Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-05-25
Great MHIa MEETING.

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The wings Of New Orleans, assembled in
uass on Saturday evening last for The purpose
Of responding 10 the Baltimore nominations.
The meeting is described as being one Of the
most enthusiastic and unanimous ever held in
the city.
The meeting was eIoquently addressed by
Judge Jackson, Judge Ogden, Al C. Bullitt
Randall Hunt and Mfr. Chrfsty.
ID the midst of Mr.. Bullitt's remarks, some
one cried out for Calhoun and Texas-he re.
marked that the locos might 60 FOR Calhoun
and Texas, but the wings were determined
to 60 for Clay and the United states!-a shout
of three times three ratified the declaration.
The following beautiful resolutions were
then presented by Mr.. Bullitt, as chairman of
the Committee. aud unanimously adopted by
the meeting
Resolved, That this meeting approve ofthe
nomiRation Of Henry Clay and Thaodore Ere
linghuysen, as candidates of the wing party
for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of
these United States.
Resolved, That the nomination of HENRI
Clay for the FIRST Office In the gift IF the PEG
pie, was due to his great abilities, approved
craftsmanship and tried patriotism, and was
in accordance with the unanimous wish of The
wings Of the Union.
Resolved, That in nominating Theodore
Frelinghuysen for the Vice Presidency, the
convention did wisely in selecting a distin.
guished member of that illustrious band Of
patriots and statesmen, who, in the Senate of
the United States, devoted themselves 10 the
cause Of whig principles, when opposition Ia
the then dynasty was almost synonymous with
defeat that a man who then stood by tie wbio
banner at the peril of self-sacrifce, is a fit
leader Of the Thig party at a crisis like this.
And, Furthermore, W~eregard his unanimous
nomination BIZ the convention at the instance
Of the Southern delegates, as evidence of the
friendly regard Of our Northern brethren for
Southern rights and Southern men.
Resolved, That we discover nothing in the
position Of Henry Clay. regarding the question
Of the annexation of Texas to the United
States, as clearly defined by his recently pub
lished letter, that can authorize any Withdraw.
al Of the confidence that has been placed III
him as a sound, enlightened statesman'and
patriot; we find in that letter renewed and a.
bundant proofs of his ardent love of country.
straight forward independence and lofty regard
far the honor and integrity Of the American
Union.
Resolved, That we recognize, IN the declar-
ations of Henry Clay, in his letter concerning
Annexation, that any attempt on the part Of
European powers to authorize Or in any wav
to subjugate Texas, should be resisted by The
United States unto war, the spirit of the great
leader of that war of 1872, to whom the honor.
and safety and glory of the nation, NAV be
confidently entrusted.
Resolved, That the same issues are now
presented TO the people that were before the
country in l840 that the same zeal, unanimi.
ty and courage that were evinced then bythe
wing party, ought to characterize their exer-
tons row.; and that ii ain additional motive
for action were required now to those that then
existed, It may be found in the certainty that
a victory undef Clay and F~relinghuysen, viii
BE- a triumph Yin fact q well 40 in name, and