The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-09-03

| disposition 10 disturb the ceremony Placards wer
posted all over the city, announcing the great gran,
affair, and some wag OF printer circulated SOM
hundred handbills conveying the intelligence tina
President Tyler was to arrive at the Battery at fiv
o'clock, which drew many thousands there VIII,
would never have taken the trouble to walk dowr
otherwise. Pieces of artillery were stationed
on the outside of Castle Garden, which were
fired IN solemn minute gun style, and answered
from Jersey city and Hoboken.
The steamboat Fairfield having been chartered
tor that purpose, left the city ii o'clock in the
morning for Elizabehtown, where the member
OF Congress were in waiting, and at about five II
the evening she returned bringing the cargo all safe
with right sides up. On her bow was flag with
The words Henry Clay" midshps another with
" Representatives of the People," and at the quar-
ter third with Protection TO American labor y
She came TO at Pier No l East River. and afte,
considerable delay, and more ceremony, prepare.
tons were made to land.
An attempt was then made to get up cheer, but
proved failure, and sounded like an effort of a
man or party that had failed of strength The
grand, imposing and magnificent procession then
formed, four by four, and moved forward with all
the solemnlty OF an imposing funeral procession, ac
companled as 1t was with the roar of the minute
guns In the distance. As they proceeded up the
street towards Bowling Green, barouches were in
readiness to receive the following Senators and
Members OF Congress who were present.
SenatosIPhelps, of Vermont; Bates, Of Massa-
chusetts N. p. Talmadge, of New York Porter,
OF Michigan; Morehead, oil Kentucky.
stall, Of Massachusetts; Hudson. Of do; Burneld,
OF do; Cranston, OF X. l.; T: Smith, of Connecti-
cut: w W. Boardman, of do; NJ Fillmore. of
n III Blair, of do; Tomlinson, Of do; Foster, OF
Halstead, Of New Jersey; Randolph, Of do: Ma.
thlot, Of Ohio; Underwood, of Kentucky Nj.
Brown, OF Tennessee Carruihers, of do r. w.
Thompson, Of Indiana Stanley, Of N. CT and J.
B. King, OF Georgia, and M. ST. Clair Clarke, ex.
John Quincy, Adams was not present, and hun
dreds were on the Qi uire to get sight of CLAY who
they had been told was to be among The party. As
the members entered the barouches one OF Governor
Stewards notaries, who was placed astride $50
horse, of hat and endeavored to raise huzza. but
II was so faint, go lacking of all enthusiasm that an
odd fish alongside Of us cried out "why what's the
matter, who's suck q Another answered, "there's
nobody sick, but | understand that one of the mem
bers OF Congress died very suddenly on the way
here. and his body is on board OF the boat ~
The anxious inquirer sucked it all down and as
cribed the lack OF enthusiasm to that cause alone
The august and majestic body now moved for
ward again, headed off by some fifty or sixty horse
men, some OF whom reminded us OF Don Quxotte's
steed and bearing, as he rode forward to demolish
the wlndmllls that nearly demolished him. Then
came band Of music playing "Odear, what can
the matter be, is nobody coming to see !'' Then
carriage or two, with three four of the above
named members-one with Stene of the Conner
clal-a one-horse wagon with one whole man in il
another with ketchum, the lawyer-three carts
two Jersey dearborns-a furniture wagon-then
few more barouches, in one of which we saw Ho-
race Greeley and somebody else and thus closed
this great, this extraordinary exhibition of Wing
ZEAL which has taken weeks to get up even to this
zero height. Not man was found Democratic
enough TO walk in the procession. and it is a won
der that the band themselves were not placed on
horseback.
On the steamboat Fairfield leaving in the morn.
ing they passed the ship North Carolina in the
stream, and the committee on board gave three
chears, but Capt Gregory very properly refused TO
acknowledge the compliments of any political par
ty, particularly branch Of one who has assembled
to offer indgniies to the President of the United
States for performing wha the honestly believed TO
be his duty.
After parading through several of the by streets.
and part OF broadway only. the members were
eight, O'Clock they appeared at the Tabernacle,
which was well filed with spectators.
DUCLEY SELDEN was introduced TO the assemblage
tor the purpose Of addressing the members of Con
York. He said that the members had done their
duty while IN Congress, and nothing but their duty
that they had been embarrassed-ihat the ,eto pow
er had been inactive for thirty years. until recently,
except In cases OF mistake or unntentional error
that it must be extracted from the constitution, or
so controlled as to be imperative, or it would
be impossible for the representatives of the
people to Withstand executive power-that the
wings were ready to rush into any conflict than
this power so exercised il had been by John Ty-
ler He pushed up with long TRADE Of abuse of
the President, and an avowal that the wings with
Henry Clay were determined to fight the next poll
tcal campaign with the measures Of Government
Bank and distribution of the Public lands as the
two main principles
Mr.. FILLMORE one OF the representatives for this
State was next introduced. He commenced with
detail of the suffenngs of the wing members from
executive vetoes and the press of the country and
followed up with complaint to the more thar, Ro-
man virtue OF himself and associates resisting the
seductive prospects of Office that might have been
held out to them fthey had supported the President
That but six members had been seduced as vet out
of the whole body of wings, and he believed that
no more would be led away. He then occupied half
an hour in detail OF the passage of the tariff bill
and concluded by introducing the name of Henry
Clay, which was received with applause. On bringing
his remarks 10 close, and in referring to one of
the members from Tennessee, who was present from
the county in which the Hermitage is situated, he
said that he was good wig and from the same
neighbour hood as the old Hero of New Orleans Gone
or two cheers and innumerable hsses followed this
mention Of one of the defenders of the country
JAMES L. MoREHEAD, Senator from Kentucky.
was then introduced and after relating the scenes of
the session. stated that the wings had lost every mea
in the victory of l84O and that they must con
tend in 1874 tor the same principles as before.
That the democrats were divided since the passage
If the tariff BILL and that if the wings only took care
Of themselves, they would conquer again. He re-
turned thanks for the compliments passed on Henry
Clay, and said he should tell the wings of Kentucky
that New-York was all right
EDWARD STANLEY, member from North Carolina,
was then presented to the meeting and after express
sing what he called his contempt for the President,
stated that the wing members had assembled to-
concoct measures-that they had done so because
they were told in holy writ, that whenever two or
three were assembled together in the name of the
Lord, he would be in their midst. (This
the Kisses Of half the audience, which were
loud and continued for several seconds) He
then attempted to explain that he did not mean any
lrreverance by such remark, but that he believed