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a Great Mhsg Msehhe was hid a he Na
llcsai Hallinihe DIV of Srn Yssk 8 III s.lnes
dfyeTening lAsl. 1kich nbmlnsted ar. cIsra
iheif candidsie fsr he ners Pfesiaeaev. Ws
can Al presen. gixe cnsy he fSllo4i1e hrief ds
scriptser q the neeiint. - tonsained d Ihe cot
rrsFontenee q ~ philhdeiphia. Cszeifs, undei
Gale q he 25i Instant
"The Presidential campaign or 49,
may nov be considefed1ss fairly opened
5y the wings 81 New York. and HEkRI
CLAY IS their csadidsfe. The meeting
last night was one Of he largest and mos
enth1siasiic ever held 10 his city 90 sny
loccasion, filling the vastroan Of The Ma.
tIopal Halltoseeh % excess thst another
meeting was organized 10 frOnt Of the
bpilding. % large that the sfreetfcr . lOng
distance each side d Ibe Hall wss com.
Ipleiely flied with he mass Of human be.
lipgs. e
The meeting was organized BY nomi-
mailing Stephen Whiiney. Esq, as Ptesi.
dent. large number oi Vice Presidents.
composed o. the most talented and able
men Of our city. Letters ffhm Distinguish
ed friends OF the Clay eanss in ill psril
or The couniTy were read iall written 10 I
spirit OF hope and enthusiasm not equalled
By ihe spirit shoEnlin IT'D Harrison cam
psign. Among them we're letters from
Hon. N, 2. TalImadge. = NJ. Berien,
AR. Stsnly. Mr. Bolts. Gpr. Pennington,
Hen. Luther Bradish. II
AFTER this. the address Of The commit.
tee. was read. The Split manifested
Throughout The reading is impossible IL
describe. Old men JUST al the verge Of
liEe. and extreme youth, wIsre alike aroused
by IFS spirited appeal. and the whole mas.
sl each mention Of the Iillastricus state.
man name, rent the slr with shouts 81
10y never before rendered to man. Haii
and handkerchisfs were waved with eneT-
" bordering % desperation.
,The meeting va then addressed By o
large number Of Dir. CLAY,s warmesi
friends, who kept Up the interest Of the
meeting until near midnight
Mr.. CLAY. - The New York American, which,
until The nolniastloa Eof Gen. HARRlA OK, took
strong gtound for Gen Sr6TT, is now out FOR
MIR. CLAr, and closes an article upon the sub
jecl thus: h.
81 Is natural, therefore tits honora-
bic. and il il JUST, that. ID resoEsingto re-
new the fight, as well against open sd.
versaries, as more dangerous, because de-.
ceitlallriends.-ihey should place ID their
front, and acknowledge as their leader,
the man when circumstances have made
50, Independently of ar pariizanHconiri.
yances, and whb il, a. al will acknoWl-
edge, eminenily qualified 70 lead.
To battle for principles without a maa
in,whon they are pefsonifed and popp.
flarized. is an a5slraetioD which We have
been suffering underslong enough.
Let Us go for the principles AND he
nan, and we shall Eotfail.
We 60, therefore heartily for The nomi,
nation of HENRY CLAY tt
RHODE IsLANDI-A slip from The New
YorklTri5une contains the following Important
7gews: .
Important from Rhode Island --fnielli-
gence received this morning friday
from Providence. cohfrns The fears ex.
pressed yestsfday 81 rene wed disturbance
and outrage ID Rhode Island. From the
eneigetic and decided proceedings Of the
lawful authorities. il is evident that the
adherents Of Dorr are preparing for new
actsof agitation and violence. We learn
that on Thursday Eoy. KING left PFovi-
denfe in the NJ massachusetts, at o clock
for Newport. He ordered all ihsrMililia
Of the Stats 70 proceed 10 Providence
The steamer Providence had been, char
tered. and. would lake The troops from
Newport. BFistol, Warren and other towns
on the RiveF--so that 5000 men. were ex.
Pected 10 Be nnderarns u Providence to.
day.
They will march without delay 10 Che.
pschet, sixteen miles distant, the head |
quarters Of DorrA and bis adhetents. II |
was generally Believed that Providence
would be placed unde. martial law to.
night. These. facts we. learn from OIL
sers Of the steamboat Massachusetts,. We
link ilnoi unlikely that The principal OBJ |
eel Of the rebeIlious partiEaas Of Dorr 10
hese demonstrations is 10 create a fresh
excitement which shall prevent The Legis.
ature from passing any acts favorable 10
be extension Of The figbt-of Suffrage
IS that would at once; Illustrate all their
chemes OF lawless violence. We trust
hat these considerations wiIlnotbe allew-
'dto INFLUENCE the members Of the Gene-
Al Assembly-but thai the steps already
AIKEN towards calling Convention Of the
'eople 10 revise the Constitution will at
nee be carried into full effect. This
curse alone viii save the State from con-
nued anarchy and disorder.
Aleuer 10 The editors or The Boston Mail, da-
q Providence, Fnday morning, O'clock, a.
says n
The general impression Is that Gov.
'orr is On bis march from Chepachet 10 |
Fopnsotket with bis New York invincif-
es-the raw head and bloody bones
ZEN Of the Five Points where be will
J Joined BY a mas Of Suffrage men who
lve been fof some days organized.
II is generally believed that they will
arch directly 10 Providence, under The
elusive hope heldout 10 them that they
in Be received with open arms, and that
ely will receive such an accession OIL
rength As nothing can withstand.
But they will meet very different re-
plion here. By far the greater portion
The sutfrags men Of this city. (of whom z
myself am 6ne) are opposed 10 this in Z
sion. and to these extreme measures Il Il
dare reaey 10 assist ID fepellipg them. d
thinktRo or three days, 1t farthest, 3
4 decide the fate Of the enisrprize mi
ach Coy. Dorr is now engaged. Mean. y y
y. business Il nearly suspended. and Il