Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-27

he Apsrieaa Ratifcaiion Meeting, Asid IN front
Of The CITY Hall on Tharsday ssssi'.g, June
| Aid, 1885.
| On account Of the immense number Of Ameri-
cana assembled at this demonstration, and the con-
seqent inability Of large portion Of our citizens to
hear speaking from the main stand, the Washing
ton Native American Club repaired to the east
wing Of the Hall, which they decorated with nu-
merous transparencies, and in connexion with a
great number of citizens we're addressed as follows;
Mr. r. J. BRUCE being introduced, came forward
and said
MY CoUETRYMEs 1t is soul-stirring TO behold
| 30 many stawart sons Of our republic congregated
here this evening What means this vast concourses
Is il for an idle purpose that you have met 7 Is
there not some great and glorious end to be
achieved? Ifnot, why are the gallant sons Of our
land, In all its various and diversified parties,
speaking trumpet-t0ngued, meeting enthusiastical-
| ly, and sending horror plumed through the ranks
of the old political organizations There is an
object to be perfected-you meet for no idle pur-
pose--the manifestations of your might so pow
erfully demonstrated Of late throughout our con-
federation of American States--hewing down the
giant trees Of political corruption that have so
long breathed deeterious and presidential breath
through the garden of our civil and religious lib
erties--have great, grand, and brilliaH purpose
to perform. You are battling for principles and a
| form of government more picturesque than the
pencil Of an Apelles, and more symphonious than
the tongue Of Tully"
The broad and comprehensive platform you are
now ratifying is not the work Of partisan skill and
| ambition. Demagogues have not contaminated
with their loathsome touch ota of its pure and
| patriotic parts. II has grown out Of the good
judgments and national devotion of the native-bon
Of our States. tits intended to do away with all
rancor and agitation that sectional feeling has en-
| gendered in the past between the North and the
South. 1t has for its objects the preservation Of
our nationality, the ruling Of America by Ameri-
cans the preservation of the rights Of the States in
their independent sovereign functions the annihi-
ation of all foreign interference in systems OF
public education, and an inveterate hostility to
that theological class which has done more to
darken the intellectually Of the past than the rude
| barbarians who devastated the fertile plains of
Italy, and extinguished the lamp Of science in their
terrible advent. IApplause.
| Sam wars against no mans religion He prof
fers to protect such as are depressed, and not
allowed to worship God according to the dictates
of their conscience; yet, he reserves to himself
the right to regulate for himself, and place in his
important public positions those who are born
within his dominions. This he Is determined to
do, despite all the combinations of corrupt and
trucking administration. Sam is sufficiently mighty
| to effect what he asserts. just about this epoch
Of our history, tl
"He above the rest, in shape and gesture proudly
eminent, stands like tower" Cheers
Americanism, my friends, Is an institution That
every workingman should feel particularly interest
ed in the success Of He who is compelled TO labor
unremittingy for the pittance which scarcely gives
him the means to meet the requirements of life,
"a. ~, ~l,,o~
| impeding the present food Of emigration which,
avaanche-like, ia burying American industry In
that general mausoeum which holds the emachted
remains Of the laborers of the Old World. Zap
plause. We want to see our army Americanized,
| our navy Americanized, and our government
purged Of its foreign elements; and, II we do not
accomplish this, who can forete the day when,
Samson-like, it may lay hold Of the pillars of the
State, and render what was beautiful and grand q
mass Of Gothic ruins. In arresting such danger
GUS tendencies it is only necessary to act act in
the living present, heart within and God oerhead.
Shall Americans be daunted In this great fight,
which we must encounter two years In the future Y
Let "trembler" be the appellation of him who is
\ recreant on that occasion.
"He that trembles in the field of fame,
Meets death, and more than death, eternal shame. "
| The meeting then gave three cheers for the
speaker and SAM after which DR.. j. E. P. Bou-
den, of Baltimore, appeared on the platform, and
| was greeted enthusiastically when he said:
ANERIcAS CIrIzESs Your brethren Of the city
of Monuments feel An intense interest in the sue
cess of Americanism in your fair city, and the re-
cent victory achieved by you over the minions of
the present.. government their nefarious
schemes and latent projects, has created JOY
throughout my native city that be better felt
than described The event which has brought
you together IL one Of vast magnitude and impor-
lance. II Is the vital question: /" Who shall be
your rulers ~ Shall they be the creatures Of aliens
or the representatives Of ourselyes-native born
Americanst Ifthere be any divining power con-
nected with the mind of man, should say IL is
easy to foretell by this immense outpouring Of the
sons of the SOIL In connection with those Of New
York, Philadelphia and all our cities Of note, what
win be the effect this nterrogatory will have upon
you. t.teg .u
There periodi In the histories Of States when the
controlling powers stoop 10 corruption and menial
acts. There never was period more replete with
a similar insignifcance than that eyinced by our
present rulers. The people see 1t, and they are
now preparing 10 decapitate the cause, which have
produced them. They have chosen as their hero
one Sam = he has panoplied himself in the
mighty garb Of war, and Is now prepared TO lead
bis civslric bands into the very tents Of the enc
my, and effect slaughter not equalled by that Of
the plains Of Marathon. His standards now float
ing triumphantly through the land, and every day
brings hmfr and vigorous troops, and though his
legions are not as yet numerous as those Xerxes
led into Greece they are, from their character and
valor, competent 70 the performance OF greater
deeds, The drum Is now beating TO arms, and as
a soldier Of Sans II affords me inefable plea.
sure to see the noble sons Of Washington ranging
under bis banners and buckling on their armor for
the great contest which Is to decide the fate Of the
republic. Immense applause and cheers.
In the city Of Baltimore We have gained every
skirmish, and We hope TO be first upon the rau-
parts Of the opposition when our great centre
moves into the Geld. Shall we not, fellow Amer
loans, meet you upon the same battle-ground,
eager TO strike tho blow which Ia 70 perpetuate
freedom, build up our educational systems, and
give us, In a general sense, a government more
pure, more free and exalted than that now ruling?
The Doctor took his seat amid great applause
and feeling
w. s. CROWLEY being loudly called for, made bis
appearance upon the platform, and spoke as fol.
lows:
BRIrHRrs; Ny object in visiting your city, on
this occasion Ia TO look upon that gallant band Of
Americans, who, like the spartsns at the pass Of
Thermopyle, dealt death 70 their invaders, and
prcserved their city free from the bloafed mass Of