The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-08-26
[FRoM A CORRESPONDENCE

lFRoM A CORRESPONDENT.
THE GREAT MASS MEETING AT WIN
CHESrER-A MIGHTY OUTPOURING
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY OF
VIRGINIA
The great two days festival at Winchester on
Thursday and Friday, the 22d and Odd instant,
was monster meeting, and far exceeded any
thing ever gotten 10 in that part of the State, in
number, enthusiasm, and the good order with
which it was conducted. The neghborng coun-
ties in Virginia and Maryland sent up strong
delegations of patriotic Wings, accompanied by
their banners, implements of trade, husbandry,
&C., and, by what was far more pleasant, the
cheerful faces of their lovely wives and daugh-
tiers, who, in carriages, wagons, and on horse
back, came out from their firesides to lend en-
enlargement to those engaged in the holy cause
of the redemption of their country from the
blight o! Tyler aud Locofocoism. The process
sion extended over tuo miles, and numbered at
least TEN THOUSAND, presenting spectacle
the most imposing and brilliant in appearance
have ever witnessed, with the exception of that
| on the I'd of May at Baltimore. A strong dele
CATION from w ashington city, accompanied by
our Clay Glee Club, whose patriotic and spirit
stirring songs added greatly to the interest of the
| festival, and ELECTED universally the warmest ex-
presslons OF qualification and delight from persons
of all political parties. The speeches delivered
during the two days. both on the ground and in
the town, were of the highest order That Of
Senator Rves is considered by those who heard
hun as his best effort, and was received by the
| immense multitude with tie loudest plaudits of
| approval. He spoke four hours, and his remarks
upon the benefits OF the tariff were able and con-
vlnclng fortifying his positions by the authority
| of Washington, Madison, and Jefferson, and pro.
wing conclusively that the system owed it's origin
to the Republican party, and that the principle
was coeval with the existence OF the Republic.
| His remarks upon the character of our great
leader, and the striking comparison which he
drew between the pre-eminent qualifications of
Henry Clay and the meagre pretensons of James
K. Polk was one of the finest have ever heard,
and could not but have most fatal effect upon
the enemies of Wing principles.
Reverdy Johnson, of Baltimore, Hon. A. II. H.,
Stuart, of Augusta county, John Janney of LOU
doun, Holmes Conrad, of Berkeley, Carter, of Cul-
pepper, Charles Carter Lee, of Hardy, Andrew
Hunter, of Jefferson, and John S. Gallaher, of
Frederick, delivered speeches during the progress
of the meeting, and you should endeavor to lay
sketches of their able and eloquent addresses be-
fore your readers as soon as you receive them.
There could not have been less than t,oeniy
thousand persons present at this grand meeting
and the most unbounded hospitality was shower
ed upon those from abroad by the goodly citizens
of Winchester, in true Virginia style, who spared
no effort to render comfortable and at home those
who were among them.
Upon the whole, this meeting has already had
great effect upon the minds of the people of that
section of Virginia, and from every evidence we
have witnessed, and comparison of views with
we'll informed gentlemen from every quarter of
the Old Dominion. who we're present at this
meeting, it is my decided opinion that the vote of
this State is CERTAIN for CLAY. Hurrah for
OLD VIRGINIA. B.