The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-06-13

National Convention, which body has SGT aside the
great embodiment of wing principles, and taken up n
man who, II elected-and am free to say, see
possibility of such result-would, ninety nine
chances out Of hundred, Tyerizs the whig party
again. tremendous applause, and tho audience
very much tckled.) say the triumph of democratic
illustrated by the action of the recent Philadelphia
convention, than in any other mode that could be
pointed out If then, gentlemen, principle is the polar
star to guide and recognizing candidates the
opponents Of our principles let lay aside all
felings-et settle all our nterna fauds go into
tho election have done on former occasions and
our principles will triumph again. and the democratic
party will forth in 1S4S it has former
sons, victorious and triumphant One word in refer
ence to my own State, and have done. Our majority,
heretofore has not been large but if any has pro-
mugatcd the opinion, that there is any within
the belt Of the free States from Pennsyvana to the
extreme Vest say you hear any man declare that
any Of those States will vote for General Taylor
just say to him, that he is mistaken, beyond the
color of a doubt Applause) would not have the
temerty to utter such u sentiment here, if did not
think it would be realised and say to you here that
Gen Cass will carry every ono of the States reaching
from Pennsylvania through to tho Southern line
Great appause) He will carry the State live in.
cWhat state is that !applause) 1t is the State of
diana by majority of ten thousand votes. Gre
mendous aPplausc) calculate largely, perhaps on
ern Ohio Within the last two years there has
been large emigration into State, of what
we call there, Yankees and Germans. Voice
true and warm hearted democrats every Of them,
among whom, or any of u.s. there is not particle Of
native Americanism- idea being secuted in my
State say that my little State of Indiana will give
ten thousand majority for Cass at the election
and all my prayer is, that New York will come forth in
lS4S successful she has In times past (Appause
Mr. Bright then sat down and was succeeded by the
Hon. JAMES BowLIN, Of Missouri, who said, after
making making few preliminary remarks which were in
hitting few remarks to you this OCCASION |
am happy to say that do so with firm conviction
that the great democratic party Of this country has
favorable
ton than it does thsday 1t is unanimous and without
any throughout the country except in this
State of New York, and it is made yet stronger by the
nomination of the wings. The democratic party nes
yer stronger than is at this day. and being would
ask you whether you willing to that strength
frittered away and that party down no. from the
assembage) Whether you not willing to render up
your on the altar of principle for the sake OF
the democratic party? We have presented to candi
dates for the Presidency andVce Presidency There may
exist differences Of opinion regards men, but
the great principles of liberty what do for
men! Ours ia contest for principles and how easy
IT is to reconcile all differences of opinion in regard to
individuals We have prose nted to u.s. as candidates,
men who worthy and fit of being the standard
bearers of the Democratic party of the Union and
you to decide that that flag under which have SO
often trumphed, shall trail In tho dust account of
| some petty differences in your ranks! (No! no noD
On the other SIDE who have opponents prcsc to
candidates fer the highest Offices in the gift Of the
people, who without any principles, which they
can stand before the American people Applause)
through the wing presses of this city-which, by the
way to be whipped into the support of their nom
nees-that their candidates present no platform Of
principles for the simple that they could not do
It, Qaughter) Yet these very papers will BIO whipped
the service and be made to fight the battles of the
very men who present chart of principles which
to stand. What do they mean by this-by thus pre-
senting candidates for the SURFACES of the people who
availability, and nothing else (Appnuse) They
are then again going to insult judgments, and
Of skins and hard cider, and their midnight de-
baucheres, they did in 1910. Are again to have
coon skins and cider barrels, and to exhibit to the
nations Of the world the mcla noholy spectacle of
the model republic, that chief magistrates
to be elected in this way! They cheated the
nation by humbug, and by sporting with tho
feelings of the people, and they propose do it again
They have cheated US once but it not their fault;
but if suffer ourselves to be deceived second time
by similar process it will be fault; the fault of
the people themselves And what the spectacle of
1S40! Need detail it to you? 1t is stated that their
ing single principle on which they stand before
the people they in s4O and that their election
then was carried by the people. But deny the impu
tation deny that the election of 1S4O carried
by the people IL was carried by duplicty II
carried by the unfortunate state Of the times, which
not the result OF democratic rule rs was then
charged, and by false charges against the American
democracy; and, thank God, in my State, in the
Bullion State(hurrah hurrah, three cheers for Tom
Benton-another for old Bullion-Tom Benton all the
while smiling and looking very much pleased)in my
State. they did not succeed in depreciating
jorty We bore the banner in 1910, aud they failed
in their hard efforts. refer to these things to
of the necessity Of union and harmony of action,
for false means will be again used to entrap you
They have laid down no platform Of principles. They
can run in the South with principle in the North
With another, in the East with another, and in the
West with another; in fact they can run on a differ
ent principle in every State of the Union to suit the
local character Of each 1t is against influences Of
this sort that you have to guard yourselves 1t is
against tricks of this kind that the people must unite
to preserve the character of the nationto prevent
the people from being raduccd before the world aud
the fact to go forth that elections carried by
such infamous means While the United States is
held up as the model government before the eyes of
all the nations in Europe we to have 1t go forth.
that 1t through nominations OF this kind, that the
people are so corrupt as to allow elections to be
carried by such means, and that they are to be
skins, hard cider, and midnight revels! e. Yes
and roast beef and two dollars dayi) Yes,
roast beef and two dollars day And did you get it,
These the candidates who placed before you by
the wing party. How it sde' Our candidates
come before you identified politically with the prnci
pies which elected Thomas Jefferson in 1900, ard Az
drew Jackson in 1898. The same principles which
these democratic Presidents elected stated
now We have not forgotten the past, and we shall
profit by it, but We have got to do than merely to
overthrow our opponents We shall overthrow them to
certainty for that already is manifest We have got to
teach them that they with impunity practise
the tricks which they did in lS40-that they not
put before us candidates without prncipein short,
VIC have to teach them decency; Laushter) We have
to teach them that while they claim to be republicans
they shall not deame the country by such disgraceul
proceedings. We have to teach them to respect the
on-hearted democracy of the land. Npplause) We
have to teach them that they shall not preach to the
world their false and infamous doctrines-that
not to be caught by their tricks, by their midnight
ve by their cider barrels by their skins by their
filthy hen-roost robbcr-their tGreat laughter
And while We do this, we maintain our principlos-we
maintain the same Issues that have ever been
before the American people and fight for those
issues not nero opinions, but as principles
on which hang own liberties aud our ma
tona glory. And here is the sir gular anomaly
presented Of the wing party denouncing the and
tho war party-tho same party which worked against
the country in the war; which took sides with the
my in the war, presenting to opponent whose
only endation is that he fought CALAMITY in the
war Has tho world ever presented such spectacle
And presented, too, by the very who impcded the
prosecution Of that by every in their power
who voted Against supplies for carrying on that war
"A war, too which they denounced unconstitutional
and wrong Why IL the prosecuted for the
purposes which they insisted IL prosecuted for,
their hero was the head of band OF ruf1ans. They
have declared 1t to be unconstit utonal wsrthey
have voted II an unconstitutional Then he
robber. II was an unrighcous war they Then Cen
TAYLOR murderer and guilt of shedding