The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-10


deeply regret that prior engagement viii debsr me
from the pleasure Of participating in celebration
It is peculiarly approPrist. that the spds Of the hero
ofthe war should pay all honor to the
merits OF the hlustrous hero Of the war Of 1872 Both
her rights and 81 her honor and both have brought forth
the latent talents Of military leader in manner 90 con-
country. and to cover our national char
acter with unfsding glory The character Of Jackson
American pecpls It 10 portion Of the proud inhsri.
tance which our children will receive Of their fathers
devotion to their country In the hour OF danger and
their future appreciation Of the vaorous deeds Of the
men Who have led Us to victory. Jaoksons talents
In the nsld, were equasd by the rmnsss and wisdom
ment The great abilities Of conduct Of thu
present has bsen ia every portion
Inc fo0s' where tho record Of his goriou. deed:
classic style Of his details Of his are
the best evidence Of his TALENT and his tness for the
Mousns politicians who fed from the public crib,
sneersd at the first ntmation Of Jscksons nomination
triots following in the ootstep, OF their Industrious
predsoeasors'' in regard to Taylor But have the
consolation Of knowing that the masses Of the people
VINO night our battles In and who their bread
BY the sweat Of their brows in peace mp to
successful rescue of the and that they will now tr
must therefore repeat my regret ct being unable to
sttend meeting 30 peculiarly appropriate % the oele
braton Of the annverssry Of the day which gave i'm
mortality to Andrew Jackson by tho friends Of Zachsry
Taylor.
As am very reluctantly compelled to be absent from
your Festivities please present. In my name, the follow
"Ths Heroes Of New Orleans and Busna vista-Thsy
never surrendered to foreign domestic enemies The
bone and snew OF the land appreciated the talents and
patriotism of Andrew Jackson in 1913 ley will award
thu same high station to Zachary Taylor in lsas /"
j. j. c. CANTINE
David Paul Brown was introduced to the
meeting, and after the cheers that his presence
elected had subsidized, he proceeded in substance
as fOllows:-
Gentlemen Of the jury sushtsr Of the jury of your
country mesu who are here assembled - the Of
freedom should assemble, ~ . truly united people,
tramplng upon the trammels Of party and meeting
heretofore bound you to tho other Of great
parties to whom you have 50 long paid allegiancet
an enobing soensIi is scene that angels would de-
racter of minister, to Offer this glorious sscriacs
therefore call upon you to ny to the rescue OF your
fatric Of her institutions and laws and to render
them perpetusl and failing to do that let US all resolve
Of tho Sr
the distraction. 1t is with natural pride, combined
with enthusiasm and refinement Of pleasure that ad
the Keystone State the watch tower that gave forth the
signal and knded the fame OF liberty throughout the
Blooming and
the present OCCASION to address you suhsot mpor
tant to your interests The discussion, which must
make brief In order not to weary your patience will
First The Wat and the that have originated It.
Second The relative condition Of the high oontendng
parties In the country, within the last thirty years.
Third The claims Of Gen Zachary Taylor to the
chair that Washington occupied and invested with
An immortal fame far above the crowns soeptree and
other gorgeous the thrones Of Europe
and which successor Of his utterly dsbass des
troy.
First to the war and the origin Of It. He depicted
war; the scsurge Of country in its best
Rsct.SnDs enterprise st,sstins commerce and blast
that could be appreciated by ALL and especially those
who had witnessed the horrors Of Yet nevertheless
there may be of In the his
tory Of country that render it imperative to In
cur the curse Of war, and renquish the blessings Of
psass: The question u now submitted whether that
osd We here not for the purpose Of blaming the
government but for doing Justice In the premises What
First 1t Is said have been insuted by the breach
faith perpetrsted towards US BY Mexico in her not
ny 1s S%s our En-
cutve so considered 1t, at the time the
%enced; but II was most shallow argument to Say
ted States young gaut whose colossal limbs al
ready stretched far across the continent, and whose
creasiug power feared wherever felt and dreaded
wherever seen am not going to censure the govern.
mant bat do consider that the greatest insult in
the superstition that she could be nsuled BY such an
Insignificant power Mexico Does the lion OF the To-
rest turn upon every Insignificant whet that dares to
his path I, the fair considered defaosd BY
then hss
Beiog lawyer, deem It almost folly to aek what
endeavor to recover nvs millions Of indemnity, and
At the close to have better security for it, payment
Heaioo dismissed our Minister The war wss, in my
opinion, the oh.pring Of two fathers, and though
not strictly attributable 70 It, arose mainly out Of
BY delegated authorities and the government must
not be censored for what the act Of the peoples
ressnttives This star which thus translated to
constellation, became one Of and it our boun
den duty to cling to- and stand her and repel every
invader that dared to leave his footprint
her m moi t0 30v fhAP
the reasons for the annexation Of Texas right
wrong but a. the law consummating the deed rat
fed by Congress- there end Of It. and II wrong to
blame the President for carrying the law into effect
have Leen shocked to be called upon to witness among
men high In power and who have grown gray In the
censure the government for the conduct Of the
BY doing have crippled her and nterfered
caas them among the allies Of Mexico care not for
their dssree their profession their prsviou: services
for your apprehension. (Applausel / am not oas Of
those who insist upon the country right or wrong but
contend that she always presumed to be right aud II
her; and there IL reasonable doubt In the absence
Of proof We bsuud to give her tbs beaent Of thst
pay the costs The mass Of the country the bone ana
sinew Of the people, are always right and they md
that their rulers are In tn fault their only resource
to kick them out and put better In their places
the has been legally declared people bound 10
sustain her and not oent under the Mexican banner
and take Fart In the treason Of uniting with the enemy
Why should sympathy be expended for the Mexican
government why should any portion of our ctssns
Join with Mexico that nation Of govern.
ment founded in treaehery and bood-which, for the
last three hundred years from the time Of fernando
Cortes down to the present moment has attended
with remorseless treschery making the country con-
tinued sea Of blood! The present one-third
hacks, one-third Indians, one third Spaniards and
altogether towards. They treaoherous blood
thirsty and cewardy II you need any proofs OF this
the history OF Texas affords abundant evidences The
Alamo, where men, women and children were massa.
cred; Goad where the bones Of flaming and his $50
men were left to bleach upon the sod murdered asr
pledge Of their security had been given Their cow
ardice proved at San Jacinto where the Napoleon
OF the West Santa Anna himself with 5000 troops was
demolished by force Of one-fourth his strength In
about one fourth Of an hour They have never kept
faith, and the victims Of their blood thirsty cruelty
fatten the soil Of their own country. have reoept y
seen . Mexican document, In which the events OF the
war were rehearsed the reributive justice of the
Creator for the bloody crimea committed unon hax ao