Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-09-25
A PROUD DAY FOR LANCASTER.


Thursday last proud day for the Wings of the Old
Guard. As is known to readers, it day fixed
for the Grand Mass Scott Convention at Lancaster and it
required but to be present and witness the demonsra
ton to satisfy the most doubling mind and confirmed
croaker that the people rising from mount hl and
plain for the Old Hero Of Lundy's Lane" We confess
we had anticipated large and enthusiastic gathering
the honest yeomanry Of the interior of the State and
may add we had confidently expected too to hear there
from the people assembled the inspiring notes of con-
fdence that in Pennsylvania ALPS we'll" But these an
tcpations fell far short Of the reality When we arrived
there having left here in the second train at o'clock
we found the city crowded with thousands upon thou
sands whose glad shouts made the wekin ring for old
Chippewa and victory Philadelphia had a delegation
there which, far numbers concerned exceeded
all our most sanguine expectations Dauphin there
with delegation numbering we assured about
eight hundred. The counties of York. Chester Lebanon
Cumberland, Franklin, Perry, all had large delegations
upon the ground, and number of other more remote
counties also represented there But the Old Guard
herself had her whole force in full array with ban
flying exceeding in numbers any demonstration ever
before made by her 1t would be no great exaggsraon
to say that her whole Wing population was upon the
ground and, what st better, al uniting in their
Of the truth of the promise borne upon their
banner that Lancaster is good for six thousand any
how" To give an idea to the number present frsm
that county we need narrate but fact. The
mttee of arrangements had prepared prize banner and
announced that it would be presented TO the delegation
whi would have the largest number present in proper
toI to the Wing vote cast in the township borough
Qite number Of the townships, after the procession had
been formed contended that they entitled to it.
committee was appointed to make count, who, after
counting them several times, finally awarded it to the
Columbia delegation, which had 225 out of 262 Whg
voters in the borough, present and in the procession
Those who know the number Of Wing in that county
readily believe from the simple fact stated that it
was emphatcally gathering Of almost the whole Wing
population of that county Philadelphia Ners,
PROM THE PITTSBURGH JOURNAL OF SEPTEMBER %.
" SKIES BRIGHT ITO the inquiries with which
piled on every hand to what we think of ScorT's
prospects, we answer in this phrase borrowed from
body
We left Pittsburgh few weeks since something doubt
ing the aspect Of affairs in Ohio and New York With
opportunities of observation and conference with great
numbers of citizens of both those States have
ed encouraged and hopeful indeed confident Of
We now believe both Ohio and New York are safe for
Scott and Graham and have no time doubted that
we should carry Pennsylvania We offer these assur-
ances to those readers Of this paper who ustfu Of
candor and relying somewhat upon our opportunities of
making up reliable opinion, are accustomed to seek
ours element of their own judgment By such we
expect to be believed and others may take our opinion
at just that value which they choose to FIX upon it.
is offered to Wings only Offset the reckless boast
ing of the Democratic presses which has often as little
basis as it has limit Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York admitted to be safe scotts election is certain