Washington telegraph., 1855-07-25

| from MISSISSIPPI. After dong all he could
to inhame the people of the South, he takes
the back track when he finds they could OF
| be induced to nullify or secede, and says be
will follow the people But he is as much
of nuliier, to-day. as Mr.. Wilson, of
Mass. or any other Northern fanatic. But
it is useless, gentlemen, to multiply instances
of Mr.. Pierce's infidelity to his pledges as a
jackson Democrat
l suppose there is not a man in our whole
country. conversant with the politics of the
day, but what will admit that he has failed
signally failed. as President and statesman.
And the results of his administration, what
are they but the natural consequences of his
abandonment of the old maxims of Democ-
racy, for the new-fangled notions of such
men as Davis, of Mississippi. Seward of this
State, and Wilson, of Massachusetts, p
One has as much right to nullify as the 9TH
er; that is no right at all The principle
on which they stand has been repudiated by
all true Democrats, ever since the fOun da-
tion of the government. But there are
conventions in the South, and perhaps in
the North, where men, calling themselves
Democrats. speak of supporting Mr.. Pierces
what he has done, except turn out few
good men who were true to the principles
on which he came into power. and to put in
their places men of nullifying sympathies.
This may be called the distinguishing mea-
sure of his administration. The next in
importance are the attack on Greytown, the
Ostend Conference, and the recent display
of our naval force before Havana
No one, believe has ventured to char
acterIze his vetoes as measures, any more
than he would advert to the essay of some
schoolboy on morals or metaphysics, as phi
losophy- He has quoted little from one
President. and little from another. but
even the most rabid of his party have voted
against his recommendations, without think
ing himself any the worse or better new
school Democrat thereafter. No. gentle
men. if you examine closely these conven-
tions. you will lind that they arc not Demo-
cratic in the old constitutional sense. The
nominee OF one of these Conventions in
Tennessee proposes to give the public land
TO the foreign immigrants, to change the
constitution, and is known as a Jacob lad
der man that is. he is a man who gets
power by ascending ladder which has a
round eor every one to stand upon. In the
Georgia Convention you viii observe that
notification is the leading idea The talk
is there about retaliatory measures-about
making hostages out of individuals, and
property belonging to citizens of Massachu-
sets. They forget that two wrongs never
make right They never think of respect
ing the old sentiment of Democracy, that
the constitution and laws of the u States,
in pursuance thereof, are supreme, and
must be executed. And if we bad Pres
ident, gentlemen, such as old jackson, YOU
would not hear of these retaliatory mea-
sures. nor such disgraceful spectacles as
are now being enacted in the neighbor-
hood of Bunker Hill But, alas we have
none.
This great republic must forever lament
that proclamation from Mr.. Pierce would
be just such an affair as his attack on Grey
town and the establishment of the Osterd
Conference. What could he do with Sec
retary of War who believes in the right of
notification, and an Attorney General who
is known only to the nation as an abolition
ist, ahead even of Giddings and Seward
He commenced to govern the country by a
union oe these two elements of disunion,
and he can do nothing to save it that will
not involve him still deeper in disgrace
Why, gentlemen. it ought not to surprise
US if we hear tomorrow that this Mr. Will
son. who breaches so furiOusly against the
fugitive slave law. has influence enough to
turn out Gushing and take his place in the
Cabinet, on the principle that fresh horse
can travel faster than jaded one
But, fellow-citizens. turn from .hese un-
pleasant pictures, to the platform on which
| have thought an old jackson man could
stand with consistency and honor. You
have seen that Mr.. Pierce and the new
school Democrats have surrendered to the
nullfers. You have seen that the country
stands abashed at the enormous pretensions
Of this school. Notification in the South
is the highest pass port to public favor, and
stretches out It's hand to notification in the
/ North for succor and aid Can a sound
jackson man. or Clay Wing, witness the
/ determination without agreeing to bury their
former differences on minor questions. and
make one united effort to rid the country of
such systematic attack on the body poll
TIC IL is the oo]ect OF the American par
ty to accomplish this
You will see from the extracts which !
read that the Union sentiments of Washing.
ton and Jackson constitute the platform.-
| President Pierce and Mr.. Seward have
formed their coalition In such way as to
secure the foreign vote, and to enlist the
Catholics as partisans in that cause To
counteract this coalition. the American par.
ty proposes to modify the naturalization laws
and to enter into political brotherhood with
no eeclesiastic or sectarian, who processes te
owe allegiance to any power higher thar