The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-23

him those safeguards which the constitution secures 10
him; that 1t makes that Q crime which has been regu
lar and far a. know honorable business in the
community. 1t takes what is recognized by law pro-
pery, and confscates it by legislative act. that
be done in regard to liquor it can be done in regard TO
Of property amounts to nuisance and that may be
seized and destroyed in the provided by this
they the thing tomorrow in regard to
the house Of any individual in the country, and
shall be entirely at the mercy of the unrestaned will
of the legislature So insist man may be thoroughly
devoted to the Of temperance and yet opposed TO
this unconstitutional enactment. All the confusion which
has been produced upon this subject has been produced
by those very busy and stirring men who notified them
selves to the world The Liquor Dealers Association.
With the exception of the Massachusetts Egant Aid
Society,"" do not think have ever known SO much
talking and blowing, and doing nothing, so much mis-
spent breath and msdreced clamor upon the part
those gentlemen known the special friends of the liquor
interest After all their talk last year large portion of
those men turned in and supported Ulman, and the
result they elected Clark, and favored with
this Maine law. So after the election, they went to
titled all the wordat least New Yorkthat they would
not take the opinion Of any man unless he agreed with
They @ ot sn9ss q Sph "Sp
Bronson. II they had employed him before the election
it would have been q sensible thing They 60 10 work
and make q ticket selecting four Eve from our
ticket, and then three four who have no more
chance OF being elected than have of being struck by
lightning a NSw hess he ne sw
u do not allude to the liquor dealers-men
who in favor of constitutional liberty and the pro-
ticket (Applanse.) The fact is, all this camor upon
the part Of The liquor dealers nothing but cauor for
cause 70 The ouor dealers one The friends of coast
uonal liberty something more than liquor dealers
1t is not necessary for man to be drunk halt the time
in order to be opposed to the Maine law The who
is devoted to constitutional liberty and the rights pro-
pery, and who desires to citizens protected in their
business knows enough support the democratic ticket
(Applause There is another party lately sprung up in
this country which denounced in the resolutions of
the convention of which was member-the Know No
IN fthaua \. Ixovxc
nothing to say against them. Laughter.) very
well understand how, during the last two three years.
ing to particular party, dsgusted with all Of them,
who had disposition to get into any party but out of
all Of Them and therefore cali themselves Know Nothngs
Qaughter.) 1t has been suggested to that the
Know Nothing party, in the outset Young America
on spree. (Renewed laughter.) Well, they went oil
by themseives and became party, acting 10 secret,
der vows and now prescribe because he is born in
some particular place, and because he par
tcuar religious faith. In my judgment they arc the
most odious combination that has sprung in this
country Now they must forget the whole history Of
country-they must forget the men who achieved
our revolutionthey must forget the elementary princi
pies OF our Declaration Of they pro-
scribe who have been invited here 10 seek shelter
from the tyranny Of the Old World-a class, too which
embraces Of our best citizens which has In ii an
association which devotes itself to the sick and the poor
instant in season and out of season in works of charity
! say. when they prescribe such set of men,
as American a. any men can possibly Be- Great Gre ap
plause) The idea that there Is any peculiar virtue In
the Involuntary oct OF being born somewhere and the
idea of rersecuting because Of his birth IL the
worst sort Of despotism heard Of This popular es-
potsm founded upon religious prejudices, and which
only extends to alive but reaches into his mothers
womb before he is born, despotIc and
detestable than any other system which ung
up in this country. Such are my views and such were
the views Of the democratic convention and the inquiry
is what il the adopted citizen to do at this eecton9
belese-and say 1t more freely, because in the whole
course Of my life defy any TO show that have
appealed TO lrshmen, Germans any other class of
foreigners as SUCH or addressed to them any consdera
all tley should unite with u.s. so and be be
upon the same footing with people ana though
they may keep up their separate amusemens ID all their
associations and rights they should forget that they
came from any other land than this But this party Of
which have spoken proposes to prescribe and punish
them-popo.es to make them slayes-tor a man i
slave who takes no share in the government under which
he livesand it therefore becomes question Of life and
death where they TO so at the approaching election.
he ia tie best friend othe adopted citizens they had
especially of tie Irish ctizens-by which more than
any other man in the State he the author Of this
ard, there would ever have been Know Nothing PARTY
He now proposes to take charge Of them and Il i i'm
portant to sec what his means are. The republican
party in every other state in the Union except this
Know Nothing party. In Maine II is In Massachusetts,
/ Il or vas until recently In Ohio most OF the
upon It's ticket, and the who supported IT. were
Know Nothings; and in the South The Fepablcan .rty
has no existence; But shat is the position q the
democratic party2 North, South, East and West
II occupies ore national platform Of hostility to
the Know Notlngs, and adv )cates the rights oi the
adopted citizens (App'ause) Go to Georgia, Virginia,
Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, matter where and
you find the democratic party in uuequvocal and
ed hostility to know Nothngism There, then, is the
only real and safe refuge for the adopted ctzea The
democratic party now, ever puts forth liberal creed
creed which is adverse TO slavery of every kind be-
cause we believe hing in the slavery Of white people
as well as black ones But il is said that ques has
Gently grown into such commence make it
taly TO folm rev paIty-the republican party-end
there has lately been Convention at which there was
what was called MAJ rage OF PERSONS such Mr. Health
Officer Thompson To Mr. Governor Cark-a marriage such
rs that Of Wig Hrbor Master Chambers to whig State
Printer Weed-a marriage of wing Harbor Commissioner
King to wing secretary Of state Leavenworth (Laugh
ter) Now that marriage within the prohibited
of consangunity enewed augter at any rate they are
so near related that their progeny viii be half wted
oars Of laugher) Now let ii anything has re.
recently occurred which makes it necessary form
call your attention to what did in reference the sub
jet OF slavery. Some time since you aware,
ard Subsequent to its passage large number OF men
rushed into the Territory Of Kansas from Missouri armed
with Dungeons and other weapons took possession of the
polls and elected Legislature which passed variety Of
laws which are disgrace 10 humanity They claim to
have done under authority derived om the act of Con
gress organizing that Territory Kansas previous 20 that
tme was free by arrangement made thirty -four years
ego under which that part OF the United States territory
north Of thrtysix degrees thirty minutes except Mis-.
souri, was dedicated to freedom aud the southern part
which is In favor of freedom unless the acts Of The
n9cs hid, Kansas legislature are be held valid
Under this state OF things the democrats assemb ed
in convention passed two resolutions. Mr.. Van Buren,
here read tho resolutions Of the state convention TO
which he referred] He contnued-We thus declared 10
the FIRST place, tht condemn these Missouri outrages
and, in the next place that while adhere to the com
promises Of The constitution we are opposed to the
tension Of slavery into free territory. Now these reso-
lu'isns in my judgment are exactly adapted to the
questions now before the people They seemed to me en-
rely sufficient and II did not that It would
be necessary TO form party in consequences Of
thing omitted to be said by that convention upon Tie
subject OF slavery. have been asked what i tho mean
ing Of that resolution introduced by meS They say one
construction has been put upon by person aud
another by another. ask person TO put con,truc-
ton upon that resolution FOR 1t is the resolution
which was introduced into the Syracuse convention in
1Sd The convention refused TO adopt it, and it was
then passed by the democrats assembled at Herkimer
ard afterwards by the democrats WI, supp lrted Van
Buren, in lsiS and 1t has been adhered to by them from
that time to this. The presumption, by this time is
that the gentlemen who advocated that resolution proba
bly, understood it, and have not tho slightest reason to
doubt that do understand it. In the first place upon
the subject Of slavery, the practical question is how
prevent the extension of slavery into free territory.
That IS question upon which have right 10 act,
and 1t is question which affects the state of New York.
For example, under the constitution in the app ,rtion-
of REPRESENTATIVES. .hraa