New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-10-16
Great wing Meeting.
GATHERING OF RIVER ME

4 Esdi GA G OF RIVER MEN.
The whig party held mass meeting last night at
the foot of Customhouse street. composed mostly of
boat and river for the purpose Of forming assoca
ton to be called the Scott Graham AntiSnng Club
The meeting was very large and in the highest degree
unanimous and enthusiastic 1t called to order by
Capt F. q Shaw who nominated the following officers
4 President-Capt. Joseph NJ Converse
Vfce. Presdents-Capt. A. W. Tufts, Capt W. A. Grice,
Capt james Broadwel, Capt. r. Graham Capt j. NJ
White Capt Butler Gilber Capt. Ct Clark. Theodore
". Arthur, Charles Oakley VIM NJ Flemming. A. D.
Mccauey, Capt 8 8 selleck, Capt. =. CASTILLO, Capt
Ranger Capt. Wallace Thomas G. Martin, Capt Samuel
Aplgp l Capt Philip a Shaw.
Anthony II. w Barrett, W. @. Park. Chas b. Shane
Captain Converse, on assuming the Presidency ad-
dressed the meeting in brief speech which he stated
that the object Of their coming together and
organize club of river to carry out the principles
OF Internal improvements and to promote the election of
Scott and Graham the great champions that princi
pie He declared that he was old boatman himself
and had served in that capacity for twenty years lie
was in favor of the Improvement of our rivers and har
bors as who among them not? It the interest
Of one and all Of them to those improvements carried
out. lie read report Of o Congressional committee
showing the appropriations for purposes of internal i'm
provements under different administrations and drew
parallel between the small number accidents that had
tions when the appropriations had been liberal and the
great losses in property when the appropriations
had been small He interesting statistics
tive to the increase of the steamboat interest the
tern rivers from 1917 up to the present the great
losses to which that interest had subjected for the
want OF proper expenditures for the improvement of ay
CATION and Argued thence that the wings in favor
or expanding revenue for the purpose putting our ry
ers in condition to facilitate navigation it both the
tn ynta fort hax
candidate.
captain Converse having concluded the band struck up
the Star spangled Banner Captain Warren A. Grice of
the 0phelia, being called made brief address He
said that the object of the asseblage Scott
and Graham Club 1t gratifying to him to see such
an immense assembage gathered together such pur
pose 1t should be gratifying to every wing and to every
republican He glad to that such meeting had
assembled to assert the great principle of internal i'm
provenents 1t was principle dear to every ono within
the sound OF his voice The wing party had always been
In Its favor The Mississippi river and the interests that
were aoa upon it, stood at much In need Of the fostering
care of Government any bay inlet harbor on our
seaboard II through vast Gordon States and was
rich in every thing 1t unnecessary recount the
many unsuccessful efforts that had been to develop
the usefulness of that stream The wing party had been the
constant friend of the Of the West and il was
unnecessary to recount the ceaseless opposition with
which the democrats had battled against it. One of the
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