The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-05
LOS. IonN .. nREcK1NRIpGE On THE srnun

HON. JOHN @. BRECkiNRIDGE on THE STUMP
Extracts from the speech Of the Hon John @ Bree.,,
ridge At cyuthana. Kentucky, reported in TIC ~,
(Kyl State Flag The Flag says Of the speech which 4.
delivered the Tth d ApFil last
Nr Wooey was followed 81 Major Breckenridge \.
peculiar relations oar late representative now holds \
public no longer obige him 10 the political ea.,
of the times but the position be holds Ia tse aamrAto.
the people makes i desirable that whatever adarrsC
may be induced deliver shall he widely sircuais3
possible. We Wih therefore attempt 10 give from a,
~ meage s0ri 81 outline Of his remarks this oreas
but do not pretend 10 report hs speseh but oav .,
recollection OF Us general bearing, There were no,
points Ia which prefer 10 leave uuatVmptca r,H
than to spoil them and while we 30 exgeci 10 prss
the force and order "a his arguments shall stie
70 reproduce The erse ami nervous style 81 his periods
The vivid imagery ~ his dciioH-we would ~ s0os 4,
Tempt the reproduction Of Raphapls master-piecs NJ
the brush and pallet Of strollng sign painter
| E1fyaefs from AZ Speeck
he here spoke 81 he df6culty o. asccrainnE What Il
distinctive projects Of the know-nothings werc Son
principles % which they claimed 70 be the sole adyosas
he also was 10 favor OF He in favor Of rcIeinr A.
egn influence Ia oar affairs Tie would allow any -
10 have hand III the direction Of political mAcbns
who had not community OF interest With ourselves il
common with the democratic party aud AZ tho patriots Il
the Lend he agreed with the know-ncthn tpen certain
propositions which hcenumeraie and which they aosa
to themselves exclusive tests Bat he afraid iafr
the coairol q our eairs to party whose ith and who
aims are both secretat least 50 TAR as the mans of
federal government i concerned Corruption would p
upon the old parties sometimes though they were les
aired and exposed 70 the action Of the sum- aud maj
we'll iear the retgenness Of which s hid under q,
ground. Then too the order had become honse 4
refuge asylum for all The et-down, wind CALLED ana
strng-hNlt political hacks OF the eonnrya perfect ur
house IN the OF which all the political
yads OF the land might hide their niCeroas sores from II
| public gaze. What would Clay say il he 70 IL
from his honored tomb and had his pary swept from 81
face of the EARTH yamoeea electromagnetic huFrowng IN
der the ground III such company? What would hs IA
feelings OF Clay the open frank imperial Clay II he should
rise and call for the banner he long held aot with n
own siannch through victory aud defeat-hov wouR
lac feel to find that II had been rolled up carried ahs
midnight down dirty dark alloy mp the back stairs aal
there deposited in secret with the dishonored arMs
his once proud party And 4 the ialI shade q Old le
DRY wond appear among tbs democrats IN knov-aok
ing lodge night with ~ the Eternal what are yos
doing here r there would be disappearance Of hatls
heads through the doors aud Windows amusing behold
There in this state according 70 the OF LISA
Baptist churches TO the nuaber Of soa which afforded -
1 eommodalion 30 aggregate Of 2a0oa persons; SO
Methodist churches accommodating l8TAs5 per.oas a,
Presbyterian churches, accommodating 90 90 persons
and belonging All secis there 1886 churches ~
pable Of accommodating aggregate Of g53 person.
there only AZ Catholic churches ia this State and
they capable Of accommodating aggregate Of I'll.
240 persons This proportion, with slight variation on
the other way holds good for the whole United States
John Milton had said that knew ruth 10 he
worstrd in Il fair encounter And shalt we Protestant
with numerical strength, with truth and with the Lord
100, caim ali side shrink from open co.
COULTER with this ridiculous minority of Catholics and for
ty ourselves behind partini aud urjus, legislation ~
himself Protestant and not lerc 20 gloss
tue which he believed be mhodied 10 tho Catho
lie creed but he tie friend OF equal rights and
ey 70 all ecclesiastical influence IN politics. Kncwao
ingsm seemed TO have originated with the Protestant
preachers Of the North and sixty-two Of the famous
Three Thousand had been elevated by IL 10 the Nass
chusets legislature. He did object elcrgymen
esng their rights eemen with tie masses but 10 Their
segregaing themselves, and 10 body advocating eP
posing political measure in The nane Of their high and
holy office
/ MI
,esnnt churches, lhe prctcxts which had always
given rise TO persecution should show how small SEED
viii produce this dreaded upas. The history o. pcrsea
ton such that for the OF Professionalism it's friends
should prefer rather 10 persecution set against II than
how from H. At all events, il 70 have Pope he
would rather have Catholic Pope i, Rome than Pro-
testant Pope IT Washington city.
IL is sometimes said that the kngw-nothings Will not
legisate gninst Catholics but simply hgsed togeh
| 10 exclude them from office BY voting. This ds
tncon without difference, and every way worthy Of ae
subtle retnera in iludibras, who could
| ---t. distinguish and divide
A hair 'twixt north and northeast side.
II was natural for man to prefer those Of his rs
ions faith in voting and he hinaelf would vote for
Of bis way Of thinking in religion rather than Tor aRothr
All other things being equal, inst he would vote oA
native Ia preference to orcun-!;orn czen other things
being equal for neighbor III preference compass
tive stranger other things being equal But the plan
the knownohlpgs ignores the spirit Ut the constitution
aud establishes al intenls and purposes religious
testune which would deprive Congress OF some Of 10
ablest aud atnchest Union men, and our Supreme Coa
| Of its brightest ornanent--~Cbief Justice fancy,
The principles Of The democratic party embrace eveg
suhlect within the scope Of national Legislation. Nhls
the power il in lis hands have only 10 look 10 the iaa
and find ample security for the future The track d ~
history studded with of the wisdom andh
icacy of s Our desnies have been guided BY
It's principles few short ucrregnnms excepted ever snr
we became sovereign nation and 70 the operation
those principles alone under God. be a,fribnNd ea
power and prosperity the blessing which makes a
aud happy people. With its still operating sue
cessuliy and their former trumphs matter OF history
could not 'vhy any member should leave II especially
or party without single national pr0mugrf
and whose fruits at the North should render every neud
OF the Union dubipus OF Its secrecy. II generous
zeal for the welfare Of bis country required any umt
more nperayey than at another that the democrat shoaa
be true 10 bis party that time The present He had nefa
approved the principles of the whig party and had oaeM
them all his life yet he must say that former opp~
nenis were frank and manly party which Offered
open field and fair end better still Il was abF
onl party. Thenow party suotofthat kind Tbecnielsm
il ayows cap only be brought within the range Of naona
legislation by change Of the constitution Put the go-
ernmenf ia their hands and how will they il wifi r
spect 10 the many subjects ot national legislation b
leave ms TO conjecture Composed Il IL 81 Earring saa
discordan elements, this party may ho held together y
the cohesive power Of interest 10 the spos it
struggle for but The Of victory viii be the sem
ITS doom AZ the common enemy ia overcome "
cohesion is gone; IL VIII fall 10 pieces The fragments
parties and factions Of which il conposed will make W
dire work il bs fair do ID the time may well 9"
| as foFeboding
Prom ,se Charesen ssrtsf
| EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE IN sAND0MiNGp
| We had some time since an illustration u sha
Earl Clarendon acant when he declared that the go'a
gtE Nt.,. Ia aflC