The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-30
W AS HIN GTON.
TUESDAY EVENING. JULY 80. 1874.
THE DEDICATION MEETING.


the Club House, was one Of the largest gather
genuine out pouring of Wings. male and female,
prompted by no other motive than warm, ardent,
patriotism. No Fictitious Drummond light was
expected to be there, and therefore the Loco
focos will in no way be able to account for the
immense throng, than by confessing the TRUTH
that extraordinary enthusiasm pervades the hearts
of this Wing community.
The music and display of symbols and devices
were fine. The Glee Clubs Of Georgetown,
Alexandra, and Washington, Of course were
there, and performed to admiration.
Not less than three hundred ladies' were within
the Club House, and the house was literally
crammed inside and out Those within tho walls
can form no idea how small portion Of the meet
ing they composed. The area in front Of the
Club House for fifty yards in every direction was
studded with human forms, closely compacted,
and alleager to catch the sounds of the speakers
voices. temporary stand was erected in front
Of the Club House, SO that the people within and
without could hear at the same tme or alternately
Hon. Mr.. Green, Of Kentucky, first addressed the
meeting. in an able and impressive speech. which
had telling effect upon the audience. We
are unable to do more than give some of the
points of the speeches, all of which were we'll
timed, and seasuned with anecdote
Mr.. G. of course, in duty bound, first paid
his respects to the ladies, whose influence in po.
ltics he declared to be both salutary and power
full. He likewise paid deserved tribute of praise
to the warm and disinterested, almost unanimous
support given to Wing principles by the people
of this District. who, being deprived of the right
Of suffrage, have none of the usual stiinulants to
exertion which inspire the patriotism Of the peo-
pie in other quarters-but while they are disfran-
chised, they at the same time have, from their
position, the best opportunities of scanning the
conduct Of public men and public administrations.
Their ardent and warm support Of the Wings,
was therefore an invaluable testimony, which
could not be without its effect upon their coun-
trymen at distance. la,. ta,..as -3ars. i 8. ~
Mr.. G. gave rapid but clear statement Of
Wing principles. They want, he said, sound
national currency regulated by national institu-
ton, whose bills would circulate in the remotest
parts of the country with the same readiness with
which they would be received in the immediate
neighborhood of the institution. We have no
such institution now, and cannot have, if the Lo-
cofocos obtain power. We wanted, he said, ade-
quate protection to home industry--we wanted
home market for our farmers, and high wages for
labor None Of these blessings would the coun-
try enjoy If the Locofocos were permitted to
carry out their vagaries about free trade. The
Wings were anxious to perform that great act Of
justice to the States the distribution of the pro.
ceeds of the sales Of the public lands, and there
by relieve the States from their present thraldom
of debt ss s5,. ..a ,se. stts. ot
Mr.. Green touched up the dsgraceful farce of
the Baltimore Convention, in which one-third
gave law to two-thirds, and brow-b beat them into
submission. Mr.. Van Buren,, he said, had large
majority of friends in the Convention, sent there
by their constituents to nominate him for the Pre-
sidency, but the disunionists--,he friends of an
nexatIon and free trads-deiermined that it should
not be- They determined to defeat Van Buren,,
and TO put up ma of their own STAN! "a cla-
morous advocate for free trade and immediate an
nexation--and they accomplished their object
they soemnly determined that the minority should
rule the myorify. 10 this free country, fellow
citizens, we have always been accustomed to
think that the majority should rule; but they
have established new principle in the late Bal
timore Locofoco Conven,ion-they have estab-
lished the principle that minority, and very
small minority, shall rule the majority. We had
always thought moreover, that it was a cardinal
principle with the Democracy" that the repre-.
sentative should obey the wishes Of his consttu.
ents; but the Locofoco Baltimore Convention
have determined that the wishes of the people
may be disregarded and despised at the pleasure