The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-09-13
THE INDIGNATION MEETING.

The Philadelphia papers Of Saturday contain
different accounts of the meeting in Indepen-
dence Square, on Friday. The Wing papers
call it "Locofoco" meetng-so be il then
The following account is from the Ledger:
large and enthusiastic meeting of citizens, with.
out distinction of party, held in the State House
Yard yesterday afternoon to pass vote OF censure
upon those persons who participated in the insult
offered to the President Of the United States at the
late Ashburton dinner in New York
Major General Robert Patterson was called to the
chair, on the organization of the meeting, and ID
following gentlemen appointed Vice Presidents and
Secretaries
Vice P,esidents-Gen. M. w. Ash John Keefe
Thomas d. Grover, Hon. Charles Brown, Penrosc
Ash William Hagner, Col. r. Carr, Hon. G. M.
Dallas, B. N. Richards, VIM. J. Duane, VIM. Field
Horace Binney, Daniel Groves, Richard Vaux, M
NJ Carpenter Andrew Flick, Thomas Hart, John
Naglee, Alderman Hugh Clark, d. Hentz, Daniel
Thomas james ID. Pratt, and Franklin Comfy.
Secretaries-Col VIM. Dickson, Col. James Good
man, James Hanna, Esq, Col. John Collins, md
Capt John Kion.
After the officers had taken their seats, William A.
Stokes Esq. submitted series of resolutions, which
he prefaced with spirited address, in which he
stated the object Of Lord Ashburon's visit to this
country and narrated the circumstances attending the
dinner given to him in New York. He SAID it graf
flied him to observe that the meeting composed
OIL memDcTS OF paTtes VINO met tOKctneT, not LOT
the purpose Of defending John Tyler but for the pur
pose of rcsenting insult to the people and the
ton. MIR. Stokes was warmly cheered during his
address. His resolutions were unanimously adopted,
and are as follows:
| Whereas AT public dinner given by Americans
in the city of New York to the Ambassador of the
British Monarch, when "The President of the United
States" was proposed toast, the entire company,
with the exception of the Ambassador and his suite,
sat silent sncerng, thereby insulting and derdng
the whole American nation through its Chief Mags-
trate; and ,che,eas, not content with this culpable
conduct, in order to publish their baseness to the
world, and demonstrate their real feelings, the same
men gave three cheers when a toast was offered "To
the Queen of England"
Therefore, We, the People of Philadelphia, without
distinction Of party, in general town meeting assem-
bed, believing it duty due to ourselves and our
our indignant resentment and contempt of such con-
| duct, do
Resoipr, That while the course Of Lord Ashburton
and the remainder of the British Legation mark
cd by proper manliness and courtesy the conduct of
| those present, who called themselves Americans was
recreant to honor and PATRIOTISM and showed spirit
of treason to countrys institutions worthy of
the contempt and indignation Of all true Republican
| citizens.
And we do further
Resolve, That while we ask the New York editors
to publish the names Of the actors the late outrage,
that the public may know tn M we also desire them
70 do honor to the manly rmncss and pat otlc spirit
Of Preserved Fish, Esq., who Instantly rose on the
preparation Of the insult and left the room declar