Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-01

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President, and requested him TO receive
lhe banner aud to mako a suitable nc
acknowledgement, wbcfoupon Mi CtAyrON
spoke az follows
Mr. JonEsoN II Is with degree Of sat
slaciion not easily expressed, that nc
cept The honor iust conferred upon me by
order Of the Marshal ~ the Delaware
delegation that of receiving this beauti.
fol banner ia their behalf. Presented 10
us as II Is by citizens Of that gallant State
with whose chiyury our own lorefathors
shed their blood on many battlc.plun OF
The Revolution, and TO whom the people
. of Delaware have been attached by all the
ties of friendship, were ii studded with
gems II could not be more acceptable 10 US
--(eheers) land when we know that in
addition TO all the artists skill could be.
stow on it, the fair hands of the ladies oil
Baltimore have contributed TO decorate and
embelllsh 1t, receives an increased valueI
in our eyes as u proof Of the interest
which our fair country women take in theI
glorious cause for which we have this day.
convened.--(Cheers.)
There is but another conside ration
which could enhance the qualification
we feel on this occasion, and we have i'll
in the evidence, which this banner fur
nishes, OF our devotion to the interests Of
our country and TO Wing principles with
which we believe those interests are iden-
tilted.
In the darkes, hours Of that long night
of misrule to which modern democracy
had subjected our suffering country, when
others had almost despaired OF the repub-
lie, and when even Vermont herself "that
bright particular star which neuer SETS"
seemed for an instant to grow dim in our
pc ltical armament. Delaware struggled
triumphantly through the contest and
sparkled like diamond amidst the gloom
: : that surrounded her. Through good and
through evil report, she never iatered in
her attachment to the grea, Statesman OF
: the West. Prolonged cheering.l
Her afiectionate regard for his char
acter and services always seemed only
. to increase with the increasing violence
= and injustice he encountered from others
and when her delegates this day behec
. the mighty masses gathered TO do hin
', justice and to confer upon him the high
est honor which a grateful con airy coulc
. best ow, when they saw the procession o.
} countless multitude of freemen moving
to ratly the decree Of our National Con
3 vention, exceeding in the magnifcence OF
) the spectacle the spendor of Roman tr
y umph-spreading its thousand banners
. ghtlering TO the sun, and ravIShng tht
- ear with the lofty emusic Of its march,
there were no hearts which beat highe
. with emotion than theirs-there was n
y voice which sent forth shouts of deepe
- and more fervid enthusiasm. Henry Cay
J is near to Delaware, chiefly because h
CT has twice saved the Union at its las
grasp.
We all know that present, in the ma
as king or gift of which the ladies have an
vi part, is apt to excite jealousy in other:
~ But let not the gallant Wings of thei
VI States who have been foled in their mar
ly efforts to win this banner, which the Ia
~ dies must have known was destined 70
u Delaware, Il say so because it is so adm
~ rably tasteful in all It's arrangements
g Let not our brothers, however, on thl
~ glorious occasion cherish single jeaIou
40 or envioas emotion. Delaware is 18th
Is' little sister" in the great family of Amer
~ lean Republics, and in every generou
~ family, the tiule one ,0ilt be the pet. IRE
~ mendous cheering
To all here assembled her delegate
bid me say, that she will hold this bar
d ner and the staff which sustains it, f
III the benefit OF all good Wings, belevin
"S that the sight of it will rouse their ene
"a gies at a future Convention, so long I
III Wing principles are cherished and tn
ou name CT Henry Clayis dear 10 the couI
!" try. [Great applause.
rsl Allow me in conclusion to render 20
is Mr. Johnson, the grateful acknowedg
ms ments of the Delaware delegation L
I'VE the kind, the hattering, and the eli
The quent terms in which you have presentt
be to us that which we prize so highly
nm offer our thanks to the Gentlemen of II
-ic. Banner Committee who have SO impa
of TALLY and honorably discharged their d.
- ties, and above all to the Ladies Of BAL
oe more, in honor Of whom, Judging lro
his the futterng now observe,) you a
in about 10 hear the loudest notes o! Il
am game COCKS fresh from the land OF Il
es. "Blue hens chickens.w [Tremendo
,m- cheering,l
Irs! [*It will be recoIeced that Delawa
on, adopted this Banner in honor Of her Re
L. dictionary Soldiers, who by their ga
Hlc lantry in ,hirty-three pitched battles, w
in the name of "game cocks" and fro
tri- their blue uniforms the State was call
by the soldiers the "Blue Hem" and h
Mr. troops the "bluo hens chickens"
the Mr.. Clayton here closed his addfe'