The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-06-27

These Is forgotten and the other one adopted Itwa
melancholy scene Philadelphia the other day II wa
melancholy scene TO see Inc hanos OF me Whg
dragging him TO the door, to be kicked out vagrant
rather than chosen leader and head! And why was it
Was i, TO reward military gaaniry' II so, where wa
WINFIELD Scottl Was # to reward military merit j
Where was the hero of the late war! Where was the
conqueror of Mexico' Where was Winfield Scott, If the
whig party had hOnors TO bestow upon military gen.
era i ask again, where that distinguished captain
if the object OF the wing party was to reward military
merit, No. sir, Continued Mr.. ALLEN, turning to the
president of the meeng) General Scott had been known
10 the nation long before the name of General Taylor
was heard Of He was known from the day OF
Lundys Lane TO this day. from one end OF the con
and the conqueror of Mexico IN lsis Why not men
take him up' Because Winfield Scott was known as
whig Laughter and checrs.l "You ask us, sa say
the wing convention to General Scott as he presents
himself, il at the door of the convei,Jmh ~
He brow bound with aurels won IN Inc mans %
the presents himself 70 ne en osrc To
discard MI ClayEto nut aside an old and well tried
and faithful statesman Of the party if it be your ,nen
s Pp sas,s SSss hs s. s
ton to consgn the name OF Clay to the nfamy OF par
ty condemnation if it be your intention 70 90 mat anr
You desire to reward military merit IN wing general
here stand the hero of Bndgewater Lundys Lane ana
Meyico / am known devoted, uniform, tried wing
claim the sufrages Of this convention but what Say
sir with your British and Mexican con9aests! You are
TOO well known You awhig The same reason
that makes us throw MI Nldy OUT VI pHo WlluO"'
compeIs us to throw you of the other" [Cheers
and laughter] The wing pary-the party OF prln-
ciples-t6e party that claims TO stand on constitution
al groundthe party that claims the suffrages OF twenty
millions of freemen the score that they have political
principles and that those principles conduce to public
happiness and prosperty-hat party ban.shes two we'll
of principles and go and select man who never dd
political act in his life. who at that very moment de-
clared that he knew nothing about politics anu mas S no
cheers for Taylor."] Gentlemen over there can give
three cheers for Taylor but they can't give him one
in November Cheering ons and loud when t asa
General TAYLOR was selected there is man here
that dares rise up and say what General Taylors Prn-
e1es o ae that whs bs Us all on
is, all of you that know anything about it-you know
that he was nominated for the sole reason that his
principles known. and that there was once more
chance for the federal wings of the wing party to
smugge a man into power, whose principles were un
known. If you do it, he will Tylerize you. lCheers
Is it fairs justisit generousis It republican-s 1t
honest to ask great people, composed OF mechanics Ia
horers farmers. lawyers, DOCTORS merchansIai WORK
ing in their various woys-men who work Tor their
daily bread the counter the anvil in the field or IN the
workshop-a voting pecpe-a wise people, politically
agltated people-men who are raising iames ana who
ey for themselves and their posterty-is and Just
TO ask such people to place the political destiny OF this
great country into the hands of who says will moi
Tell you what will do with it till get possession of it
Would any man here employ another to work for him
would any here put the most trivial trust into the
custody Of anotherwould any man here give to another
power of attorney do anything in his name, howeve'
unmporantift the person to whom he was about 10 give
it should sav" will tell you what use will make OF
this trust after have got my fingers IT And yet It
is thought that such people this can be humbugged
out of their Notes.-The cool, deliberate wokngman the
pechanic, the merchant the aborer, the professional
Gods name that they call themselves men OF sense
and worthy citizens OF free country, and yet say to
anybody and everybody who may present himself give
fife and will the liberties
of the country' No, my feowcitizens the democratic
party have presented to your acceptance a man who
when many OF those men now recommending General
Taylor TO you the side Of Great Britain He,
too has service in the field but It is not for
that, that we ask you to vote Tor him. we speak OF
this service among many evidences OF the patriot
ism of the mans heart The reasons why ask you to
vote for him greater The reasons are to be found
formy of his patriotism from his boyhood upwards but
in his merits founded the depth and strength OF his
mind in his past experience in public affairs as gov
of Michigan in the most perllous times OF the
public at the close of the governors as Secretary
OF War under Gen. Jackson: minister to France as
senator in Congress In all these various departments he
has fulfilled the duties OF faithful Citizen OF ardent
lover OF his country of able legislator OF an able
and, above all, OF an honest man. Loud cheering
and applause These the why the attention
of the democracy of the Union turned towards him,
when became necessary to make choice of its candidate
ior President They could not choose everybody.
There but one office to fll-they could choose
but candidate. The democracy had
many worthy among whom to choose There
are number that | could name, whose fame and
greatness are familiar to us all But of them could
be chosen, and in sitting and casting about for man who
would under all circumstances, best suit the democ
racy OF the Union, Lewis Cass of Michigan adopted
as the democratic candidate [Cheers] The west-the
great northwestwhlch is rising with the strength OF
giant, brought forward Lewis Cass not with arrogance
not on the ground OF exclusive right, but Of her
earliest friends, who had gone there when nobody
but Indians Inhabited the country-a who abandon
ed all The comforts and privileges of the earlier settled
country, braved all the perils of frontier settlement
and the scarcely less formidable dangers of unhealthy
clmatea who, for forty mine years, had been den
tilted with the northwest; it was such man that the
the Union candidate for the presidency. (En-
thusastic cheering] We ask you, my democratic
fellow citizens of New York. to accept this candi-
date OF ours We entreat you to reflect on this one
iact that the democracy of this State constitutes
sixth part of the democracy of the Union. We ask
you to deeply ponder and consider what like
~ to be the terrible consequences not to the democr ATTIC
party alone but to civil liberty in this country If by your
divisions by your local chickering's, between some few
side and another few the oher-if, from this
cause, this ticket of our party should be defeated beg
you reflect the consequences that may follow This
election may go to the House OF Representatives and
in that event. your half million OF voters put on par
with the ten thousand voters Of Delaware Will YOU
suffer this election to go to the House OF Representatives
gies Of New York; IRenewed cries of {" No, no y
Will you reduce yourselves in point of political influence
10 one feth part OF your just weight lCnes of "Nev-
erl If not struggle then to sustain the names of Cass
and Butler [Cries of 1--WE WILL" and loud cheering !
could desire, my friends to say much this sub
ect could desire to call your atiention-no speaking
as one who has "A right to say more than friends may
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