New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-06
The Great Whig National Convention Of
Ratification.

Ratification.
Had we been enabled to reach this City OF
Friday evening, as we should have done but ior a
yexatious failure Of the train from Baltimore to
reach Philadelphia in season IS o'clock to con-
meet with the Jersey line for this City, we should
have endeavored to give more vivid and de
tailed account of the immense Convention oi
Thursday; but now it is too late. And after ALL
why attemptt7 We have notes for long de-
scription of Delegations and Banners; but could
they be made to shadow forth any clear idea OF
the vast convocation1 That must have been
witnessed to realize its majesty and might, From
a distance of two thousand miles had many Del
eyates come together td unite in tins Joyous yet
solemn act of Ratification from the wl!ds OF far
Arkansas and Iowa-from the canes OF louisiana
from the Aroostook and the Des Moincs. The
People had assembled 10 watch over and pass
Judgment on the acts OF their servants IN the
Nominating Convention they had come IN mum.
bers without parallel The Seven Thousand Del
egates from other States and probably Five Thou
sand from Maryland who marched in procession
were but small portion of the host; Tor the
march was long and the array tedious; the streets
were very dusty and the, skies threatened ram !;
90 that when the word was given to march the
number of strangers thronglng the Nde-walks
had been diminished to scarcely perceptiele ex
tent by the twelve or fourteen hundred columns
so embodied. The procession itself was two
hours in passing the bridge In the heart OF bait'
more, and very nearly that IN entering on the
ground at Canton, though now marching quite
RAPIDLY. For more than an hour and hall, a
dense mass poured through the gate INTO the en-
closure, and when the whole had assembled The
ssa of heads surrounding the great stand stretched
beyond all computation. The lowest estimate we
have heard of the numher on the ground is Fifty
Thousand, while others placed it as high as Six
~. Eighty, and even One Hundred Thousand.-
Consider that this was at weary distance from
Baltimore, and that 10 procure vehicles for nding
there was out of the question. Of course, the
in6rm, the less ardent, the aged, stad In the City,
with tho women and children, content TO see and
cheer the glorious host as it passed through the
whole length of Baltimore and Market-streets.
Although such Convention cannot be ad-
dressed by public Speakers except IN detach-
meuts, vet the general effect of It's assembling
mus, be potent and salutary. Much sound Wing
doctrine was set forth in the innumcrabe
harangues to different sections and divisions oil
the Grand Army, and many Will have gone home
strengthened in faith, fortified with argument
and ouickened in zeal Wing Documents will
find their way into valleys where they have been
needed and have not been had. But, above all
this, the feeling of unity, OF brotherhood, between
the Wings of different sections Of the Union will
have been greatly strengthened Their Delegates
from almost every nelghborhood have mingled IN
Social intercourse and Political dellberation ;
thew have formed or strengthened ties OF friend
ship and fellowship they have learned to know
and esteem each other-they have found that there
are no serious differences Politically between
Northern and Southern, Eastern and Western
Wings They have proclaimed their common
principles ih the face OF the Nation; by the