Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-07-03

been performed on this stage has terminated pre-
clseiy Just ms the audience wished. Here he had
seen, on the very spot where he stood, Hamlet
sohloquize and mediate Macbeth put ha rness OF,
his back, and Othello discharge one Of his errine
officers. He had seen Julius Cesar die here
struck down blythe hands of traitors; but his very
ghost afterwards defeated Erutus These ghosts
ana kings came before his mental vision in pro-
eesson tonight and was succeeded by clowns
anu anu witches; ana let him suppose that in their
Piuy tney would have some Of these strange things
augurles, omens, soothsayngs He would SUP
pose tnat the spirit Of Andrew jackson suddenly
appeared in Tammany Hail. when the s,offs Varl
holding caucus, and the whole assemblage i'm,
mediately dispersed. 1t is said that Prince Jolll
was taken III ia his carriage while on bis way /,
Iammany Hall, and that marble statue Ii
Martin Van Buren, was struck by lightning AID
its head knocked off, Laughter These stra riye
sights ana strange things creaAad great dsappoht-
ment in the minds Of the party whom thet mr.
rowly concerned, psrtcularly the accident to
Prince John, which, it is said, caused great fuc-
tuation among the stock sellers. These atr,noe
things s. II
Y I" In heaven and in earth st'f9 Z
Not dreamed ofin your philosophy, Hass,io
When he considered the condition of the Dem
ocratic party he believed that ssso fair and foul
night it had not SEEM" But
Let Hercules himself do what be NAV
The cat will new The dog viii have lis day.
After this dramatic speech, there were aca;n
loud cries for "Wagsll, y but that gentleman moi
coming forward, Judge Morton was introAneed.
and briefly addressed the audience, He said:--I
had been asserted on the one hand that fl,ev were
party of leaders alone; and on the other hand.
that they had no leaders; but 10 knew that they
had leaders, and he thought that when the eagles
of the party were expected to be here to-nirhI II
became him, one Of the pats and owls, to remain
in his den This meeting tonight showed that
even if they had not thy 6fHcors, they had at all
events the masses He would cay 70 them US
certain Cardinal saiJ to one Of the Popes: Sup
with the banner ofthe Church and the faithful
will flock round w So he would aay--ssif there
are no leaders u the party. let one Of the hum
blest of them RISE the banner Of the Democratic
church, and h(would receive III support Of the
Democratic <Arty Of the State almost unan-
mously.'
VolcE-yWell do that
Mr. Moton soon after concluded his speech,
and the btld struck up the Mcrsellaise hymn.
Judge Walker, of Louisiana, was next intro
duced. Ale said. Fellow citizens, the honor or
addresYg you on this occasion is to me quite un-
expecYd, assure you. ] was just returning from
the Ocra, when my ear was salnted with sounds
whicyseemed familiar and even more melodious
to M than those on which i had hung enraptur-
ed he enthusiastic shouts of the fierce Democ-
ra6 OF New York. These shouts had my SYM
yathy, and have been preyailed,npon to come
nere and express my sympathy. We have lately
fallen upon sad grounds Of party confusion, in
which it is very difficult for any OF us to under
stand our bearings towards another Ii can hardly
DO said that there is any great national party in
the country--so much were they all snbdivided
into faction that it might be said all parties were
factions. There was remedy, however, for this
failing of the National Democracy They had
but to follow Hamlet's advice
4
"Throw physc TO the dogs
and depend upon what the physicians call the
ris medicameSi s,aiar9-and that ris was Denoc-
racy. Applause. Fellow citizens, that is the I
cure, the panacea which lay at the bottom Of
Pandora IS box. And what do mean by Democ-
racy' do not mean the Democracy Of isins-the
Democracy of spoilsmen and placemcn--nor do
mean that Democracy which, when il GETS into
power, kicks the ladder down by which It had as
applause (which shrinks and shudders
at its own shadow. But / mean that bold,
manly Democracy which adheres through NIL
perils to principle--the Democracy which regards
the rights of the people and the States, which
regards it as violation Of the rights Of citizens
and States to intermeddlc with their business
If that is your Democracy, ! am one Of you.
[Cries of s'Itis.''
That democracy is the only living party in this
country. Like other, victors, it has been clogged
with the spoils; but it has of late received hints
which trust will make it rally round the banner
Of freedom and nationality. IApplause.l Tiur.s i
was lately a party which sprung into sxisteoce,
and which doomed up into large PROPORTIONS
Some gifts propositions good; but that party,
when guided, by bigotry and sectional feeling is
bound to brief and miserable existence. That
portion of it which may escape the Scylla of
slavery will fall into the Charybdis of religious
That party consider as rapidly
Fastening to its doom. All that is wanted now
is TO write its epitaph. Applause What other
party is thcrei There is raw-head-and-bl bloody
bones bully of party: but the South knows how
TO deal with that abolitionist party, and will treat
it MS it would any other bully, by meeting IT in
open conflict. ! do assure you that the South is
prepared to meet that conflict, and that whenever
an attempt is made to violate the rights Of that
section Of the Union, we shall, in the most anna
BILE way, tell you $50 yonr way; we win mind
our way, and do you mind yours We will
thenceforward treat you As all other countries
in war as enemies, in peace as friends. Cries OF
" Good. II II is only within the last week that
have seen your glorious imperial city, and am
not jealous of it, but am impressed with the con-
viction that you, Of all Others are most Interested
in maintaining the bonds Of union, and that on
you rests the responsibility of annhlatine that
party, which would destroy the fairest fabric that
was erected for the preservation Of the Hber.
ties of the world. fGreat applause
Mr., Walker g remarks were loudly apnlanded
and he closed there were n,ree cheers given for
the South, and the band struck up another M.
tiopal air. 1890
vote of thanks to the Chairman was then
and passed; and the meeting, al II
o'clock, dissolved 10 the strains of yankee :
Doodle