The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1848, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD. Borthwest Corner of Fulton and Nassausts JAMES RDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. THE DAILY HER ee editions every da copy—$7 2% per anawm. The MOR pt Maat orick 4M nd. dutributed before breakfast; the first AFTERNOON EDITION can he had #f the nevwsboys, i k, P.M, AFTERNUON EDITION at nts per copy, $3 12% per European circulation, < The European edition rit h Languages. “ALL LETTERS by mail, for subscriptions, or with adver- fisements, to be post paid, or the postage will be deducted from the TAR ¥ CORRESPONDENCE. containing important cited from any quarter of the world; f used, will be Tiber ally paid for. ADVERTISEMENTS, (renewed every morning, and to be published in the morning'and afternoon editions, ) af reasonabi prices; tobe written in a plain, Loyibie manner; the proprietor not rey ls for errors in manascript. z NOWOTICE tak-n of anonymous communications. What- ever i» witended fer insertion must be authenticated by the mame and address of the writer; not necessarily for public itio ae a guaranty of his good faith. We cannat return rejected «BRINGING of all kinds executed beautifully and withdes- Pe Te OF ad nt\ tne Upce, corner of Pulton and iskaLD ESTABLISHMENT is open throughout the wight, ae well as day. AMUSEMENTS TSIS EVENING. PARK THEATRE—Domwry axp Sox—Txe On Guarp. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery—Rose Ciivton—I nassapoR— Born To Goop Luca—New Ogueans Dexa. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway—-Ricuerisv—-His Last Leos. NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham Square—Grisen Moun. rain Bov—New Yorx As Ir Is-New Notions. BURTON'S THEATRE, Chambers strect—-Oin Exo Gevrieman—-MusicaL ARRIVALS—-BeauTY AND THE Beast. BROADWAY CIRCUS, nesr Spring st—Equestmianimm, &o, MECHANICS’ HALL, Broadway, near Broome—Cuaurr’s Mosernurs—Erniorian Brverne. MELODBON—Vinowis Seren avers SANDS, LENT & CO.’S CIRCUS, Niblo'’s Garten. Mesa. ernix, Equesrnisyisy, kc. SOCIETY LIBRARY—Camrraii’s Miverr eis, PANORAMA HALL, 598 Brosdway.—Dionama ov Bom- BaRpMent or VERA CRUZ, STOPPANI HALL, Broadway, corner Walker stroet—¥ extoo In.ustRatep—Sackep Diorama. ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, Bowery—-Van Amuuncn’s Granp MenacEnix. NEW ROOM.—Serrx’s Miverres. TADERNACLE, Brondway—Saxor1a Bann’s Gaand Con- cert. ot Amt Seresa- Kew York, Wednesday, November 22, 1848, Actual Circulation of the Herald. Nov. 21—Tuesday.......es0 +20.544 ooples, ‘The publication of the Herald commenced jay at 10 minutes before 3 o'clock, and finished at 5 minutes before 6 o'clock, “ Circulation ef the other Leading Morning Journals. Courier and Enquirer, (daily)... ...... 4,800 Journal of Commerce. Daily Express ‘Tribune..... 24,600 Aggregate... cece re teeeesces Errors in the above estimate will be corrected on @dequate authority. The First Great Taylor Festival, at the Irving House. Last evening there was celebrated by a splendid dinner, at the Irving House, the triumphant elec- tion of General Taylor to the Presidency. The aflair was attended by over two hundred gentle men, with several visiters from other States, all composed principally of those persons who have aided more or less zealously in General Taylor’s election, and who expect their zeal and industry in the campaign must exercise some important effect on future events, as soon as the new Presi- dent shal! have been inaugurated at Washington. The dinner was got up ina style of splendor unsurpassed on all previous similar occasions, and in a manner that has been unequalled, in some re- spects, by any hotel in this latitude. The Messrs. Howard, whose talent in the management of hotels, and in getting up splendid dinners, 1s as great in that line of business as the genius of General Taylor for war, are well known through- out the country for their urbanity, their attention to their guests, their simplicity of character, and their unrivalled tact and genius in the cuistne. It is unnecessary to say more of these gentlemen; but the occasion itself, the assembly present, the speeclies spoken, the sentiments put forth, and the inklings ot the future, sometimes seen through crevices and chinks, all form interesting groups of facts to the political philosopher and the scientific statesman, whether belonging to the winning party, to the councila of the country, or to the free prees of the nation. In this aspect, while the havoc on the edibles was immense, aad the wine flowed like water, the reminiscences of the past campaign, and the probability of future events connected with the new Presidency, will furnish matter fer reflection for several days to come. One of the first striking characteristics of this festiva', was the amalgamation which was pre- sented—both in the committee of management and in the guests—of the two or three cliques in this city, who have, more or less, and at a later or earlier day, distinguished themselves in the recent campaign. Tie committee of management, how- ever, is a singular composition of the sons and de- pendents of the old leaders of the cligues who stood recently in the front, but now modestly take a place in the back ground in this affair. We have the names of Simeon Draper, Jr., of Ogden Hoft- man, Jr., of J. W. Gerard, Jr., of Mr. Maxweil’ son of Hugh Maxwell, and of various others com. posing the rising generation of statesmen, who are thus permitted by their fathers, whose names are onthe older committees, to come forward and make their debut in political life. In combination with these youthful elements of the Wall street clique, we have several of the leaders of the old native cligue, who were many months in advance out for General Taylor, before the Wall street men and philosophers thought of the matter. We allude to George Folsom, J. F. Butterworth, and several others, who were as early in the field as the sum- mer and fall of 1846. The speeches, the toasts, and the persons who put them forth, partake of the same general charac. teristics as the committee of management. A fullrepeut of this great festival, and of the speeches and other matters, will be found in another part o this day’s Herald. This is, probably, the cne a and fiftieth meeting, and the last speech ade last night is probably the seven-hundreth, which has been almost exclusively reported in the New York Herald, during the recent campaign for Taylor; and the probability is, that our editor: and reporters have performed mere work of thi description, during the last two years, in favor of Taylor, than all the journalists and reporters at- tached to all the newspapers on this side of Mason and Dixon’s line, from tbe Atlantic to the Missis- sippi. Hence the dangerous position of the Herald to the trading politicians, and the absolute neces. sity of union among them to put it down. It will be seen, therefore, that the two grand cligues in this city, who supported, and indepen- cently took ho'd of the movement, many months after the name of General Taylor was put forward by the Herald as being the best candidate for the Presidency, are now united, and going together in allfuture operations. It will be a strong te.m, and hard to beet. Like other wary and discreet politicians, they did not attach themselves to the name and fortunes of General Taylor uatil the ground had been broken for them by others— making good the scriptures—“one soweth, but another reape th.” Anothez important point was not sufficiently des veloped at this festival last evening, bat whieh we had expected would be; that is, reference to the unportant persen or newspaper that first put forth the name of General Taylor as a candidate for the Piesidency, We shall eudeavor to supply this deficiency, by referring to a letter written at Niagara Fails, in the summer of 1540, nearly eigit’ years ago, by @ certain person, generally aturday, for cireuta- | called Mr. Gorden Bennett, published in the Hersid ot that year. This Tetter contained the first rough and ready description of General Tay- lor military man, and gave him credit for the possession of elements of a military popularity of a most original and remarkable character. 1 was the t distinct pointing out or putting forth of General Taylor, as the original Rough and Ready—perpetrated as long ago as 1840, im- mediately after the exhibition of hisgreat military genius in the Florida campaign—genius which surpassed even that of General Scott—genius which broke out with refulgent splendor on the Rio Grande, and sparkled from that boundary to the field of Buena Vista—genius which will soon irradiate the White House at Washington. The next movement ‘n relation to Gen. Taylor was made in the month of May, 1846, immediate- ly on the back of the first telegraphic intelligence from the Rio Grande, announcing his victory there. Similar movements were made by the newspapers of the South and West, and soon tol- lowed meetings of the people. The second news- paper announcement of a similar idea in the North, or in New York, was singularly enough made on the 8th of June, 1846, by Thurlow Weed, of Albany. All these movements, with the con- troversies and excitement produced by the Mexi- can war, contributed to give an impulse to the cause of Gen. Taylor, which was subsequently caught up by Folsom, Butterworth & Co. In the summer of 1846, they first attempted to bring for. ward Gen. Taylor as a candidate for the Presi- dency; but they were opposed at that time by Messrs. Grinnell, Maxwell, Webb & Co., of the Wall street cligue—they being in favor of Gen. Scott, and hung to him during his triumphant march from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico, nor gave him up until he was demolished by a corres- pondence which subsequently took place between him and Secretary Marcy. It was by the inde- pendent Northern press, beginning with the Herald, and then at independent meetings of the people, that Gen. Taylor was first put forth as a candi- date for the Presidency, and it was the inde- pendent press and the independent people who possessed the power to distinguish his popularity and ability, and of reviewing them to the American people. The politicians, either of the native or Wall street clique, who now take all the credit to themselves, were mere waiters on Providence, took him up at a later day, but acted consistently generally, throughout the contest, it must be allowed. The first journal in the field, however, was the New York Herald, and that, too, as early as the summer of 1840, desribing General Taylor as a regular Rough and Ready, and afterwards, in the month ot May, 1846, nominating him for the Pre, sidency. The next journal, in point of time, in coming out for General Taylor in the North, was the Albany Evening Journal, conducted by Thur- low Weed. Very odd—but very true. Thurlow, however, did not follow up his movement with force enough. These, we believe, are the general facts of this mystery, connected with the first putting forward of General Taylor asa candidate for the Presi- dency. The influences of the various cliques now being concentrated into one nucleus, as pre- sented at the festival last evening, are arranging themselves for future operations in precisely the same way as the Van Buren politicians worked in the year 1828, after the election of General Jack- son; or as the pipe-layers of this city did in 1840, on the election of General Harrison. The speeches, and the toasts, and developements last night, indi- cated, sometimes broadly, occasionally obscurely, the nature of coming events. One of the most im- portant of these events undoubtedly will be the election of a United States Senator by the new Legislature, which will meet at Albany at the beginning of next year. The Senator to be then elected will be the only Taylor Senator from New York. He wall be the official channel to authenticate everything connected with political affairs in this State, and in the con- tiguous country. Cliques of politicians may be formed, office beggars may have their agents, but it 1s more hkely that the Senator from this State, in the next Congress, will have more influence ever such matters, and over the mind of General Taylor, than all others put together. Accordingly, we see the contest has already commenced for the post of Senator from New York, and there is every appearance that there will be a breaking up among the elements of the whig party on this important question. Mr. Col- her will be supported by one clique, and ex-Go- vernor Seward by another. The clrques, and politicians, and_office seekers, of this city, must take sides, one way or the other ; but the contest, as yet, is im such a crude state, and the minds of the leading men are so unprepared, that it is diffi- cult to tell whose chances are the best or whose the worst. One thing, however, is certain. It will require all the nerve, sagacity, and indepen- dence attributed to the President elect, to resist the selfish councils and horrible scramble tha will be made by the various separate or comt bined political cleques in this city and State, im” mediately after the opening of his administration, The Van Buren trading politicians who managed to control the administration of General Jackson, were discreet and adroit men. The pipe laying politicians of 1840, who attempted the same opera- tion on General Harrison and his administration failed, and broke it down, for want of talent an tact. Whether the trading cliques of this city and State will eucceed, as others did, in the case of General Jackson, or be defeated, as their pro- totypes were in the case of General Harrison, time alone can tell. One thing it seems they have already agreed upon, and that is to unite in de- nouncing, through their organs and agents, inevery possible way, the independent course and early support which the New York Herald, alone and isolated, gave to the cause of General Taylor, beginning in the year 1840, breaking out more decidedly in 1846, and continued to the present day. line of ‘policy, and we give warning to Messra- Grinnell, Maxwell & Co., and to Messrs. Folsom’ Butterworth & Co., to take care and move cau- | tiously in their future proceedings in connection with this and other matters. Police Intelligence. srvest of House Thie cer Shadbolt, one of our persevering officers attached at the lower police, arrested yesterday two thieving looking rascals called William Phese and Charies Ross, on # charge of steal- ing from the dwelling house No, 90 Bayard street, | occupied by Mrs. Waydell, a diamond breast pin va'ued —01 valued in allat $112. ‘rhe rascals, it seems,on Mon- day afternoon entered the premises by the rear, through an alley way, and unobserved by the family, proceeded up stairs ‘and carried off the property. Yee. terday, Koss endeavored to sell the breast pin for $3 to « pawn-broker, who stopped it and sent for the officer, who arrested Rose, and likewise his accomplice, Phere. They were both committed by Justice Lothrop for a further hearing Constructive Larceny —Constable Rue, of the [3th ward, arrested yesterday a young man by the name of Jamee Carey, alias Johnson,on a warrant issued by Justice Ly gad wherein he etande charged with ob- taining a lot of household furniture, valued at $150. from Sirs, Cal Kerley, No, 12 Laight street, wader folre representations, It appears that on the 9th inst. the accused applied to Mrs Kerley for the hire of the sforesaid furniture at a certa’n amount per week, fur the purpose of furnishing # house at 34 City Hall Plaoe, ‘The bargain was made, and the furniture delivered to the scoured yee slid tothe agrepment, but instead of the property remaining in the premises No. 34 City Hall Place, the accucea cowveyed it. the next day, to Mr Baylis’s auction store, No, 185 Chath eet, and rold the same at auction for a much less It was for this larceny that the warrant was i , and yesterday afternoon officer Rue the accused im the street, but, before he eould lay hold of him be rtarted and fan, when. after a long chase, the offloer roceveded in taking bim into custody, Justice Lo- thr op locked him up for a further examination, From Hatsrax—By the steamship Acadia, Halifax papers to the 16th inst. have been received The qu tity of potatoes and other produce which have arrived trem Prince Edwara’s Isard and other places, is usvally large. of toon were received and the price Lad fallen tof Laat y' They may, however, catch a tartar in this particular | et $20, together with male and female wearing apparel, | TAYLOR FESTIVAL, AT THE IRVING HOUSY, NOV. 2st. This affair, which had been announced for several days, came ofl last evening, and was ac- complished ina style creditable to the committee, as well as to Mr. Howard, the proprietor of the houee at which the dinner was given. The large dining saloon of the Irving House was used on the occasion, and in it were spread four long tables, besidesa short one on a raised platform, at the head of the room. At the head of the last men- tioned table were seated the president, supported on either side by invited guests; among whom were His Excellency, John Young, Governor of this State ; John A. Colher, Francis Granger, J. Philips Phoenix, Geo. Briggs, Hugh Maxwell, Geo. Wood, and Ogden Hofiman. At the other tables were seated about two hundred and fifty gentlemen. The room was neatly decorated, and lighted by over one hundred lights, including gas burners and wax candles. The tables were loaded down with all sorts of edibles, both substantial and deti- cate, served up in Mr. Howard’s best style, by an army of neatly dressed ebony colored waiters. The arangements of the room were in fact, through- out, highly creditable to the proprietor of the house and the committee of arrangements; and among other conveniences, we must not neglect to men- tien that the press were well provided with comfort- able and convenient seats, at the head of the two centre tables. Dodworth’s cornet band was in atten- dance, and added, inno small degree, to the festivi- ties of the occasion, by discoursing, in their own pe- cular style, the regular and volunteer airs of the evening. ‘ & is The cards issued for the festival were printed in gold, and read as follows:— TAYLOR FESTIVAL AT THE IRVING HOUSE, ON TUESDaY, NOVEMBER 21sT, 1843. COMMITTEE. Cha’s H. Marshall, Hon, George Briggs, Ja. 8S. Thayer, John Maxwell, Simeon Draper, Jr., James Reyburn, Geo. A. Halsey, Tho. C. F. Buckley, James H. Van Alen, Henry J. Raymond, John P. Butterworth, M._O. Roberts, J. W. Gerard, Jr. Junius T. Stagg, Hon. Geo. Folsom, Drake Mille, Ogden Hoffman, Jr. Moses Maynard, Jr., _R.T. Haws. The following is a list of officers for the even- ing :— President. Hon. GEORGE FOLSOM. Vice Presidents. Hon. George Briggs, Si n Draper, Jr., Charles H. Maraball, © James Reyburn, Jaynard, Jr, | Marshall 0, Reberts, len, Henry J. Raymond, George A. Halsey, James S. Thayer, Drake Mills, John F, Butterworth, Junius T. Stagg, Thos. C. T. Buckley, Ogden Hoffman, Jr., Robert T. Haws. Special Committee of Reception and Arrangements,— George A. Halsey, John Maxwell, Thos. C. T. Buokley. The participants in the festivities of the evening were invited to assemble at half-past six oc’clock; but 1t was full eight when the doors of the saloon were thrown open, and the guests marched in, the red ayo meantime, a beautiful air during the entrée.. hen ail were seated, tle covers were removed, and nearly three hundred hungry men fell to work, performing as handsomely in their way, as General Taylor’s men did in theirs at Buena Vista. _ * The following is the order in which the attack was made at the TAYLOR FESTIVAL DINNER. Fist. James W. Gerard, Jr:, John Maxwell, sours. Vegetabie. Codfish, sauce Navarins, Mock Turtle, Bass, sauce Florautine. REMOVES, Koast, Sirloin of Beef, ‘Turkey stuffed, Freneh fashion, Saddle of Mutton, moihhPont With water crosses. ed. Leg of Mutton, English fashion. Turkey, oyster sauce. ORNAMENTED PIECES. Boned Turkey, en Bellvue, sur Cnpoak a V Anglaise, Roast Ham, a la Royale, Bastion of Eels, auBeourre de Tendorloin of Beef. alajardiniore, ‘Montpelier. a Fillets of Chickens, Cait’s Head, on tortue, Nv’ TRE: Conti, sauce ‘Supreme, ls aux Potites Pois, a la Francaise, ‘Jimbales, de Maccaroni, a la Milanaise, Boudins de Poulets, aux Trufites, a le Joinvil Form ot Game, Gat Aspies a 1s Royale, Bquabs, Gernies de Champignons, Lamb Cutleta ala Jardiniere, Pates Chaud ¢e Foie Gras, with Truflles, Sweettreads, Glacos, sux Epinards, Noix de Vea helieu, Fillets of Veni sauce Ravigote, Casseroles de Riz, a Ia Reine, Pates de Foie Grar, a 1s Perigord, Salad de Bomard, itistcriees, Chartreuse de Perdreaux. Oysters in the Shel), au Gratin, Oysters, a la Americaing. LecuME Chonfieurs, sauce au Buerte, Epinards, ala Creme, ro y Andives, a Ja Bec! Squash, I Colert, a'ia Moele, Pommes de Terro, a 1’Anglaise. Canvars Back Ducks, Woodcock, Partridges, Larded, Venison. ORNAMENTED PIECES. ‘The World, Nouga' Gothic Vase, Goddess Temple, Indian Pavilion, , ‘Tent of War Cassole tte PASTRY. Geleo au Vin de Champagne, — Souftles de Riz, aux Amandes, Fromage, Bavaroi, aux Ansnas, Panachee Gelee de Coinge, Charlotte busee, ala Vanille, | Gateaux Decores, Cabinet Pudding, au Rhum, mirites aux Peches, ‘Meringues, a Ia Fleur d'Orangs. DESSERT. "monds, Pralinees, Macaroons, A’ Orunges, Mint Drops, Apples, Grapes. Lemon Ice Cream, Vanilla Ico Cream. Champecne, Sherry and Madetra Wines furnished, The lateness of the hour, and the prospective duties of the evening, forbade that too long time should be expended in discussing the bill of fare. The very best use Was made of time,jwhile “knife and fork” was the popular game of the board. Champaign corks flew mernily about, and compli- ments were exchanged among frien !s in Sherry and Madeira. The formalities of the early even- ing gradually wore away, and nine o’clock found thiee hundred merry souls congregated around the five tables before mentioned. Friendly counter- signs and smart sayings began to pass current as mint diops, and the slight buzz which at first pre- vailed, gave way to a decidedly audible strain of jocularity and wit. Things had got to this pass, and the dessert had not’yet made its appearance, when the President arose and announced that it was time to proceed with the other business of the evening. ‘When the cloth was removed, The Hon. Gronce Fousom, of New York city, Presi- dent of the festival, arose to address the meeting. His rising was eted with loud and warm cheers from the utm extremity of the large and crowded room. At this stage of the rack festivity, the scene in the hall was remarkably picturesque. The guests began to leave and stand round the chair, to dozen negroes, in white jackets, stood around the centre table in the back ground, presenting in the midst of the company, in a room richly decorated and ‘& coup d'ovil of striking and ining, “for their ceiffure and gt lights in the gilded many columns of the | chandeliers which hung from tl splendid hall. Mr. Forsom said asennad ST sed on me tg | announce to you the regular toasts. "-.areq in ho- | nor of this occasion ; but, os 1 bing ‘Sure I’ proceed to that duty, allow me to congrarulate you on the great and lorious event \- ‘at has brought us together thi ng—the triumphent election of the whig candidate, General Zachary Taylor, to the office of President of these Upited States. (Immense and tremendous cheering.) The man who never surrenders— (repeat- ed cheers)—whatever may be the odds against | him, bas, indeed, aobieved a political triumph worthy of the hero of Buena Vista. Under his leadership, the i are ours,’’ The names of Taylor and Fillmore have | proved an impregnable tower of strength, defying the Inost deaperate aseaulte of a foe hitherto deemed in- vincible, but now almost for the first time discomfted and driven from the field. Such a consummation may well fill our hearts with exultation and triumph; and shall we not give unbounded expression to the feel ings it inepires, when arrembled, as we now are, to ce- lebrate the victory we have gained,? (Loud applause and cheers) For my own part, gentlemen, I tirely unfitted to cocupy this chair, which th of your committee has assigned to me, for since the election of General Taylor beoa: “fixed fact,” en event no longer to be doubt- ¢@ or questioned, I bave labored under a de- lirivzy of joy. from which Iam not yet recovered; and like the famyd ‘Abbot of Mirrnle,”’ fee! more inclined to icin in and give & free rein to the most extravagant demonstrations of delight, rather than to check or restrain them But in the midst of our rejolcings we have a rerious duty to perform, that claims our first attention. The memory of departed greatnoss, the fad recollections that cluster nround the tomb of Washington, and those other early champions of freedom on our foil, who have gone down ieee graves full of honor, demand your gratetul li " 4 How sleep the brave who fink to re With ail their ocuntry's wishes Hort!” Permit me, then, without further prelude, to propose to you the firet regular toast :-— “1, The memory of Washington—Stainless as his life and eocred aa his character ; we will cherish it forever an the holiest treasure of the American heart,’ The tonet was drunk standing and in silence. The beattiful band in attendance, hereupon struck up W achington’s mareb.”? The Cyaienay. then proposed the following toast, p order of the reguiar t i 2 “The Prevident of the United States." ‘Thive cheers were given om the announcement of whigs of the Union “have met the ensmy, and they | rose, cheered, a ban The band pon in their best style, “Hail Columbia " Wes Gasca oo the next and following toast:— “The President and Vice President elect of the United States—Men whose integrity of life, solidity of judgment, and noble simplicity of character, shed lurtre vpon any office to which duty may call them, or which the American people may ask them to fil Thie toast was welcomed with loud and deafeni: cheers, which continued for a long time; then cease and was again resumed with indescribable enthusiasm. Hereupon the band struck up ‘ Hail to the Chief.” Mr. J. Pagscotr Hatt responded to the toast, and after reviewing the objections which were made to Ge- neral Taylor as ® can*idate for the Presidency, pre- vious to his election. delivered a lengthened eulogiam onthe cberacter of the old bero, and on Millard Fill- more, which was received with loud cheers. The Cuainwan then gave the “ Governor and Go- vernor elect of the State of New York.” Drank with all the honors, His Excellency, Joux Youxa, Governor, responded, and said: entiemen—It is now more than two "years anda half since I ‘a word to a public assembly, and I now teel more sensitively than at any other pe- riod in my life the want of that babit ich qualifies the nerves to eustain the requirements of such an oc- casion. I have to thank you for the honor you have done myself for this warm reception, and aleo for the honor yeu bave conferred on another gentleman, whore name you have a‘cociated with mine, and hav- ing done that, I feel that | have done enough You all here understand that I have had no public partici- pation in the events which have just resulted in the election of your President and Vice President; but! from you my feeling, that since the day when the eage of Ashland was a candidate for the high situation of President of the United States. no canvass ever took place that excited in me feelings so deep and absorbing as the present one; and now that it has passed away, I trust | may be permitted to say a word with reference to it. Ido #0, because I am surrounded by friends to whore indulgence | may venture to appeal, and who I know will deal leniently with any faults | may commit in dealing with it. (Cheers). In that war—for 1 must refer to that war which Mexico waged against us, or rather which wo waged egainst Mexico—from the period that the firet blood was epilt by this country in that war, it was known to every one who read the communications of th easement aes Zachary Taylor, that ne was a manof no common mind, “‘rhey aftracted the attention of the whole Sountry, and the more the whole country read them, they read them the more, {Cheers.) And aa they read again, they sought their neighbors to compare their author with the illustrious dead, who in days gone by, had furnirbed to his country an illustration of prudence, modesty, and valor, not more to be ad- mired, or more redounding to the credit of a patriotic and disinterested hero. (Loud cheering.) From that moment the thoughts of men were directed to the gal- lant genera], and the whole country was absorbed in his movements. (Cheers) They followed him to Monterey, and to the celebrated plains of Buena Vista. They watched him when he was surrounded by 20,000 of the Mexican treops, commanded by one of the bravest Generals of Mexico; and they watched him, too{when to the requirement of the Mexican General, to surrender the gallant 5,000 men he had under his command, he re: tfully declined to accede tothe request. (Cheers and laughter.) From that time to the present, the minds of the people had never changed with regard to him. From that hour, the People began to consider that there was but one can- didate for their suffrages at the following Presidential election; and {f politicians had kept quiet,and not stirred up the passions of the people, we should have seen the whole solid mass of the people moving forward in one collective body, to deposit their votes forone man. (Cheers) But in a country like this, such an event is not to be expected. Our oppo- nents are too desirous to promote the ends of their party. and have too long enjoyed the sweets of office, to permit it; and it was not till they saw their efforts completely frustrated, that they gave up im despair. (Cheers and laugh’ They assembled in Baltimore, and there nominated General C: Subsequent! they met at Buffalo, and nominated Martin Van Buren. You know their fate, and the worst I wish tbem is, that the evening of their lives may be peace- ful and happy. (Cheers and laughter.) But when the people of the country came to vote, it was not to be expected that the politicians of the whig party would be of one mindor of one accoed. It waslong a struggle in my own mind as to who should be Presi- dent. I bad a great difficulty as to the course I should ursue in reference to the distinguished statesman of entucky. (Cheers) He was my first love, and there were thousands similarly circumstanced, who regarded him with the strongest feelings of attach- ment, and who thought it hard that they should sur- render those feelings and predilections. (Cheers.) I regard that man as the most brilliant statesman of any orcountry. When, however, General Taylor had obtained the nomination of the Philadelphia Conven- nd newspapers roceedit nd considered that no greater evil could befall our country. ‘We had then no voice from Ashland to instruct and toguide us. We came down to the contest eon- fured and irresolute; but depending on the justice of our cause and the merits of our candidate, we strug- ear more distinctly. A crowd of nearly two it | ter, con | reapect, and among o gled with resolution and determination, and the sun went down upon us with victory on our standard. (Cheers.) With regard to the course which the hero of Buena Vista may pursue, it is not for me to pro- nounce any decision; but I belie will not act IS apy general proscription. His m good sense will point bim the course most advisable for him to pureue with regard to thore he may employ as | agents in conducting the affairs of his government. I believe we bave gained much for the country by his election; I believe that tection, not only to our manufactures, but to the en- tire laboring and industrious classes of the country. I believe we sball also have a change in the currency stem—but nota return tothe old system. Expe- nce shows, that the latter cannot be adopted with- | ‘out great modifications. This has been a great victory —not one of sect or y, but one for the whole country, (Cheers.; It isone to which all have con- tributed—the North and the South, the East and the ‘West. From the North we have taken Millard Fillmore, (loud cheers,) and from the South we have taken Gen. Zachary Taylor, who is himeelf asfaveholder. (Cheers.) ‘With regard, however, to the great questions of slavery and abolitionism, I quite agree with the President, that Congress is the proper tribunal to settle them; and hope never to eee the time when they shall furnish an apple of discord to drive this great republic into geo- graphical divisions or sectional parties. I shall now conclude. by asking you to drink — “The Health of General Zachary Taylor—If not a Washington, it is because the responsibilities of a ‘Washington bave not been cast upon him.”’ Dravk with all the honors, Air - “Hail to the Chief.’ The Cuaiaman then announced that Mr. George Wood would respond to the last toast. Mr. Go. Woop rose and eaid:— Gent! , though not accustomed to address audiences like this, must confers I rise with feelings of uo ordinary embarr ment, to speak of the {great achievement which the whig party have lately effected. (Loud cheers.) I am reminded by the the previous speakers, that there are two topics which call for your serious considera- tion, In the first place, the wise and judicious ad- ministration, which the country may expect under the new dynasty which hae just been called to the reins of power; and, in the second place, the patriotic and faithful conduct which it will exhibit in the dis- cbarge of all matters that consult the best interests of the country (Cheers) Ata very early period I saw that the great military Cesar whose triumph we have met this night to celebrate, would be nominated for the high position to which he has just succeeded. (Cheers) "I aw it not only in the history of his own career, but also in the conduct of thepeople at large, that that individual must be General Tay- lor. (Cheeta) His actions, his conduct, his whole career, indicated that such would be the choice; and Lis correrpondence, which ne sent home from the bat- tle field, perfectly accorded with the same view. (Cheers) With regard to those politicians who have endeavored to thwart the election of the gallunt General, I bave say that y the party to which we are opposed have always mani: feated a discretion to which we were unequal. | e always observed that that party, while it was disposed to praice the candidates of the whig party, who have neretofore been presented to tne public, and whom it bad univerrally censured and condemned when their action was the subject of general reprobation; that in bis case, they were disposed to depreciate the charac- duct, and ability of General Taylor. I saw it in their newpapers—I saw it in conversation with their distinguiched wen, and I could not fail to observe it in the signs of the tii I recollect the old maxim, “ 25 hoste fas est doceri,” or in plain English, itis “lawful at all times to gain wisdom from the conduct of our enemies.” But while they were thus eulogizing other candidates, General Taylor was the constant theme of their depreciation. They endeavored to detract from his servicer to his country—to depreciate him in every ther things they teld us that he Was nova whig—vua. uc.” 8 belong to our wey and, therefore, we ought not to take u... gentlemen, we are not to look to our adversaries as to whom we should select. On the contrary, when Gen. ae told us that he was ‘a whig, but not an ultra whig.” I eee, satisfied, because his princi- ples Lepnb og ed with my own. | am not an ultra whig, and if understand the principles of the whig party, it isthat they are not governed by mere par- ty views; that their object is not to promote mere y interest, but to support those greet princi: ples which they look on as calculated to advance t! reat interests of the country. (Great applause )— hat is what | understand in not bel: ultra whig; and J further understand, in not being on ultra whig, that the party ought, according tothe views of its dieting ed leaders, to look at a spirit of moderation in all their measures, and not to the adoption of meaeures for the mere put e of advancing tl party. (Applause) And if | have studied the char- soter of the opposite party, through the whole course of ite conduct, | have found the prominent tralt of that party to be, that all their measures, all their ob- jects, are to secure themselvesin power, to promote the interests of the party, and not the interests ofthe coun- try. (Prolonged applause) Now this principle is directly the contrary of that of General Taylor. He je a whig, but not so for the mere purpoee of taking up political men and promcting them to office ; but he ina whig becaure he believes that the great principles of the whig party are the enly true principles which oan advance the interests of this country; and be- lieving that, he is a whig, but net an ultra whig.— (Much applause and cheering) Another view of this tubjcct, He is pot an ultra partizan. He is notin favor of the selection’ of officers to fill places under the goverr ment for the mere purpose of solecting such are caloulaied to be of influence at elections— of telling the polis. He is not in favor of se- leoting cfiicers for the mere purpore of acquiring the political capital which they may bring along He Se for selecting men of bigh distinction and cha- racter, of reepectability, of ability to advance the wrcat iptererte of the country to fulfil the duties of which reached us from the unpretendirg signature of hall have a system of pro- | y wit 'y came out reeking from the effort of putting » man in that office, from the mere ciroumstunce of his being a military | New, fellow citizens, | never would select a man | that office fr merr circumstan: f his bec smilitary man J would never select a man for that | high office, from the mere circumstance of his being | available; I trust the fact of his being military men will never be an objection to a candidate for that high effice. Rather, if he possesses other requisite qualifications. his being a military man ts additional Tecommendetion, because the President of the United States is the commander in chief of the army and mary of the United States, and, his ae knowledge ard qualifications never can be of consistent objection to his filling that high office. But Ladmit this is not cf itself sufficient. You want somethirg more. You want a man who will possess other qualifications for the purpose of filling that high office, and as | have before remirked.1 thought I saw ip that distinguished individual ali the qualifeations which could be required for fulfilling all the duties of the Chief Magistrate of this country. Now, allow me to call your attention to another eubject for a few mo- ments, It is an important subject, und one deserving of serious consideration by the people of this country. 1 do not believe it is necessary in order to constitute sound, faithful, and valuabie administrative officer of affairs, that he should be versed ia all the spec’ knowledge and details of his office. I do not believe that it is at all required On the oontra- ry, | believe there i wide distinction between the qualifications requisite to discharge those functions, and those that are needed by his subordinate officers ofthe cabinet. There isa wide difference between mal fe seldom thought a foolish thing, and never saida wise thing. There @ wide difference between the qualifications necessary for action, and those for deliberation and consultation. They require diffe- rent qualifications, and | believe that in seecting a candidate for the chief magistracy of this country, it is not requisite that we should select a man who is rfeotly qualified in all the details of statesmanship. ‘hen we look through history, which is, as we ae in- formed, philosophy teaching by example, we find that that class of men who were highly distinguished for diecharging. with firm: css and wisdom, the highest Som urtrative fuhotions c. = couuay, were men nov Fematkeble for that kind of talent ; and in the place ofa man! might first mention the name of Queen Eli- zabeth. Where will you find, in the whole course of history, a person better qualified to fulfil administra- tive functions of government than that highly dis- tinguished personage? And it will not be pretended that she was selected for all those talents. 1 would next name Oliver Cromwell, and then Louls X(V. It is well known that this man’s education was neglected for the purpose of his being disqualified for office; and yet what was the consequence? The moment when he arrived at the full maturity of his powers, he looked upon the cardinal, who purposely neglected his education, and all the officers of the country, in their true light, as all subordinates, and they became mere satellites, moving rota him as the great sun of the government. The same may be said of William III., of England. We all know his eduction was neglected, powers, and the mo. ment when he arrived at the seat of power he showed his spirit over all his officers. Now let me name one m 1 mean the Duke of Wellington. Where did that distinguished officer derive his instruction? Why it was in the camp, on a larg: le, commanding armies, geverning menin large masses. accustoming himself to the knowledge and administration of human affairs ; and when he retired from that scene and entered the political arene, what sphere did he occupy? Can | your Feels, or all the other statesmen of that country, 9 com) dtobim? He has occupied a position far altove the men are merely d in statesman- abtp and politics, and his views have been looked up to, received as controlling ; and I will undertake to say, that the moment when General Taylor takes his position as President of the United States, you will find all the various statesmen whirling around himas our planets move around thesun. (Great outburst of applause.) They will look ‘upon bim as the great central object, just as they looked at Washington. (Applause.) Now, all you want in order to qualify an administrative officer, is a man of t and en- lightened views—a man who has a perfect knowledge of human nature, and who is capable of penetrating all the motives of the human character. We are told bya great and distinguished writer, that history is philosophy teaching by example. If we look hack at the whole course of histery, that class of men who are fitted by nature to command, for taking the lead in human affairs,’are just such men as Washington and Taylor. (Loud applause.) Now, if there be any great traits in his oharacter, onwhich we can rely with perfect certainty, they are judgment, discrimination, knowledge of human nature,a tact in the management of men, and a dis- crimination in human affairs and human character, which are seldom equalled, and I will venture to as far as my experience goes, never surpassed. not whether these qualities are exhibited in th or the cabinet—they willshow themselves in every situation of life. 1 therefore shall conclude, and, in responding to the part of the toast, I believe we shall bave, in the next administration of the country, a wise, moderate, and judicious government. T' | Temaining topic of inquiry is—can we expect to ha | patriotic administration? Well, for this, much will | depend on the chief magistrate of the country, espe- cially if he isa man of high and commanding talent, and of the qualifications which that distinguished officer possesses What, therefore, can we expect from him? hat will be the character of the administra- | tion? What bave we aright to expect from him, from | the experience of the Vasa Is he a patriot—is he trutbful, is he sincere, is be dispored to promote the great interests of the county? Why, look at his for- mer character—on all occations on which he was called to act for the interests of the country. On what occasion has he ever failed to perform his duty ? You are told that he fought the battle of Buena Vista with a halter around his neck. If he had failed. he would have subjected himself to the severe reprobation of the eae of the country, because he found himself compelled to violate the directions of his government. But he took the responsibility; he did not retire to Monterey—-he met the enemy. He met him with the greater part of his forces takenaway from him, and with a handful of men, he fought the Mexi- can army of much greater strength, and with its great commander at ite head. He told him he did not mean to surrender. He fought and most gloriously tri- id the halter never was drawn. From all ie we have reason to expect a proper and ministration from General Taylor. The Hon. Francis Granoer was called upon for speech. After a Presidenti: tion, he said, the ecription of mechanics wh: @ first put to work are cabinet makers, and as some friends here are so kind as to connect his name with matters of this kind, he hoped he would be permitted to relieve himeelf of all rerponeibility in the matter. He would say, there is no whig in the nation who hes a claim over any other whig at this moment of victory. This is the victory of the great whig party of the natien, and not only do gentiemen little know his (the speaker's) feelings, but ittle of that noble band of men who stood by usin the battle, if they thought there is one among them who would not bang his head with shame if he thought he had any personal claim upon the administration. He bad no reason to suppose that, in f rming the new cabinet, his name would be mentioned; but, shouid such a distinguished honor be cffered to him, he would say in sincerity that it would be declined from personal and private reasons, which are unnecessary to be known by any one beyond bie own circle. Mr. Granger t! referred minutely to the several States which had gone for Taylor; and, after enumerating the ‘Western, and Northern States, said— re we stop with what are oalled the free ‘Why do we have any euch distinction? have been thore in days Gay by who have bowed down to Southern dictation, who have been sent back from whence they came, and who have said since to the .very slave States, “Stand back, for 1 am bolie: in thou”? Thank God, I partake of none of that spirit. Although there is no man in the United States who would stand fi , or fight truer, on the question which now agitates this country, | cannot but contrast the conduct of the modern slave- holders with that of the glorious little band of Senu- tors who, standing on the rock of the constitution, battled againet Texas and slavery. while Northern | dough feces voted for it. (Applause) Look at | that glorious band of twelve men, standing up. true disciples of the constitution and laws, and never was there a Judas found ogg D them.— | Now, as then, they voted, State by State, with | us, im undivided phalanx.’ Undivided did!’ say? | Imeadness let me retract that part. One of that noble band of Romans is gene—Senator Barrow. In | regard to Ohio, he said once whig Ohio—now I ereive | tosay the absent statue in thi + 1 | ofwhigst="- ay —~ sssamphant ld ) Of gemrn. cprves But there Ives | Sf wee sitom I would clinch ¢ ~.—Inen who ander circumstances more adverse then | they ever saw, contested the le manfally to the last. The great mass in Ohio, who turned away rife dis- trust, when time shall have shown them that th» ¢oming administration will be soil for all practical pur- oses, they will be again gathered to the fold of their fathers and be {with us; but as for another band of | men who in the hour of need have separated from us, for one, 60 help him God, he would never more hold communion with them, And what are to be the ro- sults of their victory, what have we destroyed? We have destroyed the Sub-Treasury—we 8 placed the Ugg in a, position that it can go on Wi the improvements of the coun- try, and to m distribution of the proceeds of the public lands. I tell you, he sala; the principles of the loco focos are to be met and feught by the whige, wherever they are found, whether ‘fa the po- litical field, or disguised in the masked battery of free toil. In regard to proscription trom office, what he a on “a whig whois not an ultra whig” will db, will be, in the first place. to remedy some of the evils that have been ee by turning out whigs and put- ting loco focos in their piaces,and then to carry out the Jeffersonian principle of rotation in office? (Lavghter,) The next subject was the present tariff, which the nation demands must be destroyed. Up till this moment duliness reigned supremo, In vain did Madeira and Heidsick circulate ng the beyond the power of the r. ¢ influences that prevailed. tering curser, “not loud but deep, allant, lively spirits who bad come to give vent to their bursting patriotiem, bewailed the rem is fates which had inflicted on their unwilling ears prosaic orations of the foregoing speakers, There is point, however, ‘bearance ceases to be avirtue, [t was evident that « crisis was approaching. The band, seizing apaure in the awful solemnities of the occa: tion, etrock up the roul-stireing air :— “What ie this Tammany Hall to me, love, In the wilde of Amerikey ? You don’t make a fool of me, love, In the wilds of Amerike: 700 o my heart with hooks of the cflices to whieh they are called; or, in other words, bem heasys be is not an ultra whig, he means to adopt the great principles on which the great Wash- ington acted in the releetion, of hia offocrs. (Ap: ploure) Buc ovr adversaries told us im the course of this greet canvas, ovt of which we have come fo tri- umplantiy, that Gen, Taylor was forsooth » military and the young blooda, “origin: Simen Pures, aod the whole miscel node and philosophers. which thronged the lower of the room, taking courage, rushed boidly to reccue, and the real festival forthwith began. Taylor men,” real ‘dof on the ion in Obfon gallant band | "Wy the devil dou't you get up Glrard or Prestomt” « yt jon't you get up or Pi loud!y arked another. “Och, murds “Be ainy,” & Draper, with @ « good bumured grin; “take your time, Miss Lucy—we'll come it immedistely—if not sooner,’ “Girard! Girard!” was now shouted on all sides, | and. obedient to the eummens, the renowned ‘fourth | corpcral’’ sprung to his feet, and thus addressed the | assembli | Mr. Genaro, who has stumped it during the late | campaign in four States andrpoxe in twenty-four ol- ng toast. spoke for # at late hour of the night (114 P, M.) he was afraid a speech was not wan- tedjrom him. (“Goon,” “goon” Hereafter he said the seventh of Nov. willbe placed as a remarkable day in the calendars of all the republics of the earth, ‘When the sun rose and sat on that day, but o small ten hour’s work dida deed which was the noblest which that glorious orb ever saw since the time it went into existenoe by the fiat of Almighty power.— (Applause) There wasa gi eat moral triumph achiev- d on that day; not @ political triumph alone, but great moral triumph, in which all parties aide for aji men united in placing in the presidenti chair an unpledged wan. There was nothing said about eub-treasury or United States Bank; but war was the issue that was fought and decided on that dey, and Gen. Caes was defeated, as ought every man wht short time. | seeks to rile into power on the war hobby, and wi! sccomplished this great victory ? What actuated him in quitting his quiethome to wander on itionl mission throughout theland? It waa this— Ge- neral Case promulgated that the heart of the Amori- can people must be prepared for war, and that it wae inevitable, made as solemn a vow as the oath made b; Hannibal, that he would wage eternal war agaiD>, him, and heendeavored to retrieve his vow. We 74." bad wars enough and rumors of wars "ugh, A bundred millions of doilars, thirty t* ousand lives, thourands of widows, end tens of thousands of or- hans were offered as hecatomh;, to war, and therefore e raised Bis voice against Casa, When he saw him moun’ the war hobby he swore to Heaven that them anger ever he would oppose him, and the people of the lsay, the democratic peoplein the Norh. East, South, and West rose up and acied like wg, When we first erie Sonat it “as eaid we were only a cor- rd ail the Taylor men in the land song be plesed in an omnibus, “Aye, but how tac? cor. pera 8 BUard aw ' It coon became Tegiment, ai cigeredy (Se2 m sue regiment soon became a brigage, anu /"2# brigade elled into legions. and the corporal’s guerd placed Zachary Taylor in the presidential chair. (Treman- dour applause ) He gloried in being in that corporal's gird; but he battled alone; he fought on his own 00k, and roe up with the morning sun and went to bed at night fighting for old Taylor—for free govern- ment—free principles and free men. His faith never forsook him. He felt he was a tower of strength in himself. He saw on the right, the black flag of abo- lition ; on the other, the war banner of Cass; and straight ahead, was the pure white banner of General Taylor. the ehampion of peace and prosperity. T' speaker followed for a short longer in this strain, and then sat down. ‘The chairman then gave the next rogular toast: 7. “Manifest Destiny—A generous and patriotic people have made ‘manifest’ a glorious ‘destiny’ for themeelves and their posterity, by placing Zachary Taylor in the highest position within reach of man.” Loud calls were made for “Thayer,” “Thayer,” and and in obedience to the call Mr. Tuarer rose and said—Doubtl Mr. dent, it was the last thought in the mind of the distin- guished gentleman of the democratic party, when he uttered this memorable phrase, “Manifest destiny,” that itcould ever be sperceuated to the use of suo! festive occasion as that which has brought us together, The hour is late, and I can add little to those eloquent addr«sses which have been delivered this evening. One question naturally arises in this, our hour of triumph— Who has done all this? The answer is easy. All this has been accomplished by the mighty impulse of the great American people. I can easily imagine that on the nomination of Zachary Taylor, the opposite party might bave adopted the exclamation of the Norman conqueror, when about to leave the shores of England, he cast his eyeon the heroic form and shining panoply of Harold—“! feat that man!’ “Why” asked the knight by his si ““Because,’, was the reply, “in that ‘bosom beats the heart of England!’, (Loud cheers.) In responding to the sentiment that has just been proposed, I must here offer one thought that has been mort strongly impressed upon my mind; andit is,from whence comes this result? from what part of the host of the American people? From no part; but from the full and overflowing sentiment of a noble and patriotic people Gentlemen, this been the work of the whig party, and of the whole whig party; and ifso, no distinction sheuld be known or recognised amongst whigs. I do not think that General Taylor could have ared as the didate of the whi arty. (Cheers) Iam sure that he could have spared no part of the whig party. It is not in these elements operat- ing in a single direction that I see what has wrought out this grand resuit. but in the union of the whole. Not to original Taylor whigs, nor to late Taylor whigs—not to Clay men, or Webster men, or Scott men, can this signal result be ascribed but to all,for they all make up the whig party? We believe that in this signal victory a new order of things is to prevail—that our government ia be broughtyback to the old repub- lican orbit Now, will you me what influence, what power, what element of strength could be with- drawn without endangering the great result? Cast your eye over the political heavens of this republic, and tell me what one of those unnumbered sparks, that are painted in this sky - for they are all one jire, andevery one doth shine—tell me what one of these you would pluck out. Would it be that star that glitters im beauty before you, that struggled long in early gloom, and made its way in storm and gloom to the Eenenth? or shall it be that star that appears just above the Western horizon, and that perhaps new is mingling its last radiaces with the dying glories of aeettingsun? (Loud and prolonged cheers.) or shall it be that star that so serenely lifts its light above the eastern hills, and to worship which wise men will journey far? No, not one ofall these; for in its own good time and place bi and patriotic men all over this watched for its beam to clear awa; and guide them in the path of hono: to their country. (Great applause. forone,I ray, that in this hour of rejo! ‘cing, | nek for no other avenue than that which leads straight k for no other up to the old whig tem alters or priests than thi and ministered beneath it: this temple I find all that ennobles the spirit and strengthens the faith of the old whig party—for here on its walls, and secreted beneath its alters, are all the racred memorials of afree constitution and a republi- can system, that have been rescued from the more than Saracen sacrilege of modern locefocoism. And bere, too, are inscribed, in @ more enduring memento than “sto. urn or monumental bust’? oan give, the revered honored names and virtues of the dead—the of Harrison and Adams, And here, ma too, amonget the living, are the names of those most honored and loved—ministering now, as ever, to the noble integrity of the whig party-~men who still, as well in the hour of victory as in defeat, stand, with their followers, in the places that are worn’ with the pilgrim foot-prints of many long years—auoh men as Clay and Webster, Clayton and Crittende and such as you see around you—Young, (ran- ger, and Collier. (cheers.) Tell me if it is not enough, that we witness such a triumph, and around such a festive board as this? (Cheers.) This is, fellow citizens, a goodly tree we have planted—it is on bigh ground, which, in its elevation, has often felt the breath of the tempest, and over whose surface the witbered leaves have often moulded, in the desolation of hope, aud the day of all that was bright and glori- ous—but now the roots have taken they strike far in- tothe earth—the trunk ie sound from the fork to the heart—the branches are broad, from their boughs every bird of the spring can carol, ard beneath thelr ehade the nation can rest in peace and pri g (Loud and vebement cheers) Let me, gentlemen, in conclusion, fer I have detained you too long—(“no,’? “no,” “go on,’’) ou. ‘ Millard Fillmore, ot New York, now the Mill Fillmore of the United States —General Taylor bas said of him that he is worthy to fill the first place—there is time enough after you, sir.’ (Drank with great applause.) The next toast was— “Our late Victory—While our blood is warmed with ite cheering huzaas. let us cherish in our becrts a ge- merous recoilection of the ‘wounded that are behind us.’ Drank with uproarous applaur Mr. Puitir Hone responded. said he would be very short. (‘‘Good.’’ “ That's right, old fogie.’) He hoped the meeting would keep Atiet, and he would do \ a much for them ®"other time, Tue roast was quite {bis sentizients,”” Admsiaoié had been the good feel- | ingin Sdvr-ce, and during, and since the elebtion. e nad been no depreciation of any. Tbe hand of R00 a been extended to all, and it was Rood fellow aD ea gthad licked the locofecos, (“That's with re ‘not used up yet,” and laugh- | the talk—the oi - Me. ras the | ter.) He thought that the wu. vistas only “free soil party.” It had been, howo,. , | HK Oe the whole American people. (“ Good, old Phil”— cheers, and hysterical laughter at the foot of the table) The people had recorded their triumph, and | had acted in ther | jon. (“That will do, ve Preston a cha: bid J ‘Well, he would conclude by saying that he wished to God they couid translate and put a proper meaning to the words. “ Liberté—-Egalité—Fraternité.”” He be- warty proper w sae, Heved that the Ameri of everyman to act iene and the obligation of every man to assist his fellow, and respect his honest opinions, (Cheers, hiccupping, and laughter) He had now epcken hie six minutes ands quarter, and with a hops that the new administration would satisfy every body. he would resume his seat, (Cheers—* Bab!” © bah!” “Will it give us the epolis ?”) and wild laughter at the foot of the table.) The President then gave the next regular toaat:— “ Our whole country—United by inseparable ti of bleod, interest and friendship, it extends the wel- come cf a brother's heart, and the aid and comfort of a brother's hand, to every worthy child of God from whatever spot of eatth he may first have beheld the light of Heaven.’ [Drank with the usual honors--s few wild huzzas, and the ‘‘devil’s tatoo”’ on the tables.) ‘Then came the next toast in alarmingly quick time the Chairman evidently becoming more and more nervous every moment, while two or three young gen- tlemen near bim, seemed approaching the seventeenth heaven with more than raiiroad velocity: “The American Stump-—-A genuine growth of the Backwoods republic; the great bar before which all political cflenders are brought for trial, where the people return a just, intelligent andimpartial verdict.”* ‘This brovgbt out Mr. Courixn, who made one of the most taking rperches delivered during the evening. He satt:-— Asit happens, [have taken some part in the great question that has been before the Americaa popie; and without Iayiog myself open to the charge of bsiny avain boaster, | think | may be allowed to aay that know something that {# altogether beyond the ken of General Taylor~ that Is, | know how to surrender, and when to eurrender. (Laughter) At Philadelphia gentlemen. I not only sntrendered, “at disaretio 7 ut with discretion (Great lacghter) But [ won't goback to the contest, Havyn't we made everpooly