The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-09-18
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From the Rochester Demo rat.
| AROUSING OF WESTERN PENNSYLVA-
NIA-20,O0O WINGS AT ERIE-CASSIUS
M. CHARACTERIZATION OF PERRY'S
| VICTORY.
ERIE, (rA.) Sept. 10.
| had heard OF the enthusiasm of the ndomita-
BILE Wings OF the Keystone State but to dav
| saw it, TWENTY THOUSAND were in coun-
Gil. 1t was mighty army rallied for noble OBJ
ject and they came up in gallant style-not by
tens and hundreds, but by thousands. And The
| ,oay in which they came That was the charm
The night of The 9th the town was lhronged
Hundreds had come from great distance, and
were addressed in the evening by Dudley Mar
vim, Esq, of Chautauque. At 7 in the morning
| the procession began to arrive-not in one or two
horse wagons--not with IL inch banners--but
with six, eight, ten, and sixteen horse teams, and
with banners of immense dimensions, floating
from large ash poles--not from one, but from
| emery loagOn
From 7 until 10 o'clock the most immense pre-
cesslon ever gazed upon continued to arrive,
with the most immense wagons The imagination
ever conceived More than hundred carried
from fifty TO two hundred each Many were two
and some were three stories high !; and one team
was made up of twenty-sx yoke of oxen, draw
ing an immense vehicle, bearing two hundred
men and womcn One team of 26 horses was
mounted by 26 boys, dressed in uniform hunting
shirts and caps, each bearing flag.
At 10 o'clock there were more than two hun
dred immense banners floating within the limits
OF the spacious square, covering surface of six
or eight acres. The display of banners Cor rather
tiags) was greater than | had ever before seen on
any similar occasion.
There is not, probably, more spacious we'll
laid out square in the State than this OF Erie
and upon no point could display be made to
greater advantage. AT 10 o'clock it was thronged
person at short distance would have deemed
it to be covered with dense mass of human be-
ngs The number on the ground at this hour
could not be less than $4,000; and, am per-
snaded more than 10000 listened to the different
speakers du'ing the day.
Cassius M. Clay opened the meeting. His
personal appearance is attractive. His complex
ION and hair are dark. He is near six feet high
and we'll pruportioned--a Kentuckian in for,a and
manner His voice is heavy. He speaks strong,
emphatic, but he has few of the graces If the pol
ished orator. His power is in his position, and in
the force with which he sustains il. His eo-
quence lies in his earnestness and in the SUBJ
Unity of his theme. His speech to-day was pow-
erful. 1t told upon the immense multitude, and
was listened TO with breathess interest.
Messrs. Dudley Marvin, George Dawson, Geo.
Patterson. Green, R. P. Marvin, and several
others followed Mr. Clay. They all spoke ably
and eloquently.
The evening was closed up by splendid dis
play Of fireworks, in honor of Perry's victory.
The whole affair passed off most delightfully."-.
The day was charming, and everything conduced
to the pleasure of the occasion.
Gen. Reed, the Wing Congressman from this
district. deserves the thanks of the Wings of the
Union for the part which he is taking in this
great campaign. He is indnmitable. Yours &c.