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- r " .- . . , ....'.. THOS. J, LE4.T (Molar for thsStata,) Earvt ass PaaraiSToa." 'a-aSTS ctuufo-Nwiiin hmsb&i., iiviLitcrvai abb vertical UMiiiiMiuiiWwrMiNiUutiWNMunictmi ITHREE DOLLARS A TEAK-is VOL. S3. RALEIGH, If. C, WEDNESDAY, MAT IS, IM4. jity.tovi A GOOD ORCHARD. T.nrr farmer who it in possession of -ood orchards -a hoeld now tal about plan iinront. The profit and convenience of ' , " . 1 t-L- Ik. a ore tra, are aimost . wvwusuw - ftmmr roud fruit will alwaVS Sell ft he h.nnalla uhin anmtua. and DlCllly Of fruit lakes away die appetite fur iniuxica- tinf drink -thwfa whcJj cannot oe too of ta repealed. To him who hat a great plenty of ndef am great variety of auriace, 1 would adviaa for an orehanl, a valley between hille il possible, to that the waah from the land surrounding may alwaya tend to the orch ard and the wind may be impeded, by the hills.from vititing the orchard loo roughly There ha been great diversity of opmiou i jr ' j . i I n upon me Distance oi pianung ireea iruui each other tome have contended that the distance should bo four rodt, that the tun and air may have lull influence on a vary tree and every part of it others have con tended that a distance much leaa it bet ter. My own experience and obtervatioo are in favor of cloae planting, ao that by the time the tiers have got to their usual size the Imrbe of the shall mingle, and .inter lock each other, an I the ground underneath he perfectly shaded. lreee thut gr-w- Mi, will produce larger and nuer fruit, and ground tliua ahaded will not be likely to be tapped with. the growth of graat or weeda, nor parched or dried by" the sun;- A young orchard ehotild alwaye be kept under cultivation it will mate an excel lent potato field for many yesrs, provided It it Well manured, and when il haa become tothady that potstoes wi'l nol grow, then keep it f.r a eummer retreat for your hogs. rh hogs will keep in good heallh on the poor applet that fall from the l.eet, and the worm that calculated on a returreciiou in the form of a curculio. findt nought but annihilation in the jawa of the wine. ..Therefore the result is, after a few yea. a,' fine fruii without wormy app et. :"v Altonghthe hto'seesonw good one for fruit there waa not enough raited in our State to supply the demand, and 18.0(H) barrels were brought down on the Western Railroad to supply the demand al Boaton. We ctn raise good fruit and can afford it at low at the farmera in New-York, If our lands are not e good naturally, we can make t em to aruneialy and we too have Railroada to trundle them off to our hearta eon tent. We never need fear raiting too much fine fruit for when aiieh a contingency hanpeua. by the aid of steam we can ae, k a market o the isltnlt of the ocean or a cross the Atlantic, where Yankee fruit it alwayt cheerfully andwell received. Ttunton Whig. SCENE IN THE CAPITOL. Only one thing it wanting to render our Capitol and ha fixing" worthy of the Old North; aud that ia good aubstantial Iron Railing around the Square. All ttran gers apeak of this want ofjiniih to a great conception. One day during out late Jubilee, after dinner, Mr.l-lay and soraehlteen or twen ty gentlemen, all aupposed to be more or lest hilariou$, visiter the Capitol. On entering jthe Senate Chamber, tome one laughingly moved that the gentleman from Guilford take the Chair. VV hereon on Hit Excellency took the hint - and the Chair also and announced that the Senaa tor from Kentucky waa entitled to the floor. Quick aatboufeht.Mr.Clay uncovered him telf, placed chapeau under ha arm, atep ped out into b i aisle fronting the Chair, and having addressed "Mr. President," with one of hi graceful bows, launched out into a glowing eulogy upon the noble edifice in which they were then deliberating- the grandeur of its detignlhe Ar chitectural taate displayed in its concep tion its brilliant execution the superb, - overpowering magnificence of the maaaire struct u re, destined to stand for ages like .the Coliseum at Rome, a splendid monument of the enlightened spirit that planned, and the munificent liberality that executed the ' glorious work. Here it stands, and h-re it will stand perhaps forever. Yes, sir, ' 'generations yet unborn will gaze w ith ref erence and admiration on this stupen dous pile: and will honor the metnorjr of this generation for having accomplished this noble chef-d'oeuvre. The Architect might have proudly looked out upon it as it went from his hands, and pronounced it "good." . Itia perfect,. said Mr. Clay ab solutely perfect J But why, Mr. President, , should not this great Temple, consecrated by the genius of Freedom and these gk- vrtous old Oaks, its familiars, hallowed by time be appropriated txclurively to the sacred purposes for which they are inten- E de4l WhJ hoold not the People's House r ind its beautiful environ receive the same ear as the mansion and grounds ol a pri vate gentlemen ! Sir, move that ' dollars be appropriated te the construction of an Iron Railing around the Copitol Square. The quettion was put and car .ied'nern,;eoh. ' "' , ' : U The patty:, then adjoorned to'the Com- ons mil; his excellency. waa again e-aH- ,ed to the Chair;' and gave the floor" to the gentleman front Wake," Whereupon, Mr. Badger advocated the appropriation, and it patted the House- unanimously,: ' Sa it , hajiheorms of a Law of the Land. W ; hairieariily rejoice if thtjslature will . jw'r wormdf jroceerfwig, ' and prt prido of sar State, i4-- S- (wwi From tha Baltimore American. THE GREA T W IIIG CONVENTION OK RATIFICATION. . , Tour yeara ago on this spot the people met in council a multitudinous array to gist warning to an oppressive administration that its end waa al hand; and now, on the aame spot, another vast amy ia congrega ted, more numerous than the other and for what? Why have the people met again in thia place! What meant thit imposing at titude of national aovereignty thua exhibited iu the gathering of a repretenUiiva hott brought together front all parte of thia great Republic? It ia to make good the solemn decreet of the convention of 1840; to reit ei ate the prinoiplea then maintained, and to make known to all that neither disappoint ment nor disaster; neither difficulties to be met n r 'treachery' tshich beirayt; nothing within the power of man or liie jimiie of human eontingeneios; can beat down the indomitable apirit of the whiga of thia U nion, or defeat the determiner) purpose for which they banded together in the unity of political brotherhood. A country to he terved.a government lo be rescued from the control o?eil principles and incompetent men; a new basis of contttotional mnctrv- j atitin lo be established; s film foundaiion u be given to tajiaiire policy, wise, practical, comprehensive. These are tuhjecta great ' enough to inpire resolution and energy, to call fcirih renewed efluria. under all circuro ataneea of auccetsful or untoward retultt. and to keep a great party Arm, Unwavering and persevering in the noble purpose to which it it devoted. But the more immediate purpose of the convention waa to confirm the nomination of the national convention for the high offi ces of president and vice president of the U. Slatet. THE CONVENTION OF RATIFICA TION, THAT IS THE PHRASE. Te people through their matt of rep resentatives, were to pronounce upon the actiori of- the grave nominating brwly -appointed to select candidates for the high plaret' of the 'government.'" Tne-voi ,t approval waa to confirm the choice of those empowered to make a choice, and lo pro nounce in anticipation the aanciion of the whole rountry upon the selection. When the resolution waa announced de claring the concurrence of the ratification convention in the nomination of H EN R Y CLAY for the Presidency, the sight wi worth a pilgrimage to see. Il exhibited an anient of that long delayed, -yevalwa a accumuta Ing acknowledgment, due for yeara of devoted and laltilul set vice from s grate l it rountry to a worthy son. But we mutt not anticipate in our notice of thia memora ble iNv. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN. for tha visa Preaidencyt thia was. the other nomination lo be ratified, and most agreeable was the duty to be dischsrged in this b.-half. An eminent citizen now to be made distin guished; not by reason of his own obtrusion uf his pretension, but by the wise discrimi nation of his fellow citirens coanitant ofhis worth and prompt to acknowledge it. His character and services, already proved and tested, gave promise of future usefulness in a sphere of action more eia ted than that in which he had shown the sterling qualities of his nature; snd lo! h- re waa the call lo tummon him to thlt high place. It waa to be expected hat with the ex ample of 1840, and iu ditattroua retulta before their eyes, the nominating con ventions would exercise more than ordinary care in the aelectinn of a candidate for the vice presidency. In view of a contingen cy which, as it haa happened once, rasf happen again, in view of the uncertainly of numan ins unuer all vaneuea ot circum stances, it was lbs duly of the convention to take good care that if by a myaterioua dis pensation of Providence the choaen of the people tnonld be taken sway from ua during hit term of pre-idential eervice, hit mantle thall ,11 upon one worthy to wear it And well have thet performed thia dutv. Let -thfrreaponiliny acclsmaiiona of the ratifying iui u wiineaa, lei ins approving voice or the nation rive testimony, ss it will, to the propriety of tha selection! HENRY CLAY and THEODORE FRELING H UYSEN! What better names are eeedad ss the - wtlch words of . triumphant success? When could amors happy combination be found proguoatic of future good to tha coun try? ., . . But we must proceed 19 aet forth, as best we rosy, some account of the fraud pageant of Ciie day's doing. - . , THE GRAND PROCESSION. - At an early , hour of the morning the whole eily v taring, and ilia almost in numerable hosts of : Jalegaleo from all quar ter! of the Union werr seen assembling in their various distinct" organizationa, ancf af terwards punning trelr wsy to the western section of the city to he placst designated lor the concentration of the divisions inie which the -grand -precast ion was divided. Boon afterwards the members of the dirTer ent state-delegaf ions ware eooated Air the Kirpoae of determining1 the' awerd of the atinbal Prize , Banner, and the ' retnms were made to the 1 oflScers appointed to re ctivaand compare i -A ----- Betwenf nine and Uil o'clock the' head of the great procession ' began to ivove for ward, - and, aa it pasted along Baltimore street, the several divisions formed in tha erase streets look their allotted stations ie the tkm Thia iatejeaee array of freemen then ea' forward tethe ntoaie ofmanx las baade,-wiiJi baflrts displayed artd W aaiaflylegi ilhf folUwiuf etder? , 1' . V'.-N, r.t.."' tTf-M-:-- ' .'First DivMon-Trsf Pcrt. The Mayor of the city of Baltimore and Presideni and efnceia of the Baltimore city delegation came first. Then followed. - The chairman ofthe General Committee ot Arrangements. T The members of the Sub-committee of 1 Arrangements. Guests especially invited. The Com mittee of Reception for the National Nomi nating Contention. Ttie members of the National Nominating Convention, The more aged and infirm of the menibeisof ihe Nominating Convention snd of the especially invited gtiesu were provided with carriage for theii convey ance. The members of the Maryland Whig Su'te Central ('ommitlee. - Alemhert of the Maryland Whig Guber natorial Convention Whig merobera f Congrest. ' Whig memben of the aeveral State legis lature. Whig members ofthe city council of Balu'more Editors of Newspapers. The Baltimore city Clay Club Conven tion rame next'-;--. In aailendldly docorsted ear. eonstruete I after the fanhion of ihe Grecian triumphal chaiiota and haxfnf the wheels arid body ornamented tfl like style, drawn by four g lily caparisoned steeds, the bridle rein of each held by a groom neatly, attired in white, came The Whig Banner Committee, having in rhaige ihe ohjectfor the gain of whirh many of the atatea had contended With s frnernua emulation, and which had juslbeen swarded to the Slate of Dela ware. The National Price Banner. We must omit thf long descriptions of badges, banners, and processions witli which the Bat imore papers filled. . The American says:! , v,XheAreej . ulong whirh the procession patted were decorattd with manir etegint and appropriate devicee and ornarnentt many temporary platform were thrown ut fiom the second and third ttorlcs of the fronts of house haiidstrnrirly decorated, and at various iniervalt eli-vated ropes were stretched scrota the Streets fr 1111 house to house, from which were displayed the na. tional flag and other patriotic and taatelul deticet.. It is unnecesstrj tossy that every p aition which afforded a view of ihe prnr cession at it passed wat ocrbp'ed - from the fool way up to the r M.f inclusive. l he la dies of course occupied the rn.st favored places, snd such an assemblage of briyht fires and beaming eyes waa never before exhibited In our. good city. Not onlv the entire reshlent population, but the many thousand strangers who had been drawn hither by the in'erett ofthe occasion were concentrated along the single line of street designsted for the route of the procession, presenting a spectacle more imposing. grand,. junI cheering than, haa probably be fore beet, witnessed in this country. In Baltimore street, opposite McClelland street, a larg ball, made aftei the famous Allegany ball of 1840, was suspended, dec orated on each aide with American flags. On the wet sidn the ball bore the inscrip tion of'Tlay and the Tariff, and on the east side Oil for Klay." Between Howard and Eutaw streets a simi'sr ball was suspended, over the top of 1 which sn American bagle waa perched, and underneath wat the inscription, "Protect A- merican Industry." On two sides ofthe ball were placed likenesses of the great American Siatesman, Henry Clay, encircled In evergreens. The motloa were "Whigs ofthe Union, welcome, welcome friends. VFirm united let us be." Our country's honor, our highest aim. Oor whole country now and forever.' . This ball was gotten op chiefly-by Messrs. J. F. Tow ner and W. B. Brooks. The iw -from .jhe head .of BaWmore street is sdmitted to have been moat striking and imposing. The street throughout iu entire length appeared to be one dente mats of human beings, and when the procession pasted onwards with its countless banners ihe wsving of ten thousands of handkerchiefs from the windows and platforms on both sides of the street presented lo the eye a spectacle, the brilliancy and grandeur of which may be imagined but cannot be des cribed. - The New Turk delegation, whose head quarters were at Union Hall had a splendid flag displayed across Baltimore street, with the aame of Haory Clay 00 it in bold char acters. : r. j - , : Immediately below, a handsome drapery of flags was stretched across tha street from tha premitee of Mr; J, W fltewsrt. At the lafeiaeetiM of Gay strset, a ssriea of flags were- extended from the A merles n me serosr the street, -the centre one of , which had en it the device of an eagle bear ing" a scroll -on .which were inscribed the names ef Clay and Frslinghuysen. On the reverse were staled In brief terms die lead ing points' of Whir policy, aa defined in one of Mtv-Clay'e letters. r v , The Biar-Sosneled Banner. - The iden- ti'al-8l gpaagWi Banner, which ws. tea over fori mHnrjr dunngits bombard taent hy rhe firitth. in lt!4 and which snggeaied ihebeeetiAil .National Song con noted or the late lamented Franma S Ker n4 , displayed int front , of the preotises off r. .v. u. jtmusieee.ea obieci elueep tne trMuesMe um psessa y. Tn E ORGANIZATION A Kf PRQ. CEED1NGS OP T1IK CONVENTION AT- CANTON. 'The Prwattion having - reached Canton, the vanoot persons invited to lake seals en the platform took their places, ;enaV th Delegatinrjt ill advance forming ' around ii, recetvedllr'lfrtvi,f "friends with cheers and music. The scene was most animated and exciting, far beyond any description that the pea ran give. When the immense concourse wss finally arranged upon tha ground - The Kr-v. Mr BasCOtn, of Kentucky, 0- pened Ihe Convention with a most iropres ive prayer, the "people stsnding uncovered hiie he tpnesled to the Thiona of Grace. Mr T. Yaies Walh, en behalf ofthe Ceromittre of Two Belegatea from each Sute in the Union, then . proposed the lot lowing officers lo preside at the Conven tion! PircetMirt. JCHN M. CALYTON, of Delaware. Vict PnrslBBNTa. E P Borbsnk. of Maine. Geo T Davis, of Massachusetts. W W Bosrdman. of Connecticut, ... Pnrtns Batter, of Vermont - James N Reynolds' of New York, H "W Archer, ofM John Berley, of New Hampshire. Edward Ptanlyr of North. Carolina. George S Brtsoa, of South Carolina. Wm Belt, of Ohio. Francis F Chambers, of Kentucky., John J Hrdih, of Tlinoit. A S Williame, of Michigan, Dr Bovle, of Louisiana. P L Edwirdt. of Missouri. John Pfestnn, of Arkansas. Wm Rollston, ofAlabnma. R C Weightmsn, of District of Columbia. Wm S Pattnn, of Rhrwle Island. J W Mil'er. of New Jei-ey, T M T McKennan, of Pennsyltsnls. Jomes Lyons, of Vtnrinis. Wm C Smedee, of Mistintippi. Geo C Jones, of Tennettee. Tiios liudef King." orGeorjjfjii. " " " StCltitf AttlS. . Joseph Baker, of Maine. Georee Dswtoi., of New York;- D C Wickliffn, of Kentucky. Robert A Dobbin, of Maryland. Cilmund B Freeman, of North Carolina J H Strong, of Atkamat, The nfficera having taken their sests, the first business in order under the prnrramme of arranremenv waa the presentation to the aucceosfiil Delegation of the tplemlid Na tional Prize Banner, which had been pre pared for the Occasion through the 1 heruli ly ofthe Whiga of the Monumental Cilv. With a view to this ceremony the Deleft tion from the State of Delaware were drawn up in front of the stand, when the President 01 the Contention introduced Mr. Reverdy Johnson. of Maryland, who presented them with this valuable trophy, preceded by the following eloquent address: Fellow Whiga of the State of Delaware: "lo the name and at the request of the young Whigs of Baltimore, 1 hsve the hon or and pleasuie of presenting this Bsnner to you. It Is given, as all who hear me know, in token of that pre-eminence of zeal which haa induced you together here, in number larger in proportion than those of your sister States, around the altar where ihe firs of victory lut been rekindled. I am proud, my fellow-citizens, of the privilege of addressing you under such clrcurnatancts." You hsve come from your domestic pleas ures, Iroin your homes and friends, snd from your needful toil, to swell the mighty band of brethren,' who, with a common apirit hsve rallied here, in behalf of a glori Otis, invincible and common cause. Among tnem yon an stand conspicuous best a mong ihe good moel to be honored smong those honored much, mjrh ss haa been the etand of your noble state among her feliowe boliHv, braveli , and truly as her whig sons hayeWnethemse ful conflict, to-day you have filled up the measure of het renown. To-day you have made her the Banner Commonwealth of thia Union. Honored be ahe with her laurels! -8btwon them wall and any tbswtar loaf." ' ; : - r - ... "Look, airs, upon the prise before you, as it waves in the breeze which is lo every quarter of oMr .Union, tha tidings of Ibis mignty gathering, am) ol your triumph. Gotgeoos as are its folds, we would thst they were worthier - of the true men over whom it is their dettlny to float! . Tel ia there on them that which far tiinscenda all that the painter's skill could lavish or tha artist's taste conceive. Upon die one side, wistthed in a bright garlsnd. are the inslg--niaof Ihsatalea of your eonfrderacy shin ing, tha richest chtplel that Freedom ever bore ppon her rot,. Jesfn, sirs if (rood whigs liks rou can need ihe teachinr learn from that wreath, that all your coun try's destinies, her honor, hope, and wel fare, ate centered In the Union, which your fathers formed lor you. - Learn thai, in the season of domestic trial, when the atom gathers and the blasts are pitiless, the Union is tire ark of your only refuge. Forget not that vhsn the tempest somes surging from abroad, the Union ia lha one thing upon which htng yoor honor and aalvation. Prize, then, I pray yon, the' moral which tout nag impresses. Bear it to your homes? Wrf a ft on your hearts! Teach your ehildten to leva " ae yon have loved, to defend asy tpu deftbd, tnur; imregnal)U and'prleeWPnie.?: : - Upoa thetJier tide, - there ie the prtr-1 traiture or one whose name and lame are deeply deai 10 all of us; whose history is th nistory tr yftrtr wnntry s greatness; whose : triumph now- wiH be your irimphthe victory of the eonttiitltion and the people. ! Read. In the story of the life Of Henry Clay, the beautiful illnstistion of yonr coun- hryi Intrrttttlnns. Learn thefer prize the train, that from the humblest station there is a Wad for genius and for virtue 10 fame's loftiest steep. Remember, too, that of that great citizen's most elevated titles to his country s admiration the very proudeat ia his ardent, honest, unfaltering devotion to (he cause oi the most Undivided Union. The emblems thst surround his image will bring ever lo your mindt the mighty inter ests of Agriculture, Commerce, and Do mestic Industry, ever which hUtealous patriotism has, without failing, uung. And when, now and in limes to come, you shsll be surrounded by the bleaainge of a pol icy : w hose spirit nis wisdom baa breathed Into your laws, femembef, fellow-citiiens, thst man will best deserve his country's lots and will moat surely earn her Jaurela, who tout with head, and Ivart, and nefve, to give that country genuine independence proteo- Uon to her labor to her people, breadr Above that honored hetd, you will per ceive the painter't ikillhat placer', ta 'twere ing of tAW-ratt .Win w 1 7 otir wuntry ' arms. Let thai, too, leach you that the cause to which you and. I, anili!Lifus, thia rhry-pledgeowrselveesll- togeihae, anail. like the eagle, lull in the s unltgh. asking no darknet to hide in seeking the upper ail, with the worlils'a raze on It matle for triumph by ita nature. Lent be tor yomia inspiiation 'ts an emblem of pel Mr era nee and upward hoite. Find, in the proud biiil of your native foresia, traile of the dauntless g4llantry which markt ymif champlnn, and which should go ever, with men who, like vou, snd sii 01 you. nave pledged neart and a . M T T . S t . -a soul to a righteous csuse. Take, then, my fellow Whiga of dela ware, thia trophy of-jfour, fnihuslaf m ., .and. devotion, the atan which bears It waa rut. from Athland by the hand of our lea ner. riant it deep aim let it nmi root in ihe adil of - your" Commonwealth. You have won il noMy-ani..iih. ail-the- era- oiema wnicn 11 iwar wiin ins asso ciation! whfh cluster around it, it ia yours yours only. Hut bear in mind that 11 is but the pledge of yoor future exertions in the aame gloiioua behalf. You have done wed hitherto better nw the BEST ia yet beiore youl You will not be Wanting to the duties which devolve - on yout- as tlie nsrl.t of the U big Line. . Victors here to-day in tha friendly strife of brethren ou will bs victors htrtqfttr when the contest is hot, with the foe. The bannei wliti h floaia over rou in ihia brilliant pa geant. will float, we know, in equal triumph whenever your patriofam h laaked or yonr energy called to the ret cue. Take it, then with you, We com mit it, witli pride,, to hands like yours. And when in strife il shall cheer you, and in victory il shall gliaten over vou remem ber 'hat the Wutos of tub Whio Citt or BatTtnoaa thall be with yo 1 in apirit your cautt their coute your triumph thier triumph!" ,r-.- Mr. Johnson, of Delaware, on behalf pf the Delegation from his 8tate having re queats'd Mr. Clayton to respond to the a bove address . . .:.r Mr. Clsyton rose snd replied to Mr. Raverdy Johnson in the following eloquent terrae t Mr Johnson : It is with a degree of sstisfsction not easily expressed that I ac cept the honor just conferred upon me by order of the M arshal of tha Delaware Del egation that of receiving thia beautiful banner in their behalf. Presenied lo us, as it js, by eitisens of thsl gallant slate with whose chivalry our own foiefaibers shedfiheir blood on many a baltleplain of Ihe Revolution and to whom the people of Del aware have everbeen attached by all the ties of frieadship, were It studded with genu it could not be more acceptable lo us, cheers; and when we know- that In ad dition to all the artiat's skill could bestow upon it the fair hands of "the ladiee of Bal timore have coniributed lo decorate and embellish it, it receives an increased val ue in our ayes as n proof of Ihe interest which our fair countrywomen take in the glorious esuse for which we have ibis day converted. Cheers. There k bat one other consideration which eould enhance the gratification we feel on this occasion, and we have it in the evidence, which this banner furnishes of our devotion to the interests of onr country and to Whig principles with which ws believe those interests ate i dentified, In the darkest houra of that long night of misrule to which modern de mocracy had tobjectedour suffering coun try when ethers bad almost despaired ofthe republic, and when even Vermont her self, 'that bright particular Utr which never sets,' teemed for an instant to grow dim in our pejttical firmament, Delaware still struggled triumphantly through the contest and sparkled like n diamond a midst the gloota that surrounded her. Through good and through evil report ihe neve? altered in her attachment to hi great statesman of tha West. ProIon- ged cheering. " " v-i . "Her affecuonate regard far his char acter and services- always seemed only to incrsate with' the increasior violence and injustice he encountered' front other and when her dsleg ejee this .. da jr Ixbeld the ttigbiyiaatsea gathered.-4 dehiia :..Jk.- J m I .1 . II I. justice, and to eoiifer upon him thehigh- est not or w ncn a r au-iui eiuntrr coola bestow, when they saw ihe brocetaion of iEouhtleti multitude of freemen moving to ratify the decree of our Natioiia Convention, .exceeding in- the tasfniPct hfce " ofthe spectacle the spledor of a Roman triumph spreading-ite-thousand bannere glittering to the sun, and ravishing; the ear with the lofty music of ita march there were no vhearta which beat higher with emotion than theirs; there was nd voice which sent forth shouts of deeper and more fervhl enthusiasm, Henry" Clay ia dear to Delaware, chiefly becauaa ne nas urrce saved the union at ita leal . jasp. ' "We all know (hat ft present in the ' making or gift ef Which the ladiee have1 any part, la apt to ex6ite feeling! of Jeal eusy in others. But let notthegtUaht Whigs et other atates who have been failed in theirmanly erforta to win thie hannef, fwh ch the ladies mual have kaown wrf destined for Delaware I say - so be cat ten is so admirably last ful in all its arrragemenny lt not our brothers, I say, on thia gl fious occation, ebemn e single . jeaioua . ot enyioua emotion Delewsre is the little sitter' iri the 'dreat family of American Republics, And in ev- ;HifriHltf6Vt ftrtifly ihe liWonewai be ths-pel tremendous cheering J 'I o-elr-here Bssemhe4-r-deMgte" bid ma aay.ihat, th will hold (his ban ner and the staff Which sustaina ft, for .the benefit of all good Whigs, believing 4hat the tight of it will route their eflergiea at future Con teniton?ro long as -W big principles aie chariaht d and the name et fiery Clay is dear to hit vorioiry.. (Ureal applause.) , Allow me, in conclusion to tinner you, Mr, Johnson, the grateful ackriowl- edgemenia of the Delaware delegation" for the kind, the flattering, and the elo quent terroa in which yott have pien ted to Us thai which . we- prize so highly; to offer our, thanka to the gentlemen of the Banner. Committe whq hare to impartially and honor'tbfy 3itchafged their duties, and above all, to the Ladies of Baltimore, in honor of -whom (judging, from the fluttering I now observe) you are about (0 hear the loudest notes of the game cocks fresh from the land ofthe 'blue hen's chckens. (Tremendoua cheer '" ) - . , , ; , At tha close of Mr, City ton's address an enthuslactic shout of most tremendoua vigor wat thrice repeated by- tbe JDela ware delegation, whieh wa renewed by ihe whole convention -the Delaware btn ner of the "blue hert and her thkikens' in the mean time waving in triumph, and the whole .assembly joining'Tieartilj In the enthusiasm, , .. , t v ,4 The president of the convention . then introduced the lion Ambrose 8pencer who announced to the convention the nom inations made on the preceding day - by the national convention. The fatifiea tion( he aaid, waa the voice of the young men's convention, aa the nomination had been that of the old kmen. The . response waa aa loud r tena of thounanda of tot ees could make iu ,i-l,:.9 '": Mr. Berrien, of Ga. on behalf of the committee appointed to inform Henry Clay of his nonination as ihe candidate fof the presidency read the - folio wing letters which had passed between the committee and Mr Clayt -, ,v V ,t. ; .. Bxtttwma, May 1 1844 6m The grateful office of announcing to you the result at the deliberations of tho National Whig Convention, this day assembled at' this place for ihe selection of a candidate for the office of president of the Uaited States at the aonroachinr election has been by that 0nentie- as signed to us. , iui; l'i. We perform it by commonlce-ing to you the accompanying Copy of resold tion, adopted unaaimoualy and by atecla mion of (hat body j and we beg to add 10 it toe expression or , our earnest- hops that the wish of your - assembled fellow It wilTW rteotlacUd tbtt Dsbwae thitbaniMria honor of bar RsveJutiaiurv soUmm who, bv Iheir eallsntanr in thiitv-tUMe pHcW battlas, woo the asms efMOant Cock,'1 and, Imm nMrrUntanifenes, ma Stats wat calM by the soldMrt, Iht "Bios Hen," an4 fits troop the "Bias 'ffo'sCUabsas." r ..-.. citizens, in which "all with one voioeM have united, and which their personal feelings, and, as they believe, the best interest of thia great people are involved may meet your prompt and cheerful to qttiessence, fe,--' --4 -r ' Wa hate the boner ia be, ' r ' v Very respectfrllr. your Wlowitizefis joHn Mcpherson bebrien '. ":':J. BURNET, r : . -T'-'ERASTOSROOT,1-- ABDOTT LAWRENCEffi: rr WILUAM S. ARCHER I "Hon. II Cut. , WaimtoToit, May 1S44. Oenllrmen I hav the honor te ae knowledge the receipt ef yaur lelter da led ystterday at , Baltimore, romm'uai eating my nomination, by he national whig convention there asitmbfert "te he ' people ef lha U, States ts a etndidat fr the flics el president ef tha UV 8 Ci Identlf believing tha thlt' romln(Ioit ia in conformity with tha nelre ef a retjT. ity of the people ef the U lC 1 aerept h turn ahigh seats af dqiy aad wHh frsf- 1 1 r A
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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