The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-07-01
John Van Bsren In the Traces.

party. Ihe following IS report or his speech
at the Tammany Hall meeting in New York, in
which he promises to put his shoulder to the
wheel for PIERCE and KING. John is undoubt-
edly one of the most talented young men of the
nation and can do much good. We welcome
him back to his first love -
The CHAIRMAN then introduced to the meet
ing Mr.. John Van Buren,. The enthusiasm of
the meeting at this point became more intense
than ever, and they shouted, cheered and clap
ped, with most deafening industry. AT length,
Mr.. VAN BUREN was allowed to speak. He
said Fellow Citizens, that L have not had the
pleasure of raising my voice during my past
life in Tammeny Hall, was caused by circum-
stances which prevented my doings so until L
came to mans estate ; and III the later years of
my life circumstances arose which would have
made it disagreeablesfor me to come here He
had however, the honor Of receiving an invita-
ton to speak here tonight, and he took the op-
portunity Of congratulating them that victory
had been now achieved of the great principles
Of democracy over private interests and he
congratulated them also that he had now the
opportunity of addressing them in Tammany
Hall. He had never troubled the people by So
icitation for power for place, and if God
granted him strength and sense, he never should
He knew Franklin Pierce from his boyhood, to
be an upright, bold, unfinching democrat, and,
above all, he knew him to be what was above
all praise-an honest man. Great applause)
He knew him TO be man qualified to discharge
the duties of the Presidency, to which he would
be called. He would support him candidly and
zealOusly. he bore testimony also to the char
acter Of VIM. r. King the candidate for the
Vice Presidency, and he (N1r. Van Buren, was
prepared to stand the platform laid down at
Baltimore. Great cheering New York would
stand on that platform, and he would not stop
to inquire under what vote, under what in
fuence it was adopted but he would say that
he most unqualifedly approved of that platform
for this election (cheers, and would faithfully
and cordially stand upon it. He would now
speak to them in respect to the difficulty subsis-
ting between them and him. He was prepared
to stand with them an adoption of all the
laws of Congress, including even the Fugitive
Slave law He was perfectly willing everybody
should obey that law who would, and everybody
sustain it who could For the present, at all
paired, and he appealed to his Southern friends
to adopt such a course. He asked them not to
agitate the anti-slavery subject He asked them
not to denouce those who have peculiar views
on that subject, and he asked them to stay this
discussion on the floor of Congress. Allow me
to say, gentlemen, that the reason why pea
culiarly rejoice in this nomination is, that no
section of the party has been defeated by it
no section of the party has triumphed by it. 1t
was a Free universal spontaneous suggestion
adopted by the democratic party, to which no
individual sect, locality or creed, could lay any
peculiar claim. What, then, ought to be the
consequence with us of this nomination q? Why
should it not be a cordial union in our ranks
Ought it not be an entire oblivion of past differ
ences Ought it not to be true that we should
join together for my friend from Tennessee
has not directly comprehended the division which
heretofore existed between us, in respect to hun
kers and barnburners. This is my feeling
We should act upon this principle and from this
day we should remember man except as a
democrat whg (Applause.) Allow me
to say to you there is one class of my fellow
citizens to whom this nomination of Franklin
Ilerce auureSSeS llS6it Will peculiar IOfce.-
They are the young men of the republican par
ty of the United States. There is no party liv-
ing, and never was, except the democratic par
ty, that stood in emergency like that in which
they now find themselves. The convention at
Baltimore had passed over the great, distinguish
ed, tried leaders of the party for the safety of
the party and of the Union, and presented as
their standard-bearer man of forty-six years
of age-a young man, new to the public sense,
distinguished only for purity of heart, depth of
patriotism and disinterestedness of purpose
This should give the young men new encourage
ment This should give them new life. When
they found that the high offices of the country
were open to men in the prime of life, in the
yigor of manhood, and before they had wasted
their energies in the struggle to procure position
1t would be encouragement to them to find that
the people voluntarily selected a modest, unas-
suming man, living in distant State, to occu-
py the highest office in the government. United
as we are on entering on the great struggle, we
yet require all the prudence and caution of the
whig party to carry it successfully. Allow me
to tell you this federal party never surrenders
power without deadly struggle to maintain it.
Having possession Of the Offices, having posses
sion OF the patronage of the public purse, and
using it with uncrupulou.ness never equalled in