The Arkansas banner., 1848-10-31
FrSm 4s Ci<stisal PiEiadeaisr. SPEECH OF CEN. SHIELDS 1T CLETELlsD

1 SHtEg-Ds remarks as follows.
 Feiaen eitissas-i setarn you my sincere aud hearty thanks fOg the honor Of tis reception This 1 Is . real enthusiastic welcome. These arr enthu- siastlc cheers These cheers that used fghicn ! Inc Aextcanss and cannot say which frightened them worst, oar cheers, or cur cannon.
 | Fellow eitixras-i have conseated Co come aere not to make speech, tut to give you a tak-hSsllh will not Permii-my lungs which 6sd are not yet heaed, must ee my apology. l do not mean to throw away life which has been so providen' taIiy 1 preserved to l mean to save fife enoaxh, il necessary, to go through another gCheeFs ) bold 1t Is much better to hgt thin to talk, aud am only sorry that the land which gave TUG birth
 OId Ireland, had not fought more and talked Ieas 1 (irest aPpisusel
 ! Fellow citizens have been iaduceI to come | herc to gratify curiosity to sea a ussn who was mo,fsify wounded and wruld net de tSsanpiag and ehee'ing) stand hese mo tally woanded by the army record and dsad according be rules and | regulations of war. (Shouts) Ba, I am a rrsar reciionist, aad returning to my country. 1 6nd another. and different campaign thau the oae in which ! have recently been engaged. 1 am gi.sd te say, that in our campaisn in Mexico all stood io- geiheT-whigs. democrats, sRA free soil mea all fought shoulder to shoulder, and achieved vlc- tories together. But one Opin,on peFvasled the whole ranks of the American army. to the merits 1 Jssiness and necessity of the war. But in this country the thing is different 6ad some who say the war was unesiied for; that i, invasion ef
 
 | thesc arguments ia W xshingtcn. have heard grave Senators caviitiag about the boundaries Of Texas. | the Rio Grande, the Nueces, &c. Let me ts you gentlemen, that the Mexicaas laughed, yea lsaghsd heartily at such idle stuff they did disguise the 1 tse, that they claimed ihs whole of Texas a voted province, and that tie army which Geueral Taylor met aud defeated at ReSaea was an army of tnOasion, instructed by the Mexican government to push tiieir cOnquests, not only to the Nu"ces, bat 1 10 the Sabine Ibe President In ordering General Taylor 10 resist Mexicsa eBcrpachments this side of ! the Rio Gfande, aii his duty, and Gen Taylor, in oaeying his order, did his duty too. Here the speakers lungs began to fail, bat he psoceoded by | ssying:l
 ! Fellow eitizens-I regret have not a voice tik~ your Senator who talked dow a st ,amb0at ttireat cheering Our troops were actually compelled. in some instances, to denY their ow government aad Pnt themselves under tine protection of the British | lag-so great was the hue and cry in inc coantry against the that the Nexieans ceased to respect onr flag. This exasTeraied us the more, and we ieii II sYer nation deserved good hoggiag Ihpt nation was Mexico o-sad il ever nation got good l logging, it wss her. Great app lalSe :. l Our candidates are Generais Cass and Butler Il know them both personally. l regret that some of our whig frien5s have descended such low vulgar aud personal abuse they have Of these distin- ! gaished men. hope DO democrat will do this of Gen. Taylor. We can beat Nhiggsry aud him too, without slandering eitllr.
 1 Gen. CSss has been soldier and bold one. He | has cn oiplaBIaiisi, and truer Am~Tica never had. His unpardoHable sin in the eyes of te whigs is, iIat he dared while minister 10 France, opposite Geat Britain and her kingiy allies by de- ! ic'iiing the QainiuplS TFeaiy-that ia many ways be has checked her gFasping power and humbled hcF ambitious Pride. ] quote ths language of ile great In all nations when 1 say that other niau coui have defcvted the allied powers tn that inta mo treaty. bat Gen. Cass. Asa dplosaaIizt every American ought to tell a just pride in hin, aac faKe 1 fil tod lussr doas H. a ahf
 uct avis in the councils of that great man. Gen Jackson, ~h ho never made mistake ia his selections 3ud Eofe stood higher in kis estimation that Gen ! tass- As senator, in ihst learned and most dig < hiSed bcdy-a body which has not is equal fol talent oi the face of the earth. quote you The laH eaage of Daniel Webster in saying that Gen. Cass tor sound aud varied lea ming bad not his equa there.
 But says the whiys, he is q war man, as thOugf standing by ones country in time of need crime. glory in belonging to party that alwayi takes sides with thi' country. Loud cheers Gea CaSs well represents the democratic TaFty this respects He stood by us while in Mexico. wher
 1t seemed we were To be deserted by large por,ior of our eountrymeh. Nhgs wonder al tue success of tie democratic party They need uo,,
 national par'y-we go for our whcIe country, ans always for our country. That ia the secret Wt
 never iias away principles aud airf freiivu
 We neither coaft Hunkers, BInburners, or Nstiy,
 Americans. The Empire State, or a iactiaa o( tll democracy thefe, came into National ConYcn
 ton and demanded of Us 10 ensrdfta sectioua
 principle into creed, one that wouii heIp then he better to put dawn-d tsction with which the
 were c0u ead'ng al home.
 What did the Datiunal democracy do1 The, told therl,~"No gentlemen; choose to sttBd D,
 aneieut and well tried 3ri eipes the priueipl sf Jefferson. Madison and Jackson; we, as d gfes
 nAt9nsl party, bs led off by the doctriae
 of 0ae-ldea, a7d on secti1HGt sssae. Y ou may
 take what course yOa eleose ve~ stasd by tif
 leaols of the democratic creed' 1 never felt $.
 proud ot my party when heard the decision ii . this matter. fhandefiBg applause. party Una
 esclfews sil such factions, aud pisas itsrif spoi ! principle, dsssroes sancsss. Prolonged eheers.l Wori of Martin Van Busen. Hho Is this man
 Where has he bceD, aud where is he now ~h
 elevated hIm to the chief nagis racy of this nation , Was it the barueurners? Is he their property ex
 einsiyeiyi And what Is the ob,ect pow Ger 1 tainly not to make these ieTriI0sIes free. Tbat
 the greatest h1mbag in the world. bose territo riss ARE FxEE. and cannot be made so. Whe
 it is sought t0 intodBee slavery there, would vol
 against t myself We waat not,iins 10 eo wit
 hin or his party
 As Ia Gen. Taylor we could have hun tn
 same terms as the wings have had him, thai Is. n whistling all principles down ihe wiad Bu ! no: we hare done better. We hays nominate Gen Cass. our fayoritei northern man yes,
 north western man He ss ef us; has grown q
 with uS aud will b. tor us The n,@st sbsnr ri thin . have noticed ia this campaign i- the attempt q wings to make people believe that Gea Cs@s Is op
 posed 10 hsrbor improvements. They publish iil
 te letter of his 0 the Chicago Convention, deein ,Rg to be present, evidence Ot bis hostility
 thess measures. The only objection tc hss letter E thai Il is too short Well | have seen more Gen
 erals ruined by SrIting letters than short ' Gen Cas- in the Cabinet and m the Senate, fla y alWay, sustained hdFboI Improvements and raibs
 have ONE Of his VOTES (of winch he had give 4 msBy) in favor of the improvements, lhaa al h
 letters long and short. that piled up bfere th Chicago convention. Shoats of applause.
 GvHtle'asn, have detained you Q lsas, go 0,
 go on longer than q pssassnt for you, or pradel
 for me Please accept my thanks for year Serdi
 and kind reeeptioH of EBe to-day. fCheers. ioa
 and long threaRh ths Hal for some momep g
 Toe wings admit ths, Gen. Taylor Css.ls, ton et,er is genuine. Al first they promo nesd il D forgery One wing paper called il "maadiia ussA