Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-17
MEETING IN NEW YORK.

a large and enthusiastic meeting Oi the Wing Young
Men OF thu City of New York was held on the 10Th inst
IN eloquent address aud series OF resolutions pre-
scented and adopted by accllmaon. Among tho Latter
Were the following;
81 eSoired, ihit our hearts gratefully respond d
the enthusiastic nomination by two State Cunvon.
tlons well as by the Wings Of the whole Union ol
/ HENRY CLAY for next President; and. while our
City claims merit IN having been unchangingly at
taehed 10 that great Statesman and the hrs formal Y
10 present him for President IN lSt1 her 10000 Wings
yet proudly claim especial responsibility in this nom
nation by the triumphant election Of "llaRGr or THE
WEsrn
"Rcsolred, That while the archives Of the Federal
and State Governments abound in deliberate aud ardent
expressions OF opinion from Thomas jefferson, James
Madison James Monroe, George Clinton. Daniel d.
Iompkins. Henry Clay, and other distinguished Cham
pons of Democratic principles and measures, through the
last forty years. in favor OF the policy of PRorEcrion TO
lioME INDUSTRY It will be- idle in the Loco Focos to at
tempt to convince the working Of this country. that
Protection Is Federal. Astocrac. or calculated to tax
the many Tor The 'rpc6t of the few whoever 10 repro
senls deianes and vcs the present apostles Of De
mocracy.o
Among the speakers tho occasion was the Hon j.
Macpherson Borricn of Georgia, who was received with
the loud and repeated applause Of the ,.scucd ,hnng,
The following bei sketch Of his remarks is given in the
Tribune:
MI BrRnir- apolgiyqd brc fly and neatly for the
desuory remarks he should make and said that al
though not prone to dcspond and despair Of the Republic
the present condition OF the country unparalleled
in history, and Of porenous moment. No could
fail he said. Ia call to mind the dcsoatc state Of public
ailars-the commercial ruin, the moral corruption aud
the universal embarrassment from which the campaign
OF 1910 snatched our beloved country IN every res
pecl with regard to his reputation no less Than III JUS
lice 10 the country which had placed him in the higl of
flee he held and from which he raised higher by the
menled death of Harrison, he declared it be the duty
of John Tyler, assuming the Presidential office,
carry out the Principles Of the party 10 which he owed
his elevation. Every feeling Of personal honor denan
Died ths-and John Tyler had acknowledged ii in the
remark he made TO jonathan Roberts, when he refused
obedience 10 his beh"s-'Slf, as an honorable niu-
you ought 10 comply with my Wishes"
'When john Tyler took the Presidential Chair Mr..
Befren said he hneW, Of his own knowledge that he felt
the force Of all these considerations; he knew and
knowIeeod his duty but the syrcn voice Of Power had
ured him from its path. feeling Of Jealousy had
tered his hcaf-jcaIousy Ileavcu help u.s. said Mr..
B.-enoted his heart; jealousy Of that who for
years has stood and who now stands, prc-emnen before
the peopeno less conSpcIous for his rights than for his
wrongs no less marked by the greatness of his merits
than by the ngattudc with which they have thus far
been repaid
Mr. Bcnien then gave clear and most scathing ex-
animation Of the treatment Congress- had received from
the President, Of his arbitrary and insulting Of the
Veto power ad OF the wrongs the country had sustain
ed at his hands. lie spoke hen Of those who advised
the Wings to submit to all these ndinllies, and to
cognlze John Tyler their President lie PRESUMED
not, he said, 10 their motives. They had assumed
fearful responsibility. and eanully day must they
answer il TO indignant People. For himsof he
w ud rather be dog and bay the oo' than raienly
listen such advice. The given for mis- dvice
Mr.. Bcrrien said. amused lin not little We wen
asked to be patient and unrcsstng cause we had yot
three long years of suffering before as Thank Heaven.
said he that is not true. We have not three years
endure it, And, again, thank lloaven The corruption
fund with which John Tyler looks To bribo quiet, is,
with every rising and setting sun becoming less and less.
Our duty and for ever, whether we cannot
accomplish Wishes is to STAND FIRMLY, INDoMIrA
ELY N SUPPORT OF oun WH,G PRINCIPLES. Ii we do
this the day must como, s,oner later when hopes
will be fhlt led.
Mr. Berrien then passed in rapid review the prinei-
pal measures which the Wings should seek IN
tablish the limitation OF the Presidential office to sin
ole teflr the establishment of sound National cuffen
ey The Distribution uf the Proceeds of the Public Lands