Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-09-06
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"WINcHEsrER, Aug. %, ISL.
Il cannot refrain from giving yon bret ac-
count of OUR great Mass Meeting oil Thursday
last-tor great it was, in numbers-in the chaf-
actcr of the materials which composed tin the
order and dccorum which marked tin The
thrilling. eloquent and powerful addresses which
i, clce,i-in its effect oiiniusing fresh viSor ana
energy into the Democracy of this region, and the
manic which il inflicted upon the wings
whitening their taniastcal hopes IN REGARD 10 tre
state of parties in this Congressional District with
The bljghtng effect OF mdew In point OF mum
bers. nothing comparable 10 il. am sure, mas De-
fore been seen IN Virginia. In point ol chaIac-
yer il could no, have been excelled ann rhcre. Oh
,h. character of the addresses Won will form some
idea. when inform YOU, that those who address
ed the meeting during the day, were General
Dawson of I.ouiSiana-Malor Davczac, the aid
of the immortal Jackson al New orleans, ana
his bosom iriend-our own indomitahe smith,
now of Fauquer-and last, though no. leas,
David Stewart, Esq, OF Baimore-all eXccpt thc
last YOU are familiar with-thcreiorc, ol lhelh
need say nothing-ot him can say he delivered
one of the finest addresses OF the sort, considered
in every light. ,ha, have heard, and one that
made on his hearers powerful and abiding i'm.
preston. He is, indeed an able, cloqucn; and
accomplished man, OF whom MARYLAND may well
I've proud He tar ec!ipSed, in general estimation,
his plain lownsinan, Reverly Johnson, E>q.--a
gentleman of high reputation. who figured here
a, the Wing festival, on the I'D inst
The Wings have been chacklinS IN the anu,
cipation. tina, our meeting would nc failure, and
continued 10 exult in that idea until about nine
o'clock in the morning. when, a ifby preconcer
every avenue 10 our town was suddenly and
simultaneously darkened by immense masses OF
human beings with beautiful banners uniuIIcd
10 the breeze, inscribed with striking notices and
marked by most tasteful! devices, and accompanied
by bands of music.
s.ThuS they approached. and they came, IN
such numbers that Wing good humoTedly re-
marked 10 mr, that Ia contain and accommodate
them the town must he enlarged. The Wings,
poor lellows.-and many OF them too are very
clever tellaws-were more taken ahack at hr>t
than you can well imagine; hnt, al length many
OF them seemed 10 rccorer their honesty and did
annie Justice to the character oi the assenbiaSc,
Notwithstanding the aemp; in the public prints 10
diSparaoe it-at least "a regards lis NUMBER. ohe
told me he was satisfied it was four times larger
than the Wing meeting OF The 22nd;-o'iers
said 1t was three times larger, ana all "holi !
heard expreSs an opinion, that il was great deal
laroer Some of them attempted count; bnt
am sure none which was made can be relied on
even as regards those in the procession (and thou
sands were noi,) because of the rapidity WIN
which il marched-the irreSularlty with witch
il was formed. and the great number in each ME
or section, besides those on each side This was
the case to such an extent as nearly TO I'LL up
each street or road through which the procession
passed One Of these counts made BY the W hi@S
is said to have shown in The procession Ia or 1900
mother. a little more more down The street.
over 2ou9-and third over 5000. One OF these
sam, Wings told me he counted those in the Wig
procession on the 22l, and it contained about
l46l. Nal Davezsc, who has practised eye IN
such matters. estimated the number on the ground
nj lS 0. 20 900 think at the least 1t was loooo,
thoash do not pretend 10 be very accurate
Il would like to give you many particulars,
which would in,eres, you much; but my sheet J.
already filed In the procession were two beef
biaes stuffed with straw, TO exemplify the peror-
nance of the Wing promise Of roast beet and two
dollars day Even the Wings, some OF them,
laughed as this passed.