New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-08-15
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br,xc hearts ard true, from all her romantic mus
and her smiling valleys, animated by one g'o',-
ous impulee, gathered at Sing Sing to g'ye ises"
ir,pc.us to The good cause in which Inc "
Of the whole country arc enlisted.
A, half pas; o'clock, a. NJ. several huha'eo
Wnigs Of this city, bound for the meeting EN-
b.,ksd in he steamer Telegraph The BOAT was
b.ndzomely decorated with appropriate h4sS ADl
notices, and presented brilliant appearances %
.hs moved from the wharf amidst the cheers q
no accounted multitude. and the eniivcnipg
strains of music from the American Brass D -AO'
which accompanied the expedition ne NO u
;nr ,boneb rather warm, was yet quite pleasant
The clouds being JUS, sufficient to screen tue Gun
n.nv ,,om the hot rays of the sun. The passage
10 Sing Sing occupied about three h0ufs' ai'u
wss 1erdered exceedingly agreeable to all on
bo.rd scarcely less ty the animating songs Oh
- Coo, Mountain Ministries, and the New
York CLAY Glee Club, and the stirring airs oil 'ne
Band, than by the magnificent 'ceaeEy OF 'ne
Hudson.
On arriving at Sing Sing, at II! O'clock the
company lanoed amids; the enthusiastic cheeis
of numerous ,hreng assembled On ths Wnaf'
and the adjacent hill. The village was oil as'if
and as the procession wound lis way up the hii
and through the principal streets to the place OF
meeting, it was greeted with loud huzzas, the
waving ST hanckerchicfs by the ladies, &c The
Delegations from the various towns came IN We
hicles of all forms and sizes, bearing appropriate
aags and banners, which ii is unnecessary partl-
culaEly to describe.
The place Of meeting could not have been bet
ter chosen, whe,her regard were had to effect
merely, or, what is Of still greater Importance, to
the accommodation OF the people. 1t was on
bold declvity, sloping down to the bank OF the
river, and commanding view OF one OF the
mos. magnificent pancramas that ever delighted
the eye of poet or painter. The stand Tor the Oh
6cers and speakers was erected az the base OF the
hill or huge rcci,, and in the shade OF several
fine oaks and chestnus. The seats for the Peo-
pie rose one above the other, filling fine SEMI
circle beautifully skirted by cedar, locust and
other trees, whose graceful shadows defended the
assembled throng from the rays of the scorchlng
sun. The whole Five Thousand were thus
brought as tffectually under the range Of the
speakers eve as they could have been in any
Hall, however ingenously constructed. The
view from the stand was certainly one OF the
| finest we ever beheld. There were in the throng
men of all ages, from the hoary veteran OF sO 10
the ardent and blooming youth of Is, while hun
dreds of women were present to cheer tho hearts
of their husbands, fathers and brothers.
When part of the Delegations only had ar
rived upon the ground, the meeting was Temporal
fily organized by the appointment OF Hon. A. H.
WELLS. of White Plans, President, and THos.
o. FAaRINGroY, of Yonkers, Secretary. The
New York Clay Glee Club and the Green Noun
tain Minstrels, being successfully called upon,
sang several appropriate Songs, afle. which Cen
BEnEDlcr Of Utica, native Of Westminster, ad-
dressed the assembly in very sensible speech,
in the course OF which he gave the most cheer.
ing accounts of the state Of public feeling in the
Central and Western portions Of the State, and
exhorted the Wings OF Westminster to faith
iul performance Of their duties.
The Delegations having at length all arrived.
the meeting was organized by the appointment
of General PIERRE VAN CORTLAND as President,
JOHN B. GsDsEY and twenty Others as Vice Pres
,cents, and fHcs. .. HARRINGTON and Three 9th.
ers as Secretaries.
After music by the ely Glee Club and the
Green Mountain Ministries, J. n. REYNOLDS, Esq
of New York, introduced to the meeting Hon.
E. J. SHIELDS of Tennessee, who was received
with three cheers. The applause having subsl-
ded, MIR. Shields commenced by expressing his
gratitude for the reception thus awarded him. and
then proceeded, much to the qualification OF the
audience, to speak OF the state of the Wing
cause in Tennessee, particularly as 1t has been
affected by the nomination of Polk. The merits,
or rather the dement's Of that gentleman were
thoroughly canvassed, and his shutting course in
relation to the Tariff set forth in a conspicuous
light He said that even the children of Tennessee
would laugh any man to scorn who should assert
that Polk is a friend of Protection. That gentle
man in fact had no claims to the Office for which
he had been nominated, and in his utter poverty
and desperation had seized upon the Texas ques-
ton in the hope of thereby saving himself from
an inplorious defeat. This was no better than
grand larceny upon John Tyler, but it was not
the only exhibition of Mr.. Folks thieving propen-
sites, tor he had appropriated to himself the one
term principle of Gen. Harrison, and was basely
endeavorng to obtain support by pretending, or
suffering his friends to pretend, that he was
friend Of the Tariff. Tennessee had been called
upon to support him on the ground of State pride,
but she would feel herself oisgraced rather than
honored by the election as President of the Uni
led States of a man whom she had twice refused
70 appoint as Governor. He assured the Wings
of the Empire State that Tennessee would givea
heavy majority Tor Harry of the West, and thus
place the seal of her disapprobation upon the dis
honest plot OF Annexation, at the same time that
she sustained the bene icent measures of the
Wing party. Mr. S. closed his remarks by an
allus;on to the agency Of the ladies of Tennessee
IN achieving the recent Wing victories in that
State, and by expressing his belief that the pre-
sence of women at our political gatherings was
sign significant as The rainbow, indicating that
the Wing party was hcnceiorth To be every where
triumphant. When he sat down the welkin rung
with three cheers for Tennessee and her represen-
tauves, and the same number for the ladies'
The Green Mountain Ministries having sung
apot bar coDr ho nv perf adtrpscpd bu