The St. Landry whig., 1844-10-31
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sT. LANnRY MAss MEETING.

fH4 81. AhlAOA6E HNAt9G NAElE Al1NOe
\ In another column will be found the proceed.
ings of Wig nlaeting, held near this town on
Friday last-the largest Parish gathering, no
doubt known IN she history Of This State. The
number of persons copyrighted together on that
day, may be safely YET down Al ONE THOUSAND
Al least, and many gentlemen, who are conn
petent Judges, compute the number at fieelue
hGndredyl The LADIES that honored the. meet
ing ON this occasion, numbered about one hun.
dred and ersntgyJfre And, what wasthe most
remarkable Of all, those that were present, were
NEARLY an good Wings and truel We could
mot count thirty Locofocos on the ground, and
the attendants from the neighhoring parishes
were but few. owingst To meetings being held all
aroundHs, for The same glorious cause. We set
down me number Of Wings, then, Of this PARISH,
present On this occasion, at nine hundred and
J1sg, and The remaining fifty were composed Of
our Wing friends from contiguous parts, and
pseddo-Democfats.
There might be enough said, were we to stop
here. Butwa must be permitted 70 give 4 full
II dearriptionROf this glorious pageant.
About nine o'clock, lhe Grand C0teau Wings,
numbering about ono hundred, preceded b their
banner, rode into town in fine style. They
were soonsdolowed by our Bellevue friends,
mounted, headed also by their banner. Now
comes the rush. In d few minutes, pouring in
from every quarter, was to be seen the multi.
tude, until the Courthouse square was literally
flled. At II o'clock, the procession was
formed, preceded by music, and the beautiful
Banner presented blythe Ladies Of the Parish.
followed BY the Parasol, with Protection on
ito folds. This different delegations being head
cdb " their banners, the whole moved off around
the town. and thence to the Barbecue ground.
In this, the main procession, there were three
hundred and forty persons.
On arriving al the ground, the first thing that
metour eyessEwas the AmericaA .Eags floating
from an ash pole; md then the splendid rostrnm
claimed our attention. This was at once. beau.
tiful, appropriate, and neat. Side u side hung
the portraits Of Washington md Clfy. and iow3
ers were t~astefulls wreathed all sround. N
font . fthe stand were the cotton pl Mt and the
sugar cane, whilst aboYe and around waved the
sweet Magnolia. American flags ,ated from
either side, and tho whole scene showed 1t once
thai Tie Ladies had been at work here too for
the cause DC Clay and our country. III front Of
fhe rostruni, were placed the SCENTS, and on its
sidss were deposited ths banners, asihe process
sion moved Up.
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Again the music soundsl Anosher procession.
approaches, We take our stand, and count forty
FOO Ladies and { b four gentlemen, following the
Ladies', banner, to The beautiful grove. Quiet
being restored, the multitude was called 70 Or
Ger, and the business pnoeeeded with.
on taking our seat on the stand, ande making
d sbird's.eye View DC the scene beforS.s us, We
were oreibly reminded ofthe magnifc II apecs
tacle Of the Baton Rouge Convention Here Il
was in m~iniature-ye t majestic, imposings grandl
One thousand freemen consulting on the means
Of preserving our institutions pure and nnpollu-
tedi We could but exelaim when our eyes met
the Ladies', barring their heads to tie weather
ssFair daughters 81 ms country, the God q Ma.
lions aHnd you, not only Dis ministerlng angels,
but aa preserving spirits, 10 hong III yon are
with III, who shall ID against III VIII thank
you fOr your presence, and shall strive M your
safety"
Here Judge Moore commenced bis Address, in
the French language, and enchanted the meets
ing for about al hoar with his eloquent REMARKS.
He handled The tariff question excellently, and
ehowsdup Mr.. Polk in his true colors.
The Hon. Mr.. Conrad, Of New Orleans, was
shen introduced 70 the meeting, and spoke ii En
glish Eor about ali hour and 1 half His alla-
sions to MI. Tyler's course were severe but just,
md The plying look Of the listeners seemed al.
most to synpathise for a man that aigh have
been great, hut for his ireachery. He then dis
rassed The Tariff question at length, and in a
materly mannen-compared the acts Of the two
psFiesauched IN the Texas question-did'nt
forget MI. RslE's slaiais-nor overlook Mr,
Clay qualifications. Mr.. Conrad was very
happy IN many partao If his speech, and surpassed
himolf almost, In This effort.
ThoS, H, Lewis Esq, was then called for,
and, in his a@aa ~a'esuent style, spoke in French
sbout one hhoiiFs