New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-12
The Ratification Meeting.


This demonstration came OF last evening and
, ,oeod.5 affair Il was The Committee deserve
Great credit for the spiendor ard appropriateness
n the arrangements The principal stand was
crested i. the rear Of Independence Han the en-
trance through the window 81 zoe ar.t hsni Of siar
Hon W T. JOHNSON Of Pa. prtalot o. a7r4est" ~ hA
,erous Vice Presidents and Secrctares
G.v NoprugAD Of = &. President of the Con-
COTTON Wa the frst speaker Ills alusion % tue sage
OF Ashland called forth l0ui and on .9h.ii-eu cntt
M The frequent burst Of applause that greeted 20
sen-.on of tue great Statesmans name showed that
,bre are etn some who d9 turn o. Their god when De-
IN. the same look o. they gave when De roae
Gen. BARROW OF Tenn. fol- owed in an able al
drcss which called forth hearty cheers from the as
semoled Thousands
ID REcRARDsoN. ESQ o. Baltimore followed,
aad announced "a he had been warm Clay usn but
b. had yielded Als preferences. This as-ertOn took
r.c somewhat by prise for. ID recplect reuiy'
D. Wa elected Taylor Delegate over 1T D. Chaisio
PIER HCcHE5 ami though Be voted under in tfu ,Ol,
f9r CLAY be was understood % be warmly 10 i"FDI oi
Gen. TAYLoR aud bic influence .n ihai dfeclon wa
ft he warmly cul0g zcd CLAY. Scoif ana " ~ ~
4 series of resolutions were Dcre fcad D! ~
Pace. ESQ. which were adopted ,tt-
Co. HAsEELL Of Tenn io..owed In U-c =. ~ +.
very amu.nq spcechcs he sad De- reIrs1.ltop p
Colrre.s Dsvv trYck.tt. District which "e- tAt De.l
Wig III i4ct IN ne sistc. AMI iac Ai't % Io' ~ '
Oen. gACKsoN. Tie .sld be niH i''-". '- ~. -.
usigrs under three different eadtr- I'D i'ii ic iou gay
iaer or Al. on the x o 6fauac De- lOusni uh4cl a.
goR: az Vera Cruz end Ccro GorGo nc lou "i-'I
-corr IL loved them adj, but he lo'eo IAtLoH Del
ile told sgne very amusing anfcdote. wnlcn kep Tue
,u., ID, fne -.f Of spirits lie laid in tennessee
rea many people brought up ana gene ay mace
INTO Whigs one OF hs constituents h'd Doa7te4 OIL
ts,irr r.so1 4 gr4sn- crop q corn. OH " Wuch wa
IN. h. INFO ,-bsv with tie exception Of mail Qlau.
tfy rqsfsd by being made into oleadt SON lcnnes-e
ne most of the population were inanulaciutti lu'"
Wings with the exception of some f11u qdaftt
Oke James X Polk) wasted by being made INTO Loco
fOcoiIn The audience "erc un"-An5 lD4e MN sop
Mr.. gifyRY,x Of Ohio followed in n few rec
marks expressing the opinion that Ohio would give
l.rrc majority for the ticket J-at nDminated
Huou maxwell, ESQ. Of Ny. City followed
90 sn eloquent speech plcdsins New York ior 1'ltJ
Ina 'outy Tor TAYLOR and FILLMORE.
Gen. LEsLIE COOMBs OF by. was next aunonhc
3D. and was received with loud applause the friend
OF Henry CLAY. Tie said his hert was bruised but he
hid come a. the request Of the Committee OF Arrange
Iaeuts from a sick bed % make some remaiH 81. lie
said the lightning had borne TIE result % ENEf CLAY
and now be 10 his quiet home az Ashland INVOKING
Gods blessing on the Wing cause. lie said kentucky
and the West would be all right Let Virginia aud
other States throw oil Richie Co. and emulate hen
lucky. lie knew that CLAY and TAYLOR were friends
and ne knew that whatever fate might come HENRY
CLAY would do nothing unworthy Of himself or Of the
Gov KENT Of Ne followed in speech ex
pressing tho fullest confidence in the ticket and i suc
cess in the North and Essi.
Mr.. KERR OF y. G.. followed. He had been the
Nlri 10 uNfNfl tle Taylor r'hAAil lA NuiAh Nhpti
end he now met his friends 70 rejoice over the OLD
Hero's nomination lie told amusing anccdoio
about two LOco-FOcos who did not Ike the name Of
CAs3 One of them soid he did not ike the first letter
for he had notified that names beginning with that let
ter such ss CALHOUN never succeeded Tho other
said he coRid got along with the very well but he did
not knQy what TO do with the remainder Of the name
ds-st
,lr CHANDLER Of Mass. next spoke aud was
followed by c. H. CARROLL Of ~ y. He said he WA
IN Congress when tie Loco-Focos refused to thank
Gen TAYLoR for his conduct at Monterey. He now
elt confident that the people would take that resou
Mr.. HousroN M. c. of Del made few re-
marks and was followed hy Judge WALNER OF Ind
SIR Cox OF o. Col KiNG of Tenn Mr.. NEWTON ok
a. c. of Ark. who all spoke confidently Of IAYLoRs
success ia their states.
Hon. CnRisTorHER MoRGAN Of Y. Y. followed
very amusing speech which was well received by
the audience. II was rather familiar conversation
with the audience than speech series OF questions
put by him 10 the crowd andby the crowd 10 Sim were
III happily and wttily answered. lie took his seat
amid cries Of " Go on 20 on
: ". Fowler of n. Y. follow ed, and was sue
ceeded by Mr.. COOKE QLC) OF Tenn When he had
concluded
Col HASKELL was recognized on the stage, and
was forced to speak again Though hoarse with former
erorts. hc proceeded with series OF anecdotes ana
eloquent declarations. which kept the whole crowd TO
scthcr for nearly an hour lie told several interesting
anecdotes Of Gen TAILOR. When he col I'D was
private IN the volunteer ranks al Matsmora he uaVced
thirty miles 10 and converse with the General
lpon that occasion he usked him what were his Gen
To politics. Gen. 4. replied that he was "a wing,
and quarter over ~
When Col HASKELL concluded 10 was after II o'clock
and yet the assembled thousands seemed unwilling to
dispcrse. procession was formed, headed with
banner and band of music and the residences OF 10
sIAH RANDALL, l.. JOY MORRIS. Mayor SWIFT, and
others serenaded and greeted with cheers Their
names were also called loudly, but none OF them made
their appearance. The procession dispersed about 3
o'clock
There three different stands in the square from
which speeches were made 40 the same time j. w
FOWLER OF NY presided at one, and Gen. IRWIN OF Pa
Il the other The shortest speech OF the evening was
made by the" Peughkeepsic Blacksmith lie said, g.
owe HENYY CLAY" There from some cause he
stopped, SnG could not be induced again to proceed.
The DuP,Der OF persons present was variousy esu'
mat I'd i.om p TO 10000
fhe closing piece Of fireworks was very grand II
Has large wheel in which displayed in letters OF
fre surrounded by various changing lights the word.
q Taylor aud Fillmore" As is different parts exploded
il answered with loud andons continued shouts OF
applause.
During the evening Gov. JONES Of Tenn and Col
DoNIPHAN OF No were frequently called for but Meth
or Of them made their appearance.
Inc band, during the evening frequently played ue
Merseiles hymn-having respect for Gen. CAsSs
eulogy OF Louis Philippe
The meeting perhaps the largest and most respec
table ever held upon such an occasion in tho United
States
Some more general remarks upon the Convention
be reserved for another occasion. Judge ROBERT
SON. Mr.. CLAWS neighbor and warm friend Dr. BEDiN-
DER and family, and Major GAINES of Ky; Nj. GALLO
WAY Of Ohio, and others proceed to New,l ork this
morning NChELlEJ.