Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-10-11


The Wing Mass meeting held at Cen
,reville on Friday last, was truly good
gathering Of the people. II assured Us
that the indomitable Wings of old Wayne,
as heretofore. are ready TO &C, when their
country calls for their aid. Vehave heard
the number present estimated at from IL
to $500. The most important feature Of
the meeting. however. was not its num-
bers; but the sssension paid to those who
addressed it, and the spiri, Of determine.
ton manifested to do their duty in the
coming contest.
The meeting. which was held in the
public square, was ably addressed by Mr..
Hardin Of kentucky, who had been "high
private" in the late war in Mexico. and
who had served under Gen. TAYLOR from
his march up the Rio Grande to the close
of the campaign at the battle of Buena
Vista. His intimate personal acquaint-
ance with Gen. Taylor enabled him to
speak Of him with confidence as to his
qualiic cations and general character, and
he done it in a way that commended Gen.
Taylor to the good opinion OF all honest.
plain American citizens. We regret that
we have not room for brief sketch Of Mr..
Hardin's remarks. On the subject Of the
Wilmot proviso he declared that the Wings
the people as expressed through their rep
resentatives in Congress should become
the law of the land, and that they did not
expect Gen. Taylor to use the veto pow
err against it. lie denounced the veto
power as exercised by Polk as contrary to
the spirit Of our government, and that il
Gen. Taylor were to use it for the purpose
Of controlling the will ofthe people on the
subject Of extending slavery, he would re-
ceive the denunciation and contemps oil
the Wings of Kentucky.
In the afternoon, the Hon. Charles S.
Morehead. the member Of Congress from
the Ashland district. addressed the meet
ing in the true Wing spirit. Upon the
subject Of the Wilmot proviso, he said.
! that in Congress he had voted as the rep
resentative of the larges, slave district in
Kentucky, against it; but if Gen. Taylor
should be elected President. and Congress
should pass the ordinance of '87, it would
be the duty Of Gen. Taylor to sign the
bill-that he would do it, he had no doubt.
Gen. Taylor had declared in his Allison
letter that he would sign it, and no man
had yet dared to doubt his political integ-
rty. Mr.. Morehead's speech was listen
ed to with much attention, and was adj.
rnired for its free. candid and honest dec
laraton Of sentiment. twas worthy the
| Wings Of Kentucky, and the special rep
rescntative Of that proud old statesman
who has SO emphaticaIly declared that he
would ''rather be right than be President
The Hon. r. w. Thompson, of our
own State followed Mr. Morehead, in a
speech OF two hours. II was just such a
speech only Dick Thompson can make
1t was truthful. eloquent and effective
We wish we had room to give sketch o.
his review Of the corrupt course Of MIR
Polk; but we have not
In the evening the Hon. c. B. Smith
addressed crowded meeting in the Cour
house. He was followed by Mr.. Hardin
On the same evening Messrs. Moreheac
and R. W. Thompson addressed the PEG
pie of Richmond. On Saturday evening
Messrs- Hardin and Thompson addressed
IA large number Of people at Cambridge
Our only regret is that our entire popula
ton, Wings, Locos and Van Buren, Abo
litionists, had not an opportunity of hear
ing the expositions Of the corrupt cours.
Of Mr.. Polk and his party, and the elo
quent advocacy Of the principles of thu
Wing party, made on Friday last