The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-29
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Speech OF Thomn. H. Rent. n, In /. .vor OF

At democratic meeting In Sc Louis ed the 18th
inft the bon thomas " Benton beins' called upon,
lie said he had come here to- night to list su to those
VINO hsa come for the purpose o. addressing 'Gs esops
and to show by his presence that his heart was In tns
cause they were assembled to promote. u was eool
caufe and We bad good candidate, and he came oi
good stock His father had been good pstrios wa
gooc democrats he was as the poet Burns express y
"A GUIDE mans getn Iie knew Gen Pierce well hs
had not only served in the body with him, wat
had lived under the roof and sat at the ssaSe
maxim % that " man % snosd ss judged S b. his ssso.
ciates II was good standard for judging men. and
Pierce could bear that judgment honoraby for hs
whs the fiiend OF onc who deservedy called the
Cato OF Americathe friend of Silas Wright That title
hao been once applied to Mr. Macon by Mr Jefferson,
ana ne might perhaps be called the first Cato OF America;
but that natchless orator who after the tolls Of his le
gslat'e duties return to fis little farm Of
forty acres st LawreDce 90 " and there might be
In biz shirt sleeves and brond brmmed hat scyhe in
hand and holding his with the best hand in tn field
less Justly called the second Cato of America IL
with him. aud such he was that General Pierce
acted In the Senate Of the United during his
vice there The votes he had given in company with
Wright were now attacked by the wings they attack
ed fome OF bis (Benton's) Among others, 1t at
hi had not favored the whg
appropriate $500 900 TO feed the Irish He anssered
for pcrces vote he did for his last that
the mi asure unconstitutional and was besides
tmptble That the measure which passed. and for
which he voted-that IL to carry the gratuitous
contributions Of the gepcrouswss effective
of relief to the Irish and honorable to the
American people They stood ready to give abundanty,
IL there furnished TO transport ft the
an; and when that way furnished in public
sell which was lying idle and rotng in the harbor add
plenty OF officers and unemployed to take charge Of
her she was speedily filled with more than half million
would have bought. Why, We only think Of what IL
going daily when there is great famine, in
the way of remittances to Ireland quietly and
noiscessly to appreciate the palnes OF the bounty
with which the wings sought to buy the Irish votes
Upwards Of f90o OOo nearly mior of dollars ttsu
times much the wings proposed give Of the
United States treasury Is annually sent TO Ireland by
the Irish In America to assist thr relations in the old
he had herpto homo orad rba cha
acer of that people he confessed that when he read this
authentic report Of their noble charity and affection it
bad raised them still more in his regard But when not
only this open handed willing to send help to
their afflicted friends but when the generous hearted Of
all here willing to help Ireland in her Distress
and only wanted way to be provided to transport the
ploons offered for her how insignificant half million
and carried into effect by them OF porting the boup
ties which poured In fom citizens That, and ths
constitution which did not allow Congress to sppro-
pirate money, was the answer which he (Mr. b. had
given in the Stnate and hnd repeated last when
the attempt made to withdraw the Irish vote from
him, You all remember how they succeeded with i in
August In my casejust they will succeed ia Noye1i-
Der, in the Of General Pierce. And that brings
to say whilst we did well in August we must do better
in November; have nd good com me ncement, aud
IN ust improve upon 1t We have no longer oppo-
nent to beat go we must beat ousevesthst instead
Of one thousand majority In August IN lst give
two thousand majority for Pierce and King in November
Governor Troup In Favor or Pierce.
This dstir guished declares for Pierce and King
in bs reply 20 the lcttee announcing 70 him his nomna
ton by the staes Rights partg Of Georgia He permits
the OF his for he purpose Of organizing that
party but for that purpose only" and adds. Il would
vo'e f r Pierce and King MIR King II most excellent
and have not expected to be able to vote for
Horif erp pure and deiutereted at Nr Pisroe
ara on may never have such another opportunity"
Political Intelligence
.iosN r. HALE-FREE DssioceacY - PmLln-trst.-
John Hale, the candidate Of the feo democracy f,c
e6ent arrived in city yesterday from pittsbur,
II va received by his friend, at the cara, Schuylkh
ibth acd Market ttreets, and was conducted to ths
ffftW Akng I. t.s.~
The srfe d y William b. Thomas auo at three o'clock
h. IL eciy,o i utuisi the Commissioners Hall SpcBx
Gajaon IL be eNtrpg at eight o'clock mass meet
ing "e be. Ia lie same place The hall was Dlrely
cfoste9 aLd many unable to get in. The meeting
il ide cal ~ crdsr by George Gordon who stated
the o ett ~ d. ttcR 20 be to give welcome to the
stan cafd u, artr 81 { g, ,com--John L. Hale
Mr. Hal enteItd he halt in company with w. B.
Thomas vat gue along almost on the shoulders OF
the crowd aIpd much euttuEiasm II sometime be-
fore he could reach The ttpdthe band playing Hail to
the Chief Mf Hale spoie for two hours in a very
effective To the great gratic alton of the
Ing At the close Of his speech the vi pressed
to shake hands with him About three hundred ladies
present and entered fully into the spirit the
meeting Mr. Hale left the Grard House this morning.
In company with George Gordon. his way home,
by way Of New York and Bostop.-Phiiadeiphia But-
htin, Oct 70.
THE BLArcHroRp LETTER Tho New York CONNER
eidi .adr1tiso has the following statement
was written o y ar eGser the
,oa AZ Baltimore, and withdrawing all opposition to ii
The Commercial having made this positive assertion
now called upon to produce the letter We OF
opinion that journal viii discover that would have done
better 10 little caution Ia it's l8bgu4ge-BIs.
tn Comisr, Oct 2S
The Hon. John Bell who was Secretary Of War under
Gen. Harrison and At present prominent aud inuen-
tial whig, IN speech at wing meeting at Nashville
Tenn, declared that Gen. Pierce sound com
promise question.
The steamer Lupetc now lying nt the wharf at Lsuis
vile, Ky, in running order. and making hsr regular
trips il advertised for sale for sl5 Oo0 the money be
paid after the election of Gen Pierce to the Presidency.