Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-07-09
Ratification Meeting in rnneuil unn.

Before taking the chair lie addressed the i'm
mense crowd in sterling Wing speech, COZ.
daily AID fully endoring the Wing nomina-
ti,ns. A seics Of genuine Whig resolutions
was passed, the second OF which is as follows :
Resolved, That we roalirm as embracing prin-
cpic fundamental t" party existence, resolution
adopted by the Wings u Boston, III Fancull Hall nc.
sembcd, III lsi3, declare that blythe appoint
ment OF delegates To represent the Commonwealth
ut large, aud delegates to- represent the respective
districts OF lie STATE, IN the " hjg National CUnvru-
ton, recently assembled all Of which delegates were
present aud acting ~ r.at Convention. the Nhrs
at Massachusetts bound themselves, solemuiy and III
good faith, to abide by and support the decision Of
That Convention and Il IS the pnfpo"c OF the Wings
here assembled, to keep tut Phsatcd taiN iHrioidic
mt TO 60 'rlth hCU chgc 6tdtt dHd strength. in
to the support OF the candidates nominated 10y that
Goa cit on.
Of the many excellent speeches made on the
occasion, We have only room fol the following,
the report o. which We take from the .hids:
Col. NETEcRLAND, eff Te.a=ssec y.as then
! introduced, and made one Of the best speeches
we have ever heard. lie spoke for more than
an hour. He said that at the South, from
whence he came, the people were led 10 CON
slider the people Of New England as sober,
cool, Calculating, piDus people, who made no
noise. He could cary another report home
! lie liked the noisr. lie liked those who would
stand by their friends, and because they stood
by the greatest Of living statesmen. They did
not love Inn because he was "a Massachusetts
man, but because he was friend OF the Union
"a Union man and " hl". Mr.. n. sand he
had had something to do with politics IN this
+ stale. lie remembered Whtn nu,iiiitatOu vas
rAmpant--whcn South Crolna wanted 10 set
up for herself. He had read VI e5sters specch
III reply to iIayne. Ihat speech made hs
name hou chod word III Tennessee. Yhot
speech stopped nuiiIcdtion, and slicnccd Mr.
liayne.
lie was delegate from Tennessee % the
National Convention. lie went tor Willard
Fillmore with the rest Of his delegation. lie
dld SO to show that the south was ready TO
bury sectional ammosiucS aud tahc as their
candidate patriot from the North The char
acter OF the North was misunderstood ut the
South, and The Character Of the South was ms
understood at the North. Dcmagogues IN the
South SAID Massachusetts, were all abolition
lists ana the demaEogne; ~ the North say that
the South wants 10 join with South Carolina
and nulIiiier5. Sensible and honest men. North
and South Lnew better, and that the heart OF
the people were true to the CONSTITUTION and
the Union. Hlr. Netherand then gave ann.
--''- 80 90 w. IN 'S'' Sh'''''i
1Nu % '"' speech q Hr. -'icho'aoh' "A mem
o'H thereof "hch was rnou:hed a.ter the adj
loorninen'' Trough never delivered IN 1t Cine
OF the reasons why tennessee was going TO
vote Tor the " ing candidates. was that the PEG
PIE OF mat State hHd no sympathy with the
doctrines OF purposes ot tiat Convention. lhey
were union men ana Wings
lie IeJoicrd that the Ing party had more
tlan one man ut to be made President OF the
United States lie went for principles, not
men, In That convention MI Fillmore had a
hundred votes more than Mr.. " ebster, and
zen scott at last had majority over bojh.-
hat me- was there who was not proud ni
Gen. scott, and OF Mr.. Webster ami Mr.. NH
more MT n. sad he was PLAIN man, La
ms Htatc they fought hand to hand and the
people ilRed lHe war shout. NOW, then, when
come OF you snouttor Mr Webster, your shout
has twang to IT. (Somr one cned on, "what
dn you mean hY twhng mean. salI Mr
w. that you have ted knots N the cracker OF
your WHIP Loud aud long continued op-
plauSe' And sometimes you hit with 1t not
only Democrat but you Int " hlg once IN
white. ItrTClt cheers. do not like to shoot