The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-11


BON, At AN AMERICAN MEETING IN LEBANON, TEN
kEssnB, ON SATURDAY, THE 3OrH ULT.
am proud to meet you on an occasion like this.
We are here not e. wings or democrats, but as
friends of our country, kno wing no party but that
which s determined TO sustain the constitution, aud
to rescue the federal government from the incom
petent and fathless hands who are no Y admins
teriBg IL, and which have sought TO convert sec
tiona jealousy and hostility into pc manent source
Of political power Although we have differed hero
tofors on some measures Of public policy and exps
diency, we have always rallied together wnen the
solemn covenants Of tue constitution were In DANGER
and tho fundamental doctri. es Of our republican
system were SOUGHT to be undermined No man
alacrity and courage than the great Webstsr In the
crisis Of 1882, when powerful and talented men
maintained that State could ab.olve her ciszans
from allegiance to the United States, and break 10
and true democrats stood then shou der to shoulder
In oppceition to those higher Law men Who we're
openly resisting the fulf ment Of const.u,ionAl
covenants. Ire true wbigs ard xus democrats of
that day loved their country more than party. and
thtir common and united exsrtions saved us then,
as they did In 1850, and trust they will il 1856.
Fellow citizens The sentiment and the feeling
which brought TIE auUd men of 1882 and 1850
to act together arc the sentiment al feeling on
which we rely for the Ct The American party,
whose platform you are assembled here to day
to raty. and accept a. the guide Of our future po
hticsi course. It Is admit. very generally that
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and his Cabinet, is nothing but q Coalition Of ADO.
ltonists and nullifers and that the couatry never
CAP prosper til it counses directed by wiser
and better men. The effect OF tns adm nistrasion
Is to destroy all national t0oe 10 the management Of
our public affairs, to bring down to sectional
standing both the men ana measures Of party, {,
place the patronage OF Office in conf,cG with the
heedom OF elections, and by weakening the ,nds
OF our Union, to jeooardizs the perpetuiy Of the
blessings handed down to us bs our fathers. Twas
ono Of those recently al Pniadephta, where
the convention assembled which has framed the
platform I0w under your consideration, and can
1ay to you, fellow citizens with all sincerity and
ruth, that the judgment have Just passed on the
present executive government a. Washington Ia
In harmony with tnat Of nearly every intelligent
man conversed With, whatever may have been bis
previous party an.ecedents. The nullifers Of the
0outh and the North control all the patronage OF the
government. They have sent mch men as SsulG,
TIE man who WAS banished from France for his law
less conduct, to manage our diplomatic relat 'ons
with the great governments OF Eur)p and, as
might have been expected, the achievement Of the
administration IL . disgraceful Ostepd Conference,
In which the United States aTe exhib cd as watch
ing for an opportunity to com nit an act OF piracy on
friendly power. And results equally natural and
DISASTROUS to our national fame are appearing now
every theatre Of the administrative action OF the
federal government Fiibusterism In Europe, in
Central America, In the Cult Of Mexico, is the order
of tho day, wherever the action OF Mr.. Pierce and
his Cabinet il felt at all In our foreign rela ms; aud
tho same remark may be made 10 regard to the in.
fuence OF the government In all les interior opera
lions. Il the tree is 70 BE- jnd.ed by the fruis it
pany he keeps, then must this administration
be forever referred to as q striking illus
tSation OF the fact, that trsachery and inf-
within themselves punishment whic1 it il Ina o.
sbe long 10 conceal OF avoid. We are told. fellow
citizens, 10 the sacred and inspired Scriptures that
the days Of calamity vera made for the wicked" Ia
view Of this xful truth, let us examine fr mo
ment, somewhat In detail the conduct u Mr.. PIERCE
Before he came il the Presidency be wruts - ms
that on the great questions put In Issue by the com
promise Of 1885, he stood where Gan. jackson did.
That IL to say, be den. unced bs traitors tne multi
a. rs and higher Law men, under whose blows our
glorious u ion aud constitution were Keeling. That
/ may be charged With no Misrepresentation or
mistake in this particular exhibit you the letter
OF Mr. Pier Q, and offer it to the inspection Of any
.one who may desire to see IL, in which letter he
used the following languages: There IL q great
battle before us-a battle for The Uniou-a battle
for the ascencancy Of the p,in iples, the msin.e
nance o. which 80 Dobly signalizsd tue admiaissrs
ton Of Gen. Jsckscp." Now, who were fighting Ia
this battle against the Union, against the const-
tution, against the principles Of Gen. Jackson?
JEFF. Davis, sou6, Borlsud ard Others; and rulliuem
Of the NORTH, including tie free soilers and aboi
tionists. who made Q deadly attack on Dickinson,
Fillmore, Webster ana Bronson. Now this nnltify.
ing or dieuDion band established q paper at Wash.
ipgtop, called the Southern Press, whose business
II was 70 tr~duce and calumnia,e every man VINO
sustained ME compromise. The leading idea Of thi
tSatorous sheet was, that no dem 1crat could accep
the compromise, and that the south would BE-
dtsgraced If It scqu'escsd Ia 1t. II advocated tao
repeai Of the compromise, tbs assenblsge OF q
Southern Congress, and . secession Of all the
Southern States. One Of the editors Of this sheet
Legislature, the passage Of q law legalizing the
marriage of the whites and the blacks, aud the
other, . renegade whig, from South Carolina,
boosted on ell occasions. that he had no other mis-
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governmentoof the United States, and foundiag on
h ruins . separate confederscy. Would It be
supposed by any man at all sensible OF the ordinary
obligations Of . statesman. tnst Mr.. Ptercs shen
elected PRECEDENT would call to the chief csbinet,
judicial and diplomatic stations within the sphere
Of his nominating power, the men / have jnss
adverted to ~ nullifers and dsunionists. Yet the
fact u 90, beyond all contra fiction or RECITATION.
Yes, tie fact il So end II the days OF calamity we're
made for the wicked, he will require life a. long
% that Of kethusaleh OF DID, to atone for the enor
nous violation Of his pledges 10 doing a. be aas
done. This Southern Press Las bsen shs subject OF
ments south CT Mason and D,xon's line proves that
the passport to the favor Of the administration mas
been an Identification Of the applicant With the
disunion schemes Of the Hartford Convention No. Q,
assembled ct Nashville. II . mao could prove that
be had made q motion 70 dissolve the Uoiou, he
bad possession Of the ITALIAN IN which unlocked the
patriotic heart Of Mr.. Pierce, and be WAS sure II
get an appointment, white t1e poor fellow wh soed
oou have been had he beeu convicted Of ia-ceoy
or burglary Fellow citizsps, Call this conduc, Of
Mr.. ei &c base tleachery that has not its
equal the page Of our history since the form u,
OF the government. But my old democratic friends
tell me that they are not ID blame, aud tnat
the democratic party is not TO be ba ned since
1t does rot endorse this trsachery. Ny reply
IL, to this suggestion, that no eff,rt has been
made here or elsewhere BY any portion OF the
democratic party to repudiate the sdmnstrl-
tim. 80 far from anything Of this sort beng
attempted, we see, on the cootrary, the most
strenuous exertons TO sustain tie conduct Of the
Executive. Lok At Virginia and what dJrJou see
there? Why, the calumniator OF Jackson AID Polk
has been elec ed BY the Influence Of what Is toere
called the democratic patty, mercy because he 70
vors the doctrines OF the fire eaters and
and The party Ia irving to accomplish the same
r. uls In every State where there Ia an election Let
n Q Ask wn1L Is tie 'meagiug Of Aady Jonnspn's Js
cob's Lsdterim In tins State l. is understood
abroad 10 be . complete endorsement Of the Pier %
. miListyation, and we know here &C home that
there Ia not Q freeater or disunionist VII, is not
active in the support OF bis election. Aa1y John