Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-28
The wings OF w ashingto ON.

The meeting at the CluD ROOMS iaSt niBnC Was
very large, and presented an admirable appear
ance. At the appointed hour WALTER LENox,
esq.,, called to order. He then remarked that in
the multitude before him he saw one whose pres
ence and whose eloquence had ever been vel
coined by the Wings of Washington, and that he
would be pleased to see beside him upon the
platform JOSEPH H. BRADLEY, esq. Mr.. Brad
lev was thereupon invited to take the stand by
acclamation, and enthusiastically applauded as
soon as he was seen to ascend
81 am proud of this honor" said Mr.. B., ''but
the voice in which you hear me speak will be my
apology for not venturing to address you at
length. A gifted orator will perform that duty.
will only say to you that on Saturday shall
be delighted to welcome thousand of you at
Rockville"
Mr. Lenox then submitted few propositions
respecting the making arrangements to visit
Rockville, and extended an invitation to our
friends to do So suggesting the propriety of con-
certed arrangements. His recommendations were
readily acquisced in by the meeting.
After pause of few moments Mr.. Lenox
arose and remarked that the ordinary business
of the meeting was over, and that it was his duty
to invite the attention of the meeting to another
subject He was aware that many had come up
to the hall prepared to give the most earnest and
emphatic expression to their feelings in relation
to it. But, while all united in the sentiments
of grief and respect for him who had departed
from among us, it was not as political body nor
as partisans that we desired to express these SEN
timents The fame of the great statesmen,
orators and patriots of the land, belongs to our
country, and our whole country is called upon to
mourn the death of the honored and lamented
Webster. The purposes of party should be pro-
NOTED by fitting and appropriate means; but
never let it be said of us that such purposes can
prompt us to violate the sacred memory Of the
dead.
Mr. Lenox then read the following:
Resolved, That the Washington Wing Club has
received with profound regret the intelligence
of the death of DANIEL WEBSTER, and recognizing
the same as a national bereavement, do respect
fully recommend to their fellow-citizens without
distinction of party, to assemble tomorrow
Thursday evening at the City Hall for thepur-
pose of adopting such demonstration of respect
as shall testify their high admiration for his pub
lie services and their personal esteem for his
memory.
This resolution was adopted without dissent
ing voice.
Mr. Lenox then presented to the notice of the
meeting another subject in this connection. He
said that the return of General Scott to this city
on Friday last was hailed by our citizens with
JOY and delight SO general that an immense meet
ing of our people was spontaneously convened to
offer him their hearty welcome. SO sudden, 50
unprecedented, so general was this movement,
that it was thought advisable not to give to it a
party character. Accordingly, the usual ban
ners and insignia Of our party were not borne in
our professions and in the address to General
Scott not a syllable was uttered that could be
construed as having party bearing. In the elo-
quent, dignifed, and ardent reply Of General
Scott no word was uttered that was not peculiarly
appropriate from the lips Of q true gentleman
and honored citizen, when standing at the thresh-
old of his home, and responding to the kind and
heartfelt welcome Of his friends and neghbors.
1t was true that at that hour another great and
illustrious citizen was soon to sink into the arms
of death; it was true that tidings Of his illness
had been brought to us but it was also true that
in our warm and hearty welcome to the one, it
was far from our thoughts to do aught that could
be interpreted into disrespect or forgetfulness of
the other. Had the couch Of Daniel Webster
been in our midst, we should have consulted his
wishes, and paid to them reverental regard.
When the form of the noble and revered
Clay was reclining upon q dying bed, our party
had singled out as their leader in the campaign
the candidate who is now before us; and il was
then the thought of some that il might not
meet with the approval of all to give vent to the
popular enthusiasm so near to the presence Of
the almost expiring sage and patriot. Some we'll
known and familiar friends of Mr.. Clay APP
preached his bedside and intimated to him the
doubt entertained Of the propriety Of the act.
His eye frightened, and his features assumed
their wonted energy and decision, as he said
LET THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE BE HEARD p
IfDaniel Webster had been in our midst, had his
curtained pillow been so near to us that our
shouts could have reached his ear, and we're his
beloved family keeping their anxious yigils here,
undoubtedly we would have hushed into stiffness
the almost Involuntary acclaim of our welcome
And yet, had it been SO, and had he been told thai
through respect for him the public demonstration
Of our welcome to gallant old hero was to b.
suppressed, he too would have said, as he alon'
could say il, "LEr THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE n
HEARD"
But why, the speaker asked, need we apologies
for an act so just and proper Why, before
portion Of the citizens Of Washington, need an,