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why we should vote for Gen. scott.

why we should vote for Gen. Scott.
SPEECH OF JUDGE CONRAD. OF PHILADELPHIA, AT
THE HARRISBURGH Mass CONVENTION.
am proud Of my native State for many things
for her patriotism and power, for her glori.
Gus past, and her mighty Iuture-bu1 for meth.
| ing more than her honest gratitude 10 our na.
Iional beneiaclors. from Washington down TO
Scott; and it is with no ordinary exultsIion,
therefore, Iha. greet and congratulate you nu
this proof that the sons Of the Keystone are as
ready 10 reward great deeds as 10 achieve them;
and that, If the bosom oi her hills has iron for
her counWy's foes, their brows are rich 10 lau'
reIs !or her champions.
Before | ascended this stand, respectable
citzen said 10 me, "lr you address US, forge'
thai you are Wing. and tell us-alI party
considerations asde-why you ask US TO vote
for General Scott" Forget that am Wing!
When can forget that Franklin and Jefferson,
Washington and Clay, were Whigs-when |
can forget that il is Il distinction baptized in the
pure blood OF the reVo ulion, and hallowed BY
the genius and patriotism Of our counWy's no.
bIesI splrIs-when can forget that It's princi.
aud that its policy is The palladium OF The Uni.
on and The glory Of my country-when my
reason forgetS its inmosI convictions and my
heart lis hottest duties when, in short, my
right hand forge's her cunning, then, ia that
sIaress midnight Of the mind, ! may forget
thai am Wing; but ill then, never. Ii is
the political faith Of truth and rght-a faith
glorious alike in victory aad defsa,, in good re.
port and evil report. have given it my youth
and manhood; my health, hope and fortune;
and having thus long lived in II, will, il ProV-
dence vouchsales me all unclouded reason, die
by it.
Bll am also Damocrat-ror Democrat.
ic Wing IS The best Of Democrats and respect.
ing the sincerity of the masses that constitute
the party TO which am opposed, ! wllllng y
comply with he request TO state t0hy ask your
votes Tor General Scott. For do ask them
earnestly ask them, believing that your dearest
rights aud interests are involved in your acIlOn.
will speak frankly and plainy; and rus, that
you will hear mo without pre- iudce, and decide,
not for faction, buI for the right, for pubic jus.
l;e and public gratitude.
first ask your votes for Winfield Scott, be.
cause you are compelled 10 choose between
him and Franklin Pierce. There is no other
choice. To vote for third candidate is the
suicide Of suffrage. /. is TO nullify privilege
and to skuk duty; it is neutrality, and the
neutrality Of freeman is the crime Of slave
hold that Franklin Pierce is not only inferior
how in(erior!--to Gen. Scott, but that he IS,
Dsr Sc and positively, unfit for the presidency
Hear my reasons.
One of the most vital Of the liberties Of the
pcopIe--one bought with blood sanclified BY
lime and secured by charer-is the Right oI
Pe,ilion--a right inRslmabe TO US and "Iormi'
dable TO .yranIs only" No (reemen would
brook its abatement in the weight of hair
1t was cheaply bought and would be cheaPly
preserved, with an ocean Of blood. Yet Frank
lin Pierce. by his vote in Congress. denied and
sought to destroy that right. Therefore, ls he
unfit.
Equal in sacredness TO that liberty--superior
to all else--is Religious Freedom--the right IN
worship God without kneeing in ie'1ers.--
! Franklin Pierce is the leader of The party lG
New Hampshire which denies that freedom to
portion OF her people--no mater what portion
denies it by consI Iutional enactment. That
party controlled The question:; Franklin Pierce
controlled that party; but he neither exer'ed
that power, nor, wneG occasion offered opened
Ii. ms in or out of The Convention TO utter
word % ono coor word, for The most sacred o. %o'
man tights .rsmpeDIed DOWN at, ay' UNDER his
very feet. -
he is unfit, further, because he represents a
platform of principles the most odlous ano ues,
ruc,ive. Here some Of the oVercrowde1
benches fell, creating momen'ary confusion }
Tha, fall is ominous Of the fate Of his platform
and his 2arty--irs. a crash,--(aPPlause) and
then the shouts of an exulIing people. he Is
unfit, also, because he is allied, at the South'
with the rankes. and most arrogant Toes oil Ihe
Union--men who would tear The constitution IN
10 shreds. aud twiue those shreds into thongs
/ for their slaves; and associated, at the North
with a plan, and hungry horde ready TO kiss
those thongs OF to wear Them, if the majesty Of
The SOulh deign to give 1hem kick or cas'
them copper.
Blu, more than all is he unfit, because ne
takes nomination made in fraud, and IN deh'
ance Of the known will Of the party constituent
CIV represen.ed-oT rather beEaYed-a mon
sirous and measureless outrage upon republican
principle. That nomination was made, no
merely Notwithstanding Pierce was Interior tt
The eminent statesmen suggested by me people
bu, because hs was thus inierOt-tha' INFERIOR
IN, being bis sole merit aud thelr sute mo've
lWhs else can be pretendetl True, he