Columbus Whig. (Columbus, Miss.) 1843-18??, 1844-05-23
SAMUEL DAVIS, Printer. and Proprietor.
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I outre and ungrscefhI Among the others W
| spoke were Messrs. Bolts .Stansey, Clayton. Wal
| lace, johnson, CFitlenden and many ctheIs.-
| A slight shower Of rain soon aided the disper
sion Of the throng, and the vast! multIlud
marched back to the city. with colqrs hylne
and to the sound ofmuaic, regardless of 'siorn
and gloriously repaid for all their toll by th'
greetings and wavings Of handkerchiefs from
thousands upon thousands Of the fairest Of the
ladies of the Monumental Cay. Informal speak
ing was continued at various places through
the city during the day and evening, though az
many as could do 50 left { IL city for Their
homes. And thus closed the great and glofilus
celebration. II is but the Brilliant beginning 81
the still more brilliuntiend
WING NATIONAL CONVENTION.
For the nomination of Candidates fer fhe3Prys.
idera and Vice President of the United States
The National Wing Convention, as con-
templated, assembled at Baltimore or the 1st.
inst. lite PROCEEDINGS are before Us, but as we
have already bntIittIe variety in our paper Of
to-day, we shall content ourselves with only q
synopsis of the proceedings, All the States
were represented in the Convention the ut
most good feeling and harmony prevailed. and
the enthusiasm is representedby The sAmeri-
cam as being as great as that fl840.
Atll o'clock. on the LIST, the.Delegates as.
sembled at the Uuiyersalist Church. Eov tae
purpose Of organizing the Conyention.the Hon
Arthur l.. Hopkins, from Alabama, was appoin
ted President pro tenn. AIR. Hopkins took the
Chair and submit ed TO the Convention that
the blessing of God should be invoked upon the
Assembly on the location. For that purpose,
the Rev. Sir. JOINS would pronounce the first
prayer made before the Continental Congress.
The Lords pray er was then uttered, follow
ed by some of the most appropriate prayers of
the episcopal service. The immense asse m
bly, stood while the prayers were read, and the
scene was most impressive.
Another of the city clergvmen; Rev. Mr.,
Williams. read appropriate passages from the
word of God, exhorting. the people "to walk
worthy ofthei vocation
The Hon. Ambrose Spencer, of New York
was then chosen President, and % Vice Pres
idents appointed, among whom was MIR. Daw-
son, OF Georgia.
After an Address from the President of the
Convention,
Mr.. Watkins Leigh, of Virginia, in brief
terms stated the occasion under which the
Convention had met. The eat oNJect was
to nominate candidates for President and Vice
President, For the first Office there was
hearty unanimity for HENRY CLAY-a word
that expressed more enthusiasm--that had in
it more eloquence than the nam of Chatham
Burke, Patrick Henry, and TO US than any 9TH
CIR and all other men together. Mr.. LEIGH
proposed the following resolution:
RESOLVED, THAT THIS CON-
VENTION UNANIMOUSLY NOM
MATE AND RECOMMEND TO
THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES ssHENRY CLAY" OF
KENTUCKY, AS PRESIDEN T OF
THESE UNITED STATES
A thousand voices sounded almost thous-
and times "AMEN" and "AMEN," accompan-
led bv such cheers and Chipping of hands as
tie world never heard before! ne cHeers
were prolonged for many minutes. and.with
such deaiening shouts as made the church
quake.
! A motion was made that committee of
five members be appointed to inform Mr.. Clay
of his nomination. The following committee
was appointed 10 inform Mr.. CLAY of his NOM
nation. &
Messrs. Berrien of Georgia; Lawrence of
Massachusetts; Archer, of Virgins; Burnett of
Ohio; and Erastus Root, of New York. "a
A motion was made by Delegate from N.
Y. to invite Mr.. CLAY to attend the Convention
to- morrow (7hursday.) The Convention
were divided as to the propriety of this step
when Delegate from Maryland read the fol-
lowing letter from HENRY Clay, the good
s ense of which all present acceded to:
Washington, April %, 1914
Ny Deer Sir:-I cannot reconcile it to my
sense of delicacy and propriety to attend eth
er of the Wing Conventions this week in Bal
tlmore Such is my deliberate judgment. !
hope my friends will acquesce in my determin-
alton, and not urge me 10 revoke it, which l
cannot do.
Yours, faithfully,
To REvERDY JOHNSON, ESQ., Baltimore.
Letters were received from the Hon. George
Evans, the Hon. John NJ. Clayton, and the
Hon. John Mclean, withdrawing their names
from the consideration of the Convention, as
candidates for the Vice Presidency. n
Messrs. John Davis, Of Massachusetts,, Mil
lard Fillmore.of New York, Theodore Frelng-
huysen, of New Jersey, and John Sergeant of
Pennsylvania, were put in nomination, and the
following is the result
Whole numoer of votes 275
Necessary to choice l36
list. (2d.l 3d.
s si?Isr 9i Fillmore g g & & g
IT FrelinphiIvsen 1Ol lis 155