Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-07-27

women hau any sympathy Win anu
slavery movements. He has probab.
ly seen some cause since to change
his opinion. Laughter. In that State
all parties had acted in beautiful and
harmonious concert, and by vast ma
jority had put three true friends Of
freedom in Congess. Indiana may
lay her hand upon the heart Of New
Hampshire, and she will find that heart
beat responsive to her own. The
speaker then alluded 10 the success Of
the Republicans in Ohio and Indiana.
and that these glorious resultshad been
obtained by union.
want TO see n union Of all the peo-
pie on this question. There is no
PARTY now existing that can carry any
election against the Administration
The Wings can't do 1.-THE Wing
party lives" rs Webster said, "only
in history" They could not do il,
even il they made Pierce their candi-
date. Laughter. But Pierce will not
be the candidate In 1866. The Dem
ocratic party have tried him once. and
won't take him up again. They made
a "small experiment" with him.
Laughter. There was once n man in
New York WHO got one vote for Gov
ernor. in one Of the elections. some
time after the occurrence he met ne.
gro, nd accosted him as usual, but the
negro did not seem TO remember him.
"Why." says the gentleman. "don't
you know me? / ran for Governor
here some time ago." "0hr' says
the darkey, "you are the man that
tried small 'speriment. Great
laughter. The Democrats had tried
a "small 'sperimcnt" with General
Pierce.
The question Is, how are we to de-
feat the administration? The Ameri-
can pprty alone can't do it. The an
ti-slavery party alone Ia too weak
They.arc few in numbers, though their
policy l believe, will yet be impress
cd upon this country. But the time
is not yet. How shall we keep the
administration defeated? II has been
defeated. II went down last year un-
der the deluge Of wrath Of a betrayed
people, and II now floats a shattered
hulk upon the waters. How can 1t be
kept up so? The present success Of
its opponents has been attained by a
union ofall parties, and it can be Sc
cured in the sane way. Indiana can
be carried by acting in concert and
harmony. aud only that way. (Crios
That's the way, we'll doit.") 1 bid
you God speed, and charge you that
you do ii. 1--WE will" Ihopo to see
the day when we shall have in New
England. and in all the country. n
common union upon a common plat.
form, of all the friends of freedom
And when the day shall come il will,
when the breed Of dough- faces has
been extcrminatcd, when we present q
united front to .hc South, upon the ma.
tional and liberal basis. we shall have
noble and liberal men In the South,
who will meet us fairly. and respect
our rights, and give u new impulse tc
emancipation in the South. We must
no. quarrel about nice shapes of words
We want to defeat the black power
with a name and man. and once de-
feated the battle will be ended forever
Establish the fact that the power is
not invincible. and the Republic pass
cs out Of the hands Of an oligarchy
and is safe.
/ go further in this slavery matter
than you may do. | say it frankly
Nineteen years ago ! stood by Viii
liam's slave pen in Washington. and
| saw children and women doomed &c
slavery collected there to be separated
forever. And took my resolution
then never to vote for, or aid slavery
while / had life. and l never will
Applause. Ihave never said or writ
ten word in favor of slavery. The
great principles laid down in the plat
forms of the Free Soil conventions
contnin my views. but the country il
not ripe enough for the constitutions
interpretations there declared. Oul
duty is now to meet upon common
and moderate platform. I'll were al
anti slavery man, should feel that
deserved curse to the last day of m,
life, il did not give my voice and ait
to such platform. If there ever wa
a time when anti-slavery men shoul,
| lay aside their extreme and distinctive
views, to limit the spread of slavery. !
is now.
Gen. Wilson then alluded to tn
subject Of Americanism. He said h
believed the men who organized hi
movement, did it for wise and benifi
cent purposes. The sentiment O
Americanism. rightly interpreted, i
in accordance with The genius Of ou
Free Institutions. Iwould say that
loath the sentiment which makes dis
tinctions on account Of birth place.
The American sentiment does not thai
+ 1t wants men from England, Scotland
and Germany. to'become imbued wit
the spirit of our Government befor
they undertake to rule it. This is
good idea. a Christian idea. We d
not oppose foreigners. We take ther
by the hand, but say. "let them un
derstand our Institutions, become ia
milar with our laws, before they e1
t ercise the rights of citizens" tits nc
our wish to degrade them. Anothe
r idea is, that we want to preserve on
i, Free Schools. We want no power er
/ throned in the seven-hilled city {
, elsewhere, neither abroad or at hom,
to interfere with our schools. We o,
, pose no religion, but we are oppose
r to a politico-ieligious sentiment, an
action.
: But, said Mr., Wilson. / have spoke
n longer than l intended, and will n,
/, detain you. 1t has given me gre
t pleasure to visit your beautiful city.
: love to see your rich country, to s,
: you cultivating your free acres, ar
d enjoying your own. l shall go hon
v loving your country, and hope that Il