The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-13
John Van Buren's Speech at Philadelphia.

"delcacy of his position, is the most Industrious
stump-man we have in the canvass He spoke at
Philadelphia on the 3lst ultmo. According to the
Boston Traveller, he was to speak at New York on
the LIST inst at Williamsburg the I'd inst. On
the 4th he to plead a case at Brooklyn,
which would take at least day on the 9Th he
was TO speak in Faneuil Hall, and on tho 9th he
had a case to come in the Supreme Court of Al
bany In the course of these six days he will have
to travel little six hundred miles, make four
speeches, which never are less than one hour long,
and of,ener one and half, and plead in
Couri-a pretty good six days work.
In the Philadelphia Bulletin we find his speech
at the Chinese Museum The Bulletin says the
meeting large, and was the most exciting that
has been held in Philadelphia during the present
campaign. The whole of the lower saloon of the
Museum building was densey filled with Free Soil
men, Cass men, Natives, foreigners, and every
grade Of every party that has ever had an exist
ence in Philadelphia.
The burden of the ''Prince's'' speech was Free
Soil, and he hit right and left, at Taylor and Cass,
seeming to have no more parality for one than the
other except that he adheres to his advice to Gen.
Cass to withdraw as the contest, whether he does
or not, must be between his Pa and Gen. Taylor
the hardest sort
Now is the time to ask what are the conse-
Guences of that war, the Mexican war before We
put man into the Presidential chair, who pro-
posed 10 90 to war with Great Britain for $40 40,
general who moved the troops to Corpus
Christi, and thus brought on bloodshed and earn
age. Well, now we have acquired New Mexico
and California Mr.. Wilmoi offered his Proviso,
that the soil should remain free and nnpOluted,
and Mr.. King moved that it should be kept free;
but nobody thought of making tina; test for the
Presidency. We resolved at Syracuse, at Utica,
and at IIerkimer, that it Dug to be free We did
nothing more but, in the mean time, South Caro-
lina Georgia and North Carolina resolved that the
men of the South had right TO 60 there with their
slaves, and they sent delegates 10 the Baltimore
Convention, instructed to oppose any man who did
not say that they had rig int TO plant their slaves
on that free soil.
Lewis Cass, a prominent candidate on the Dem
ocratic side, has publicly stated that he in ia
of the WilmOt PrOvisO. He has also stated
that fact in a letter TO friend of his He said he
thought he saw a change in the public mind on
this subject, and was sure he saw a change in his
The delegates from New York said it ought
not 10 be made Presidential test-that it was cal
cuated to awaken ienG AID create luminosity, and
ought not to be introduced mo the Baltimore Con-
venton. Now the delegates from New York went
to Baltimore, and We're refused seats because they
objected 10 the discussion of the subject in that
body. The Convention then, having excluded
them, put the State of New York in a parenthess.
Laughter The nomination. however, made by
the convention, did not bind New York The
whole proceeding unfair, irregular, and un just;
but ii il had been fair regular, and 'lst-if they
had taken up who had prostituted himself,
who had abjured his faith and sold himself to OBJ
tain Southern support. why. if no other man would
oppose him, he Nlr. V. b. would not vote for him.
Applause Now there such thing being
right well regular The American Revolu-
ton was irregular.
The universal wing party laughter undertook
to assemble in this place, and presented us with
candidate who undoubtedly had fought the battles
of his country with signal success. [Huzzas and
tremendous applause He Mr.. V. b. was very
glad they received kindly this all,son, because
we said hel resolved at the convention at Utica,
that he gallant soldier and worthy man,
and il every four years would come often enough,
and there were always gallant soldiers enough,
would be willing to reward them with the salary,
if not the Office. Laughter. He glad the
wings had selected general, because it showed.
that the country was suriei1ed with corporals
Great laughter. Gen. Taylor was selected and
nominated, defying the wing party, and he does
still He rejected the Ilca nomination, and ac-
cepied the nomination of the Natives. He has
copied the 'Tay Tor and Butler nomination, and he
tells you he would have accepted the nomination
of the Baltimore Convention, if offered TO him.
He had hoped the old man would have saved him
self that degradation, so low did he esteem the Bal
The election of : resident of the United States
was a substantive thing, because there is some
thing for him to do. Ii was not compliment to
individual; 1t was not a pecuElary reward; but it
was supposed that the delegation would select COM
peent to discharge the duties of the office.
What, he would ask, did any man suppose Gen.
Taylor would do Cries of" Nothing, nothing
OF course and you know he can't do that without
being paid for it. Laughter Delegatins him to
the duties Of the office, was like signing blank
power OF attorney to do nothing And how
Gen Taylor put on The Wing party, but by the sac
rfce Of the pure pai-lot-the able Statesman--to
ward whom every Wing heart felt love, Was he
not the personal idol of every Wing Was he not
the head of the Wing parly' lie certainly was.
Then for what cause was he sacrificed! There
Were two reasons: one was the refusal of Cen
Taylor to surrender. Laughter He who would
not surrender at Bnena Vista, could not be expect
ed to surrender at Philadelphia His friends stood
out, persisted i'll running him, and would have made
another electoral ticket.
Mr.. Clay had declared his unwillingness to have
more territory 20 plant Slavery upon. Slavery
must extend Itself or die; and his refusal to pro-
additional Slavery, fatal to him. The
South ran Gen. Taylor. without knowing what his
principles Were, which he very candldly declares
he does not know himself. Applause Under
these circumstances the Buffalo Convention assem-
bled Those who Were at 1t describe II az an extra
ordinary gathering of peOple-frOm 10000 to $1,000
persons present at that busy season Of the year
going there too AT their own individual expense.
They assembled for the purpose of agreeing upon
platform Of principles which all could stand.
WHY. was there seen in the history of this
Rerublic a nomination made at such an Assem-.
Dlage as this II was as if the people We're sick
and iii d Of nominating Delegates to these Conven-
lions, and were determined to go for themselves.
TApPlause.l The principles of that Convention he
would not detan them to discuss. A large proper
ton of them he approved-such as the resolutions
in favor of the payment of the public debt; clear
ing out the Instructions in rivers and harbors; the
reduction of the postage ard the election of officers
by the peope-and most particularly the resolution
which denounces the extension of that curse of Ci-
vilization-liuman Slavery Great APPLAUSE
The position of one of the candidates, Talludng
to Marlin Van Buren, Oh account of his sentiments
in relation to Slavery in the District of Columbia,
and the fact of his having declared, in 1887 that
he would veto any bill providing for the abolition