Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-09-22

tnere, WHO was obleCtlUG TO tie bill be
cause it allowed Foreigners 10 vote in th
territory on their own territorial matters
That principle had been acknowledged
and neted on from the beginning CT III,
Government. Il was 10 the Ordinance Q
81. 1t was repeated II bin after bill dowr
TO 1912. II was in tie Claytoa Compro
mise bill, too. Why were these men 81
silent all this Gmr' They nerer cairpet
,tn'il HE South gM Knnsas. wy was It.
he asked, that they never !onhd this prin
eipie dangerous ill we got karsss A.
70 giving land to foreigners, there was nc
such provision, either as TO natives or for
eianers, in tie bill. How sensible man
could say that the Foreigners in kansa
had bees agairsi the South lie could no
understand Four thousand votes III Kan
sas tor Slavery, and one thousand agains
it-ihat was the way it opei ated. Ii thes,
gentlemen wanted Kansas to be free
State, then they may say thai the foreign.
ers there were uuifiepdly 10 the South
Mr.. Stephens continued to address the
crowd 10 mingled strain OF eloqnence,
argument aud satire, hich faifl, enchaiL-
ed their attention for about two hours aud
u half. In the course OF his remarks, he
descended upon Mr.. Robert Ir,ppe as al,
eagle may be supposed 70 swoop down up
on jay, and administered wholesome
lesson to that gentleman, as to the impro-
pfiety OF making garblrd extracts from
public speeches. |, is Impossible for Us to
give avy thing like a sketch of th;. master.
y effort Il wssa speed, worthy of the
man and the occasion. 1t evinced a most
thorough and comprehensive knowledge oil
all The political history Of the country, and
was speech, which itseems TO us, could
not be heard wtheu. producing a radi-
cal change Of opinion in The mos, hatdon-
ed Know Nothing in Georgia. The speak.
err vas received with great enthusiasm,
AMI ci,eered repeatedly from iir., to last.
We ere :old oy The telegraph that, at the
conclusion Of this address, the meeting
took recess, AID adjourned to partake oil
q barbecue. After dinner highly inter
c>ting speeches were delivered by the
tlon. John f. Wasd Of Savannah, and the
Hon. YIN. H. Stiles Of Chatham,
A, the close Of Mr. Stiles remarks, the
crowd again called upon Mr.. o.ephens
who eame forward in the midst OF the
most fsPturous applause. He spoke for
about twenty minutes only, but within that
time, he raised the crow to the very high
e,i pitch Of enthusiasm.
Mr.. Stephens seemed to feel the excite
ment of tie moment and appeared to throw
his whole sonl Tito every weTd that he
uttered. That electro communication be.
tween IN orator aud his audience, of which
we So often read and which we SO rarely
see, was in l.io case fully realized. The
speaker and the crowd seemed 10 be AMI.
mated by a common instinct. He carried
them with him wherever he went, and
with the utmost ease made the most rapid
transitions from wit to argument, from ar.
sumen' to satire, and from satire TO the
ri saesi species OF eloquence. He said that
ne feared that he might be exhausted with
his efforts, He had to speak in .A.lea..s
that night, aud his appointments were
made for almost every day up to the cleo
ton. Sa, n was willing to be exhsus-
ted in the cause-he was willing, ifneed
be, to die in harness against the enemies
o. the Constitution. He would fight till
he fell, aud falling he would fight, and on
the ground he would csy on: against this
seven beaded Know-N Nothing Monster
@is.ch attacked the liberties OF the people.
He had heard his iliead (Mr. WartD des.
erioe the ssiiis 10 which these men were
drlyrn. They were tinkerers. iinkerers
tinksrers First, the ten arlicles--then
tire Philadelphia Piattorm--theu the Ma
con fiaiiotm--.hea the Savannah Plat
ioFm--,aen this Warrenton Platform
hakersrs. tinkerers all The time. Let the
people watch then wsl). they were
now like the animals we see sometimes on
the road. They draw in their heads, and
then they draw IN their claws, but one
thing they never can draw in. and that is
their tails. Let the people not be deceis-
ed--let them jump on the monster. and
mash it to pieces head. claws, tail and all.
lie understood that he bad been reported
to say in his morning. speech that he new
er had been Ia " hg. (ilc here ex planned
what he did say--being in substance as
we have reported above.) He thought
some OF his Democratic friends there pres
eni, rather considered him Whig sever.
al years ago. They had disputed on the
stamp-noi in barn OF garre;-but open
iy on the measures of,he day. The Know
No,hings had denounced the Wing party.
They sand IL was corrupt, and tyrannieal,
and to escape t.om its tyranny, they went
and took al oath. They went into party
where they had the right to put new
plenk into their platform-ihs National
Couacil operruied it. That was glorious
night. and glorious escape from tyranny !,
These men had scuttled the gallant old
Wing ship they had bored holes in her
bottom aud sunk her, when he thought
she was fit to take another voyage. And
now, they were crying on. w ig, Wing,
Wing" just as Dives cried out from the
fiery pit TO Lazarus in the bosom of Abra-
ham. He wanted to be understood. H,
wen. for substance. He went for the Soul,
lie went for the Constitution. He cared
noshing for names. Let the people think
of this know-Nothing Constitution. lie,
them remember it-powers to decide ma
tional politics-powers to tax the people
powers 10 punish, yes to punish the free
men Of these United states. Fight agains,
this mohster-hght for the Constitution Of
your country. Don't stop with beating it,
Cut is head clean off in October next so
that it will trouble you no more. He had