Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-03-01
MASS CONVENTION IN CON-
NECTICIIT.


Connecticut took place at Hartford, on
Thursday, the 22d instant. The Hartford
Journal gives account of the various dele
CATIONS, as they came into the city-and
says they reminded us of the scenes of
1910, and gave full assurance that the spirit,
SO thoroughly awakened in that memorable
year is again aroused. To see delegation
after delegation pass through our streets
and Wings without number thronging our
side-walks--one could but feel that "All
is right" in old Connecticut"
The Convention came to order at 10 10
O'Clock, on the morning Of the ODD The
number Of delegates present, the Hartford
Courant says, could not have been less than
TEN THOUSAND. The utmost enthusiasm
Preyailed-and perfect certainty seemed
TO pervade the Convention, that Connect
cut was secure and safe as Wing State
The Prize Banner, which was prepared for
the town which should send the largest
proportionate number of delegates to the
Convention, was awarded to the town of
BRIsToL. She is the Banner Town of Con-
necticut. Bristol gave 2S3 Wing votes in
1910, and she sent 293 Wings to the Con-
vention
The whole day and evening we're spent in
Convention. Able, eloquent, and enthusi-
astic addresses were delivered, by a number
of Wing Speakers-among whom were
Gov. Ellsworth, Gov. Morehead of Ken
lucky, and many good Connecticut Wings
We publish the following sketch of Gov.
Morehead's speech, as reported in the Hart
ford Courant.
Coz Morehead addressed the convention
with vigor and force of reasoning, blend
ed with such spice of humor, as kept the
attention Of the vast concourse riveted for
three quarters Of an hour.
He said he appeared before his fellow
citizens Of Connecticut, in response to a
call from some Of our own citizens. He
had heard that call and he was now here in
obedience to it. (Cheers.) In years past,
interested partizans had endeavored to per-
suade the great west, which he represented,
as having interests at variance with the in
terests of New England, and to excite sec
tional iealousies between them-but thank
God that whatever the feeling had hereto
fore been upon this subject, we are most
firmly united now our interests are one
and identical, and our destines are one,
(cheers.) He alluded to the common friend
of our common interests-Henry Clay of
kentucky, and said that although he iUed
in Kentucky he was nevertheless the pride
and property of all true Americans-wheth-
er in Connecticut or Kentucky; he was in
fact the common property OF every friend
of freedom throughout the world.
He then took survey of the omens so
suspicious TO his success in the campaign
now fairly opened by gallant Maryland, and
expressed the hope, that although that State
gun, winch, perhaps. belonged to Connecti-
cut, yet this State, in her coming election,
would CALAMITY follow the noble example of
her sister State. Fellow citizens, said he,
are you prepared to follow that glorious ex-
ample Eyes Yesl resounded from the
immense mass) am desired, said Gov. M
to turn my face to the north, upon this i'm
mense sea of intelligence around me, and
again put the question whether you are pre-.
pared to follow your sister Maryland in her
glorious lead-(Yesi Yes! burst forth in
thunder from thousands Of voices.
He next alluded to the campaign Of 1910
and to the subsequent treachery Of Presi.
dent Tyler, and said it was subject oil
proud rejoicing to every Wing, that not a
single cohort was SO reckless of priaciple as
as to be found sharing the deserticn with
him; all, stood fast to principle, except the
very man who had been honored and elevat.
ed by Wing votes And nov, then, we all
are again united, to man as in 1910, en-
gagged again in the same triumphant GAUGE
with the same issues, if not the same men
and the same certainty Of success before us
-(Cheers, and Ready for it, from the
crowd.)
He then went into an eloquent discussion
of the tariff, which he said was in point oil
fact, question whether the American PEG.
pie should declare by law that they would
protect their own labor, their own industry
and be independent-or whether we should
suffer ourselves TO be dependent upon and
ruined by an influx Of pauper productions
of Europe. This was the simple question,
and he was ready to rest the whole cam
paign upon that one issue. The East would
arise in defence of the Tariff, and the great
West would respond to them most fully
and even the South, the chiValrous South
rank as has been her opposition to a tariff,
was fast modifying that opposition and
paving the way to its support even there.
The distribution of public lands next
claimed his attention, and he showed mosI
triumphantly the simple equity and justice
Of that measure of the Wings.
He gave way at this place in his speech
for the ceremony Of presenting the Banner,
and announced that he would address the
Convention further upon other topics in the
evening"
In the evening Gov. Morehead was again
introduced to the meeting, amidst the mos,
dealening applause He expressed himself
exceedingly gratified with his reception by
so large, respectable, and intelligent on au.