Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-06-28
Ratification Meeting NJ PhtlaAea.
Dh1a.

Hon. Vim. r. Johnson Of Pa presided
over HE great meeting in Independence
square on Friday nigh, TO respond to and
ra,ify the nomination of the Wing Ma.
,ional Convention. Gov. Morehead IN.
{. Gen. Leslie Coonhs of Ky. Gen Bar
row of Tenn. Irwin of Pa. John r. Fowl.
er. Mr.. Van Wagner of n. York aud
great many others made ra,iying speech.
-. The following Resolutions, reported
by ". S. Price. Esq of Pa. were unani.
mously adopted:
!. Resolved, That the Wings of the
| nitcd States. here assembled by their
Representatives. heartily rai,fy the no,n,-
nations ofGcncral ZACHARY TAYLOR
IA President. and WILLARD FILL
MORE as Vice President oil the United
states, and pledge themselves 10 their
>upPeu.
?. Resolved. Tina, in the choice ofGen.
cral Taylor as the Wing candidate for
President, We are glad 10 discover s,mpa-
In, With gre at popular sentiment through.
out the naton--a sentiment which. hav-
ing its origin i'll admiration of great mill.
tary success. has been strengthened by
the development. IN every action aud
every word. of sound conservative cpin-
ions, and of fidelity Ia the great examples
of former days; and to the principles of
the Constitution as administered by its
founders.
B Resolved. That General TAYLOR, in
say ne that. had he voted in 1874. he would
have voted the whig ticket, gives Us the
assurance-and no better is needed from
consistent and truih-speaking man
tina, his heart was with us az the crisis
of our political destiny. when Henry Clay
was our candidate. and when not onlv GU
principles were well defined aud clearly
asserted, but Wing measures depended
on success. The heart that was with US
now. and we have soldiers word oil hon
OF. and life OF public and private virtue,
rs the security.
J. Resolved. That we look 10 General
TAYLoR's administration of the Govern
ment as one conducive of Peace, Pros
peri,y and Union. OF Peace-because
no one better knows. or has greater rea-
sous Ia deplorr. what he has seen sadly
Oh the field of victory, the horrors of war.
aud especially OF Il foreign and aggressive
war. Oi Prosperi,y-now more than ev
CT needed To relieve the nation from bur
den Of debt, and restore indusiry-agri-
cultural, manufacturing and commercial
to lis accustomed and peaceful iunc-
tons aud influences fCnion-becau>e
we have a candidate whose very position
as a South cstern man. reared on the
b anks of that great stream whose tributa-
ries. natural and artificial. embrace the
whole Union renders the protection of the
interests of the whole country his first
trust. and whose varied duties in past life
have been rendered, not on the soil. or
under the flag of any Stale or section, but
over the whole frontier. and under the
broad banner Of the Nation.
5. Resolved. That standing rs the
" hic party does. on the broad and firm,
platform OF the Constitution, braced up
bv al It's inviolablc and sacred guaran-
tees and compromises, and cherished in
the affections because protective OF the ia.
teresi of the people, we are proud to have.
as the exponent of our opinions, one who
is pledged TO construc it by the wise and
generous rules which Washington applied
to il. and who has said (and no Wing de-
srcs any other ass,,rance) that he will
make Washngton's Administration the
model Of his own.
g. Resolved, That as Wings and Amer
leans we are proud 10 acknowledge our
gratitude for the great military services
which, beginning at Palo Alto, and ending
at Bucna Vista, first awakened the Amer
can people 10 Just estimate of him who
is now our Wing candidate. In the dis
charge of a painful duty--tor his march
into the enemy's country was a re!uc,an,
one; in the command OF regulars al one
time, and of volunteers at another, and Of
both combined; in the decisive though
punc,ual discipline Of his camp. where all
respected aud beloved him. in the nego,i-
alton o! terms for detected and desPer-
ale enemy; in the exi gcncy OF actual con-
fiict when the balance was pcrilously
doubilill--we have found him the same
brave, distinguished and considerate; no
heartlcss spectator Of bloodshcd, no tssficr
with human happiness; and we do not
know which, to admire most. his heroism
in withstanding the assaults of the enc
my in the almost hopeless fields Of Bucna
Vista-Inourning in generous sorTow
over the graves Of Rringgold, Of Clay or
of Harrington in giving in the heat OF
battle terms Of Inercifnl capifulation 10
vanqishcd foe at Monterey, and not being
ashamed to avow that he did it to spare
women, children. and helpless age, against
whom an American soldier ever wars
Such military man whose triumphs are
neither remote nor doubtful whose virtues
these trials have tested. we are proud TO
make our candidate.
Z. Resolved, That in support Of such
a nomination we ask our Wing friends
throughout the nation to unite, a. to coop
crate zealously. resolnte!y. with earnest
ness in behalf Of our candidate whom cal.
umny cannot reach. and with respectful
demcanor TO our advcrsaries, whose CO ..
didates have yet 70 prove their claims on
the gratitude Of the nation.