Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-24
SPIRIT OF THE MORNING PRESS.

Ine IHteutgeHCeT teiIS OF pubic din.
ner just given to the Hon. John j. Crit.
tenden, at Frankfort, KY, the legislature
being in session there. Some two hun
dred and fifty persons, including invited
guests, were present. Mr.. C. delivered a
very able and interesting speech; failing,
however, to break ground against the Ne.
braska Kansas bill, as green ones in this
region had been led to except by tele-
graphic dispatches from Cincinnati late.
ly. We quo:e the sketch of the speech
found in the Intsliigeneer as follows, by
way of showing its drift and tone:
After the applause subsidized, Mr.. Critten-
den rose and spoke with his accustomed force
and eloquence for about twenty minutes. He
said 1t had pleased the legislature of Kentucky
to elect him again to the United States Senate,
being the sixth time he had received that dis
tinguished honor. He was Wing of the Hen
~ Clay and Webster school They were his
teachers, and if he had rightly understood
Wing principles, he thought that when he
served his country the most he should be sery
ing his party the best. He repented of no
opinion he had ever expressed, of no act, as a
public man, he had evsrcommitted; with him.
politics and parties change, and asperities pass
away with the occasion which gave them birth
The National Democracy of New York had
come so nigh TO US that we can shake them by
the hand. He would be glad to unite in one
great party TO support the Union and uphold
the Constitution.
The Wing party, though now in a minority,
Is as necessary rs it ever has been for the true
Weii-oeipg of the country. 1t is tho great
he coll al IL
mauds its service. Whether in minority or
a majority, the duty Of the Wing party was
the same-to stand by our country The Whig
party more than once had saved the country
from impending ruin, in 1920, 1882, and in
1890. Without Henry Clay where would we
have been! Where would have been the
Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1892,
the Compromise of 1850, The Wing party.
though defeated in the great canvass Of 1852,
with the great and gallant Scott for their
leader, were not dead, and it would be a bitter
day for our country If it should die The Wing
party was not made to be killed by one defeat,
IL Will awake to new life whenever tho country
demands its service. Here, in Kentucky. only
once In twenty years has the Wing party been
defeated. Here We never have laid down our
arms. This is the old banner Wing State of
the Union. and if our banner should trail in
the dust IN other States, here, in old kentucky.
IL snail stand, and proudly erect, while there
Is warm heart and a strong arm to uphold il.
The Wing party is the party of true progress
progress based upon the experience Of the
past Every step it takes is a step forward.
But the glory of our future depends upon
the union OF the States. Divide the States, and
the void has never seen - wild a wreck as
there would be. He represented a State in
which there was no Disunionist, no Abolition
LIST, no Secessionst Here the peoples motto
was the Union, the Unicn always, the Union
as 1t Is. Such are the people of Kentucky, the
state In which he was born, and which he was
50 proud TO represent. He saw nothing to dis.
courage the Wing party. The lust of Office il
not 30 strong in our ranks as to render vs nm
mindful OF the true honor of country. One
million two hundred thousand Wing. voted for
6enera! Scott. lie did not succeed but nobody
could have beaten him but our Democrats
fellow -eitizcns. In conclusion, he said no was
for Old Kentucky as she was and as she is. So
may she remain"
The Unions editor announces the death
of his editorial associate, the lamcnted
Gen. Robert Armstrong, which took place
last evening, at o'clock, at his residence
On G street, saying:
He died at the age of sixty.three. of con.
Sesuon Oh the brain. His health for son,.
weeks had been frail, but unt;I xe.,ard.,
morning his disease was not regarded ne thrsa;'
enIng fatal ISSUE His distinpui.h.d ..
gallant services in the war of 1917 are w.,. snu
of history. He was the bosom friend of Gen'
eral jackson, and the man selected by him NJ
the dePoslrary and keeper of bis sword. II
was our fortune to be selected by General
jackson to deliver to General Armstrong this
invaluable legacy The noble qualities which
endeared hun to General Jackson were his
stern integrity, his cool courage, his sterling
Judgment, and his devoted patriotism. In the
several responsible publ trusts, civil and
military, which he filed, these noble attributes
marked his conduct. He enjoyed the unIimit.
ed confidence Of Presidents Jackson, Van
Buren,, Polk, and Pierce. He was rs amiabls
and attractive in the private relations of life
a. be was fearless honest and faithful in the
discharge Of his public duties'
The Unien, discussing the current ef-
forts to Brighten northern members of
Congress with reference to the Nebraska
bill, says:
These reckless attempts to alarm the leyis.
Iators and the voters of the country arc futile
We hayeseen them made on more than one
occasion; and In every instance, after the first
phrenzy, the right and the national principle
has prevailed. How many men we're 10 he
buried deeper thap Plummst ever se..dsd"