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tions necessary to render bis administration
Of the government wise, able and successful
Besides. unless am greatly mistaken, h'
possesses determination Of character aud ener
gy Of win, without which no individual is Ct
ted to perform high and responsible execu'
tive and administrative duties, such as per
tain 70 the Office Of President Of the United
States. My own observation, as well as the
history Of the world, have taught me thai
these are qualities which do not always belong
to great senator's and distinguished orators.
The democracy wiz not ask that their can
didate shall be elected because Of his great
military exploits; and yet his military ser
vices constitute a beautiful episode in the his
tory Of bis life. II is no small distinction fol
Gen. Pierce to have merited the Official and
emphatic endorsement Of the commander-in-
chief Of our army in MexicO-an army com.
posed Of heroes for gallantry and good con-
duct on the field Of battle.
OF Col. King, our candidate for Vice Pres
ident, I can say emPhatieally that he is one Of
the purest, the best and the most soundjudg-
ing statesman 1 have ever known. He is a
firm, enlightened, and unwayering democrat,
and an amiable, honorable, and benevolent
gentleman. From the day when, yet youth,
in 1912. as a member Of the House Of Rep
rcsentatiyes, he voted for the declaration Of
war against Great Britain, until the present
hour, his life presents one consistent. and beau
tiful portrait As President Of the Senate be
is without a superior; and should it ever Be
his fate, in any contingency, to discharge the
duties Of President Of the United States, he
will conduct the government with wisdom,
sound discretion. and enlightened patriotism.
But why should I insist upon the merits and
qualifications Of our candidates? Their nom-
ination BY the highest tribunal Of the demo-
cratic party is the strongest prcsumptye evi-
dence Of their worth, and ought to be sufh-
cient Of itself to rally to their support every
true hearted and faithful democrat.
As democrats, we should always yield our
personal preferences for men when great prin-
eiples require the sacrifice. Man is but the
creature Of day, whilst principles are eter-
nal. The generations Of mon in succession
rise and luctuate, and sink, and are forgotten /;
but the principles Of democracy, Of progress
sire democracy, which we have inherited
from our revolutionary fathers, viii endure to
bless mankind throughout all generations
As democrats, we believe that not only the
prosperity and glory Of the country, but even
the preservation Of our blessed Union, depend
upon faithful observance Of these princi-
pies in the administration Of the federal gov
ernmcnt And ask, in what manner can
that ascendency be secured but by a sacred
adherence toregular nominations? 3? This is
the only bond which can unite, consolidate,
and render invincible, the great party Of which
we are all proud to be members. If as SOL
diers in the ranks Of the democratic army,
we should desert the good old cause Of demoe.
racy merely because we might prefer differ
ent leader, we shall then soon become broken
and disorganized, and an ignominious defeat
must be the inevitable consequence. In IN
ion, and in union alone, there is strength.
Good and great on democratic Pennsylvania
win never forsake her principles merely be-
cause she might possibly have preferred other
agents than Franklin Pierce and William r.
King to carry her win into effect She will
never thus. prove recreant to her own true
glory and to her highest interests.
In what light would We regard protesting
Christian who should desert his holy religion
and bis church merely because he preferred a
different bishop or pastor to preside over i
from the individual which the majority had
selected No. no, my democratic fellow-citi-
zens, we must neither be for Paul nor for
ApolIos. except as the mere but worthy agents
to carry out the great and fundamental doc
lrines Of the democratic faith on which we
are all united. Principles rather than men
ought ever to be our motto.
It has been our glory and our strength in
tho past time. that We have never concealed
our principles from tho public eye, but have
always proclaimed them before the world.
Tie late Baltimore Convention, in obedience
to our win, has erected q platform Of princi-
pies in the midst Of the nation, on which
every true democrat can proudly stand. Does
the man live. be he democrat or whig, who,
knowing Franklin Pierce and William r.
King, believe they win prove faithless to any
one Of these principles? The great demo-
cratic party Of the Union have delivered tol
these their chosen candidates a chart by which
they stand pledged, in the most solemn man
ner. 10 guide tho ship Of State and my life
upon the issue, they win never deviaio from
the prescribed course. In voting for these