The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-11-25
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Mr. sAMMoNs-Fellow citizens had hoped to have
been excused attempting to address you this evening
After the effort just made by the good-natured De La
Rec who has been host in our cause confident II
can add nothing to heighen that enthusiastic feeling
which, as an American citizen, glory in seeing display
ed am sure need not say to you that if there
cause which needed less fears less the discus
sion of its principles, that Look at our ban
and there you will that principles need
discussion to gain the ascendancy over every American
Republican heart You will there that we advocate
no interest not Indigenous to our soil Immense cheer
ng) When you look at the banners of the democrats
you turn aside and ask what the principles which
| these banners are displayed land when you see
the banners of the wings the question presents
they proudly maintained the principles OF the
American Republicans. And all we now don our armor
contended-l mean American principles and American
interests in all their applause)
None who know our laws.none who know our nsttu-
tions-can fail to know this. If any American wishes
to picture to himself the contrast between the pre-
sent and former times in our land tell him to look to the
early days OF the New England States, and to the first
landing ut Plymouth ask him then to the Empire
City Of New York as we see il now; and point him to
the melancholy fact that Americans and Americans
with all the holy fire burning in their bosoms which
ente them to the nameare here living in state of de-
pendence upon foreign inAuence-and under such con-
troll that they cannot say who to govern them and who
is not tell him that that sacred Protestant Bible first
introduced by our Pilgrim Fathers is attempted by
Romsh priesthood to be denounced sectarian work
and that those who call themselves present rulers
would join in tearing the sacred volume from child
rens hands. And when tell him these things ask if he
will join in telling Common Council in the spirit
of an American patriot that this people never did and
never W1ll-aye. never Will snow their allegiance 10
priesy power !-(Great checrng9 When our glorious
Constitution adopted, the alliance Of Church and
State viewed as altogether too unhoy for free
people.-(Appause9 The same feeling has always
hitherto been cherished, but see, to horror
attempt made by Catholic priesthood to blend the
ligous with the political power and would have
seen had not this glorious demonstration OF American
Repubcanism been made the latter named member of the
detesabe firm yielding plainly to the baneful influence
othe former Yes repeat it, fellow citizens that here
in the city of New York religion and politics all
but united and what enhances the enormty that religion
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religion ofa others, most insidous in its operations
most INSCRIPTIONS in its means to gain and most
liberty, whilst the religion for which our fathers
fought and bed, has been sought to be pros
eres Of Py die I'D Pope
and every one belonging to him frstw When we see
these things staring us in the face we are called upon by
the voice Of freedom to rise and drive the
corrupt parties who would tolerate such infamous efforts
from City Government Let there be nothing but
free American spirit displayed in doing this but with our
upon the damning influence of party let us unite
in driving that Demon from our country 1t must appear
plain enough to us that party spirit destructive of RE-
publican interests speak from knowledge of the facts
when say to you that in this city, on an election day
t veem n ~ " @ ean,
before them when they offered their ticket and what was
their objection to the American giving his yote Oh,
none but that unteeng argument, the shileah. Qm-
laughter3 Fellow citizens, who could have anti
cipated few short months ago. that such inyincibe
front the American Republicans now show at all their
meetings would have been raised for the annhi
laon of the corrupt and progae parties land they
equally Dau whose sway suCn acts oI
city have been perpetraed ii glory in the demonstra.
tons Of our strength gladden. at the prospect ahead OF
If we continue to meet and carry out principles,
that the baneful influence party does not creep
into and contaminate Councils nothing oppose
And love of country prompts me to that when
the struggle comes the American bond of feeling will tr
umphanty prevail over party ties. (Grea cheers. The
Union brever"-" Americans will be Americans" &c,)-
When the question arises who shall be next Presi
dent, shall consider it with sinister motives
in viewswe shall look at party candidate, party
canddaeat no district candidate as district candidate
but shall vote with acclaim for the whom
Judge best fitted for the exalted station and that shall
be he who has the best American heart in him. and whose
thoughts breathe the purest American patriotism With
these views we shall go side by side contendng for
reform, and the reform which we ask need not say
we must have 1t cannot fail to come at an early day
Cheers) When say that Americans must control
their elections neither unreasonable nor un
wise When declare that foreigner ought to vote
in country until he has been tweny-one years
SOIL know that three-fourths OF them, when
our language. We do not say that they shall not be al
lowed to feed and nourish themselves amongst but
do say that they shall not into the heart of elections
the superstition and error which they have imported in all
their bigotry from their old country. To speak more
plainly they have right until they understand
our true principles OF voting And although it may APP
pear strange is solemn TRUTH that in this view we
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great cause (and who is not speaking about 1t those
whom | have found most ready to say God
soil. And why When they come here they find
how truly they have benefited by their removal to
country and they view, hideous anomaly parcel
of men whom they have believe ignorant
than themselves attempting to control elections IT
is indeed an anomaly from which every honest heart
foreign American revolt and hence it is that
whenever find man preferring foreigners to office,
am ono our % % @
fee, We according to the American Republican creed
ask for rigdly moral in private life The man who
cheats us once IN our private transactions, We never
| trust again. but those PoLIrIcAL ScoUSDRELs who
have fatten . upon our city offices, have met
ing professions to gain their ends and have belied their
professions before they had well escaped their lips The
success seems have been the plan to choose the
individual who had shewn himself the most corrupt and
rOgae in his rs ug You ,hs sed mot
right But the present American Republican movement
marks new era in our system Of election We must
have in Office the man whom think most honest and
most fit And II he deceives must unite in brand
ing him as traitor, and in casting him from all counte
nance. We have two Assessors and Collector to
elect in each ward spring Now if there should
arise difference amongst In the nomination ofcand
dates as to this one being awhg or the other being to-
Of each pary,-let them be men in whom we have con-
fdence and probably they may look after each
a certain captain of whom have heard who had cook
and steward OF whose honesty he used to say he was per-
fectly satisfied. When asked why, he reped-"1 always
have my cook and my steward OF different coorsthey
have no feeling in common, and if one does wrong am
always sure TO hear bad version of it as possible"
"a augh) When we 90 into any election let US invari
ably look to the best men, without reference to their
party, and will weep from office the vagabonds
who have been long barterng away privileges to
suit their corrupt purposes Amongst other reforms let
US all bear hand in driving from amongst us the hungry
foreigners who taken from the aims houses to sweep
streets Let go farther and substitute in their place the
good yankee machine by which will have our streets
cleaned before o'clock every morning have no feel
ing against labor-que the but when see that
kind Of labor which will descend to sreetsweepng feel
that ii is degrading labor, and such any American
would rather done by the machine of which speak
And say further that when see the engaged
in that labor at every election selling their votes to OBJ
tain it, and doing tho thing after they have been
here 20 years. would vote for such fellows being driven
out of our city and depend it that the this is
done the sooner will crime and immortality diminish
amongst usthe shall we honest amongs.
How il does gall the American heart see land who
has not seen these vagshonds taken from the aims
TO the pol and scg their ut cents glass
When such things 1t hard FOR us to believe that
living in the land of our fathers. (Cheers)
have dwell upon these matters longer than intended as
see before venerable friend from New England al
udng to distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts
attentyey isteningand ferventy hope that when he
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