Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1844-07-25

/ as the hands that MADE, ialf as The h0SOnS
that conceived it, This is another proof Of
woman's worth. 'sNoble and lovely woman.
the refuge, the comfort, the happiness Of
man, when a cold, uncongenal world frowns
; upon him. Her reward must come from on
high.
"A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warm, to counsel, and command;
And yet spirit Still and bright,
With something of an angels light
'sYour beautiful banner, fair ladies', | will
place among those distinguished gentlemen
who are about to delight you with the eraces
of their eloquence, and to sustain your illus
| trious cause. There it shall wave in the pres
ence of these many thousands, whose hearts
are resolved, and whose hands are strong to
defend whatever beauty and virtue may de-
sign
I Gen Gordon then rose and delivered an able
and eloquent address, in which he paid beau
( tiful and deserved compliment to the patriot
! ism and firmness of the 10th Legion. He
spoke of the nomination of Polk and Dallas as
glorious union of the democracy, He allu-
ded to his personal acquaintance with Col.
| Polk. Knew him wel-had served with him
in Congress, and roomed with him; and knew
him to be man of elevated moral character,
and of high order of talents. SC. &c. But
the Secretaries find it impossible to do Justice
to the speech of Gen. Gordon in an imperfect
report of its prominent points. 1t was we'll
| timed, and produced happy effect upon the
minds OF the assembled mass. At the conclu-
sion of his remarks, the meeting gave hearty
cheers for Gen. Gordon.
! The President then introduced John Letch-
er, Esq, to the meeting, who addressed the
! crowd in an able manner for some time, show
ing how utterly the Wings failed to redeem
their promises made in 1910, sc. sc.
Here dinner was announced, when the as
sembled thousands partook of plain, substan-
tal dinner, furnished by the generous-hearted
democrats of Rockingham, Shenandoah and
Page Every thing connected with the din
ner was got up in the finest tase, and all were
served without stint
After dinner Mr.. Letcher resumed and con-
Guided his remarks The speech throughout
was clear and pointed, and was listened to with
marked attention. At the close of Mr.. Letch-
! ers's speech, the meeting gave 3 cheers for
John Letcher.
The meeting was entertained by some soul
thrilling strains OF music from the Bands in at
tendance.
1t was here proposed that vote Of thanks be
rendered to the fair ones of Page for the beauti
full boquet Of flowers presented to the meeting
in the morning. Carried unanimously;
and 3 cheers We're given for the frightened
democratic daughters of ''the right wing of the
10th Legion"
The President then introduced VIM Smith.
Esq, of Fauquier, to the crowd, who received
him with demonstrations of unmlngled delight.
MIR. Smith made one of his best speeches.
He was in the midst of those who delight to
do him honor, and he was rejoiced to contr-
butte his portion to push onward the democratic
ball. He alluded to James X Polk, and con-
trasted his unassuming character with that of
the would-be dictator, Harry of the West
He showed Clay to be the arrogant man, and
unworthy to be trusted with the destinies of this
great and mighty nation. But we cannot at
tempt to do justice to the mastery speech of
VIM. Smith 1t was delivered in the happi-
est humor, and elected applause repeatedly
from the assembled democratic hosts When
he concluded, three spontaneous cheers for
VIM. Smith arose from that mighty mass of
freemen.
Col T. j. Randolph of Abemarle, being
called upon, delivered a few brief and patriotic
itllldlhS WHICH ItCcINeu lle IlOSl Enthusiastic
applause of the audience
Col. ID. w. Patteson, of Augusta. Harri-
son amin 1910, concluded the speaking in a
speech of few minutes, which also elected
warm applause.
The following resolutions Were then unan
imously adopted by the meeting:
Resolced, That this meeting radfy the
nominations of the Baltimore Convention, and
approve Of the delegates from this district in
said Convention.
Resolred, That in James K Polk and Geo
M. Dallas we recognize true Jeffersonian Re
publicans. who oppose all the leading meas
ures of the federalists and approve those of the
democratic party; and that they should be
warmly supported by all who profess to belong
to the republican party.
Resolved, That this meeting approve of the
immediate annexation Of Texas
Res6tDed, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be published in the Winchester Virgnian,
Woodstock Sentinel, Rockingham Register,
Richmond Enquirer, Valley Star, Globe, and
other democratic papers be requested to copy.
JOS. II. SAMUELS, Chairman.
JOHN II. WARrMANN,
JOHN G. BowYER.
SAMUEL c. WILLIAMS, Secretaries.