New-York daily tribune., 1844-05-04
The Great Whig YOHng Hens Convention.
Fortx Thousand ANhigs In Council:

Forty Thousand Wings In Council:
Correspondence Of the Tribune.
BALTIMORE. Nd. Mag2 H.
Never was there seen such crowd as filled
every street. lane and avenue of the proud Monn
mental City this morning The meetings winch
were organized last night scarcely even adjourned
So late as o'clock last night, or rather so early
this morning, a crowd of People numbering some
two or three thousand were standing opposite
Barnum's Hotel, listening 10 addresses from Del
egates from Kentucky, Ono and other sections
of the country.
This morning the different bands were opt and
hailed the rising sun with the national drum-b beat
We turned out early, but every street was so full
that locomotion was next 10 impossible. There
10 no mistake about the hold which any man
must have upon toe affections Of the People, 10
bring such large masses from such great dlstan
ces-in some cases, almost as far as to Europe
In fact two or three did rcportthemselves as Del
egates from Ireland. Harry Of England, the
chivalrous Victor Of Agincourt, after he came 10
the wears of manhood and discretion, forsaking
the folies of his youth, gained such hold upon
The dffecDDnS OF his SOpic lfldt toHdhSpCdlC
us that
IAN the youth Of England o fire,
And sold the pasture then 20 bay the horsc.
Following the Mirror oi nil Christian Kings,
and shouting,
20 gland, model TO thy inward greatness.
Like litte body with mighty heart
And 20 it appears to-day as If all our Country
was on fire in support of the Mirror of all Modern
Systematically to answer in the affirmative
when their gallant Commander, lor the glory Of
their Country, calls to them,
.once more unto the breach dear friends once more
We cannot doubt that .'thc games aloot," nor
can we suspect that the Wings will not follow
their fortune, and upon the charge cry Sc God for
Harry and for Theodore :" The people have been
canvassing the merits of our candidates, and va
rious omens of good have been found in Their
names Mr.. LUMPKrN, of Georgia, hailed the
moaning of our Vice Presidents name, Theodore,
',he gift of God while his second name, trclng
huysen, contains thirteen letters, corresponding
with the glorious Old Thirteen, for which his
father fought so noby on the hattc-felds of his
native State, "where every sod beneath your
feet has been a soldiers sepuIchrc.' Gays
name, whether we take it in the use to which it
was applied in Scripture, History, as the art
Gle from which the great agricultural portion Of
our people derive subsistence, is full of Luck and
Poetry, while his name in full, " HENRY Clay Of
Ky," has thirteen letters, corresponding with the
Old Thirteen and Ftclingbuysen. But enough
of auguries, les. after we have extracted sweets
from these names, Amos Kendall should come
after us like the wasp, and extract poison from
them.
The immense assembego OF FevPio oaus1'
Iuuv,, delay IN rnc organization OF the procession
but the whole distance, from the head of Balti-
more. street to Cantor, was an impens procession,
before the regular Delegates began TO move. The
place chosen for the Convention was Canton, about
three miles from the centre Of the cityin the beau
tiful Canton Race Course very appropriate, too,
malgre Amos Kendall, for opening the FaiiIi
we have staked our pile on Old kentucky.) Direct
" opposite the stand, on the other side of the haT
Dor, is Fort NJ Henry, where Francis S. Key looked
out from his Prison Ship TO see If the Flag oil his
Country still loated over the fortress. So we,
looking from the stand, and catching glimpse
of the Stars and Stripes, see by the dawn's early
hight, after night OF Loco Foco darkness that
"Tbe Star -Spangled Banner for ever shall wavc
Der the Land othe Free and the Home OF the Brave!
AT the corner OF Baltimore and Calvert street,
near Barnum's Hotel, magnificent arch spanned
the street, with two lesser ones on the side walks
On the buttrcsses were printed Wing Prlnc-
ples,n with the various mottoes indicative Of the
measures we advocate--whiIe the arch was
formed of &c "stones ,-Pennsylvania forming
the keystone Busts andport5aits of Clay, llar'
rison, Washington, &c. and splendid wrcaihs,
decorated the different parts OF the arcil--wnie
over all the proud Bird of Jove, the Eagle Mon
arch of the SKIES sat clothed with power 10
crush our foes, and holding out the oliyc-branch
of peace to our friends. The arch was lllumlna-
ted during the evening with lights INSIDE.
Another arch between Barnum's and the Eu-
tav House, had fine effect, though not so I'M
posing as the other. Al short intervals flags and
streamers were waving to the breeze The whole
distance was lined with dense mass, in which
the Ladies formed no unimportant part We had
known them hospiiahc for they made nation
of people their guests; and by gong through
Baltimore street and looking at the three or four
tiers of beauty that smiled upon us like angels
from above, we found them lovely and pure as
the life and character OF HIM whom they had
thus assembled TO honor.
But we have no room for further remarks on
this subject, though we might fill columns with
description of the devices formed along the
way. The portraits OF Mr.. Clay hung on the
s;des of the houses. The Etilc innocent glrls
with wrea,hs of flowers accompanied by their
little brothers with waving flags, all joining in
this grand jubilee of the nation in honor OF our
Nations Pride and Hope.
The day was cloudy, sultry and early threaten
ed rain. (which threat was verified about 5 P NJ
which deferred great portion of the Delegates
from walking in procession to Canton The
DELEGATION formed at AN early hour, beng re-