The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-03


occasion this difficulty increased by difference among
the several States to their situation, extent hao anu
particular interests. tE =,
In all deliberations this subject, kept steadily IN
view that which appears to the greatest interest o
every Amercanthe consolidation OF our Union, IN
which are involved our prosperity, felicity safety perhsp
national existence. This important consideration Sc
rousy and deeply impressed minds led each State IN
the convention to be less rigid on points OF inferior magm
constitution Which we now present the result of spirit of
amy and of that mutual Difference and which the
will mse the full and entire appreciation Of
State not perhaps to be expected but each WI doubtless
sequences might have been particularly dsgreeabe or in
furious to others that it liable to as few exceptions as
could have we nope eo na
dear to ALL and her freedom and happiness our
most ardent wish
cellency's most obedient, humble servants.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President
His Exceency the President Of Congress
These are old-ashonedn notions about the consltu-
ton They the notions of Washington and Jefferson
and Witherspoon and their fellowpatiots, and may be
thought of with profit at the present time These men
speak of the constitution the result Of spirit OF ami
ty of mutual Difference and concession In the consttu
tiona principles them which we profess sustained
by the constitution and follow the teachings of the
fathers of the republic and OF the early Presidents in their
inaugural ashiiigton, Jefferson Madison and
others high the roll of republican fame This is theme
which had intended to descant and more fully elab
CRATE but the state of my health will not permit Were 1t
otherwise it might not be improbable to remind you how
the Presidents who lived at the time of the adoption OF the
constitution warned the people against olerating any en-
croachments that great charter of American rights and
liberties The inaugural addresses of Washington, and
Jefferson and Madison, all TEEN with devotion to that
great instrument You will recolect that during the ad
mnisraton Of the elder Adams the naturalization laws
were subject change 1t then the creed of party
that the of probation should be fourteen instead of five
years. On this subject what the language of Thomas
Jefferson in his first inaugural address,
cannot omit recommending revsal of the laws the
subject of naturalization Considering the ordinary chances
of human life, denial of citizenship under residence of
aod Controls pocy from her first
by many these States and still believed of consequence to
their POsery And ss we h refuse the unhappy I rig
derness extended to fathers arriving this land Shall
oppressed humanity find asylum on this globe The con
stuon indeed has wisely provided that for admission to
Offices of important trust residence shall be required
sufficient to develop character and design But might not
the general character and capabilities Of citizen be safely
communicated every manifestng bona de purpose
embarking his life and fortunes permanently with
That was the language of the father of American democ
yacy who familiar with the sentiments and opinions
of those who lived in the day Of the adoption Of the federal
constitution He the result of the experiment under
the administration of the elder Adams and he took early
opportunity in his message to Congress to declare the SEN
timent which have just read to yon How just and prop
err then is it, in this in countrys history that the
democratic party should in this assembage OF reemen de-
clare that they stand upon the mmutabe principles of
eternal justice and that earthly power shall drive
from position" [Long-continued applause]
Music by the band
person in the crowd said he supposed this dem
ocratic meeting and every one had right to speak; but
The PRESIDENT rose and said: Fellow-citizens |
have the qualification of introducing to you gentleman
whose name is familiar to almost every Washngtonian
mean the Hon. r. H Stanton, Of Kentucky. [Great and
long-continued applause
Hon r. H. STANTON, of Kentucky. Fellow-citizens: I
think it likely, as your distinguished chairman has
nounced that my name is somewhat familiar to the people
Wash; Eprn than haya
the city, and since my boyhood have been familiar with
mepy Of her people Much of that sunny period of life
my boyhood was spent among YOU and through all the
changes wo have since occurred have forgotten
the interesting associations of Washington city. APP
plause1 Though have been here during the last FIVE
years as representative in Congress of distant constit-
e9cy have before had opportunity of publicly
addressing the people of Washington. feel proud that
my debut is before m audience like this [Applause1
before immense concourse of the most worthy
citizens Of the metropolis ofour great Union, mostly demo-
Gratis friends of civil and religious freed opmen who have
quit their workshops their counngrooms, their offices,
aud their homes to vndicate the great cause OF religious
and political liberation secured by glorious consttu
ton. Applause.
not here to-day to deal in denunciaton Of any per-
sons party; not here to say aught against she
present democratic administration here to laud
and endorse all it has done but here to raise my
voice. feeble It is in aid of the great principles of the
democratic party which have for their object the perpeu
alton of civil and religious liberty. Applause The doc
trines of the democratic party the doctrines of
the constitutions and under their sautary operation ave
have given the world example of progress power
prosperity and peacehithero unequalled nation in
any age. [Appause.] Remember, my countrymen, that
less than century ago were handful OF poor pill
grimsa weak and powerless peopledependen upon the
will and within of distant monarch WHO denied to the
inestimable blessings and privileges which democratic
principles have secured since Applause. Why,
iellow-citens the democratic party in this country had
its origin long before the formation OF and
the Declaration OF Independence but the Embodiment
in language of those great democratic truths which
felt and cherished in the hearts of the intrepid pilgrims
who flying from tyranny and oppression in the Old World
crossed the rough ocean, and found here home and
asylum Applause They could not in the land Of their
birth enjoy those rights which God had given them but
which yrants had taken away and here in the wilder
and among savages they settled down to found
tion whsIe the great rights of citizenship and of religious
freedom which they loved should be perpetualy guaa-
tied and held sacred. They for single moment
lost sight of these great democratic principles and these
principles rumphed in the PRONUNCIATION of the decree of
independence they trumphed in the formaon of our
glorious constitution, and they triumphed p the pas
sage of those laws necessary to carry into effect the
provisions Of that constitution Great applause The
history of democratic principles in this country from the
landing of the pilgrims to the present moment has been
only succession of brilliant triumphs You remember
the great struggle which took place at the formation of the
constitution between the principles of Alexander Hamilton
and the principles of the immortal author of the Decara-
ton of Independence, and remember that the de-
mocracy of Jefferson rumpheG You remember that when
the power and influence of the Unea states Bank had be-
dangerous to the rights and prosperity Of the people
the Old Hero who slumbers in peace the Hermit
tage wrested with that monster and democracy again
triumphed. The principles of party trumphed too in
the contest in regard to the public lands and in the
the question of the tariff We now exult-
ing the triumph of the principles in the
action of Congress- securing to the people of the Ter
ritores pioneers and pilgrims Who like fathers