American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-06-30
}THE AMERICAN UNION.
Great ,.Auorica,l Ratification Meet
ing in New York!
SPEECH OF ANDREW J.D0NALS0N.

ing in New York!
SPEECH OF ANDREW J.D0NALS0N.
A tremendous Mass Meeting Of Americans
was held at New Yorl on Monday, the 18Th
irsi., to raiify the Philadelphia Platform of
Principles. 1t wOs q meeting Of thousands
for ratification, joIhGcation, qualification
nnd gloriGcafion-jUst suck a meeting as
SAM /" might be expected to get up in the
great American metropolis, in response to
80 glorious a platform IF National, conserv
%tive principles. SO great was the crowd at
I" Park, that speakers sddrossed the multi
-, from four ditterct stands: Messrs.
tlctt, Of Ky. Haugho on, of n. c., Hon.
J. Doncison and Go. Brown, of Tenn,
..r !, of Ohio, Levin, OF "a, Mallory, Bar
Lyon and Squircs of !, " and Pollock
,Wilmot of Maryland.
'EECII Of " YOUNG HICKORY"
40 Hon. ANDREW j. HsoN Donaldson,
teI nessee, the adopgl, son and heir of
snerll JACKSON, was imtodiEcd to the vast
arhlage, and spoke as lqo"s:
vi 2 mention Of my nam on this impor-
occasion, in :onnecti with the Iier-
9, and the hero and riot that word
S TO your memory,is asnlIicient indi-
OF the thought tha|s uppemos, in
Aulinds, and 20 which Lmust address
You desire TO fhIhOw |, an old
L relative OF AEi'RF JAoKsoN,--
T. Secretary during IS Presidency,
ore than thirty yeat'upto tie last
T c'esiiivy II Z at oesS dJ,esse
mdNTs;otaiosldhe most in
liidendal relatios with him
S'e principles of le newly or
-2'criCan party.
to me, fellow citizens and 7 think
y you, not only tha am consis.
ha.t every motive patriotism
duty demanded of ~ the aban.
cot party which no li,ner practi
&c Ole fashioned democraCyof Jefferson
InaoI Ison and Jackson, but has one all lnat
|lt 60 ld TO bring into dscredt re most cs.
'senNal aud characteristic lcat.es of that
democracy. Franklin Pierce ,ame into
power 70 use sea phrase, in le wake of
me compromise of 1850. Tit measure,
ear'IeI througl by the united aeon of such
h'atcsm, II as Clay, Webster, Cass iiouston
enlisted The sympathios of the \rueIicau
people, nj WIS welcomed in cvev corner
oi our w. de spread Union as fbula 70
those iac'one which had labor I'd, ,,dsr the
gafD o. state rights, TO bring the Fedra, and
olale authof1tics in open cOnni t viii coch
o.her, ht sS"ecaI places in New EuIand
MI fIercc staGnAatizeG The opponents + that
measure as mora traitors. Hs went 10 far
as ~ cohR1nei I m for my scrYics in
VIA nI &a'iro hattI, for the, Union. He
Iec'arfu that III thai lttIle he Stood wIcre
ven 10 ckson a.! Now call II mind w,at
nen' j. ckson did~-what he sal, and wl,t
'ue ueNocFauc party maintained when tie
vH"u"y WAS li 'he crs's to which Mr.. Pierre
Y 'uucul 10 you remember the ordinarc,
"ug' cato'Iha, arming heIi citizens, es
H,S 'cS' oa'h5 and declaring her in.
~ carry INC execution her threat oil
Poh isIc proclanlat OH OF Cen
\en9un''"$ be whole proceeding as
81, rebe !ilDns and traitorous--thc
asscd by Congress with great
enabling The Presilont TO Tcpcl
nc opposition to the execution
And then, gentlemen, do YOU
1e unanim'ty with which moi
ocratlc party appaudod its Fre.
T" the great body Of the Amer.
king above party and survey
2d OF the country, came for
adS and thousands TO testify
statesman who fdltered
Fuance of high conslirn.
Jefferson had said of Gen
- 7ry Of n. W Orleans
IRE of lis couptry's
hme. ,iCan people
lefO carried the
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