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

Of the dangerous excitement Q. the North.
Not 30 ~ith the American party. Il starts
out out, on national bssis, and makes lts recruits
South, and all otoer portions OF the Untoa. Seward
and bis Tree soil associates vii be forced to Espd
aloof and the uulh6er or the South must do the
same thing How IL 1t possible to igoore the slavery
question and give pea 70 toe country, when tue
Dullifer, North and South Of both the old parties,
u using this question to obtain power, each main-
tanning that q State has the right to seoede when
abe pie asts and each che stng the people With the
idea that their rights will be safe only by THO wing
into Congress en- who talk lo1dest aoout Northern
or Southern rights? The American party, fsuow
citizens, rejects all this talk about nuhcaaon, e.
cession or disunion. It appeals to the coansr. to
execute the provisions OF the consultation, and to
h0 on To the ices that our federal system must be
pre- served as ell hazards The Americ An party che
this subject. The oher parties take up the isms OF
such men a. Calhoun, Seward end Davis. Toe
American party says that the constitution aud the
laws made In pursuance OF It are supreme TIE Other
parties say that tere Ia higher Law than tho ,onss
tuition. Choose ye between these parties tho Pierce
democracy, ard rhe Seward whiggery mixed up Nth
free soil ard Du'6caaon, or the American party
standing with Washington and jackson, declaring
cution of all " stitutional compscts Bat this Is
NOT al nor half Of ell the bad conduct of the Pierce
administration. War is not only made on the pdn.
ciple which brought him into power by ostfa isiag
the Union men throughout the land. bat he Is en-
poy ing his ofceh ,ldes, "a the Pope Of ,ms does
the ssiss hiieliDgs, who are quartered Ia his donia
iop, to rob and Cypress the peop rnere IL not
oiceholcer, from Mr. Marcy down to the lowest tide
water, Who Is not in danger Of losing his pa II he
cannot show that he is a,compl shing something In
ire way OF getting vote tor the administration.
When the indian warrior comes Ia from the fsld,
his savage glory, his reLown, Is pro ,ostonal to he
number Of scalps he has taken from nis uafortuaae
victims. So IL Is with these oficeholding warriors
Of Mr.. Pierce. They revel in the work Ut dscsp,ts
tfNr hclL l.
tin, counting them az 20 many memorials to be
Gale up when tho trophies OF Office are to bs DIS
tributed. Why, fellow citizens, ii 10 said that
not member Of the American party can I'D an
the would Be Governors and big men, both north ani
south Of Mason and Dixons line, are determined to
accommodate the Know Noshings. forbear TO
follow cut any further the conduct Of the Pierce
administration. Enough has been said to satisfy
you that no good Union man, who stood whers
jackson did In 1882 could consistently advocate
such an administration. It would be easy to show
that precisely the same state OF facts exist 10 regard
rollers ard sbolnionists taking the name Of wings
have absorbed the power Of the party practically.
The true wing end the true democrat can then con-
sstently take each other by the hand aud agree to
DationA doctrine-a platform which would exclude
all the dangerous isms Of the day, aud rec ,gni,e
only the great and leading sentiments Of such pa.
triots a. the father Of hi: country oherhhe II -
ttis plstform which has been adopted at Philadel-
ph,a by tie General Council of the American party
LCOk 1t IT, fello W.citzens, examine whstt c0ntaios
en- the subject OF Union, the slavery question, aud
the foreign and Roman Catholic influence. Mr..
DcneliOn here read extracts from the platform,
and after descaDting upon the passages In rela-
ton 70 the Roman Catholics, and showing that
there was no design to interfere With the religious
rights OF that or ary other denomination OF Chris
tisIs, concluded bis remarks. But before doing 90,
he adverfed TO the report that he was dissppoint
cd office seeker TOTS report, be stated, ha: vrooa
bly, grown out Of letter which he addressed to Mr..
Pierce before his Inauguration 10 behalf Of his
ie-law, Col. Wilcox, then member Of Congress
from Mississippi. This letter he then read, and
showed that Mr. Pierce, after the organization OF oils
ipssmuch "a the condition Of his appointment In.
VOWED principle VII Oh the President had violated
In the composition OF the cabinet. Mr.. D,uelsou
stated that he recommended q man for Off because
that man bad vncicated the cause II the Unioo and
opposed the seoedsrs and aboition,sts, and did not
wish tn appointment OF his friend, except a. al
evidence Of the Presidents determination to main.
tain ths doctrine Of Gen. jackson on the subject Of
notification This il % fully stated In the latter
that there can be mistake soout II. Mr.. d. would
have been disappointed If Mr. Pierce had given the
appointment 70 bis s0nin law after the for nstion
Of the cabinet, because that cabinet was con-
posed Of nullifen and free sellers. The whole
report was, therefore, character zed lss slander,
such AZ could only emsnate from President who
had forfeited his pledges to . Notion As conserve
tive, compromise man Mr.. D., calling tho attention
Of the audience particularly the fact that Pierce
had declared himself In favor Of the position occu
pied by General jackson on the uion question and
TO the fact that he recommended his In La oaly
on the ground Of his having exposed and dsfeated
such Dullifen and ab1litonists a. composed Mr..
Pierce's cabinet, left it to the public TO decide
which 10 mcst to blame, the President or himself.
EXTRACT Mr.. PIERCE
CONCORD. May 30, 1851.
Ny DEAR SIR-I rejoice that the leading organ OF
party ID uncer your control and regard the change
most suspicious 1t this juncturs. There ID great
battle before battle for the Union-A battle for
the sscepdepcy Of the prncplss ths maintenance OF
Jscb SON. Tho tome the vigor, and statesman Ike r~s
which you havs brought to the columns Of the Cnon
not merely important they absolutely ndispsn.
sable In this crisis With great respect yo,r friend and
servant, FRANZ PIERCE.
TULIP GROVE, December 30, 1852.
DEAR SIR:-My son. NAV, Col. Wilcox Of Mississippi,
informs that his will be presented 10 you TO
fill mission Of the Hrst grade to Of the courts 1t
which the Spanish lang ags II spoken could not
viii asrd me- did not feel certain that IL voad meet
the appreciation Of the sound portion OF the democracy
and have sautsry influence % an evidence OF the
pathy OF your standardization with those who risked
something for the country when wsrful
upcer the gaIb Of state hts busy In owing the
seeds Of dsupion and civil Colonel Wilcox In his
state took the which Old In yours and thus
which would have been fatal 10 the Hartford
Convention has been to the federalism OF the Of
j DoNEIsoN.
To Mn. PIERCE President elect Of the Unitsd states
FINANCIAL AND CONNER ClAL.