The daily union., 1854-10-25
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spEEcwoF TuE nov. WILEY r. HARRiS
lar,e brilliant ans arprvciatfs aadieuce Nsaeulhsa
"A the Representative Hall on me evening" ., "t '
c,,.ster 10 listen 20 he address ~ ihe hon Nhfy y
80 ~ worthy representative In Congrcss a ths veE
- 1 ,v.r true constituency ~ tht uld Fourth The
.,,or brought to his task unsmbtious hpi original ana
active eloqucnce sparkling uit cnthns salifs ana
a naturally gifted and seliFeliant enrehra lg eos
.,nay and observation Expecting % pubah iail sAf''h
fbi. remarks from the copious notes Wr l'e ~ VIZ No.
,,tempt lengthy description q then a. 'hs nn'' 'u'.
Harris discussed and defended thc "f't" ''e
policy Of the administration NilN s'''' ~. ii ,.'
ia st ey,eined the difficulties i wich "rn1fh '''i's
-. ro,ndel Al the commencement Of his presidential
-, rI.,t,i by partv Whose various divisions bad
ni,cd IN nj. support 10 accordance With i'e amnesty
,donted at baltimore and pledged W know no l@fitnaf
on in the exercise Of the functions oi hs oef s "a"
the difficult task TO perform Of satisfying All hfa'-Du
mos and ieaousies were exhibited IN TIE eohhu'' w
be mercenary and corrupt aud Il vas not hong evf' f
was onen denounced by leading politicians who bad con-
,hr,cA ~ his electiou-ncgeeted patriots Who had i
lowed the colors of the party with the expectation Z"
sbarinp the spos when victory was won lnior-
tnnately for the greedy tribe they ou,numhcred 'be
oeces-the President could not feed them Hl-'na
,bev have bayed at him icrocously ever sinec lhr
Great day for the distribution of the loayes and fishes
To this cause of embarrassment TO the administration 81
General Pierce the mentioned another u s me
number of aspirants in high places for the presidency
ua imjno to be democrats and standing in the councils
Of the country the representatives Of democratic consu-
;q have nursed their own political fortunes aud ne
c,od IN come forth as they should have done In defence
nf be nocy of the administration for fear OF ncurrng
the dispeasure of disappointed leaders OF factions who
they supposed might exercise an influence in future nom-
mating conventions of the party But embarrassed as the
President has been by lukewarmness of men iron whom
he had right to expect cordial support-hy te oafh-
uqs of hungry campollowersand by the ncessani war
Of relentless and inscriptions opposing political pary
he has nevertheless stood his ground earessy aud held
with strong grasp the ship of State in the old republican
tack amid the darkness and the storm "Of all the men,
said the speaker north of Mason and DiSons line Frank
lin Pierce has proven himself the bodest and ruest friend
of southern rightshe is man of PRINCIPLE, man oil
bigh-toned PATRIOTISM and one who has shrunk
from the performance of his duty to the constitution
The speaker then took up the prominent acts of the ad
minsrationts foreign and domestic poicy--and dis
cussed them seratim.
The veto of the bill donating to the States lands to build
unac ayums constituting the States agents of the fed
era government in taking of the insane, ably de-
Tended and the Objectionable features of the measure
clearly exposed The veto message was important, not
only because it extinguisher to that particular
scheme but because great constitutional pn-
cples which covered over and ncled all other projects
calculated to build up and strengthen the federal govern
ment upon the overthrow Of State sovereignty
The veto Of the river and harbor bill also noticed as
another fearless act of the President towards rescung the
government from the yawnng gulf of consolidation
The policy of the administration in the management of
the Cuba question: or our Spanish relations explained
and defended with great force
The destruction of Geyown and the abatement Of the
nuisance of the Jamaica negroes who had there assembled
to insult and plunde citizens and which has called
forth SO much sympathy in abolition quarters com
mended and shown be necessary TO the proper enforce
ment Of our rights
The charges of extravaganza against the administration
were noticed and overwhelmed by array of facts which
de6ed denial And in this the speaker took
cason to explain the advantages of the Mexican treaty
showing that the ten millions of dollars appropriated to
carry it out had been wisely expended
The know-nothing organization in the language
of the speaker preters short brickba to long argu-
men and sneaks about in the darkness of the night
ceang its purposes by of oas and machine
ry-was handled with deserved severity. The weapons OF
wit and sarcasm used with mcrciless effect And
democrats asked why they would desert their old
co6rs to fight under such banner? Under democratic
auspices the country had advanced prosperity and great
ness yond the widest dreams of the sanguine en-
thusias in the early days of the republic and il was still
advandng the democratic party had proven itself equal
to the management of the affairs of the country and to
every emergency in lis affairs and why should democrats
now abandon their party to join new organization with
principles far they known, at with the unda-
mental principles Of the government and with the letter
and spirit of the constitution
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