The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-03

try. (Cheers and laughter Well have no part or lo
IN any such compact. L know Gen Scott, and [ know
that he honorable that he has fought IN,
battles Of his country and have word say against
nm But he amt my choice Great cheering aud
cbeers.) And II God allows me to live a few month.
longer, shall sc him President (Great applause
4 l know him well, fellow citizens lie Is a highly
honorable and patriotic man, and is true demo
crat in heart, word and action. And, 1 tell you
now tbat he will enter the Presidential chair the four
Of March next; and tell you also that when he quits Il
IL he does not quit it for four yearshe will quit u
your entire satisfaction and he will have conducted the
aars OF this country honoraby to himself honoraby
the country and acceptable to the democracy (Cheers
Fellow citizens, 1t Is very warm work here General
Cass suting the action TO the divested himself OF
ms coat lam devoted, heart body, and mind to the
great cause o democracy. and am exceedingly warm
IN the contest that you am obliged to strip to it
NOW want to thing to the reporters in the gal
lery do not mention this to the wings publish it in The
wing papers, or II you do you will ruin me daughter
gstening spectacle before me : Why are you as.
sembled within these walls in such vast numbers
why tell you, my friends that it Is consolins
TO You and encouraging TO the best wishes Of
human nature, at home and abroad to the Ameri.
principles Of the constitution In the the admin
htration and In the conduct OF their public officers 1t
on encouraging fact to which the world affords para,
iei The spectacle presented ut this moment in thi
country the world never saw before, and will
again, should this Union be disrupted CHEERS Thi
is of the greatest natons-one OF the mghties ma
tions-on The face Of the Notwithstanding the At
iantic to the Pacific from the region Of perpetual sum
mer almost to the region of perpetual frost and
people are in state of political excitement Every
who meets his neighbor inquiries to the state OF poll
my friends this is the absorbing topic in cities towns
viilages ana hamlets; aye, aud the verge
Of of civilization the hardy pioneer who commences
require years to carry him through triumphantly,
stops in the midst of his labor to question the solitary
traveller and ask him what are the pro poets of the
Presidential csmpagn. And what is all this for my
friends? What Is all this for? Are we engaged in
external war in internal revolution Or is the Angel
vii him tilann
or famine or any of the other iDfctions with which
GOD in bis wrath Furnishes offending nations? No my
ieiow.citizens not one of all these No. they like it
Never was the country more prosperous. 1he wind of
heaven the sun of heaven the rain Of heaven perform
duced more abundanty. But repeat-What is all this
com motion for? My fellow citizens, 1t is Of those
periodical changes occurring when power is devoved
the people and when the people, by the exercise
immediate power Of election, nominate chief magis-
trate Of the country. and through him determine the
course OF the such principles theyw
Therefore my friends it is that you are SO earnest-so
anxious-so much engaged in the contest pending
between such principles you profess and such princ
pies as you condemn. What sublime spectacle. re-
peat, my friends that there is nothing like IL in the
world Give me such an instance in Europe you can
In France President may be eected-but how is 1t to
be done! Why the citizen says yes to a particu
lar man and that all the power has leave to exer
cse Here there is nothing except the power of Al
mighty God to control you in the Of your func
ions There another thing my friends, less strik
ing or less honorable to the national character in the
excitement which has risen and increased and will in
crease till November. Not human life will be lost in
the contest violent act of opposition to the
law and the moment tho verdict is pronounced at
the baot-box, every man will submit quietly TO the
declared will Of the majority, and all will turn
round and prepare for another contest And allow me
to tell you that this submission to the will of the major
ty is the very stone OF free institutiont
Is the very anchor which keeps the ship Of State her
moorDgs and she Is broken from them, she Is lost,
and lost forever Well my friends what are these prin
cipes for which we are in contest, and how they
people Of this country arc diyided-they are
called wings and democrats What ia RI. ,a,.s Ia
division what are the dhsrenoes ,rs y. the xouny
tween the yo ana ns1tis issye thso for The faith
that il in them. and explain to them briefly can,
the fundamental principles Of our policy differing
from the whie am not going to enter into the pecu-
enough Of them. (Laught.r) l will leave that to
younger and more active men around me-to
prefer bills of indictment, and prosecute
them to conviction before the American people. 1
tent myself with very few remarks of general import
repeat the question my friends for what is all this dts
ject of the whig party as contrary to tha
of the democratic. party To ASCERTAIN that We
must go back a little We must revert to the
time when fathers separated from Eogliud. After
the revolution, the state of society much tossed
about and good men were alarmed, and great men
doubted the perpetuty Of free institutions doubted the
capacity OF men FOR self government-and two parties
were formed One party was hopeful believed in human
progress believed in the capacity Of or self govern
mept. The other aid Of progress desired inex
ibe immobity and did not believe in the capacity of
remarks universal my friends but these the great
fundamental principles between the two parties
Now what is the fact Allow to say to
you, in illustration and proof of these remarks
that in the convention which famed the constitution
there proposition submitted that the President
should be elected for life. during good behavior
that the Senate should also be elected for cthat the
President should have the right OF veto all laws
and should have the appointment Of governors of States
and that he, in his turn. to be elected by the
vernors Of states All these propositions main
taiped by men, and by high and able too aud il
they had been accomplished this great republic would
now be as powerful monarchy any the world has
an would have degcneratod into an hereditary
narchy considerable time during the period Of the first
session occupied In settling the titles Of high officers
Of the government Aye and 1t was advocated that
they should pass resolution declaring that the Presi
dent of the United States should be called His High
nessn the Senate Right Honorable and the Represen
tatives "Honoreble'-a gradition of rank nice
any herald college in Europe could make. They wanted
magnificent government. 1t of the dogmas Of
the day national debt was sid to be national bless
ing; but God us from such blessing as that My
hiends sometimes think that great many Of our whg
countrymep, si doubt about the capacity OF man to
govern himself and the last few years have given su
cient indications of their prevalent opinion this sub
ject going to speak to you freely democrat
TO his brother democrat. mean to give offence but
to tel you freely openly pen plainly sne ha ere
political doctrines Of the two American parties. say
freely and in truth but will Try to say 1t also in mode
ration In illustration Of the remark that wings doubt
ed in the capacity of man for segovernment, may re-
mind YOU that II is only five six years ago since the
great emblem of the whg party a (Great
iaugbter) My fellow citizens this was unworthy of the
American and your cause and OF claims ON the
admiration of the verdi but tell you that the wings did
raccoon, and Gen. jackson not carried there in
great huge toy called soup bowl daughter The soup
bowl Is not TO DO raised sort OF cabaise watchword
Shebboleth, that every man who pronounces the
word would be received into the faith and all else reject
ed And the great soup bowl to be followed in proc es
sion the Moslem follows the standard Of the crescent
in his against the indels reject that standard,
my friends; but will not sptupon It, because under
stand from high authority that that process Of expecora
tion to be applied to the whg platform and to 1t be-
daughter and cheers Now, my friends allow me to say
that we little guilty, too. Allow old to tell
you that all guilt is not confined to the whig party do
not wish to hear gun drum during the whole OF
the campaign. II cannot support liberties without
this kind OF miserable trash let them be given to
people more worthy OF them. Let go to the
ballot box without all that miserable mimicry which
ought to produce effect any reasonable man-snd
hoIe and trust II shall be so hereafter ere the orator
felt obliged to dyest himself Of his cravat Now, my
cow-czens sixty four years have passed away since
the estab bment Of constitution, and with that
time have extende limits from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and increased from three millions to twenty
four millions; and have assumed station among the
nations Of tho earth where have nothing to fear but
crimes and the Just Judgment Of God. We have