The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-09-09

HNow,n said Gov c. .swhat is tive SECOND
declaration 1t is in direct opposition. It de-
stroys credit; it sewers the rich from the poor;
it produces two currencies,-one for the people,
and another and better one for the office-Eoll-
ers; it is calculated, as their great champion,
Buchanan, himself admits, to bring down the
price OF labor. 1t is IN fact declaration, that
all men are not equal; and no one can fcr
moment be surprised, that the most despotie
governments OF Europe had adopted it."
Gov. c. then stated he was ns party man; he
did not come as a Wing, he was for his country;
he now considered the Wings to be right, and
he Joined them to assist in bringing about
change, and if the Wings, when they got in
power, should go wrong, he would be among the
first to oppose them.
Gov. C. then spoke of AIr. Poinsett's Army
Bill, recommending the embodying OF two hun
bred thousand men. He quoted Mr. Ven Buren's
Mcrsage, in which he says, 81 cannot too high
recommend this measure" He then adverted
the fact that Me. Van Buren, was to tread IN
the foot steps of Andrew Jackson; he ridiculed
the idea.
Gov. c. here paid tribute to his old friend
He said that he had been soldier under Gen
jackson, and had followed him faithfully through
more than ore campaign; and had it not beenfor
the SELFISH and sinister couAcils, the malign inAu-
ence Of Martin Van Buren,, and suchmea,as he
the jackson administration would have rssplted
differently, and more, auspiciously for the great
interests of the country. He loved. him: be ven.
Grated him; for he believed him fGen. Jaskson,1
to be true patriot. He hkened his old chief
to meteor, which Sights up the whole horizon
Martin Van Buren, ta the glow worm, creeping.
among the grass. NE follow in the isttsteps
OF Andrew jackson! said Gov. c. he spurned
the idea Gen. Jackson, (said Gov. c. : like
the eagle; ne scared to the top of the pillar Of
fame; Martin Van Buren,, the Shiny snake.
winding and twisting around the pillar, till he
gained the top; but yet he is still serpent.
Gov c. then gave a smile to show hcsy Mar
tim Van Buren followed in ths footsteps of his
illustrious predecessor Gov. G. said when Old
Virginia, the mother of Washington, J4fEsrson,
aye, of Tip and Tyler, heard Ct this recommend
alton of Standing Army, she went to the
White House, and knocked at the door; she
asked the incumbent what he meant by- it. Like
Macbeth, he started back and aaid,. ssDoi't
shake your CORY locks at me9 81 didn't 10 it -
no, it was Poinsett @did it." He asked if Gen.
jackson would have acted thus' No. had he
recommended measure and all virginia, or even
if the devil himself with his horns and tail too
had called upon him (Genl. Jaclson,) he would
have said "Isbelieved the ,0casure right, anGbv
the eternal recommended it. He ridiculed the
idea that Mr.. Van Buren, could tread in the foot
steps of Andrew Jacksoa.
He spoke the Maine Boundary question. and
said that it might yet produce difficulties; it
might yet lead to war, and he, for one, was in
favor ofhghtms ii necessary for our rights ave for
the whole even lift were barren rock, without
soil sufficient to bury the dead; he for one would
rather that his bones should be bleachcd in the
sun, than give up one jot Of cur Just rights
He then spoke of Florida, Ito use his own words
unhappy Florida, and portrayed in most feel
ing manner the distressed situation in which sh,
is placed. He charged the administration with II
he showed their remissness the bleod of our citi.
zens is upon them, he called upol the citizens
of Baltimore to show their adherence Of the
measures of the administration at the ballot
bcxe, and he then retired amid repeated cheer
ings
MIR. Lyons of Virginia, followed Gov. Call
and in few brief but animated remarks. gavo
most gratifying accounts inrcgard to the streuo,l
Of parties in the Old Dominion, and assured th
. friends OF the cause within the sound IF h;
voice, that Virginia was not only safe for H,,
rison and Tyler, but that the Peoples ticket fo
Presidential Electors would carry bya maiorit
f at least two thousand greater than the arrreoa,
E Wing majority of the April election, in that a,
lent Commonwealth.
: Hon. Mr.. SHEPPARD, of North Carolin,
closed the pubic speaking of the evening. n
It said, as the hour was growing late, he voul
C not dctein the meeting.
It The vast assemblage before him, was itself
/ glorious omen, and sign of the times Ard
a would close, by assuring the thousands wi
: heard him, that 'North Carolina was good f
o TEN THOUSAND majority for Harrison and T
ler!" The glad tidings thus emphatically pl
y claimed, was responded to in round of pla,
3 dts equally emphatic by the assemblage. 1
+ business being thus concluded, the meeting the
), adjourned, and the citizens returned to their r
t spective homes.
!, The great concourse Of persons prevented ,
$ from getting an eligible situation to hear Il
e speakers, and in giving rapid sketch like Il
G above, it is impossible to do justice to them II
is great elevation of the stand, prevented us fro
m hearing many Of their strongest and best point
The Louisville Advertiser gives list of t
- counties in Kenucky, showing the distrib
tion OF the discounts Of the several banks of IN
State; and upon comparison Of the votes Civ
it at the last election, argued, that because t
counties in which the banks are located ha