Litchfield enquirer., 1842-10-20
From the Ohio Stute Journal, Oct. i.

FOCOiSM TOITERING IO ITS DOWN FALL ls4O ECLIPSED- UNSURPASSED ENIHUSIASM AND ENERGY OF THE PEOPLE!u
 In attempting some faint description of the scenes at Dayton, on Thursday, we can only speak of what fell under our immediate ob- servation. The rest must be left to others, and to the official Historians of the day and the occasion.
 We reached Dayton at day break on the morning of the 29th. The roads beyond l Springfield were filled with wagons, hasten jug to the grand Whig rende zvous. As we rode through the streets, we noticed watch fires and tents on the commons, whilst even at dawn the side walks were thronged with moving crowds. The evening before tickets ] had been issued from the office of the com- mittee of arrangements for the accommoda- 1 tion Ot many thousands who had been pour ing into the city day in advance. At sum- rise, on Thursday, national salute awoke the echoes among the surrounding hills and woodlands. From that time forward, all was animation, joy, wonder and enthusiasm. As the sun mounted to higher place in the sky, seemingly to get better view of what was going on below, the delegations began to arrive from rne neighboring counties. On they came by thousands and tens of thou Sands-hundreds of vehicles, crowded with hardy freernen, the RGObLe," as the State Printer scornfulIy denominates them-he- ralded by enlivening strains of music, and bearing splendid banners, of every concei- vable device, with quaint and significant in- scriptionS ;-On they rolled in multitudes, wheeled carriages, immense cars containing l scores of men, horsemen, footmen, as the earth trembled under their tread, and the air resounded with their joyous shouts and acclamations. "I'hat same old COOn" hang ing to the branches of tree borne on wheels, was a conspicuous accompaniment with many of the delegations. CLAY, COR. WIN, and DAVIS, blazoned thousand banners.
 Mir. CLAY, attended by numerous body of his friends from Kentucky-among them Messrs. Crittenden, Andrews, Beattie, Breck, Combs, C. Clay, Southgate, Flurney, &c., passed the night six miles distant from Day. ton. At 9 o'clock, it was designed to form the Convention into q procession to go out to meet and escort him into town. When the head of the procession reached Centreville, Qhe place where our Kentucky friends awaited it,) the rear was still in Dayton, and in consequence of the constant arrivals by every road from the country, there was no perceptible diminution of the multitudes left behind. On Mr. Clay's arrival, scene en- sued that beggars all description. The streets were iammed with immense masses the windows of dwellings,, stores and shops beamed with smiling faces, and the roofs of the buildings were blackened with swarms who, is were hardly an exaggeraton to say, were unable to find room to stand on the ground. For an hour after MT. C's arrival, the rush to catch a glimpse of his features was so great that the processions were brought to a stand, and it was found impossi- ble to move.
 Among the different processions were many stirring. interesting and laughable spectacles. We noticed nearly all sorts of handicraft-a spinning jenny from wollen factory-a platform, upon which the whole process of converting flax from the raw ma terial into thread, was represented-a car penter's and joiner's shop-a curriers' shop with hands dressing leather-shoemakers busily plying the hammer and awl-farmers threshng grain with Aails-painters grind ing their materials, and mixing them with oil, sc. &c. There was another design, which had thrilling and touching effect An immense car had been prepared in which rode choir of tiny musicians, consisting of some ninety girls, and twenty or thirty boys ot the ages of eight to ten years, wearing ex- act uniforms, and bearing small banners.- They sung several songs one of them wei. come to MT. Clay, and when they raised their silver chorus, the hearts of all within the sound throbbed with sensations of delight and sympathy.
 At about II o'clock, the crowds in the streets began to take their way to the place selected for the public speaking. This was Tn grove. on the summit of hill, a mile and halt distant, from the centre of the ci- ty.. The ground was admirably adapted for such purpose, being natural amphithea- tre, and containing an extent of some ten or twelve acres. The middle part of this ground was packed with human forms, which from the stand in the centre looked like pave- ment of human faces. A cordon of c,lrria- ges surrounded the immense assemblage, and these again were covered with people stand ing on the seats and clinging to every projec lion that afforded foothold, anxious to catch sight of the great PATRIOT and STATESMAN upon whom clusters the hopes of nation of treemen. The atmosphere was favorable for speaking, and MT. Clay was himself in good voice and spirits, and delivered himself with that distinciness of enunciation which has always distinguished him as an orator, but thousands upon the outside of the circle, turned away with keen regrets, at being un- able 10 get within hearing and even within distinct view of his person. Those, howe- yer. who had anticipated the press, and took their places there hours before the appoint ed time for him to speak. were well rewarded for all their pains and trouble. He occupied near an hour and half as we stated yester- day, in his remarks, during which he was frequently interrupted by the applauses of the auditory and when he closed, the accla- nations of the multitude, reiterated and pro- longed. went up, in the expressive language of scripture "like the sound of many wa ters!'
 The rain did not materially interfere with