Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-09-27
nermont Diligently.
Great vvhig Mass Convention
ON Boston Common.
100, 900 XyMEGS PRESENT.

This tremendous and glorious gathering Of whole
hearted Wings, which took place on the 18th inst,
Is the largest of an unparalleled series Of Wing
meetings. Although present on the ever memora-
BILE occasion, and deeply interested spectator and
hearer from morning till night, we have not the
disposition, il we had the time, TO give our own nc.
count Of it.
We copy all that our limits will permit from the
very full and perfect description given in the Bos-
ton Atlas of the 2Otb and occupying Ia columns Of
that paper as recently enlarged.
The 10th of September, Of the year 1914,
will be day forever memorable in the annals
of the good old State of Massachusetts,. Our
City Of Boston, situated as II is in the midst OF
a dense population, has never been ihronged as
it was Yesterday Probably no political or 9th
er gathering, which ever occurred in our coun-
try, will compare with this, in the numbers or
the magnifnente of lis array.
For week past, there had been prevailing
indications of storm near at hand-and the
proximity Of the equinox, the period of storms,
caused fearful iorebodngs that the great Mas
sachusetts Jubilee might be overshadowed with
clouds and darkness. All those anticipations,
however, happily proved vain. Heaven smiled
upon us, with one Of the brightest mornings
that il ever opened TO mortal eyes. A brilliant
sun-a cloudless sky-and pure. sweet, mild
atmosphere kindly lent us, TO grace the
performance Of the high, the holy, the patriotic
duties of the Day. II we had been endowed
with the privilege of regulating the power of
the sun, and the course OF the winds and the
clouds, we could not have arranged them in
more perfect harmony with the occasion.
Upon this beautiful day, then, and on this
auspicious occasion, the Wings Of Massachu-
sets congregated in this Metropolis, in innu-
merable thousands. Every County-every
Distrct--every City--every Town--poured
out its long train Of firm and faithful men,
rushing orih with avdty, to show themselves
as adhcrents of their party, 10 add their influ-
ence to the swelling throng of Freemen, and to
evince their readiness TO stand by their country,
and to maintain her free Institutions, under all
circumstances, and at every hazard.
What a noble array Of sirong-handed and
stout-hearted American citizens! An honor
and an ornament they would be, TO any COM
munity on earth They came from all the
classes, occupations, and professions of our So
ciety The Farmer-ihe Mechanic-the Mar
iner--the Manulacturer-ihe Artist-the Mer-
chant-lhe Lawyer-the Physiclan-the Cler-
gvman-a-all were represented there. Ii
was a grand harmonious blending Of every in
terest in our community. All were pervaded
with deep sense of The necessity of firm, en-
ergefic and concentrated action, to overturn the
SO long swayed, and 10 place the power of our
government in the hands Of honest, upright,
independent, and patriotic Wings
The proceedings of yesterday will form an
epoch in the history of the Wing party of
Massachusetts,. For two or three days previ-
ousIy, our city had been filling up with Wing
visitors from every quarter. An interest and
an excitement, which we had not before anti
cpated, pervaded every street, and every circle.
Any anxiety that we might have felt, as to the
disposition of our Wing friends to turn out,
and Join us in our contemplated assemblage,
was soon dissipated, when we became aware oil
the immense numbers who were coming in from
every direction. Yesterday morning, the arr-
val of every Railroad train, every Steamboat,
every Stage Coach, and innumerable private
wehicles-added, with accumulated force, To
the crowds which had then already collected in
our city. Il is impossible, in such immense
throngs, to make any very accurate cacula-
iions-but we should have little doubt that
there were nearly 100, 900 WINGS in the
CITY of Boston, yesterday.
Our Wing brethren came here-not only
from every part of our Commonwealth--bu
from almost every other Stale in the Unon.-
Those Of the New England fraternity, partic-
uarly, were here in immense numbers. RHODE
isLAND--our little sister, small in stature, but
with noble heart--was here, with her two or
three thousands. The good friends Of law and
order--the true men, who stood by their Slate,
and maintained her institutions, when she was
aSsailed by traitors and knaves-came TO Bos-
ton, TO kneel with us NJ the same political
shrine, and lay the offering of their homage on
the Altar Of their Counlry's good. VERMONT
firm, consistent, patriotic Vermont--Ver-
mont, that never Hnrhed when some Of the
firm gave way--that never bent the knee 10 the
political Baals Of the time--Vermont, with her
Star that never sets, and her sprig Of green
that never withers, was here with us, with
fine, full sample Of her Green Mountain bnys.
CoNNECTIcUr-our sister that has noby re-
deemed herself from the thraldom of Loco Fo-
cosm, and stands waiting impatently to ac-
cord her support TO the good Wing cause in
Nnvenaber--had respectable and an honora-
BILE delegation at hand. NFw HAMPSHIRE
STEPPED to the very lips in the stagnant pool OF
Loco Focoisni--immersed, over heal and ears,
in the slough oil irremediable RadicaIsm-.was,
nevertheless, represented by a deputaton of
staunch Wings, who have the courage to stand
by our party, even where lis cause is thorough-
~ hopeless. MAINE That has not been able
10 overthrow the brihed and pensioned cohorts
of The enemy, appeared here, by some of her
gallant Wings, who have fought nobly, though
unsuccessfully, in an almost hopeless field and
who nave asked US. in the laneu of their
banner, To swat till November"
MANY other States-out of our New Eng
land crcle--were also honorably represented.
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylya-
na, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Ala
hama, Kentucky, tennessee, Ohio, Michigan,
had their delegations 10 Join with US in the po-
liical ceremonies and duties of the day. Lou
isiana, standing at the EXTREMIST point Of our
Union, sent over hundred of her ardent and
enthusiastic sons, TO represent her, at this in
ferestinp celebrations In were animated with