Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-03-12
Reporte for the Telegraph
SPEECH OF MR.. ALLEN, Of Bangor,
Betorz he Bah Wing association, on
Suiurd0u erening-Feb. 22ad.



his character a man, who, when the country
has been in danger, has come forward and re-
pulsed her invaders, and then, after the exigency
had passed, after he had done what was wanted
of him, returned TO his private pursuits. We
call upon Harrison, like Cincinnatus to leave his
peaceful agricultural pursuits because he has
given proofs of capability to govern-because
he always does the right thing at the proper time
because he possesses firm and well-balanced
midland not because he endeavors to starte MS
with the brilliancy of meteor or to dazzle us
with the splendor of the He has been ridi-
| culed as the "log-cabm' and ''hard-cider' can
didate. Be it So | am willing to the gov
eminent entrusted to an honest and capable man
though he be plain one. We have had enough
of the palace--enough of splendid executive
we have felt the wrongs it has done us-the evils
it has brought upon us. And let us now have a
man in the Presidential chair who has gone
through public service with credit and without a
single soil upon his fame. Such an one we want
for the present exigency-such one let us
have.
Mr.. President believe that the great majority
Of both political parties among us are honest in
their views, but also believe that among our OPP
ponents there is phaanx whose aim is to add as
much possible to executive influence and pow
err. never did doubt that the great masses of
the people sincerely devoted to the cause of
the republic--that they sought its good-and that
they wished to place in office men attached to the
true interests of the American people but | do
believe that such is not the case with the leaders
of the administration party. / would ask you
what has Mr.. Van Buren, done-of what meas
ure is he the author which should enttle him to
occupy the highest place in the world | would
ask if the efforts of his whole life have not been
directed to his personal ggrandsement--if there
is single act of his which does not tend to his
advancement? Those who know him best
say that there is not. How is it with General
Harrson' Notwithstanding all the service he has
done for his country, he yet is poor, except in
honor and honesty, and in being above suspicion.
During the last war Van Buron made every ef
fort to produce rupture between different parts
of the land; he was opposed to Madison when he
most needed the aid of every man in the republic,
and doubt it was from sinister motives. His
/ acquaintance pear testimony tnaL he Is SenlSn
almost beyond measure, and his own acts prove
it. Suppose Harrison had been of the Van Bu-
school. From the opportunities he has en-
ioyed he would now have been the most mag
nifcent land-holder the Continent, and yet
have been more honest than Van Buren,. He
would now be riding in his splendid English
carriage with his livered servants and magnf-
H., Pat : i,
at the conduct of the administration with regard
to the defaulters among the office holders Be-
hold the Lnns and the Boyds and the host of
Others Read the letters to them calling for their
ACCOMPLISHMENT their refusals to give those &C
counts--see them continued in Office because they
have influential friends and may perhaps pay at
some future period, or because if they are re-
moved 'sothers more hungry will take their places
and behold them at last quietly suffered to Gre
sign their trust" and retire with their plumber /!
Say if this is right Why is it that these men
have been kept in office while they refused to
account to the country? | have heard story
of man who went into neighbours cellar to
steal his pork. The owner heard the noise he
made, and coming to the stairs, demanded s'who
is there p There answer. "What are
you doing?" Still no reply. "Why don't you
speak p "Because Ihaue nothing to say ~ So
it is with these office-holders. They have moth
ing to say They have violated their duty-they
have piundered the public treasure-they have re-
fused to account to the people. And ] say that
the government has violated its duty in not bring
ing them to condgn punishment for their trans
gresslons. Again, look at the Sub-treasury. A
scheme designed for the aggrandisement of the
governments great government bank-a meas
ure fraught with disastrous consequences to the
interests of the people--and which, to use the
language of Mr.. McDuffie, twill place in the
hands of the executive power higher and more
dangerous than that possessed by the Autocrat of
the Russas = Look at the removal of the de-
posites-at the series of experiments the cur
rency. Behold the injurious effect of all these
measures upon the country, and say if there be
not reason for change in the administration Is
there not ample cause why the people should be
moving-why they should assemble, as they have
assembled, on this memorable day in numbers
greater, perhaps, than have ever before been
drawn together by political subjects! They know
that their rights have been encroached upon
that they have been injured and wronged and
that is the reason they complain.
Let me advert to the subject of the public lands.
1t is a subject of the utmost Importance, as much
so as any which has awakened attention from the
foundation of the republic. What is the PROPOSE