The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . pared by him largely, if notentirely. The meeting passed vigorous resolutions, andappointed Messrs. Craig, Fetterman, Brown, Darragh,Patterson and Darlington to be delegates to a State con-vention in April, at Harrisburg, to take measures torestore the prosperity of the country. On the 15th ameeting was held at the hall of the Young Mens Societyto organize a Political Association from all Bakewell, Burke and Fairman were made a com-mittee to outline t
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . pared by him largely, if notentirely. The meeting passed vigorous resolutions, andappointed Messrs. Craig, Fetterman, Brown, Darragh,Patterson and Darlington to be delegates to a State con-vention in April, at Harrisburg, to take measures torestore the prosperity of the country. On the 15th ameeting was held at the hall of the Young Mens Societyto organize a Political Association from all Bakewell, Burke and Fairman were made a com-mittee to outline the aims, which were: ist. The Con-stitution and the Laws. 2nd, A Sound Currency. 3rd,A Protective Tarifif. 4th, A Great System of InternalImprovement. 5th, A System of General was to support men only who would stand for theseprinciples, let them be Jackson men, anti-Masons, orNational Republicans. A committee was appointed todraft a constitution, and it consisted of Robert Burke,Thomas Williams, Isaac Lightner, John Irwin, ThomasFairman and Thomas Liggett; the last-mentioned, being » The Gazette of March PITTSBURGH AND POLITICS 6l a pronounced anti-Mason, refused to serve. This, how-ever, proved to be the beginning of the Whig movementof 34 in Pittsburgh, with Thomas Williams as one ofits first managers and its ablest leader in advocatingtheir principles.^ It will be well, however, in this heyday of politicallife, not to overlook a little news item that appeared inthe Gazette, a bit of correspondence from Columbia, on theSusquehanna River, dated April 5th: With the openingof the rail road, between this city and Lancaster, and theevents connected with the ist of April, there has been nolack of subjects to converse about the past week. OnMonday, three horse cars, with passengers arrived here,from Lancaster, on the rail road. They returned in onehour and a quarter—distance about 11 miles. OnWednesday, the locomotive made its first trip to thisplace, with thre
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