The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-05-16
From the Baltimore Patriot.
YOUNG MEMS WING NATIONAL
CONVENTION OF RATIFICATION.
THE MEETING.

CONVENTION OF RATIFICATION.
THE MEETING.
The events Of this day will make the Second
of May, 1874, memorable in the annals of this
Republic. Never before were SC many of our
coun m from all parts of the Union, gath
cred in council. On the ever memorable fourth
of Nav. in the even memorable and glorious year
Of I840, there assembled in this city a multitude
which seemedly defied all reckoning of its num-
bers. 1t was thosght then that never till that
day was seen such an array of sovereign people
that. as never till that time was manifested
the glorious enthusiasm which then animated
the whole country-:hat as the triumph which
would follow that meeting would be SO decided
as to settle for this gene alton the questions
which then agitated the nation-it was thought
that years would roll by ere another mighty gath
ering of the people would be seen, comparable
to that assembled on the Fourth OF May, l04O,
yet it was exceeded by that of to-day-for the
spirit of those fervent days is again upon the
people. Their victory then was lost in the first
hours of its eonsummation. The same great
cause, therefore, summoned them to meet once
more, and they came in numbers as the lea yes
of the forrest or the sands of the sea. From
every State-from every county-from every
city-from every village, they came. From
the South-from the East and from the West,
there poured in a stream of population, as if the
whole nation was hither bound. Men from the
remotest sections of the Union-many who live
thousands of miles apart-those who reside .far
towards the rising sun" and those from the ex-
,xo,oos4 yVast hasa vvbo inbahit tho rauIop Nc NJ
the North, and those from the land ''where the
trees ever blossom and the flowers ever sh;ne''
were here together. For several weeks be-
fore the day of the meeting of the Convention,
the tide of population set towards Baltimore,
gathered strength each succeeding day, till at
last every avenue of approach was thronged,
and the number who arrived were limited only
by the capacity of rail roads, and steamboats,,
and stages, aud every other me ans of travel, to
bring them. And even then, VIII en- every pos
sihe means were availed of, thousands W ere UNI
able to reach here.
Come from forests OF Maine,
Through the mist and the shower.
Come DER prairie and plain
From the South Sunny bower.
Come from high Northern hill,
And from green Western hollow,
With stout heart and good will,
Come follow l come follow!
From the earliest hour of lawn this morning,
She roads leading to the city presented the ami
mated spectacle of thousands on horseback, in
carriages, and on foot, pressing with eager hast e
TO the Convention. To the eye of one who oc
cupied an eminence commanding sight of til G
city and the country around, the scene, which
every where meets his eye, was the most excit
ing and joyful it is possible to conceive of
Wherever he turned he beheld thousands of PEG.
pie, and from every part he heard the shouts o
Joy and EMULATION. In and around the city hun
dreds of thousands of people were gathered.
in the high names of truth and liberty"
THE GATHERING.
Early this morning the whole city was seem
ingly in motion, and in all the streets througl
which the Pageant was to pass, there we've sign
of preparation for the grand spectacle of the Ma
tional Procession. The arrang ments in Balti
more street were most extensive. The window
sashes were removed from many of the houses
balastrades were placed before most of them
and every means used TO secure a good place t.
see the spectacle.
Long before the hour for the moving of tn
precision, the whole of Baltimore street, and il
all the streets through which the Conyentio
was TO pass, were filed with people. The a
ray on Baltimore street was particularly impo
ing. The side walks were thronged with mel
women and children, and the windows Of tn
houses presented an array of female beauty
really dazzling to behold. 1t was a sight
warm the heart of every man, and filled tn
Wings with an enthusiasm in the great caus
which can know no abatement till The trump
of the people is eonsummated in the election
Henry Clay.
The Convention attracted TO our city many
the most distingu Ished men in the Nation
Among them were AMBROSE SPENCER, DANII
WEBSTER, JOHN ]. CRrTTENDEN, JOHN ]. CLAYro
Gro. Evans, ]. T. MoREHEAD, Judge BURNETT,
ofOhio; Judge BERRIEN, THOMAS EwING, of Ohit
and hundreds of others of the eminent men
the land.
AWARDING OF THE PRIZE BANNER.
At a quarter past eight o'clock, agreeably
the announcement. three guns were fred
quick succession, as the signal for the countir
of the respective number of Delegates in attic
Ounce, in order that the award might be ma
of The grand Prize Banner, which had been pr
pared by the Baltimore City Delegation, as
compliment to the State that should send t
largest proportionate Delegation to the Conve
ton, according to the relative distance of ca
State from Baltimore, and the number of t
Wing votes cast at the Presidential election
1910.
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