Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-13
The Whig Meeting on Wednesday Evening.


The great Wing meeting that was advertised
to be held at the Court House, on Wednesday
evening last, brought number CT strangers to
town, for the purpose ofhearing some of the dis
tnguiShed speakers, announced in the bill. Bear
the Buckeye Blacksmith, and several gentlemen
from Philadelphia were expected, but none ar
rived excepting Josiah Randall, Esq, of Pha
del phia who had been on visit to Columbia
county. There were delegations from Milton
Selinsgrove and Northumberland, and marched
into the Court House, proceeded by the Milton
Band. The Wings numbered about $50 persons
The Court House was pretty well crowded The
seats within the Bar were filled exclusively with
ladies, who, for the first time, were called into
requistion, at a political meeting in this place
We cannot say that we have any fault TO find
with this. Their presence is always cheering
under all circumstances We need not say they
made fine appearance. The ladies ofthis place
are proverbial for their beauty, as we'll as their
neatness and taste in dress, excepting always the
modern-but it would be mpoite to except to
things behind their backs
The meeting being organized, Mr. Bellas brief
lv stated the object, and also that number of
distinguished speakers, expected from Phladel.
phia were detained in consequence ofthe recent
riots in that city. The absence of the Buckeye
Blacksmith was not accounted for. Chester
Butler, Esq, of Wilkesbarre, was first called
on to address the meeting. Mr.. Butler who is
an estimable man, delivered plain, we'll mean
ing speech, which was well received by the audi.
encc, and concluded by relating several anec.
dotes, Illustrating some of the naughty tricks
made Of by the locos il ell ctioneerine, DR.
Baldwin, of Towanda, was next called upon
The Doctor, with that native moiesty peculiar 10
hims elf, commenced by giving his pedigree and
declaring that he was not exactly like Felix
Grundy, who was "born a democrat" An ad.
mission that no one seemed to doubt. He did not
know how he was born, and what was more, he
didn't care but he knew that he sucked in de.
mocracy the natural way, as soon as he was able
to think and reflect The doctor stated that he
had lived a good while-traveled much, and
knew much. and ght have added talked much
The doctor before branching out paid passing
compliment TO the ladies present, and spoke of
their beauty and orHan,enfs The latter allu-
sion we did not distinctly comprehend, as our la.
dies are remarkable for their neatress and sim.
and tinsel in their apparel But the doctor is
something of wag, and, no doubt, had reference
TO something. The doctor then went off at a
tangent, secured the four quarters of the Globe
for examples and parallels, but not finding the
earth large enough for the wide field of his ina
gination, he finally mounted into illimitable
space amidst the spheres We do not allude TO
the "lunar sphere" so beautifully described by
Pope -
"Where heroes wits are kept in pond rous vases
And beauX in snuff. boxes aud tweezer.cases,-
Where broken vows and dcath-bed aims are found
And lovers hearts with ends of ribands bound J"
He magnanimousy ascribed 10 Washington the
largest sphere, but cont nd that Clay's spher"
was next within the circle and that the Clay ball
revoved in an orbit Of immense magnitude. He
did not state the period Of its political revolution
the cccentricity of its orbit, or the inclination of
its axis TO the plane OF its orbit These the doc
tor wisely left TO conjecture, Vell as several
shreWd, metaphysical and abstruse sayings, in ie.
f,rcnce 10 the ladies'.
Josiah Randall, Esq, was then called on. He
was we'll provided with documents, and spoke in
the most exalted terms of Mr. Clay Had no O..
pinion of Mr.. Polk, whatever. He labored hard
to show that Mr.. Clay was not inconsistent, in his
late and former opinions on the tariff, and read
some extracts that proved, as We thought, too
much.
The meeting was concluded with a speech
from Judge Collins, which we did not hear, but
as the Judge was tnvorte with Stevens and
Ritner, 1t Is natural that he would warmly sup
port the cause Of Thaddeus' candidate for Go
vernon.
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