New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-13
THE 1'R lI}UN e..
polk and Dallas In Western New York.

Correspondence q, / he Iflhune.
ROCHESTER. June ., lsH
The Polk and Dallas " Ratification Meeting"
was held here yesterday. a great preliminary
flourish of trumpc,s had been made, and hand
hills cent fa- and near Maj. Davc-ac arrived the
evening before from Gcncsco, and was received
q by a Commi,,ce. His fame as an orator had been
loudly heralded, and an immense gathering was
confidently predicted. Ii being Saturday, the
/ streets, as is customary on that day, were crowd
= "a with farmers wagons, and Loco-Foco law
yer, thinking the Whole county wes rising, felt
encouraged ABOUT noon 20 proclaim IN the 10y ol
his heart that 10000 Democrats h.d arrived to
swell tho meeting" The meeting was held IN
front Of the Court House IN the most trcquented
part Of the city, and .mmod'atc: adjacent to our
principal thoroughlafo. Flags were flying II
every quarter aud gnus We're fired At intervals
during the lo.cno0n. y SINAI! hickory sap.
s!ng which had been cut up ny the roots, Wos
sp!aced on the Speakers stand 1nc mcatlag
was organized al , p. N. by The appointment OF
IsMc Hills, Esq late Mayor, as Chairnan.-
The gallant MAJOR then appeared. Behind hn
was IL row OF ladies, II was understood that
his cloGuence would be greatly quickcred and
improved by the presence OF the id.r sex. lie
a
less to say, fought all his battles o'cr again.;
particularly that of New Orleans. He was
amazingly severe upon the u. States Bank, and
glorifed Gen. Jackson beyond measure. OF
Polk and Dallas he had little 10 say, and that
little excited no enthusiasm in the AUDIENCE
Polk he styled Young Hickory which cpl
,het he enforced by shaking The sapling at
his elbow. Coons and such like unworthy
g cmb!cms" be especially condemned, at the
same time giving the aforesaid sapling
other shake. When he began TO speak there
were, perhaps, LOGO persons present. and
the number was afterwards increased TO about
], 800, which was the limit. 1t was evident that
the Majors peculiar style of cloqucncc was not
adapted to this meridian. Very little animation
was apparent in the assemblage, and the veteran
could not but feel that his exertons were slightly
appreciated In fact, the Wings (who composed
at least one. third of those presentj seemed much
better pleased than The Locos with the Majors
oratory, if one might Judge from the expression
of the countenances of the respective par!es.-
sDavezac was followed by J. K. Doolittlc, Esq. OF
sWyom!ng County, who spoke an hour or so IN
the hackneyed style of the smaller class OF Loco
Foco orators He was very savage upon the
Bank, and in the same breath euloglzed Dallas.
# Although he is much laudcd as {. party orator,
his speech was received III solemn hlliIeSS, eA-
cepting little sensation produced by his recital
OF the well known story OF the man who had
pig in Poke, which seemed to strike the meet
8 ing as adapted 10 the circumstances OF their par
| Is. He went strongly ior Texas, but not voice
cred Amen. Every allusion to Texas and 10
{ Polk and Dallas, was received IN spen and oml-
! nous silence by vast majority OF those present.
i After Doolittle sat down, l.. Darwin Smith,
Esq offered some resolutions. One of them iaud-
ed Van Buren,, and another bepraised Bouck-
Neither of those names elected single cheer
II. R. SELDEN Esq. then made a short speech,
and offered resolution (Which passed. recon-
| mending ADDISON GARDINER for Governor. BY
this time the audience had dwindled to some
fifty men and boys, and the meeting adjourned
So ended the I" Ratification y in Rochester. To
say that there was an utter lack of spirit and en-
thuslasm, would fall far short OF conveying Just
conception of this meagrc affair. l, was the
most spiritess and dolciul politica! meeting ever
known in these parts. Our Loco. Foco friends
\ are compelled to admit that the thing was "a fail
| ute. You may rest assured that Polk, Dallas
| and Texas can obtain no welcome in the
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