The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-28

Clay was humble but In tbs latter he was proud He
like the noble stag Of the forests Of Ke utucky
which the hotly IL pursued BY the huntsman
toesed up Its branching sntlsrs the moro proudly
b.rked At him and could toss high in the air the
blooShounds which aimed at his throat Such Wal
Henry Clay. tGreat spplauss) Mr.. C. then pro-
grsphy Of Cen Csss and stated several insta IN
which he alleged Gen. Casa had turned about with oil
parties and Kept his ooal situation under all sdm
nistrafions, by servility and subservieuoy. The
speaker then spoke, In ardent terms Of the devotion
Of bis native State Of Kentucky to the cause and
interests Of the Union remarked that IN the late
with Mexico, whereas tho state Of virginia, which
had cast Its vote for Mt Polk and the had dis
grsced itssf by sending no volunteers to that var
Kentucky ON the other hand had sent I've regime uts
OF volunteers and was ready to send more Mr.. c
particularly called upon the reporters Of the public
.SS .ss to keep nots o. that
Ohio wss fed srslist He (Mr C) had the fact from
Judge BurDet who, himself fedsrallst yet was far
exceeded by Con. & ass Here Mr. c. related several
pointed and strong of and
trucking which he (N1r attributed to Gen Cass
Among OTHER things. he related that he (Mr. c. had
the copy of letter written formerly by General
Csss to Mr. Clay In which the former attach ed severe
ly General jackson, Mr.. Buchanan and other proni.
and sdmirer Of Mr. Clay A copy Of this letter he
lr. l.. c. had given for publication to Mr.. McErath
ofthe Tribune The speaker here quoted the lines Of
Shakespeare descriptive of the character of General
Cass, who WAS he observed one who "Would bend the
plant hinges Of the knee, that thrift might follow
% Al. Of az
Of his kind intention towards him. he would not speak
halt so badly Of him he thought of ha. Laughter)
say few words In the West the people knew that
while those Of the East exposed 10 civilized foe
b's part Of the country they were exposed to the
to the Northwest, we In Kentucky feared from his
proclaim alton that he would swallow up the whole of
Canada before we got there. On that occasion, Gen
Csss according to the life written of him. the first
to cross the river; but very important part OF the
transaction ~as omitted, viz, that while he was the
Araf IN IN ID in Efa
state that in the retreat he the first to back
again (roars Of laughter and that the time when
Cass didn't break his sword Uaughter) But, any
way, General Taylor never would break his sword on
stump he would rather break 1t the heads of his
enemies. MIR Coombs then related anecdote of
Gen. Cas-, to the effect that he commissioned only
eighteen men to undertake the conquest Of Canada
and to those eighteen men he gave two sheets of in
Canada. they found men In office fit to govers that
country to keep them in il not to appoint ethers
and, sure enough, when this great force Of eighteen
surrounded by the British and compelled to
render He was afterwards is true In the battle of
the Thames. Well, It may be recolected that during
the Of 1910 the ooofocos attempted to prove
that Colonel Johnson was the hero Of the Thames,
and that Con. Harrison was not within two miles Of
the battle Well now in the Vest, one of Gen Cass's
great is that he was the aid Of General
Harrison At the same battle. This is short history Of
the military services Of Gen Cass any thing omit
it. Laughter) OF my friend, Mr.. Butler, their
ddste for the vice-presidency, would speLk Of him
respectfully. he knew MIN well, but 1t Is somewhat
singular that he not under Gre Of the enemy dur
ing the last war but once, and that was in the
streets Of Monterey when without orders he got In
Historical. He attempted to bsrricsde streets and
" TS.
battalion suffered and old General Taylor had to
them So much for hts military character Now, Messrs
attempting TO f~port me. for you can't do It. You
must know how to make . stump speech, and have
heard many of them to know how to do it: There was
tin Luther and no vne could report either him
Mr.. Coombs then spoke in the highest terms Of Mr.,
Clay, At some length, and said he knew Messrs Hail.
Tomlinson, Blunt, and Others in New York, who are
adheripg to him still. These men, he said, were
aboring under monomsna for the present
but in the end they will all come out right Greeley
will come out right, too and he would bet a
thousand dollars to quarter on it. He is a re-
age both in person andi mind Qaughter) But he
would come into the ranks before the time OF
election. Mr. Coombs then referred to Gen Cass mis-
zion to SPAIN his writing Of book laudatory Of Louis
Phppe his visit to the Holy Land; and what was the
object of that VISIT 1t to get bottle full of water
from the Jordon, with which to bsptse grand.
child of Louis Philippes; thing which Gen. Taylor
would not do to baptze all the princesses and princes
in the world After speaking few minutes longer
Gen Coombs became exhausted, and was obliged tC
retire [Calls for Mr.. Hoffman followed and some one
moved that smoking cigars should be prohbitedl
Mr.. HOFFMAN,, after making an apology for not at
tending to the motion about cigar smoking asked The
audience il they disposed to lstento him while
he made but few remarks in relation to the feeling
and convictions which he entertained Of what is the
duty Of the whig party in the present canvass
This meeting, fellow citizens, is not called to rstfy
the nomi nation of General Taylor for the Presdency
Fay this whg meeting is not called to raty the no.
mipation for the nomination of General Taylor has
art ady been ratified by the assembled wings of this
city. The nomination of General Taylor ratified
before 1t was made. 1t sprung from the people, and
the National Convention but ratified the popular
choice But we have to ratify the nomination of the
Governor and Lieutenant Governor of our State
h..rc ThAx-a ffsdf tn fha IaI
wings before me; and there be n doubling feeling
dis dant voice that Hamilton Fish is entitled
ane ?, TRY c Of Nav YORK hsd Tine
honor OF presenting candidate for the suffrage of the
Empire State. and yet our city looks back with pride
and honest pride, on the names of Jay and Clinton
And again by reclamation, the city of New York
presepts us with q candidate, of us, whom
dep bted to honor whose career we have marked and
who is entitled to our warmcst support Who Is Haml
ton Fish One that has lived among you one who
whig in the worst Of times mild amiable, intel
ligent and vrtuous. Elected to Congress- he the
appreciation of foes well friends Himself whig
himself the desce of whg Of the and
his father in the browning act OF the revolution stood
beside the Hamilton the head almost Of this
nation and assisted at Yorktown in securing the inde
pepdepc- country Yes atYorktown, in tho midst
Of the blaze Of British cannon and holding sof the
standard of his country Hamilton and Fish united
and by those recoectons and that union in the
Of our candidates We are sure to triumph AS to his
colleague the Governor he Is worthy of the
ticket on which he is placed. I do not wrong you
fellow citizens when suppose that whatever dissats-
faction msy have Observation-Disclosures confusion may
have arisen in our rsnks-t that all will rally to the
support of that nomination. But Is that to be all
the wings of this State to be satisfied because the
flag that floats over the Empire line, the New York
army is to In triumph and yet the nag that floats
our brethren Of the East and the South and the
West to droop in defeat Are we to be dissatisfied
because State banner waves aloft In triumph,
and yet the national banner, under which wings
have rallied Ia to droop In ignomny and defeat
If we secure Hamilton Fish We shall have fountain
pure in own State but II We allow the great
fountain to remain corrupt and impure the waters Of
corrupt patronage will flow into that Of the State and
corrupt them too. No, let 1t be whole and perfect
triumph. Let Maine reach out her hand to Georgia
and congratulate her that the victory Is won. Let
! New York stretch forth her hand to Kentucky and
congratulate her Fellow citizens, such will be oul
course, rs know such 10 our duty And Why, would
ak those doubling and luke warm wings, why will
I you rally under the standard Of wing Of tn,
srmy, and turn your backs codly your breth
rem who centending for victory in anothe
part of the field? | would ask, then, who is ou
csndidate-l mean for President of the United State
(1hree cheers for General Taylor) 1t is enough 70
m in he nj % saw wa I'd !,