New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-27
CLAW Meeting nj yauxhali.
SPEECH OF MR. Bolts.

One q the most crowded ana ehtllela,t' Hrt'
inzs ever assembled in the City Of New-York met
last evening at vauxhsll Garden. Every spot
In the large saloon was closely packed, and hun
dred. had 70 be contented with their lot al seeing
distance.
The meeting WIS organized by the appointment
OF Hon. WILLIS HALL as President. and OF BLSE-
DICT LEWIS, Esq. as Secretary.
NICHOLAS CARROLL, Esq. then came forward
and read the following Address and Resolutions
which had been prepared by the Committee and
which were adopted unanimously. amid prolonged
applause:
REPORT Or rHE ENsorTyK nEsooRA1l' CLAY WIG
When we received from you Fellow-C.-zens' our
appointment we were fully prepared for apy dissent
which our ulus,rous Chief might see ut 70 make or IN
vour own language We knew how strong might De- BIS
dsinclina;ion TO any step which, under any clrcdm-
stances might connect h!s name with the pending poAt
cal strugge-yct neither lie nor any other ciulen hls
the rigbt 10 WITHHOLD when the county requires his
services in the occ Of President OF the United states
We will endeavOr secure thcm and II we sha iortu.
nstey succeed, We vii have performed our duty-and
will leave to him the performance Of his"
We would have disTegarded the extract from Nr.
CLAYs letter o. published in the ErTfss OF the tee-
graphic letter which appeared simultaneously In the
Louisville and own public paPers. But very oil
feront aspect was in our humble Judgment, put upon
the face Of the matter by another letter from hm al
dressed ~ one Of Ourselves evidently intended for the
dcloeraion Of his friends engaged IN his cause Ia this
City His appeal direct and pcrs0ns against the
Of his name, his conclusions and Teaonins leaving
no alternative.
Your Committee do not come TO you to say that any
change Of public opinion has operated upon them IN me
course they have deliberately resolved 10 this exsency
10 pursue They had abundant evidence that your
nomination would have swept aside The Conerc s-onal
nominations Of TAYLOR and CAS- mere cobwebs be
fore the onward AID ressies tide Of the Peoples will
1t required HENRY CLAYs hand 10 stay the revou-
ton which in his behalf, II permitted by his silence,
nay the absence Of bis acceptance and distinct decsr
alton TIA, he would not accept the nomination would
yet have rallied the masses in despite q al the nOm
then in the field The truth the broad and -iarng
ruth that the people for him 10 the nomination
and 10 the contest and beyond that too, was made
apparent and could not be denied The will OF the
people as expressed rad been disresardcd and that a
apDtastd rioqftOH sH dCmGHdcd restitution. 10 were
base abandonment Of mans reason and Of right N
behalf Of the successful ylOat0rs TO appeal 20 cheated
people, 10 support lcr aysDlc candidate choice ~
cri is the OF those who seek to MANAGE the
people that in forgetting honesty they forget that
MIGHTY CONSTITUENT MASS THEY LEAVE BEHIND THEM,
whom sophistry blind. nor Establishment win
from the onward and rsh onward path Of principle
The letters Of Nh CLAY direct and pointed, have,
in the opinion OF your Committee left them no alterna
tive The purposes OF their appointment was 70 form
Clay Electoral Ticket for this CITY and 20 cooperate
with the true Wings OF the state IN forming an entire
Electoral Ticket III natural for men 10 draw strength
from thOse about them and engaged Ia the same cause
and YOUR Committee in the absence OF any positive dis
claner from gallant leader would have been fully
sustained But our most valued friends in various por
tons Of this and the neghbOrng states declared that
] in consequence only Of Mr. GAYS determined stand
acting in that respect upon those high principles OF pr
vate and public honor which the available candidate
has set AT deancethc farther prosecution OF the can
vass would be a work of difficulty. and probably i'm
practicable We take It that the honor Of HENRY CLAY
is priceless Jewel 10 each OF his tried and trusty
friends. Who, when he appeals in that behalf, could
Tor moment hesitate as to the course to be pursued
| Having been subjected 10 al the malice which the IN
genuty of pretended regard, or the manly and open
hatred Of his foes could invent, may we not now eX.
press reasonable hope that he may henceior~ard
| be left TO his friends
Itisnatursy asked, What are TO do There are
ofentimes contingencies when armed neutrality Is
the of prudence and OF wisdom II seems 70 us
inanifesty our course Where there is violation
Of principle, and one Of the traitors advanced prom
iuontly before US, but on the contrary, clear wing
nomination, made by fair honorable means and in ODE
dence the voice OF the people 1t should be our duty
as well the work of honest hearts to support such
nomination earnestly and entirely.
We pledge ourselves unreservedy TO the support Of
| HAMILTON FISH eninently good honest and true
recognizing in bis pure private character, and his I'M
suled public career pereect exmplihcatOn OF Demo
cratic Clay Wing doctrines and principles.
! The same painful convictions which lmpeled your
first patriotic meeting to repudiae the nominations AZ
Philadelphia, REMAIN WITHOUT CHANGE. The recent
letter OF Gen TAYLOR after repeated and laborous eff
forts 10 reconcile Whg- 10 his anomalous and hostile po
! siton in no respect, In our deliberate Judgment,
changes our position toward him or his relations to the
Wing party and the reaiirmation Of hi willingness 10
take ant-gonstcal nomination. establishes forever
his unness 10 have been the nominee OF tho Phladel
phia Convention None can more sincerely regret the
degraded position IN which party has been placed
than your Committee. IL is natural and proper Tor
those amphibioUs Wings who leaned 20 far toward an
ncxaiiOn a. almost 20 20 the enemy and AZ a
subsequent period 20 give quasi endorsement and
wholesale support % IN unnecessary war Of Hggres
sion 10 enforce a nomination made with express ref
erence their own localities and wishes. The history
of the Wing party is replete with bitter stern and un
dying lessons and teachings, wherever and whenever
availability 'expedicncy have been linked 10 the
destnies OF the period. We cannot endorse 'availa
bty'-we cannot adopt 'expedency clinging 20 the
| old Whig platform holding fast 10 ts eternal prnci
Piles, and preserving unsuied its banner, we look
| confidently 20 the future.
As NrUrRALs il may yet become us in the phases Of
the contest 10 take part but meanwhile We would cay
20 friends here and elsewhere Stand iast-main.
tain your Clay Clubs and true Wing organizaiions-prc-
mote far possible harmony, and ncucate union
/ among ourselves for be assured that when Availability
and ESpedeney shall have gone TO their last and hna
resting place there will be dHothCr resistess rally Of
true Wings in behalf Of principle
RESOLUTIONS.
Rs0lrcd That IN the ardent attachment and profound
regard go unslterngy manifested for HENRY CLAY by
the people Overlapping the machinery OF party and Of
managed nominauons-we have the consolation Of
knowing tina. patriotism is Vet dear % the people, and
that unlaltering devotion 10 Principle aud Right ia
defiance of Ayailsbiiiiy and ENpedicncy ~ be
sustained before the people aud by the people
Rfsoref That preserving the same 'front.', we adhere
only to true Wing principles to the Wing platform,
and uniurling the Wing banner, can rad no place
there To inscribe It's broad and luminous folds the
name Of candidate, whose sword Is and has been his
only exempsr--unknown 20 the people as a civilian,
and endorsed only by Availability
R0lrtd As the deliberate and expressed conviction Of
the public mind that HENRY GAYS nomination was
demanded by the GENERAL VOICE or TIE COUNTRY
and nothing earth was surer than his election by
an unprecedented majority.
Res0iccd That for Governor we commend . the
people of the State HAMILTON Fisithe Of Revo-
lttionary Whig-himscli a Democratic Clay Wing,
worthy of all the honos that attach 10 integrity purity
and upnshness in his private life and public
Rts0lrtd, That recommend 20 the friends Of
HENRY CLAY who his friends through sunshine
and through storm hold fast 10 their belief in one
snother-to act in this contest ike who IA public
walk by sight and not by iaith-as behoves those 10
whom cosNng hattery threats alike unheeded-
10 stand by their principles and bid those who rcyc
To remember that HENRY CLAY y dearer every day
R's0lrsd That We now. in closing our honorable
trust resign It to the Associations Clubs and other or
CARNATIONS irucNhi-s 10 hsnds and hearts capable Of
determining for themselves their present and iu-
tare course, unawed by threats. unnAuenced by the
scducuons OF power. and ready now and - at tmes,
to hur defiance a. the mschiey5us measures which,
through seishness seek 70 ally the old Wing party OF
principles % nan rift0nf principles
After Tremendous and repeated cheering Mr.. Boris