Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-10
THE clMpAlGN or W.
"Reminiscences Of the Grent strntton
Meeting.

IA T.. Porter NJ Ncwburyport. Mass in the Bns
ton Advertiser
can give no adequate idea Of the en-
thusinsm in Ohio. The state marched In
double quick time that year The Cam
pnign of iU' gave an impulse to the Ohio
huys which has since made that state strong
in her political life
Returning to Vermont from Ohio. came
with party including Tyler and his son
john, We occupied one Of the stage coach
as running from Columbus east ON the ma
tional road which Clay had with great ef-
fort induced Congress to build 1t is a no
hle monument to- his memory. In all the
little towns then starting up on the pike"
as the people called it, Tyler was received
with great applause. Once, and once only,
came IA counterbast a man so fat and
huge that he filled the whole doorway of one
Of those little log inns by the roadside stood
there crying "Baa baa ~ till we were out
of sight So overwhelmed were the Demo
Gratis by the flood that threatened to drown
them, that the best they could do was to
try 10 keep their heads above water and cry
"Baa ''
The 'prairies were all ON fire. at the
West, but Vermont was like the Scottish
Highlands when the clans are mastering
Beacon fires were ON the hills, "wrapping
the cliffs in purple glow, and reddening the
dark lake, below IL was decided ~ hold
q convention ON the summit Of the Green
Mountains. The place selected was a clear.
ing of about 800 acres in the midst of a
magnificent amphitheatre of hills at least
five miles in diameter. From the verge of
the clearing to the summit Of the mountains
there was deep and unbroken fringe Of
foliage which added greatly to the beauty
of the scene. Ii was far from the haunts
of men, scarcely IA house being visible 1t
was impossible to reckon numbers that day
but GOOO passed through the Arlington
turnpike gate, and on the eastern side the
numbers were still greater. As we have
said, there was no railroad in Vermont, but
she had fine world-renowned horses, and
some of these beautiful Morgans drew Mr..
Nebsters haruuche to the summit. The
banners waved and the white tents CLEANED
in every little ingle of the forest Mr.. Web
ster gave the listening crowd not mere
campaign speech but highly impressive
statement of national affairs
lie knew his audience, aud they knew
and loved him. 1t was supposed that he
would return ia the harouche to the foot of
the mountain when he had finished speak
ing, but he declared his determination to
camp out all night with the boys. Blazing
fires We're kindled in every direction, and
amid the whispering pines aud giant hem
locks the great Wing clans slept with their
chicftain in their midst. Whenever an old
Nermonter speaks Of the gathering ON
Ntratton mountain in Forty his eyes
CLEAN II, he tells the story to his listening
grandchildren.
said Hon. William c. Bradley, a former
Wing, but who, through some dissatisfac-
ton with the administration Of John Quin-
cy Adams at which time he was a member
of Congress-, had turned Democrat The
son of the morning himself see lisa xiv,
II would have been carried into office ON
such tidal wave as rolled over the country
in Forty"
The reader will sea some resemblances in
the campaign Of Forty to that which has
already begun in -.
Democrat is resolved upon "A second
term notwithstanding he entered office with
"a solemn assertion that there ought tu Toe
AN amendment to the constitution forbid
ding second term. Van Buren, was more
honest than that
The great contest Is upon the tariff and
this WAS the IraIrl Df huttla IN IN