, 1855-06-29
The Meeting on Bush's Prairie

soil parties for delegate to Congress, at
Bush's prairie. The asSemblage was quite
large, intelligent and orderly, and listened
to the candidates with marked attention.
Judge Strong spoke first, and his tone
and manner partook largely of the spirit of
the Oreg0aiaR, one week before the election
in that territory-plainly indicating that if
he ever had a hope of being elected, the
idea had become obsolete. If the cxter-
nal was any indication of the internal,
Judge Strong evidently felt that he was a
Hsed up man.
After a few prelimnares, the Judge
trotted out by assailing the character of
the Convention that nominated Col Amber
son. AS George the Third was puzzled to
know how the apple found its way into the
dumping, on whose exterior no seam or
opening was visible, so he was amazed how
it was possible the Col was nominated,
not being the first choice of very cOnsid-
erable number of delegates to the Conven-
ton at its first ballot. The "two thirds
rule was very Objectionable to the Judge;
and well it might be for if the fusonists
had been wise enough to Lave adopted that
measure he would. never have been nomina
ted, and we should have had a more for
midable candidate to opposc-one who
would have more thoroughly united the
fusion party. But the Judge forgets that
the democracy do not desire any nominee
who cannot unite the entire party in his
support-that each member stands ready to
make sacrifice Of his peculiar choice that
all may stand up boldly and heartily in
support of the nominee. Such candidate
the democratic convention have presented,
as the Judge will find when the votes ure
counted
His next drive was at the KansaS-Ne-
braska bill, the provisions of which gives
to the people Of those territories the right
to determine the character Of their domes-
tic institutions. In speaking to this ques-
ton, whilst he IBID and begged for the
free-soil vote, he acted in good faith with
ancient federalism for where is the mem
Der of his party that ever locked with fa-
vor on the granting of popular rights, or
that tolerated the departure of power from
the central governmentY He consumed
his tedious hour in frothy gasconade about
federal officer" "the code commission" /"
&c, and concluded by saying that if elected
he would not agitate the repeal of the
Nebraska, Kansas iniquity that be would
not seek to,disturb the Independent Treas
ury system that he would not advocate
the establishment Of national bank, or
would not want to make the tariff protec-
tive, for protection's sake What would
have been the position Of Judge Strong on
most of these questions ten years ago p
We answer, it would have been exactly the
reverse Of what he now declares IL to be.
A revenue tariff and the Independent Treas
ury were measures which the whig party
declared were ruinous and dnmnable, ten
or fifteen years ago but since the demo-
cratic party have caused them to become
, the settled policy Of the governmcnt-since
the country has prospcred and hourished
under them, the fusion candidate for Cou-
gress tells US they are all right now. All
true, very luckily, but nevertheless SO with
out the agency or assistance Of Judge
Strong or his party, and the democracy pre-
fer trusting Democrats to keep them all right.
His unblushing desertion of former whig
principles may have the effect to drive from
his support the old line wings, without Sc
curing him any support from any other
quarter. "' '
Judge Cushman followed He spoke
and acted, undoubtedly, just as he felt
that he nerer had hope. He accused Judge
Strong, or the convention which nominated
him, with stealing one of his free-soil
"planks "-of fraudulently acquiring free
soil thunder for the purpose of securing the
vote of that party, and expa,iatod at length
on the iniquities Of the Nebraska.K
bill. ITis Judge is the candidate Of the
"one idea party" which, being out of place
in this territory, we cannot waste our space
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