The North-Carolina standard., 1844-04-03
MIR. MeIHiIIe,s Address.

MIR. MeIViIIe's Address.
The following finished piece of patriotic elo-
oucnce was delivered by GANsEvooRT Mel
VILE, Esq, in New York, at the great Demo
cractic JACKSON Festival, on the 18th ult.
Fellow DEMOCRATS: We are not here to
mouth high-sounding phrases-to pirate of trans
cendental philosophy in transcendental language
and to DEFY the mill boy of the siashes" Mel
ther are we here to indulge IN tulsone eulegy
and debase ourselves at the footstool of any man.
Nor are we here to enter deep into discussion OF
the principles and policy of the democratic party
This is moi the fitting time for the elaborate con-
sideration of the subject so grave and weig ghy
What, then. are we here for? Why, this gather
ing in of the democratic host? Wherefore are
the beauty and the bravery of this fair city con-
gregated here to night2 This is jubilee. We
come here to discharge duty which is pleas
ure We are here to cell brate the anniversary of
the birthday of Andrew Jackson-[applausel-
man who has filled the measure of his country's
qlory. He who, in times not long passed, was
our champion and our leader-he whose crest al
ways danced in the hottest and thickest of the
fight-he who swept on at the head of the demo-
cratic masses with force as resistless as the sur
qes of the sea- And we came here to celebrate
the anniversary of his birthday, as be would have
US celebrate ito take each other by the hand
to look each other in the face-to cheer each 9TH
er onward-to feel that we stand we did Of yore,
shoulder to shoulder, making common cause a.
galnst common enemy. tChcersl This is the
way that the anniversary of his birthday should
be celebrated We are brethren, and we meet as
BRETHREN The spirit which actuates u.s. one and
ALL is the spirit of union, harmony, concession.
Everything for the cause-nothing for men. Our
opponents, the wings, held great pow-wow here
on the fourth day of this present March: 1t was
acelebration-in anticipation-of the inaugura-
tion--of Henry Clay. ELaughter.l Apprehen-
sve that they will be deprived of the reality, they
are determined not to do without the alusion
Their celebration will turn out to be very much
like the dead appe-air to the eye, but turning 10
ashes on the lips They have enjoyed their shad-
ow. but we have word to say about the substance.
Who ever before heard of celebration in antici-
patton? There is not a farmers wife in the coun-
try but who might have taught the magnates OF
the whig party here lesson of practical wisdom,
by simply referring to the old saw, that it is i'm
prudent to count chickens before they are hatched
IG1reat laughter.l This celebration Of theirs Is
pretty much the same thing as if some poor, hun
grv. starving loafer should CuddIe up in a warm
corner, close his eyes, shut his mouth and eat
glorious good dinner-in imagination. [Continu-
ed laughter and cheersJ The wings said one
thing at their late meeting here,- which cannot be
passed over in silence. The orator of the evening
declared that the women were with them. This
sentiment was concurred in by very high au-
thority. gentleman who in private life Is csll-
mable and respectable, and to whom,I only refer
in his public capacity. He distinghish he'd himself
on that occasion calling to mind the fact that the
devil can quote scripture; and feeling justified BY
the precedent, he quoted pture too, Iaughter]-
for all must know who is referred so-the Cele-
brated whig extravaganza singer, Mr.. Jim-along
Josey Hoxie [Roars of laughter, and cries of
IL n III 1tb
all due respect to such high authority, meet
this assertion boldly and plumply, and deny that
the women are with them. On that point we are
ready and desirous to join the issue whenever and
wherever they chose. On that point they have
thrown down the gauntlet. We take it up, and
in behalf of our fair democratic countrymen, ac-
cept the challenge Calling to witness the bright
cestus of Venus and the bushes of young Aurora,
we feel confident that we can produce more and
prettier women than they can Tremendous
cheering for several minutes.l When l learned
that their orators had made that monstrous asser-
tion it caused me TO reflect What, thought
the fairer, the better and the gentler sex-that we
all delight to honor-to whom we all owe so
much-they who make a paradise of home-a
gainst US If this be so, we might as we'll give il
up first as last-for it would be decidedly bad
job [Lnughter.l But it is not so. ICheers
Every man of us, on that subject, can speak from
HIS OWL OOSeEVdIlOH lSuecIS.I AS AVl
come from a stock, the women as well as the men
of which have, from the first organization of par
ties, manifested preference for and a1sympathy
with the democratic cause. Loud cheers L
any man wishes more proof than is derived from
his own personal knowledge, let him look around
him. Those galleries will settle the question
Tremendous applause, and nine cheers for the
ladiesl The wild flowers OF feminine delicacy
beauty and grace, that honor US with their pres
ence here to night, and whose, exceeding lowell
ness might lure an anchorte from his cell, were
never plucked from the prim and artificial garden
of modern whiggery. [Shonts of laughter and
tremendous applause] Show me a woman who
sympathize with the magnificent mother o
the Gracchi-who, when asked by the aristocrat
ic DANES of ancient Rome to exhibit her store o
ornaments of gold and precious stOnes-answered