Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-12-06

always thought the creation of geograph
ical division between our countrvmen, fully JUS
titled the strong expression of Mr.. JEFFERso,
that it sounded in his ear ike & fa'e bell IN TIL
night ] may be permitted now SO far to wan
! der from my subject as to say that although
many valued friends differ with me about tn,
sancity of the Act of 1920, never learnee
from the wings of ancient days that this Law
was part of their party creed. 1t is wei
known that as Chairman of the judiciary Com
f mittee of the Senate reported bill which
became law tor annexing territory north o
the parallel of &c 30 to the State of Missouri
three times as large as the State of Delaware
f Every W hi0 i'll the Senate, including HENRY
CLAY and DANIEL " EBsTER, then approved AND
voted for that bill. Not Wing In the Other
House opposed it that | ever heard. | had a
conversation with Mr.. WEBSTER on the subject
at the time. who adopted my views of the pro
priety of annexng this territory to Missouri
although it subjected it to the laws of a Slave
State. 1t gave Missouri her proper boundary
on the River, and effectually protecting the
indians residing there from the depreciation oil
lawless and unprincipled men. repeat there
was no objection to this partial repeal of the
Missouri Compromise line that | ever heard Of
whether from Northern or Southern men,
And can it now be expected of me that should
make myself party to such controversy as
that which RACES in the North, and sweeps that
NOBLE division of orr happy Unior. like Will.
wind? | cannot and will not become party
to such quarrel. did not vote for the re.
peal Of the line in the Nebraska act, and | will
not vote to repeal the repeating clause in that
act, or to disturb the subject again. Let it
rest. Repose for the passions of men is reuur.
ed to save us from ourselves. At this crisis,
when think there is far more real danger than
has ever existed before, las the SEQUEL will
show,) | rejoice ii at an American party is to
be found in the country around which | and
other men who think as | do, can rally The
! Wing and Democratic parties have in different
sections of the Union made the Slavery cues.
ton part OF their respective crceds are split
INTO lrreconcllable divisions, each about equally
ultra in their views and equally 1ncbaritabe in
! their abuse to each other. In onethird of this
State, ESQ called Democrat ticket is run. up
on which one half of the candidates are old and
active higs. In another part of the State an
effort has been made to get Wings to serve on
a Democratic ticket, but | hear without sue
cess. In other States the division among the
Wings is such, that it is quite impossible that
another Wing National Convention can ever
assemble again and if another Democratic Con.
vention should again make that effort as it pro-
badly will, there can be no real heartfelt con.
cord in such a body. A party strong enough
to sustain the Government in The trials to which
it will inevitably soon be subje ced ought tn he
desideratum with every right minded Ameri-
can statesman.
An appeal to American national feeling for
such purpose, ought not to he in vain, and |
do not believe it will he IN vain. IT. every
O. Z i
is now an American party At present, for
eigner not naturalized and in trouble abroad.
excites more sympathy among the politicians
or the dominant party thar any native Ameri-
can could possibly do. More noise was made
bv them about Martin Koszta, they would have
been crelted by an equal danger to fifty native
Americans in foreign country. Kossuth was
as one time, IN their estimation, an object of
much greater interest and admiration than any
American who has lived since the days Of
WASHINGTO y. Gentlemen. | am for devotion
TO American citizens and Americans Interest,"
! am for merican in preference TO foreign Ia
hnr, American mechanics. American nanufac-
lures, American navigat0rS, American com
.merce aud above all American agriculture
I am for American breadstuffs, and an Ampri-
can market for them 1 far che country as
1t stand in preference to all other countries. and
have no desire to win the foreign vote nv ahiect
faitery or protest. ons of greater regard for for
eigners than for those born in my own-my
native land.
Nv FELLOW citizens, I am, as all You who
know me well under5tand,n mo candidate for any
office, post station which parties or party of
men could ever bestow. ! have never held an
office which did not gladly resign, and sup
pose shall even vet resign the seat / now
LII e, tbo &c tho
which is hpfilrs>Ine. But ] am not ungratefnl
to my friepdS for the honors they have conferred
upon me, and will krOw,and can never forget
the>fnen who bestowed them. There is no sac
>rifice which an honorable man could make to
sustain them, which am not at all times ready
20 incur. To the Wings and the Wing party
no man was more devotedy attached. During
the last Session of Congress the Northern
Wings, including all of them except Mr.. FOOT
Of Vermont deserted us on the Reciprocity
Treaty. They all voted against protection to
every article our farmers cenld raise and ad
nit the produce of all British North America,
duty free. This treaty was clearly unconstitu
tona without an 81 ct of Congress to carry it
ont las it trpnched on the taxing power of the
House of Representatives. By its own terms,
therefore. an act to carry il into effect was re-
uuired to be passed by Congress. The requi-
site act was passed by the House of Represent
tatives as well as the Senate, and the Northern
vote, which was formerly always given for pro-
tecting duties on manufa cture was then as free
" given to repeal the moderate protecting duty
of only 20 per cent on grain and breadStutfS,
wool sheep. &c.-in short everything Della
ware farmer can produce. What kind of Wing
principal was there in that vote? The same
vote was given to the Homestead and Gradua-
ton bill, whose tendency is to depopulate the
old States and rive away the public domain to
foreigners without regard to character abroad
or at home. The same vote was given to au-
thorize aliens to vote in the territories. Under
these circumstances ! say, unhestatingly, that
] prefer party associations with men other than
those. and that / would not be dragged on in
their company by the name of Wing or any 9th
er name. They abandoned the principles of
my past public life, and now if | can find no
other men ready to sustain American princi-
pies. l would prefer to stand outside of any par
ty organization whatever.
| cannot expect the new party to agree with
me in everything. l do not expect it to be
either Wing or Democratic party. But if l
am to act with it at ALL must stand by the
principles to which | have referred.
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