Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-06-15

An immense meeting Tor the ralhcatiOn Ol
the Whig nominations was held in Indepen-
dence Square in Philadelphia, on Friday even.
ing last. The meeting was called to order by
ROBERT MORRIS, Esq, Of Philadelphia, who
nominated lis, of officers, amongst them Hen
ry d. MarweH, Esq. of Easion, which was u
unanimously agreed 10. The following resolu-
tions were then read by w. S. Price, Esq, OF
Philadelphia, and unanimously adopted.
! Resolved, That the Wings Of the. United
States, here assembled by their Representatives
heartily ra,fy the nominations of Gen. Z ACH-
AIRY TAYLOR as Presden,. and MILLARD
FILLMORE, as Vice President of the United
States and pledge themselves to their support.
2. Resolved, That in the choice of General
TAYLOR as The whig candidate for President,
we are glad to discover sympathy with great
popular sentiment throughout The naliOn---a
timent which, having its origin IN admira-
rion of great military success, has been strength
ened by the development, in every action and
every word, of sound conservative opinions,
and of tue fidelity to the great examples of
former days; and 10 the principles of Consli-
tuition as administered by its founders.
3. Resolved, That General TAYLOR, in
saying that, had he voted in 1874. he would
have voted The whig ticker, gives us the assur-
ance-(and no better is needed from a consis-
ten, and truth speaking man THAT his heart
was with us at the crisis Of our political des,l-
ny. when HENRY CLAY was our candidate.
and when not only whig principles were we'll
defined and clearly asserted, but whig meas
ures depended on success. The heart that
was with US then is with us now, and We have
a soldiers word of honor, and life of public
and private virtue. as the security.
4. Resolved That we look to Gen. Taylor's
administration Of The government as one con-
ducive of PEACE, PROSPERITY, and u
MON OF PEACE, because no one better
knows, or has greater reason to deplore, wha,
he has seen sadly on the field of victory. the
horrors of war. and especially of foreign and
aggressive war. Of PROSPERITY now
more than ever needed to relieve the nation from
a burheu of debt, and to restore INDUSTRY
--agriculural, manufacturing, and commercial
Ito its accustomed and peaceful functions and
influences. or UNION, because we have a
candidate whose very position as South ives.
tern man, reared on the banks of that great
stream, whose tributaries, natural and artificial.
embrace The whole Union, renders the protec-
tlon Of the interest Of The whole country bis
first trust, and whose varied duties in past life
have been rendered, not on the soil or under
the flag of any State or section, but over the
wide frontier and under the broad banner of the
nation. raE -- < .-H
$. Resolved, Tha, standing, as the Whig par
ty does, on the broad and firm platform of The
Constitution, braced up by all its inviolable and
sacred guarantees and compromises, and cher.
ished in the affections because protective Of the
interests of the people, we are proud TO have
as the exponen, of our opinions. one who is
pledged to conslrue il by the wise and gener-
ous rules which Washington applied to it, and
who has said---and no Whig desires any orb
er assurance, and tha, he will make Washing
TONS Administration the model Of his own.
i. Resolved, 'rha, as Wings and Americans
we are proud to acknowledge our gratitude for
The great military service. which beginning a,
Palo Alto, and ending a, Buena Vista. frs, ava
kened The American people to just estimate
of him who is now our Wing Candidate In
the discharge Of painful duty-.-for his march
into the enetny's country was reluc.an, one.-
in the command Of regulars a, one time, and
of volunteers al another, and Of both combined;
-..in. the decisive though punc,ual discipline
Of his camp where all respected and beloved
him, ,in the negotiation OF terms for dejec-
ted and desperate enemy--in the exigency OF
actual conflict, when the balance was perilous-
ly doubtful, we have found him The same brave,
& considerate, no heartless spec
taIOr of bloodshed..- trifier viii human life or
human happiness; and we do not know which
TO admire most, his heroism i'm wilhstanding
the assaults Of the enemy, in the almost hope
less fields of Buena VISTA mourning in gen.
erous sorrow over the graves Of Rnggold. of
Clay or Of Hardin---or in giving. in the heat
of ba,tIe. terms Of merciful capitufaion to
vanquished foe at Monterey. and not being
ashamed to avow tina, he did it TO spare women
and children, helpless infancy, and more help
less age, against whom no American soldier
ever wars. Such a military mar, whose ,r-
umphs are neither remote nor doubtful
virtues these trials have tested, we are proud
10 make our candidate. esf
T. Resolved. Tha, in support OF such nom
inalon we ask our wing friends ihroug hout The
nation to unite, and to cooperate zealously,
Tesoluteiy; with earnes,ness IN behalf of our
candidate, whom calumny canso, reach. aud
with respectful demeanor towards our adverse.
ries. whose candidates have ye. to prove their
claims Oh the gratitude Of The nation.