Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-01-24

from the south did need to ipour, Who al m
NORTH were tho hards tia, stood by them through GOO
aud crtcport at time when hurricane of freesoisu
sweeping over the land such never been scc
before profess TO be ignorant who they werc who show
ca he%ssl,es a, that et.c. period rue the cOns,i
udonal rights of the States true the SOUTH az the sou
was true to ITSELF (Great applause) ask was Their
any gentleman from southern State who then tose h
his place for the purpose OF reading Guvers Travels as
at the NORTH for the purpose of lspara
gng those true and faithful men Who under
that were enough TO quail the stoutcst heart sood Inv M
equal rights Of the States and insisted that the people
each State and each Territory should do what We do
the nort-gover themselves and regulate their own do
,nesc Affairs In their own way, and, according To ths
| best Judgments ~
has the south forgotten now that the danger Is over wa
that party was and what the principles Of those who
stood 6y hen-who nailed their coion to the mast a,
time when the ship Of State appeared to be upon IN,
poiut OF settling and snkingr Did they then not know
who the hardss" But It seems i has already NV
capped their attention who aud what VIC were, and arc
what We did In those trying times not for the pnr.
pose OF currying favor with tho south We advocates
the principles upon which planted ourselves not Tor
the purpose OF gaining favor anywhere but simply be-
were the principles of State rights
upon which we-the "hards'--had always sood which
We advocated then, and stand by now. The party of
1918, TO whom alusion has been made il Marty r,lI
.nx ~ even -, IN New Hampshire where at period
joined the feesol standard. Those fthe democrats who
nave since then made coalition with the Buffalo leaders
-.ney VINO now form part and parcel Of the Van Blu
rem party m the State Of New York. who len their own
standard abandoned their friends and for The
oil Office and patronage united with the freesoershesc
men, who were in lsis honestly and truly If YOU please
Tor Gencral Cas- but who since have deserted FIR m
pose Of preiermcnt, have coacsced with the
they who now sustain the administration in Now Yo,l
ana the cabinet Of General Perce-thcss ars the mcr
who arc called "sofls" ~ NV"
The ''Sots' are the mon ubo 4, rc lc, ,v ,ho ~
celebrated son OF former President of the l,eJ Sate
tey are the men into whose scale the Influenza r Tho
sword of General jackson was thrown NJ The last Ns
In hmm, q
who threw that sword into the Van Buren, scale TO make
weight against the lizards. Il the first time that
goou sworn was ever employed in bad cau,c and tn,
hst time 1t ever failed TO effect its purpose That ysllsn
sword ever before in the hands Of one of the trues p,t
o,S TINS country mas ever been seen, drawn b,
Us sga'Ss IN order TO accomplish the purpose of those
Sho al Buffalo, IN lslS, had assailed the of
INC United States aud tho good blade proved for the fir
time, TO be utterly powerless. Now who are the "b,,s
OF New York! The men against whom this weapon wa,
Mr. Chairman in 1871, after Martin Van buren, had
been defeated in $780, and when he yearned again to he
candidate Tor Resident Texas had applied for admission
n.o Tue ,n'on. When Mr. Van Buren, and Mr. Clay cam,
OUT against the doctrine OF annexation the pages of thY
glorious history will show that the 'hards"-wb,r,
the men who refused to follow Mr. Van Buren, and sacr;
need our own political preferences for the purpose OF
standing with those who in favor of the admission,
Of Texas into the Uuion. This difference of sentiment
brought about separation Of our party AZ is well know
those who have read the political history OF our State
rom the day when Nj. Van Buren, took rround FIR
'udng Texas from the United States from thai dav thu
'hards OF New York determined to 20 for presidential
anddate who was in favor of bringing Texas into tn.
Inon The result was that Mr. Van Buren, was l.C.,,o
1t Baltimore, and Mr.. Polk was nominated
We, who are called the "hards" of New York mr.. ,b
men woo wen. INTO That presidential canvass with unnch
ng hearts without any mental reservations who ubored
together Tor the success of the democratic Candidates and
gained Tor them the vote of the State New York which
'ote carried Mr. Polk into the presidential chair
We, the hards are the party which stood up for MIR
Polk during his administration and whose sunnort NJ W.
Marcy obtained for him the place of chief of the War ~
oartmeni Those who were in favor of Martin Van r.
Ten as the democratic candidate and who were onnoscd
u near. 10 AR roS, were dissatisfied; they gSowed an
trumbled and watched for opportunc chance to over
hIow the democratic party of the country
Inc harJs are they who in 1918, when the elements
became convnsed "a lar az the opportunity was afforded
men, STOOD by their country IL will he remembered tina,
n the summer Of that year two delegations wore SON,
rom the State of New York represent that State in th
baltimore convention One of these OF that party 70
which belong, was headed BY Daniel s Dickinson Tn
other was led by Mr. Canbreleng. Gentlemen arc nov
here who were present that occasion and can tesr
whether correctly state its history. The committee OIL
credentials reported resolution recurring thai zach al
Of the delegations should pledge themselves wbotero,
might be the result to stand by the decision and tho oc
ton OF the convention Here you first see this wrippnr
IN ana wrggng ont that has been frequent since
Mr. Dickinson; in behalf of the hards" declared tba, h.
would abide by the action Of the convention whatever
might be. But Mr Chambreeng representing the 'sos
mat they would agree to such proposition
aud proclaimed that they would remain open TO do o ths
pleased after the action Of the convention had becn ,
nounced. ~ "'
Under these circumstances the convention Determined
or was about TO determine that Mr. Dick nson and m
''hards" should take their seats n. The riph,G,I
TO the convention The moment it was known that IN
decision OF the convention was, or would he nverse n
me pfeehs.ohs oil Tue sos then they again resorted TO
the same "wriSging in and wrggling out" They de-
cired they did not mean to decline submitting their
claims to the body, and desired be heard before ,h
convention The delegates granted their request anG
listened TO the arguments made on both sides Tbo,
that unfortunate and disastrous
porzng and with probably homes, but most iludg.o
expectation oil harmonzing aud uniting the action of The
democratic party OF the State of New York. the conven
ton undertook to form coalition-a coalition of onpo
site prncipcs-which must always fail always has failed
and will most sgnally fail They resolved 10 receve
INTO the body the lizards and the disaeced Van Buren,
men, equally entitled to favor and thus oeutra,ad and
took away the vote of New York
They admitted both of those two sets of delcpate.-
the one representing those who afterwards went 10 Bual
and became the chief high priests OF rcesosm and tb
other the "hirds" who fought them and the ahoIi,;i
to the bitter end. DO you begin to know who the hards
are now
Alter the convention had proceeded to ballot and after
General Cas- had received the nomination our same sof
friends who had wrggled in and wrigped OUT so oGa
took up their hats and walked the convention a
ter having been allowed TO neuraze and disfranchse thu
vote OF the State Of New York! After this aud,cons
piece Of trckery and erontery they went home calIoJ
public meeting in the Park of the city OF New York Il.
nounced the convention that had received them and re-
solved TO hold a convention al Utica in onnns;,io, -,
chat held ia Baltimore. They accordinrlv ofcrwa,1
chose delegates and met in Utica and nominated ,r,
Van Buren, for President and respected senator from
Wisconsin for Vice President Those straight G,rw
honest Plaindealng patriots Withheld however from their
candidate Tor the Vice Presidency any notification of his
nomination. until finally after waiting in vain for nm ol
cia notice, he was compelled come out in the nubI
papers and repudiae the action of those "sos y, JT
Mr. Smith DO you begin to see now who the =" soit,"
areg ~
. Wher, Mr. Chairman, they had nominated Mr. Van
Bnren, the Northumberland / desire 10 say no,bino
dsrespectiul Of Them because, much "a differ from,
them and totally "a repudnte their principles I IKE
sincerity, like open dealing like manliness and liz,
70 see men stand by their principles when thew believe
them to be right, matter how erroneous in INV iudo
men those principles may be-but these aboli;ions,s
from Ohio aud elsewhere seeing the movements thai had
been commenced by the "sofs" proposed at meetinVs
held in several OF the States general convention 10 he
held at Buhhlo in August, lsIs. IL is now sked by
the south who the "hards7" answer the mon ,vbn
spurncd the asscmbllgc Buffalo, and who denounced
and resisted that convention who are tho "aof,a 9o
The men who have coalesced with and now supnor,
those who went into that convention and who there net
ed with coored persons, and with ayowed aboonists
repeat mean TO disrespet, to the latter, for they
| believe, we're sincere. ''
perceive ono gentleman who sits near me in This
hal who was an active participant in tat convention
AZ Buffalo. allude to the gentleman from Ohio TMr
Giddngs.I mean no slur upon him. because am are
that however much the free soil leaders NAV no oob,od