The American patriot., 1855-07-07

the chivalrous gentleman from Mississippi. AZ
ter doing all he could to inAame the people of
the South, he takes the back track when he
finds they could not be induced to nulify or
scccde, and says he will follow the people
But he is as mnch Of nulliier to-day as Mr..
Wilson, of Massachusetts,, or any other North
ern fanatic.
But it is useless, gentleman, to multiply in
stances of Mr.. Piercc's infidcl,ty to his pledges
as jackson Democrat. suppose there is
not 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 nat
ural consequence Of his abandonment ofthe old
maxms Of Democracy, for the new tangled
notions of such men as Davis of Mississippi,
Seward, of this State, and Wilson, of Massa-
chusctts. One has as much right to nullify as
the other, that is no right at all. The princ-
pie on which they stand has been repudiated
by all true Democrats, ever since the founda-
ton of the Government.
But there are conventions in the South, and
perhaps in the North, where men calling them
selves Democrats, speak Of supporting Mr..
Pierce's measures. Now should like to know
what he has done except turn out few good
men who were true to the principle on which
he came into power, and to put in their places
men of nullifyng sympathies. This may be
called the distinguishing measure of his admin
istration. The next in Importance are the at
tack on Greytown, the OStend Conference, and
the recent display of our naval force before
Havana. No one, / believe has venturcd to
characterize his vctoes as measures any more
than he would advert to the essay of some
schoolbov on morals or metaphysics, as phlos-
ophy. He has quoted little from one Presi-
dent, and little from another, but even the
most rabid of his party have voted against his
recommendations without thinking himself any
the worse or better new school Democrat
therefor.
No, gentlemen, if you examine closely these
conventions, you will find that they are not
democratic in the old constitutional sense. The
nominee of one Of these conventions in Tennes-
see, proposes to give the public land TO the
foreign immigrants, to change the constitution,
andis known as a Jacobs Ladder man, that is,
he is a man who gets power by ascending a
ladder which has a round for every one to
stand upon. In the Georgian Convention you
will observe that notification is the leading
idea, The talk is there about retalatory
measures-about making postages out of indi
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Massachusetts. They forget that two wrongs
make right. They never think of respecting
the old sentiment of democracy that the con.
sttution and laws of the T. S., in pursuance
thereof are supreme, and must be executed
And if we had President, gentlemen, such as
old jackson, you would not hear of these retail
atory measures, nor such disgraceful specta-
cles as are now being played in the neighbor.
hood of Bunker Hill. But alas, we have none
This great Republic mast forever lament thai
proclamation from Mr.. Pierce would be just
such an affair as his attack on Greytown anI
the establishment of the Ostend Conference
What could he do with Secretary of Wal
who believes in the right of notification, and
an Attorney General who is known only to the
nation as an abolitiouist, ahead even of Giddings
and Seward. He commenced to govern the
country by union of these two elements dis.
union, 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
five hear tomorrow that this Mr.. Wilson, 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 prin-
cipe that fresh horse can travel faster than
jadded one.
But, fellow-citizens, I turn from these un
pleasant pictures to the platform on which
have thought an old jackson man could stand
win consistency and honor You have seen
that Mr.. Pierce and the new school Democrats
have surrendered to the nullfiers. You have
seen that the country stands abashed at the
enormous pretensions of this school. Nullii.
cation in the South is the highest passport to
public favor, and stretches out its hand to Nul
lification in the North for succor and aid. Can
sound jackson man, or Clay Wing, witness
the fratelnzaton 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
ton? 1t is the object of the American party
to accomplish this.-You will See from the ex-
tracts which read that the Union sentiments
of Washington and Jackson constitute the plat
form:
President Pierce, and Mr. Seward, have form.
cd their coalition in such way, as to secure
the foreign vote, and to enlist the Catholics as
partizans in that cause. To countcract this
coalition the American party proposes to mod
ify the naturalization laws and to enter into
political brotherhood with no ccclesiastic Q,
scctarian, who processes to owe allegiance tc
any power besides the Constitution of the Uni
ted States. There is no wrong here done tc
any human DelnS. Inc foreigner VINO mas ac
quired the rights of citizenship, as he values
those rights cannot object to place them be
yond the assaults of those paupers and crimn
ais who are landing on our shores by tn,
thousand. Nor ought the Catholic to fee
surprise that the American mind looks with
distrust and apprehension upon a hierarchy
which in all other countries has sought to con
meet the Church and State and whose history
haS henn ono continual Strurrln for Iomipio,
are charged, gentlemen. with establishing ;
right of all human beings. to worship Almight,
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