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acIer. the uSo Of that odious veto power which
has so long stood in The way Of lust, Wholesome,
wise legislation. 60 Cor him because believe
there is tot a particle Of danger. not a shadow
Of apprehension, that those great Northern ia.
l0resls aud Northern principles which arc now
uppermosl in all our hearts will receive any
manner Of dclrimenI at his hands. But, geu-
Ilemen. 20 for him. above all and finally, be-.
cause believe that il is by his election alone
that we can overthrow the present Adminislra.
lion Of the country.
They tell us we have no platform. Gentle
men, this spIatlOrm enough for me--lhe over
throw Of the present Administration, and the ar.
rest Of those measures which have involved US
in all our present sectional controversy, and
which nre sure to involve US in other and great.
er controversies hereafter.
They tell us of a third candidate, Mr.. Van
Buren. Why, there is a CourIh candidate, Ger
rit Smith, and, for aught know, there is fifth
in some corner Of the country. But, after ALL.
when the vote comes to be- counted and told,
that nominaIon--as will be the case with other
minor nomiGatons--wil not receive support
sufficient to render il a respectable nomination;
not enough 10 enter as an element Of cacula-
lion, should the election devoye upon the House
Of Representatives. My friend has asked how
Mr.. Van Buren will como out of the House Of
Representatives. He will come out just as he
went in, a candidate with the vote Of a single
State, for he could not get in without the votes
Of one State. The very most that can be done
is TO give him the vote Of single State, and
thus TO defeat the election of Gen. Taylor by
the people. And what is tobe the resulto( that!
Inevitably the election Of Gen. Cass by the
House OF Representatives of the United States.
God forbid that should be called 10 preside
over such an election! [Applause.
You and know what the House Of Repre-.
sentatives is, and how it is constituted. There
aIe fifteen States in favor Of Gen. Cass at this
moment out of thirty; and we know-but sad
knowledge it is-that at this moment most dis
tngushed and respectable Wing Of Georgia
our friend and colleague, whose services 10 The
party and to the country have not been surpass.
ed by any other Wing upon the floor, is lying
in Precarious situation, under the blows, had
almost said, of an assassin. In case the die
shouIdbetumed against him--and lallude TO Mr.
Stephens, Of Georgia...a sixteenth State is add
ed TO Gen. Cass; for the vote of Georgia in the
House of Representatives stands four TO three
and unless the Democratic Governor cf ,ha
State should have more liberaily ;han can al
ways be predcated in regard TO Democratic
Governors, it may be that his place will not be
supplied until after that election shall have Ia
ken place.
But, gentlemen, with fifteen States already Sc
cured to Gen. Cass, what possibility can ther
be Of avoiding his election? The onl,
alternative is that, after one or Two hundred in
efieclual ballots, continued until twelve o'cloc
of the Sd of March, Gen, Butler, of kentucky
who, from all know---and do know some
thing about him---s every whit as Objectionable
upon every sectional and national ground, a
Gen. Cass himself, would be installed Presiden
of the United States for the next four years.
Even if it were not so, what Massachuselt
Whig is there, who has a memory to reac
back eight years, who iswiIlng to say he wou
vote for Martin Van Buren,! What Norher
man can support him who remembers the cours
Of Martin Van Buren upon the right of petition
upon the AmiStad case, upon the maiI-ba
question, upon the Mexican war? Why, sir.
single vote upon the Mexican war, which di
not suit the notions of our friends, is made
matter of un(orgiving condemnation with som
Of US; but Mr.. Van Bdren has supported III
war from beginning TO end. Look at his le
ters; they abound in numations that the war
10 be sustained. These men who have mad
clean work in more than one district with som
Of us for u single deviation from what they con
I.;lo ,b hr oJ
ing and relentless as they were, are now read
TO cover a support of the whole war, and su:
tain Martin Van Buren for the Presidency.
But, Mr.. President, as have said, MART
Van Buren,, by no possibility, can ever be Pre-
sdent of these United States again; cerIainy
he cannot at this election. Does any body be
Iicve that the House of Representatives woll
dare, in the face Of tho American people, I
throw aside the TWO great candidates, and tax
! up man with the votes of single State, bro
t in before them upon a mere sectional issue?-
Why, gentlemen, if it were Daniel Webste
! himself, there is not Massachusetts Wing VIII
t would dare, in the Congress the United State
, 10 vote for the man who had received but twelv
votes out of goo. 1t would overthrow the GOV
/ ernment. We remember how John Quinc
! Adams Jared in the hands of his opponents, b.
} cause, in the electoral college, Gen. Jackso
! had received few more votes than he, and tn
t House of Representatives, Notwithstanding, {
: lected him 10 the Presidency of the U. States
+ But is there man in his senses who believe
, that a man who goes into the House of Repr'
sentalives with the votes Of q single State
t thrown for him upon a mere geographical il
sue, upon a party organized upon that yer
principle which Washington condemned, TIL
such partisan, whether Martin Van Burel
Henry Cay, or Daniel Webster; be he who
. may, could obtain the vote of the represents
. tives ofthe people! Never, sir, never, until Il
f will of the people has utterly lost its power
g yer those whom they send to carry it out.
case, therefore, these friends of Martin Van b
n rem should succeed in defeating the election
V Gen. Taylor by the people, the election Of Ge
f Cass by the House of Representatives of Il
\ United States is as certain as that that body W
J.. meet on the first Monday of December next
A. Oh hoe To- ~