Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-08-31


s4ron ths NaslDnle Union Of the l7,h..
The xreat .nenoeraaic Natieual,
mass Conveati0n &C Nashville.
] To-day, On the 18Th Of August, l8ll-
: day which viii ever Be memorable IL The
history Of Tennessee and American politics
the Great National Mass Convention,
called in pursuance Of Resolves passed BY
the Democratic State Convention Of Ten
nessce in November last, met at Camp
Hickory, il the immediate vicinity Of this
city, in large outrageous grove, includ-
ing fifty or sixty acres Of beautifully en-
closed land. The concourse Or citizens or
this State, and Of other States, Of Delega-
tons from other States, and Of uniformed
Military Volunteers, was great beyond all
comparison with al other similar meetings
ever before held in this State, Besides the
foregoing las ought, perhaps, to have been
first stated several thousands Of the fair
matronagc Of Tennessee and several neigh-
boring States. including hundreds upon
hundreds Of their fair daughters, honored
the Convention with their smiling and APP
proving presence, and were accommodated
with seats for themselves and their attend
ants When the Procession formed in the
city arrived, and the meeting came 10 or
der, Maj A. J. Donelson, from the Com
mittee OF Arrangements, announced the fol-
lowing appointments Of officers Of the Con-
vention, Which were ratified BY accla,na-
ton: e
Here follows a list Of the officers, Hon.
GAYS JOHNSON being PRESIDENT
The Hon. C. johnson, on taking the
Chair, delivered an eloquent and dignified
address, thanking his fellow citizens for
the homer they had just conferred upon him.
He expressed himself most happy in seeing
the present vast assembly Of his fellow cit
izenss including 50 large share of ladies
80 hrge portion Of the youth, beauty
and patronage Of Tennessee and neighbor-
hood States-who had come out to honor
the occasion by their presence. He said
that he was proud to see the great number
Of friends from other States, who had met
their Democratic brethren Of Tennessee
here, and all for the purpose Of giving a
hearty response TO the Democ ratio nomina-
tons Of the Presidency and Vice Presiden-
cy. He said that he felt more pride on
being able to say, that this meeting-its
purp s.s and objects--the feelings Of all
present as testified by being enabled
him on this occasion, and in presence Of
this great assembly, to give direct contra
diction to the false charge Of disunion. and
wish to dissolve the Union, which had
been rropagated BY the wing press Of this
State. against those concerned in calling
and getting up the present meeting. He
said he would now, once for all, in the
presence Of this assembly and Heaven. say,
on the part Of the whole Democracy Of Ten
nessee, and Of the Democracy Of the South
and Southwest, and for the Democracy Of
the whole Union, that these cha rs were
wholly untrue-that there is no ground or
pretext, in truth, upon which such charges
could rest-and that he appealed to this
whole assembly to testify for him, and the
Democracy ofthe Union, that the allega-
tions were false. He said he felt fully au-
thori ed to say, for himself and this whole
assembly, in the language ofthe time hon.
ored inmate Of the Hermitage, here in tie
immediate neighborhood Of that great citi-
zen, that ssrHE UxIoN MUST nE rRrsEsy-
En,"-and Mr.. J. added, that THE UNION
SHALL BE PRESERVED. These declara-
tions were responded to by the shouts of
applause and acclamations Of thousands up-
on thousands Of voices.
Mr.. j. concluded by saying, that the
scene before his eyes-the news from every
direction--the daily evidences of our own
senses, all serve to assure us of glorious
victory in November. He added that he
would not detain the meeting, but would
call upon distinguished soldier of the last
war-a ripe statesman, who had stood with
Gen. jackson in his administration-and
who had represented his country in foreign
Courts with great honor and advantage to
his country, to address the meeting. He
said he would introduce soldier who had
broken lis sword and thrown it away in
the last war, when Hull made his cowardlv
surrender 10 the British in the Northwest
rather than Jet it fall into the hands Of the
enemy He then introduced to the meet
ing, GEN. LEWIS CAss, Of Michigan.
We did not attempt sketch Of the elo-
quent and powerful speech which was
made by Gen. CAss, for we felt that moth
ing short Of its publication entire, word for
word and sentence for sentence, as he ut
tered it to admiring thousands, would award
to him a full measure Of Justice. We hope
to be able to obtain report OF it. II was
the master effort Of great statesman; and
the popular thunders Of applause with
which It was received by the FIFTY ACRES
or rREEMEs in attendance, rang through
the valleys and reverberated from hill 10
hill unlike aught that we had ever heard
before.
The speech Of GAxsEvooRr MELVILLE
Of New York was thrilling, powerful, and
withal beautiful. 1t was rich, racy, and
highly entertaining, replete with sound
doctrine, chaste pleasantly, and true elo-
quence. From notes taken in haste, we