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upon by the committee of chairmen. These nominations were 
concurred in and adopted by the convention with loud 
cheers.^^ 
The president of the convention then took the chair and 
addressed the convention briefly. A series of resolutions were 
then recommended by the committee, and unanimously 
adopted. These resolutions declared in favor of Harrison 
and Tyler and dealt with matters connected with the con- 
duct of the campaign and other minor affairs.^" 
Speeches were then made by Mr. Humes of Tennessee, 
Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and several other prominent 
men who were honored guests of the convention. The 
convention then adjourned at 4 o’clock to meet again on the 
next morning at 9 o’clock, in Monument Square. A great 
crowd gathered in the square at 9 o’clock on Tuesday morn- 
ing and was addressed by many prominent members of the 
convention, who took this opportunity of informing the 
membership of the convention of the progress of the Whig 
campaign in their respective states. The convention then 
adjourned, after voting to attend the funeral of a man who 
had been killed in the parade of the preceding day. After 
the funeral, which was held at 4 o’clock, the convention met 
again ; and, after passing a few minor resolutions, adjourned 
sine die^^ 
The enthusiasm and confidence of the Whigs seems by this 
time to have been unbounded. Their real campaigning had 
already begun. The Democrats, meanwhile, were in a situa- 
tion which embarrassed them but gave them no fear that they 
were about to suffer defeat. They despised the opposition, 
and they regarded the method of canvass which the Harrison 
party was carrying on as almost unworthy the notice of seri- 
ous-minded men. Nevertheless they had troubles of their 
own, but feeling that Providence had always come to their 
aid at the critical moment, they believed that somehow they 
would be permitted to win again. So far as Van Buren was 
concerned, there was by this time absolutely no opposition to 
him within the party. Tennessee, before unfriendly, would 
now give him its support, while even South Carolina, which 
had sulked for eight years, was now ready to vote for him. 
Niles’ Register, LVIII, 152-157. 
■12 Ibid., LVIII, 158, 159. 
Ibid., LVIII, 159. 
