Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-07-14
GREAT WING RATIFICATION siEErisci In
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rage If our pspcf more acceptably than by
laying before our readers extracts from some
Of the able and spirited speeches, delivered AZ
this immense gathering Of the people. Such
assemblies, numerous aud If the most cnthu.
siastic character, have been held at Boston.
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pitts
burg. sCincinuaii, Louisville. Now Orleans
and other prominent points. Like TO tue
Pontic Sea" the wave Of popular sentiment
rclls on ito the Propontic aud Hclespont."
fro.n the S.s,oa.i Irsel,igencsv
OPENING ADDRESS
Tie President, WAlrER LENcx. ESQ.
having called the meeting to order. said
Fellow Whigs. | congratulate you on
this suspicious night The heavens seem 10
smile upon us, aud trust il is The augury
of glorlnua future.
We have assembled to hight FOL the pur-
pose OF ra,iI,ing the action Of the Baltincts
Convention aud as good citizens aud as true
Wings to pledge ourselves each to the other.
and to the country. to use every honorable
NStitipi " sGSRtS tHt outtroS W At1 H'hhslta
In SO doing, believe we shall not ouly main
tain the integrity Of our party, but perpetu-
ote the conservative principles oi our Govern.
ment [Applatse
Accept, gentlemen, II sou please, my SC
acknowledgements for your kindness IN confer
ring upon me the honorable position ofpres.
ding over this meeting. So impressive for its
numbers and the Importance Of its objects
Permit me to say that. Ia assigning to mo
this position, you have net oycrratcd the g.
deity or carnestness Of my loyalty to tho
Wig party; Icries Of good good, ard
applause !; and feel fellow Wings Of Wash
ington. that stand not alone among you IL
stcadfast devotion to the rnciplcs of tho
Wing PARTY. do but emulate the ndt nit.
able spirit which has ever inspired the heart,
aud rallied the energies Of the Wigs of tbs
District 10 every natioba. contest. however
thick and gloomy the clouds around them
And trust that II there are any local differ
enccs aud disseniiens. we come here to- night
to bury them IL e5livian; AID that we will .
rally, with oge be- q. around the old Wig
Dag tonsecfatcd By 50 many soul-stiring as
sociaiions, and now Welcoming US to prord
aud glorious victory. [Applanse J
A VOICE FROM "iIlE HOME or
SCOTT
The President then introduced the Hon
J. w MILLER. Of New Jersey as coming
from "thc home Of Winfield Scott; /" and
this gentleman was warmly received By tho
vast asscmblugc lie said:
Fellow Wings: ! cnint here tonight 10
see how tie heart Of this central city Of the
Union beats to the pulse Of the nation as
that pulse comes from the extremes OF the
land, from every channel Of communication.
ratifying and sanetio.ing The nomination Of
the hig Cohyeniion ut Baltimore. From
what ! see here tonight. no doubt res.
poDsc II be given that viii be enthusiast
cally felt 10 every extreme portion Of thia
wide extended Uuion [Arplause ] corr
graduate you upoh the union Of the Wing
party congratulate you upon the union Of
that party on n platform broad rs the Union
aud as ,ilcrsl Is tie Constitution plat
iurm which unites all that il useful in Gov
crnr,ent prosperous to the citizen. and elc.
rious to the nation. [apIlausel-a platform.
or set Of principles received in every section
Of the Union with appreciation: set Of pin.
cples to which the .nrges- &c New Jersey and
PENNSYLVANIA viii ring in concert with the
harvest home song of the farmers Of the
West aud South. CCiics Of Good. and
applause y set Of principles held by the
fishermen on the banks of Newfoundland and
shouted hy the boatmen Oh the waters Of th.
West. as they pass down the rivers embra-
ccd hy the liberal principles Of the Wing
applause.
For one moment viii ask voug attention
to the mode and wanrcr in w,iich our eandi.
date was selected Ito the transactions ofthe
Baltimore Convention, an assemblagc the ike
OF which never met together 10 consultation
since the dars of the formation Of our gloii-
ous Consultations In coming 10 their corclu-
sion tiey hadsbcfore them matters OF serious
wight, not o,ly with regard to the nation.
but between three &c tho nohlest candidates
presented by tie public opinion ostbis coun.
try TO their consideration. And what is a
matter Of pride to the Wigs every candidate
was hero. There were the hero citizen
President. tho hero orator statesman, and the
hero, republican warrior. In making that Sc
lection they never depaited from the usage
ofthe Wing party; but. after solemn con-
selected man because he cmbod-
led more Of natienal feeling and sentiment
than the othcrf@o. But look at the course
Of our opponents and make the contrast. -
Theirs was not, throughout.a contest Of he.
roes They commenced sham fight, which
firally ended in scrub-race and the result
that there was no decision until every
ono was drawn from the course and their cap
iidatc walked ovcrit alonc [l.aughter. and
rries Of Good, "good"] But car duty is
10 support maintain. aud sanction the Wing
nomination. and pe iafepd 10 do IT, lAp-
plause. The pablo pulse has already been
Tclt; and from Maine 10 Texas. from the At
antic to tho Pacific. everywhere. as far as
We are able to hear. dissemination has touch.
Il the heart Of tho American people Loco
'oooism msy resort to tricks and slander:
but Winfield Scott. tho noble old soldier, who
'or forty years has stood with bis hresst bare
% the foreign enemy. cannot be wounded nc
The house Of bis friends [Erthusiassir
,becring.l