Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1842-10-21
WING MEETING IN PHILADEL
PHIA.

"A Wing meeting was held in Phila
delphia on the night Of "Wednesday las
which is represented as one Of the lara
est and most enthusiastic ever held i
that city. 1t vas held 10 front OF IN
Slate House and John Sergeant presid
ed. The Inquirer says that The seen
from the Stage was truly imposing
sold and young-rich and pOor-mer
chant and Observation-Disclosures and man
misunderstood there shoulder Il
shoulder, all animated by the same sprr
1t, all eager 10 mingle their voices il
approval Of any response 10 Wing sen
siiments."
We copy from the Inquirer the fol-
lowing account Of the proceedings:
The Hon, John Sergeant opened the
meeting in a few brief and eloquentre-
marks. Every one present, he said
knew the object. 1t was preparatory 10
an important political struggle, He al.
luded TO The feeling that had been man.
ifested thus far in the campaign and It
reminded him Of the feeling that had
prevailed in lS40;,hat its manifestations
were again heard like the sound Of that
great popular voice; that the object only
was changed-the name Of Hen.
yy Clay having been substituted for that
oil another. But, inasmuch as the feel
ing was the same throughout the coun-
try, the result would, in all probability
be the same. The remarks of Mr.. Ser.
geant were excellent throughout, He
concluded by introducing 10 the notice
eo( the meeting
The Hon. John NJ. Clayton, VINO
came forward, and was received with
three times three, and prolonged accIa'
nations. When the cheers Of this hear.
ry welcome had subsidized, Mr.. Clayton
delivered an able and powerful address,
which vas listened TO with rapt etlen-
ton by the assembled thousands, save
that ever and amor some patriotic sent
ment or well expressed argument elici.
ted applause. After the honorable gen
tleman had alluded in very appropriate
terms to the city Of Philadelphia, Inde-
perdence Hall, the birthplace Of liberty,
he referred 10 the speech Of the Hon.
Daniel Webster, at Faneuil Hail, Bos-
ton. He, Mr.. G ,appeared at the meet
ing he was addressing as a witness and
not asa popular doclalmer- he came 10
state circumstances in relation 10 the
the honorable Secretary Of State, the
citizen whom the Wings had delighted
10 honor. lie (the speakerl held no Of.
flee, nor wished TO hold none;and there
fore he was the more impartial in re
viewing tho honorable Secretary's
speech. That speech referred TO ev.
ren,s Interference TO the compromise act,
proposed by Henry Clay, and passed
March, Sd 1893. Mr.. Webster not on.
tly attacked that acl, but impeached the
men who voted Gorit. Mr.. Clayton re-
'ierred very pointsdIyt 10 the time when
Mr., Webster'S FaHouII Hall speech was
shade and he was SIRE that the meeting
would see at once that 1t was made on
'lhe eve Of the elections in New Jersey,
Pennsy %lvania, and o;her States; it was
made, too, SO lar as regards influence on
elections. at time when ii was Impos
ibIe for Mr.. Clay to reply to it. He
(Mr. Clayton) could not contend against
such gigantic intellect as that Of the
honorable Secretary, bat even he, hum.
bic as he was, would stand up and tell
the truth for bis fellow citizen g. friend.
Mr.. Clayton was 10 The National Coun-
ellis at the time Of the passage Of the
compromise act; he knew The mOlivesof
Henry Clay at the time that act was
passed, aud could not suffer any man to
impeach lhem-to impeGch "a man who
stood at east a head and shOuldershigh-
or than any other man in t%herounlry.
,Mr g. said he voted for;the 'compro-
mise act, and that vote was ono Of the
sproudest Gets of his life. He was a
member oi the"commiltee to which that
ract was rcierr5d. lNe would refer for
n few moments to the circumstances
Mr. WerpIanGk, chairman Of tho Ways
and Means,0oi course with the sanction
OF President Jackson, whose bill it might
indeed have been called, offered tariff
bill which was to raise Sl2 600 1000, and
lay dulios on imports not lower than 10
per cont nor higher than twenty per
cent 49, being an average of 10 per cent.
The committee Of Ways and Means re
ported that bill, and it was thought by
many that it would become the law OF
the land. Had it done 30 every factory
would have stopped, Henry Clay, the
champion of the American system. step
ped forward 10 save tho mechanic and
manuIaclurer-to save the country
from the consequences of nullr6callOn.
And what was the RESULT Why, the
nuIIidoGs would rather accept aud did
accept a 20 per cent. tariff from Mr..
Clay, with nine years and half TO run
than r ,,,r ,nNt tar,T T.,., I,nn.nI