shouts of victory to the skies. Eight
thousand with banners waving, mottos
displayed, and bands playing patriotic
marches, passed through all the principal
streets of the city. The ladies-God bless
them-as if determined never to be the
wives or mothers of slaves, gave tokens of
appreciation from the windows to the pas
sing thousands, and even number of the
late Van Burenites, unable to resist the
impulses Of enthusiasm, shouted with all
their might.
The vast procession visited the resi-
dence of Mr. Bullock, member elect to the
Legislature, and called him forth by three
tremendous cheers. Mr. B. promptly
appeared on the balcony, and, in the most
felicitous and eloquent language, returned
his thanks for the distinguished compli-
ment. The multitude then repaired to
the residence of Mr. Rudd, where they
again sent forth their stormy cheers, and
received appropriate response. At abou,
10 o'clock they returned to freedoms
rallying-spot, the log cabin, where they
were addressed by Messrs. Bullock, Bar
nett, Of New Albany, and Thomasson. all
of whose speeches sparkled and corrus-
Gated and flashed with the glorious fire
that the occasion was so well calculated
to kindle.
The mighty throng dispersed at II
O'Clock. Their duty was fulfilled. The
des,ructives were conquered. Neither
abolition falsehoods, central committee
forgeries, Advertiser blutalities. Locofoco
threats, nor the power of bribery, had
affected the true hearts of Jefferson, Louis
vile, New Albany, and the surrounding
country. The banner of Tippecanoe
lloated like a thunderstorm on the breeze.