The Cecil Whig., 1852-06-26
WHOLE No 56e


mendous majorties for Old Chippewa in
the coming campaign. The remarks
were received with wild expressions of
applause, in which both delegates and
persons in the galleries participated.
South Carolina was honored with three
cheers, and during this ratification, bou-
quets were plentifuly distributed inside
and cannon fired without.
Mr.. Bolts begged leave 10 say to the
Convention, that this is the last great
convocation of wings which will proba.
bly, take place during the lifetime ofthe
illustrious founder of the W hig party;
and he did not believe there was why
in the Convention or in the Union, who
would desire thls convention should ad-
Journ without expressing its sentiments
in relation to that dying patriot.
The resolutions submitted by Mr. Bolts
were then read as l,ws:
Resolred, That this convention repre-.
sentng the whole Wing party of the
United States, feel that ii will not have
discharged its entire duty to itself, to
the party it represents, and to the coun.
try at large, if it should adjourn without
an expression of its profound regret at
the irreparable bereavement the nation
is llkel ly soon to sustain in the loss of
Henry Clay. the illustrious founder of
our party, whose consistency to his prin.
ciples, facility to his friends, devotion
to his country, whose enlarged and
boundless patriotism, and whose pre-
eminent and unrequited services has not
only endeared him 20 his party and se-
cured the respect and confidence ofthe
nation but has commanded the admira.
ton of the world.
Resolved, That to the venerable pa
trot in his last moments, we tender the
language of our inexpressible sympathy
and regard, with the assurance that when
he may be no more on earth, in our
hearts and the hearts of our children, he
will never die.
The resolutions were unanimously
passed by standing vote.
The speaking in favor of the nominee
was resumed and continued until three
O'Clock, when the convention adjourned
until half past five.
EVENING SESSION.
The President called the convention
to order at half-past o'clock, and caus-
ed the following telegraphic dispatch,
received by him during the recess, to be
read, namely:
WlLMlNGroN, Del, June 81.
delaware is now firing one hundred
guns for Scott"
This was received with loud hurras.
Another telegraphic dispatch was read
from Cumberland, Md, as follows:
"Allegany viii gloriously respond to
the nomination of Scott. We are now
firing hundred guns in honor OF the
result" Cheers
The President SAID, Maryland is going
to stand fast, ana is going to stand by,
our friends now and forever. Applause.
The resolution pending from this
morning, declaring the nomination of
Winteld Scott unanimous, was taken
up, when the question was taken. The
response was deafening, and the Presi-
dent declared the vote as unanimous.
This was followed by wild hurras,
waving of hats, clapping of hands, and
throwing of bouquets from the galleries.
Mr.. Ely, of Ohio, offered the follow.
ing resolutions:
Resolued, That Millard Fillmore. Pres
ident of the United States, deserves our
hearty and enthusiastic gratitude for the
true constitutional and patriotic princl-
Piles on which he has administered the
Government, and that the Wings of the
United States will ever look on his ad-
mlnlstratlon as one of the most success
full and patriotic in our history.
The resolution was received with en-.
thusiastic applause, with the accompani.
ments of waving of hats and throwing
of boquets.
The President remarked that this reso.
luton came from one of the friends of
General Scott, and shows how the wings
stand together. TApplause.1
Gen. Starke, Of Mississippi, obtained
the consent of the convention to submit
few remarks, when he highly lauded
Daniel Webster for the part taken by
him with reference to the tranquiliza-
tion of the country during the late ex-
cessvp slavery excitement. He termed
him the greatest statesman that ever
lived.
Mr.. Duncan, of Louisiana, offered
the following:
Resolred, That second, and only Sc
cond to the ilIustrious Clay, in the OPT
MON of the Wings of Louisiana and the
United Statcs,.in his connexion with the
past struggles Of the party and the COM
promise resolutions, stands the name OF
Daniel Webster, whose fame Ills HE
Union, whose patriotism embraces the
length and breadth of tho land, whose