Daily American telegraph., 1852-06-10
Demooratio Ratinoation meeting.


ratify the nominations of Gen. Pierce and COL
King for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the
United States, made by the Baltimore Convention,
"came of" last evening, in front of the City
Hall.
1t was organized by calling the white-haired
veteran, Gen. ROBERT ARMSTRONG, one Of the
proprietors of the Union newspaper to the chair,
and the selection of large number of vice presi-
dents, among whom were those two other repre-
sentatives of Young america and the age of prog
resS, AMOS KENDALL and THos, RIToHIE, esqs
After the chairman had briefly, but pertinently,
explained the object of the meeting, the yenera-
BILE Thomas Richie was called for, and his tall
person was soon seen on the rostrum. This dis
tinguished gentleman, who has been connected
with the press of the country for about half
a century, (since about the memorable years of
"niaety- eight and ninety-nine") gave his cordial
assent to the nominations, and spoke in high
terms of the talents, character, and political or
thodoxy of New Hampshire's favorite son. He
then requested an officer of the meeting to read
a letter written by Gen. Pierce to Major Lally,
in May last, in which the writer strongly sup
ports and urges the maintenance of the Compro-
mise measures. 1--WE did not see the post-mark
or date. Perhaps they will be exhibited when
those of Gen. Pierce's letter to r. G.. Scott are
verified y
After the reading of this letter. Gen. Lewis
Cass was introduced to the assemblage, and was
received with every demonstration of favor. The
short speech of this time honored Democrat was
in good taste, and creditable to him as a man
and Us a statesman. He congratulated his party
upon the selection of their acknowledgements,
Gen. Pierce and Col. King, and bestowed warm
eulogium upon them as men of honor and as judi
cious statesmen. Gen. c. entreated his friends
not to Indulge in acrimonious assaults and sour
riility during the canvass, but to conduct it on
great principles-on the issues which divide the
parties. "Let u.s." said Gen. c., indignantly
irown upon every man who SO so far forgets what
is due to himself and to the cause he processes to
support rs to quit the contest of principle to
descend to that of scurrillty. We are better
without such man than with him. There are
honorable points of difference enough between us
and the Wings to engage all our attention, and
to call forth all our energy, without entering into
sucn piece of warfare"
The ex-President of the "lone-star republic"
now the State Of Texas, Gen. Sam Houston, was
the next orator. He, like his compatriot from
Michigan, heartily approved of the selections
made by the Convention. Gen. HIS address was
BRIEF sensible, seemingly sincere, earnest, and
contained nothing disrespectful to his political
adversaries.
But the speech Of the evening from the t;g
guns was made by the Illinois Senator who is
styled by his friends and admirers the Young
Giant of the West" Personally we esteem
Judge Douglas, and we have heretofore given him
credit for higher judgment and greater shrewd-
ness and tact than he exhibited at this gathering
of the unterriied Democracy. Candor compeIs
US to say that the Judge, upon this occasion, ac-
quired no laurels; that the entire speech was in
shocking bad taste, lamentably deficient in abili
ty, coarse and vituperative in the language sp-
piled to q great party, and, upon the whole, en-
trely unworthy, in ability dignity, and style, of
the fame of the orator. We write this "more |
in sorrow than in anger" Such speech from |
young America" especially after the wise, iu- |
dicious, and moderate language of his venerable
in the late contest, an extract from |
whose speech we have given above elected sur
prise among both Democrats and Wings. We
shall not attempt to sketch the speech of Judge |
D., but will present some of the gems it con-
tanned:
After endorsing the Presidential and Vice |
Presidential nominees, and extoing the platform |
" sky-hgh," he declared the utter incapacty of
the Wings to administer the government THE |
reader will bear in mind that there are such men |
ms Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Willard Fillmore |
and Winfield Scott in the Wing party. Wing |
administrations were recklessly extravagant |
The incapacity of our present rulers was such |
that at the beginning of the session of Congress
they could not tell by millions how much money |
was necessary to carry on the government. John
Quincy Adams administered the government
with the expenditure of thirteen million dollars
the management of the same machine by that
Democrat, par excellence, Martin Van Buren,,
reached about forty millions.) Galphanism and
Gardinerism were descanted upon, and our pres
ent Chief Magistrate was roughly handled on ac-
count of the lamentabe end of fifty of our country
men in the island of Cuba. Whenever the Wing
party were in power, the flag Of the country
trailed in the dust. These were some of the
brilliant passages in the speech Of Senator Doug
las But we must hurry to a close.
Gen. Joseph Lane was the next speaker, and
it was his privilege to impart something new to
his listening auditory. The government of this
country had at different times been conducted by
two acknowledgements md Wb;ro
The race of lions being exhausted, Mr.. Francis
Gallagher, of the city of Baltimore, next took the
stand. This gentleman is an orator "psr %. mi