The New York herald., 1844-10-25
Grand DEMONSTRATION for Henry
Clay, Great Convention OF the Whigs OF
Brooklyn, Yesterday-Fort Green taken by

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Brooklyn, Yesterday-Fort Green taken by
storm.
The wings of Brooklyn turned out yesterday in
overwhelming force, TO assemble in convention on
that high and Commanding emnence called Fort
Green Nothing could be more beautiful and In
spring than the weather, except the ladies. of
whom there were gratifying number on the
ground, and we'll they appeared to enjoy the music,
the songs, the speeches, and the general gaiety
that prevailed on every hand.
NAT eleven o'clock, procession formed In Fulton
street, under the superintendence OF Grand Mar
shall Leavitt and aids, dressed in distinguish.
| ing uniform. The streets were decorated along
the line OF march with triumphal arches, hags, and
other ornaments, and the windows were lined
with the inmates Of their respective houses, who
hailed the procession with various tokens OF re-
| gard, and were answered again with loud cheers,
| as it passed on in the following ORDER
| Grand Marshall and six aids; a string Of carria-
| ges amounting to from 20 to 30, containing the
speakers, officers OF the meetings and visitors from
| the adjacent towns; cavalcade consisting OF Gu
young men well mounted and preceded by a band
| OF music Young Mems Clay Club with music and
| banners, on OF which, the motto was :" Two
| States for Pok-Texas asd retirement; Young
| Mems General Clay Club Owl Club OF Brooklyn.
with I've coon on pole and banner 1er WIN ,h ,hs
!,
| Unioniss OF New York, preceded by splendid
band Seventh Ward Clay Club, banner with
motto ssJustice to Harry Of the Vest; Mill Boys
! Association of Brooklyn, carrying an excellent
bust OF Henry Clay and having on their banner
"The Freedom ot the Seas" . Protection to Ma
tive Industry y; Eighth Ward Clay Club; train
| of wagons land other vehicles ornaInented with
several devices, and an endless variety of flowers
| and flags, upon which read several trlte,
pointed and sententlous notices, such as these:-
.Cesr the way for old kentucky - Speed the
| is Rising;" "No Taxes for Texas"
Immediately after the arrival on the ground,
where three platforms had been raised, the process.
sion halted at the central and principal one, and
the meeting was quickly called TO order by Mr..
GEORGE WooD, who was unanimously chosen
President, and who commenced the proceedings
by saying
Fellow citizens I'm fulilment Of the great OBJ
ject for which are assembled on this occasion,
you will be addressed first by Hon. Cassius M.
Clay, of Kentucky.
with several rounds of cheers. He said
Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen THE great con-
test between the two great parties q TINS countrytne
draw to crisis We know that every true republican
democrat in sense but If there be any distinction
between the parties OF this country indicating that one
of them for giving rights aud power to the people,
contend that distinction belongs to the whg party.
(Cheers) And shall attempt to show this to you, fel
low citizens in very brief manner by alludng to the
principles at issue between the parties If take the
80 ., ha. partly they te US that Texas and free
trade the great issues before the people that be So
then say that the wings stand now the wings of rs
STOOD and that the democrats stand upon the priu
cpes those upon which the tories in the me OF the
revolution stood (Cheers) What fellow citizens, was
ton2 II the attitude umed by Great Britain, who
claimed the power control the free labor Of this coup
try by manufacturing for the Amsriceu people Yes
you were forbid to employ apprent and
one distinguished British statesmen took high ground
to say na should mot DC r
Was not that fe citizens he Chief ause OF the revo
luton p Cries Of "yes.o Well, then say that party
use these words in an opprobrous sense did not come
here call names, but still say that the free traders
tories Of America Well the other great prn.
cple Of the revolution twas the assertion Of the eque
for which our orsfathers struggled Il never was the mi.
serabe osition OF tax OF u cents pound on tea no
the beggary imposition OF tax on the paper used here
principle involved that the few undertook and claimed to
legsate for the many And now what is the principle
country al large as New Eng and, containing hun
dred thousand square miles and nearly equal in size 10
cognized principles OF the revolution claim DE-
this for know that we resisted the claim OF Grea'
Britain legislate for when we had government
tai councils and in some advantages in tue con-
vcntion. This claim TO annex and legsate for Texas
comes very well in with the monarchcal principle. Yes
republicans of Long Island it proposed by these demo
Gratis bring into Union a country sufficiently large
to make five states and slave States too Ito invest tn
slave population Of those States in the proportion OF v
to one white with the elective franchiseso that
who possessed thousand slaves could send at his
bidding hundred and to oppose those Of thu
fre men Of the north Is that true? Yes-yes)
il is the tory doctrine OF 76 and those who profess
must be put down & once and io.eveT h;n TINS siecto
what are you to gain by vio,ating the great princ
Piles Of the revolutionary war; To stand in the eye Of
nations violating your solemn treaties with sister
republic of Mexico to tax yourselves twenty five mil
lions Of dollars to the debt Of Texas for propays
for the purpose OF carry out system Of
slavery to violate the principles Of the Constitution
ton into the Union and secondly by taking her as Slave
State both OF which, could think easily show If had
time to city antagonstic t. the United States
Constitution And felo citizens, in such this
what have you to hope3 II you conquer your reflection
will be that have subjected muItitudes Of your fe
low to bondage who will be raised up to populate
these annexed Slave States IL you conquered you
become despicable in the eye5 Of the world That tn.
result Now fellow citizens. will not detain you b,
going into detals this subject but say TO you
| that the history of past nations Of the world hear
att day hs, as IN people
law, handed down to us by our ce1oIs from thai
day they may date their fall Wha, did Washington tell
us? That he great principle upon which this govern
men rests is to do justice to ell other nations in order
that we may not receive injustice from them" That
fellow citizens is the language OF Washington in his
day. aud shall in ls4a stand up and declare that right
not the sreng Of nations but that force gives rght7
Which wa ncncaied d by % the WIS., IL % Of Old which
amounts TO this that ~ give the same privilege to
ther that have myself and the day wedepart trem this
then say, comes the bayonet, and with the bayone
| comes quick and speedy desposm- Loud cheers The
result then. of the violation Of these great principles
which would follow the election of James X Polk Of
Tennessee, you may learn from the language OF the
/ Convention at Baltimore which nominated him, and II
you have not read that document, fellow citizens do
and you will find that the result would be to trample on
| the grent rights of the Constituon-(Ch The
Speaker concluded his speech by an encomium on Mr.
Clay and exhoraton to the audience do their duty
| as the eyes Of the world was upon them
Mr.. J. w FOWLER, Of Oswego, followed and said-Tha
at that advanced hour Of the day and exhausted as he
by previous exertion, he did not propose detar
them enter into elaborate extended discussion
OF the questions involved in the present contest In ra
yelling through this and other states 70 the OF thu
| campaign, he had been mortified with the spirit mani.
tested by their OPPONENTS but in place had he beer
more deeply panied by the mantle station OF the low and
grovellng conduct which characterxes them than in t
city New York; where in passing the street the Jay
previo 8, he saw an att ck made on the wings thai
made him ashamed of HIS race. As part of th
| same spirit which prevailed amongst that part,
throughout the land, he would reed an extrac,