Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-05-23
THE NATIONAL CONYEN-

Dl TWO lNdtIOIidi Sou'Sht'''''S' - ~ Q |
refcsence to the approaching election
of esident and Vice President OF
The Union.
The whig gathering was something
entirely out OF the common order; IL
purporled to be a meeting OF dele
gates representing the Young Men ol
the several States who are averse toj
the policy and reelection OF Mr. Van
Buren, to respond to the nominations
Of Harrison and Tyler, made a, Har-
risburg in December last. But NO
especial lastidiousness was INDUCED
either with respect 10 the age or the
credentials Of the delegates; and the
assembage exceeded in numbers and
cc'at any political body ever convened
in this country, xcepl that II may
have been rivaled by the Ohio Harri-
son Convention at Columbus last Fe-
bruary.
Every State was there represent
ed Massachusetts by over one thou
sand delegates Pennsylvania by
nearly three thousand Ma yland by
like number; other States less ful-
ly but the entire assemblage is vari-
ously estimated at from ten to thirty
ty thousand persons, aside from spec
tators. The nearest approximation
we can make to the number is as fol-
lows: After the public houses were
full, the whig citizens oi Baltimore
threw open their houses, and a Com
mitlee of Reception was in attend
ance TO direct delegates from dis.
iance to places where they would be
hos itablv welcomed during their
stay. By this Committee, eleven thou.
sand delegates were so .quartered on
themselves and friends, from Satur-
day to Monday inclusive. This num-
ber would not include those who
found lodgings at hotels, or who come
from the adjacent districts of Mary
land, to say nothing Of Baltimore IL
self. Again: when the Convention
formed in procession on Monday, and
marched Though Ballimore-street TO
Canton, eight abreast, aud as close as
was convenient. the vast column ex.
tended about three mills. 1t was an
unprecedented gathering s.fe
The numerous S a and County
banners. log cabins. &c, &c we will
not dila,e upon. Pennsylvania, Mary
land. Massachusetts, and the other
States most largely represented were
fich in them. One log cabin with
its appuiienances. had come ON wheels
from Fayetle Go. Pennsylvania
There was a Bali of ponderous size
revolving on its course. which pur.
ported to come from The Allegheny
Mountains. But the most touching
banner in the procession was that of
Tennessee. borne by small band of
her sons-a white flag shrouded in
Grape. in remembrance OF her distin-
guished Senator, Hugh L.. White
A mute but heartfelt tribute was paid
to his memory when, at the mention
of his name by the representative Of
Tennessee on the rostrUm, the vast
auditory uncovered, and thus ntently
listened 10 a thrilling eulogium on his
unbending integrity and unassuming
worth.
The Convention organized after a
march of 5 miles, on the background
at Canton, east of Baltimore. and
Committee Of one Delegate from each
State previously appointed reported
the names of President, twenty
ven Vice Presidents, and as many Sc
creiaries, .(Not only were all the
States represented. with the District
of Columbia, but we understood thar
b".h Flnridas were present by their
JOHN V. L.sMcMAmoN, of
was the President; |. N.
REYNOLDS of New York Vice Presi-
dent, and ALEX. KELSEY of Roches.
er, Secretary, from this Stale.-
Speeches, mainly confined to brief
md animating statements Of the state
md prospects Of the wig cause. were
made by the President and delegate
rom each of sixteen States; Gat
carcely half The assembIage could
lear any one speaker, and from ano.
her stand. Messrs Clay, Webster,
Southland. Preston, Sergeant of Pa,
nd Graves of Ky, were successivclyI
to the Convention, ard adj.
r.esssed it with energy and spirit
he speech, Of Mr.. Preston was re-
1arked by hundreds as one Of the
lost finished and effective passages of
opular oratory they had ever heard. !
The Convention adjourned between l
and 4 o'clock, and met again in
londment Square at 8, p. M. where /,
ne speaking was continued through
lat evening and the following day. c
he Convention filed the Square, and a
ne orator spoke from the steps Of !
cverdy Johnson's house at the G
'uih-west corner, while another held a
nth from those of the Court House o
the north west. Messrs. CLAW. Il
'ebster. Preston, J. N. Reynolds :
ID Others were again called ont-thel
10 first both in the evening and fol.
wing day; while among The new +
eakers were Messrs Profit of i,1 81