Washington sentinel., 1853-10-13

petty 0nlclais, Win opposing the natlonal ad-
ministration--6ne subjects to defend an admin
istration which came into power in spite ofther
pernicious doctrines! We are the supporters
and upholders Of the administration not by
base toadying for the spoils of ollice-but by
supporting the great principles upon which
President Pierce gained his distinction--upon
which he came into power, and to which he
stands committed before the world in his inau-
gural. The doctrines are not only his, but ours,
and the doctrines of the democratic party, and
this support is not the new born zeal of yester-
day or to-day, but the settled principles Of our
lives.
II is high time, as Mrs. CaudIe would say,
when State officers play the dictator, to inquire
whether they control the people or the people
them. ! supposed they were creatures, and
not creators Of the people. When William
Penn was governor of Pennsylvania, having
occasion to transact some business in the inte-
rior of that State, he went in company with
a brother Quaker, and, in their travels, met
with justice Of the peace, and not knowing
| them, nor receiving from them as much defer
ence as he thought his dignity required, he
| said: g presume YOU don't know who / am.
am justice Of the peace, commissioned by
the governor" 40, yes" said the quaker, 1--WE
know thee. Friend William makes such things
as thou art" If they suppose they can coerce
the sentiment OF free people by the puny
threats Of few removals from Office, they will
live long enough to see what contempt, derision,
| and scorn such threats, whether put in execu-
| ton or not, will receive from those who fear
| them as little as they regard them. Because
| the people propose to discharge these faithless
servants, they are going to be revenged by
turning out the people. Like the Bashaw OF
| Tripoli, who, when his town was blockadcd by
our frigate, said he was shortly to have frigate
of his own, and then, unless this blockade was
Immediately withdrawn, he intended to blockade
america!
The day of littleness, coalitions, and broken
pledges is overhead as a last years katy
did" The democratic party, purified as by fire,
is upon its ancient footing, with candidates, one
and all, who have been true and faithful to the
| Constitution in moments of fearful national ex-
element, and faithful to the great interests Of
this State when imperiled by enemies, open and
disguised. Friends Of the canal! upon the
democratic ticket you win find in addition to
! the name of Fay, one Of your own citizens--the
names Of Clinton, Cooley, and Mather--a Cln-
| ton, who inheriting the great name and the
sterling virtues which characterize the Illus
trious founder of our prosperity and pride, and
ason who will faithfully complete whatthe sireso
| gloriously commenced-a Cooley, whose name
will be remembered with pride SO long as honest
men have generous impulses and treachery has
a skin to smart Mather who, for a faithful
discharge Of the duties of his Office, in connec-
ton with his associate, Mr.. Follett, was pursued
| BY a most Infamous and fearful conspiracy. His
destruction was secretly plotted ruin darkly
muttered by those who assembled like assassins
when honest men were sleeping-when the pale
moon and trembling stars alone were conscious
| Of their deeds, and more murderous than he
who steals with concealed stiletto to the sleep
| ing rictims bedside and plunges the dagger in
his heart, they sought to rob this man OF that
| which is far dearer than life, and for no other
reason than because he was faithful demo
crat, and had failed to fall down at the sound
Of the "freesoil" psaltery and sacAbut, or wor-
ship the image it had set up. But he came
forth as gold which has seven times stood the
inquisitions of the crueible, and covered his
maligners and prosecutors with shame. 1t is,
my friends, new and promising era in the
affairs of the democratic party. 1t can now
again meet in convention without associating
with rufiian yiolence-it can speak out its SEN
| timents without sugaring them over to suit the
taste Of feesol squeamishness-or to enquire
who among its members can be tempted to sell
out for .IfreesoiF' favors-it enjoy its self
respect and challenge the respect of all honest
| men--it can spurn the associations and defy the
power Of all the votaries of coalition-it can
| inscribe excelsior upon its banner--it can ap-
! neal to the integrity of the masses and rally
| them aroundsits standard, as in the palmiest
days Of Jefferson and Jackson, until glorying
in its success, the people with one accord shall
| exclaim:
| g Bound in its ApAMANTINE chain.
The sofs are taught to taste of pain,
! And sfiresoH tyrants vainly groan,
| With pangs before unfelt, unpitied and Unknown
|
This address was frequently interrupted by
expressions Of applause, hearty and sincere, in
terspersed with an occasional hiss from putty
heads or freesoilers, who probably felt their sore
places rather rudely probed by hand in no
wise cautious in the use of the instruments OF
torture, in the shape Of past sins recalled and
present subterfuges exposed.
On concluding his speech, the speaker was
again honored by a succession OF hearty words
of applause; whereupon, L. DARWIN SMITH,
| ESQ. came forward and submitted the following
resolution the reading of which was frequently
interrupted by the applause Of hearty acquies-
cence. Thus:
| Resolred, That we congratulate our fellow dem
ocrats throughout the State-that the divorce be-
| tween democracy and freesoilism, made at Syr-
acusc, relieves us from the necessity of suppress
| sing any longer our honest and long cherished
sentiment Of respect for the Hon. Lewis Cass and
Daniel S. Dickinson; and we rejoice that the time
1 has come when national democrats can do justice
to those distinguished statesmen, in the expression
oftheirwarm approval and high admiration OF their
able, manly, fearless and patriotic course in the
/ Senate Of the United States, and particularly in
/ the memorable session of 1850, when, in conncc-
| ton with the illustrious Clay and the immortal
| Webster. and others, they urged and procured the
passage Of those great measures of conciliation-
1 the compromise measures--the passage of which
preserved the Constitution and the Union---stopped
| the further agitation of dangerous and alarming
| question, and restored peace and harmony to
/ greatly excited and ngtated people.
| When Mr.. DICKINSON had taken his seat, re
peated calls were made for Mr.. CLINTON, who
/ had arrived during the delivery Of Mr. DIcKIN-
soS's speech, and had been then most warmly
welcomed on his appearance upon the platform.
The most astonishing results are being pro-