New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-10-29
Coo, Meeting i'm the si4.a pi.sries.

HAMILTON FISH, Esq the Wing candi-
a,,. Gar CONGRESS-. The Hail was crowded to
susoea,ion a, very esrIy hour; The German Clay
Clubs nopred in five or six hundred strong, and
great numbers went away, unable TO obtain access.
The following officers were chosen
SHEPHERD KNAPP, President.
Wee Presidents.
WILLIAM S. S1ecuM, Isaac ApRiANcE'
Henry f. DAVIES. EDWARD D. WEST
JACOB AcKER.
Secretaries.
W. w. DiBBLE. ADDISON DouGHERTY,
ISAAC DAYTON.
The following Report was then presented by
f. KErcHuM, Esq, and unanimously accepted by
reclamation
Fr,,ow ClrrzuSs-Your delegates sent into Convention
FIR ,be purpos, OF nominating candidate for Congress 10
I've supported by the Wing party at the ensuing election IN
this District have performed the work you gave us to no.
and we now submit your approval the result OF our de-
libera,ionS-
In doing this will first declare the principles by when
we were governed from the and then will present
tn Won the candidate by whose election we hope they VIII
be maintained
Ii has been the unanimous sentiment OF THIS Convention
that the protection OF HOME INDUSTRY vital point IN
in time OF Will refuse 10 assist bis country, or VINO IN
that emergency will afford supplies TO the enemy, is rsi-
tor But only in time OF war that one nauon seeks
Tor advantage the expense ct another This Just aS
,nuch its object in time OF peace only the means OF attain
ing exchanged from armies and navleS, e diplomacy
and legislation Nor that influence by legislation limited
10 the action OF II is not lett 10 De
re discovery that nation may sometimes OBTAIN very
solid advantages aaoter by inusng toto spirit al
snmily with its good Such thing is possible II has
been seen In past ages and undoubtedly been et in
our own and eught be lis the same thing whst'
discovered 10 the lying spirit that directed the ae pro-
phe 10 the ruin of Ahab or In the soft and winning ap-
breaches of Philip 10 tie Athenian people or in the subtle
and pervadng influence of Napoleon 10 the affairs OF Spain
ar IN the suicidal policy boldly advocated IN this coun-
try OF throwing open best Interests IN the INDUSTRY o.
OUR PEOPLE, the depredailons OF foreign communities
who uusparingly commit them upon Us without desns 10
Offer an equivalent
-, il he remember ed thar the disposition Of the Nations
is 10 peace great mind among has lately taught TINS
truth with power always felt by the People when en-
poyed jus! cause-a mind that has not ceased 10 Ce
great though be not so we'll e1ered as long "as'
TO explain and defend the Wing principles that diglhed
and adorned We rejoice in the adoption OF treaty thal
secures the rights couRy and ayer the waste o.
war Shall bindy yield in another way all tiat 'he
grasping spirit of foreign government coulu oesire
will be chiefly by the ARTS OF PEACE that advantage WIN
now sought by nation another Shall weweahy
can annu their influence! We think We think ii ne
cessary to guard the people here AGAINST FOREIGN AG.
cRE>soN and the industry OF the country is he true
source Of wealth and prosperity, and therefore likely TO
he the object of attack from abroad we make 1t INST
principle 10 defend and establish IT,
Then the CURRENCY OF the country must be made SOUND
and OF uniform the snews by which The strength
and skill of industry cxered and made productive and
profitable. We must longer be willingly In sumber
while possessing energies that a:uakened will destroy
the obstacles prosperity and preserve unmpaired the
sources of those energies HOW threatened with rum
And that the industry and the currency OF the country
may be supported and established and guided steadily on
ward and the time that signal act OF justice may
be done by the General Government To the States OF tins
iJnon we insist upon the distribution OF the proceeds OF
the Public Landsand This without any other qualification
than 10 assert that the necessity which induced tue
original grant by the States 10 wit the necessity OF the
Public Defence should suspend the distribution OF those
proceeds while the emergency might exist and until US
cost should be paid
After announcing these principles it follows Of course
that in looking for leader who shall be the embodiment Of
them, aud well worthy and able I" fantan e'n ~ 'pe
head s ;s Dalion and give them force and effect the eye
In.sirc~ciy, While the heart warns with Hfecnoat 70
HENRY CLAY, OF KENTUCKY
The man whom your Delegates have selected to repre-
sen, the People this District in Congress, and as mem
Der of body sustain such principles and preferences
is Fl ,LroN Fish of tie Serenteenh Yard. We know his
sentiment, and we know his worth; and we recommend
him 10 you as deserving oil your favor and entitled to
success The of Revolutionary Soldier born within
the territory Of this District, descended from The honest
Dutch ancestry whose are linked win the earliest
history of this Island he plain Republican, capable OF
sympathy with the People well known TO you for the ex
clepcs OF his moral character and not unknown Tor the
abily with which from the time when he first became
,ied 70 vote he has advocated before the People In their
primary assemblies the principles that now bind together
the great Wing Party. To The YOUNG MEN OF this District
it will s>ary say anything either to obtain for
him their regard to al The approaching election
their ardent exertioEs in his support.
And now every Wing in this District is called out
the Election Day and brought the Poll, shall pre-.
va,l. Shall they be given! Our duty accomplished We
leave you to yours.
Mr.. KETcHyM then brought forward the follow.
ing resolutions which were likewise adopted with
enthusiastic cheers
Resolea That Is the duty the General Government
of This nlon TO exercise all the powers conferred upon Il
by Constitutions necessary TO the securynd prosperity
OF the People That none oil these powers are more essen
ta 10 The welfare OF the country Than that OF protecting Ito
industry by such laws experience has shown to be sau
tary during the existence OF which The nation was most
prosperous and the absence OF which It's prosperity has
departed That the principle OF protection necessary
in peace because the nation, not less disposed
in peace than obtain advantages tor themselves
al The expense of others That the application OF this is not
limited to one the provinces Of labor, several OF
them ONLY but bene6ciay affects them ALL throughout the
whole length and breidlb of the land that Mechanics,
manufacturers Merchants, and Agrcuuris,s, as we'll
Professional Merchantmen and saGrs-are alike interest
ed in adoption OF the protective principles because each
dependent The rest through all The branches OF pro-
duciion, modification, transfer and consumption.
Reolved That it the duty OF the Government tn take
the currency duty that needs to be performed
because the currency teranged and be sound
available for the of industry various employ
Reolved That the possession by this Government Of
permanent property OF support was never in
tended by lis founders and should be allowed by the
people That the ordinary support OF the Government
ought be drawn FROM duties on Imports and from no other
That the cesson the public lands The States