The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-21

TINS AnoW NosnhnS Demo"s~n '" 80
A 0oEkEcrzD nEPoRr MADE W JUDGE HosKIFs. sr
ALABAMA, or TEE REAAEs HE SUBMITTED On
yHE l6rH INSTANT, TO sHs oRxAr MASS MEETING
WHICH ASSEMBLED IN TEE PARK.
He regretted he said, thai his vo,s was 20, 'sssss 70
be heard by majority Of this vast ruisitrce, "a, ne
Heard by many Of lis felow-cluzeng. i Was .Se %
jet OF the American party OF which ne vas ne
satons OF the earth VITA the exception o. lie United
States all other lands were rsed BY their raass m
ristsc Citizens OF this country sad losg tas- ne
nnuenee Of foreign born citizens Vas so grest n
ne popular elections, that they, hating a ta.y ia,
ne enc for President OF the lated statss,gaiast tAe
wD Of the majority Of the citizens born And ed % me
soil To correct this evil Of the obes.s Tor che
tho aeosnpIishmsnt OF which the American party
would struggle. 1t was not their cole:t 70 deprive
fsseersrs Of any RICH: they have ACQUIRED under the
aws o. the country they exist but their
purpose not to vote hereafter for any nsturshzed
SstSsle, or . Protestant a Jew, or Gs.tNs,
or Mskonedan. The execution Of this purpose win
Ssrn Sth The constitution uskss sucn citizens Is ell
abls 10 office 1t ess the citizens born upon
sns Of either descrirsn Of citizens APPOINTMENT 70
once depends upon the viii Of the majority Of tbs sle:
tcEs whose votes are sought The principle upon which
governed both the whg aad Democratic parties. Dem5
ssats have not been the habit Of voting for wings,
True, this principle has bsen expressed in any
platform which either OF the old parties has adopted,
an they were under an oDls.ioa 70 support the nen
Of their parties respectively observe r siss:.
s.sA principle In districts where the asno;rs ss
election by them Of whig; in the wing districts de
serat has rarely been called to sfes These fac. III
his Judgment Justification Of the principle which
ne party had adopted He opposed to the
spsal 81 tbs naturalization laws The power to enaes
vas vested BY the constitution in Congress that
tAs rule Of naturalization might BE- uniform
,spssS these laws and enact no others on the sams sub
js would be an abandonment OF its power cvs this
ssvsra for themselves these mIghs establish half
- nny different rules more there StA.es and
slsh laws would continue in force till Congress resumed
fAs Of the power had abandonei the eas
nsnt another Law upon the subject He desired the
esussmsns %0a. change IN tie
hws-that foreigner must resids in the United states
tws.ty years before ne sSad acquire s1s re, 70
yste privilege of vhcn he could not Afterwards be
sszvsd and to hold Office other citizens are II
nse 70 sought would vote him. He nsd doubt that
Ne feeling Of opposition TO foreign influence and tue e
Cd the whole land from extreme TO the other had
BEEN greatly strengthened and widely diussd by
several citizens Of foreign birth had BEEN
- high diplomatic statonsa oassadors auc ministers
- represent country abroad The it
- said AID believed has given preferences to Foreigners
By the employment Of them to do the work Of the pub
Ne, and to the exclusion Of native citizens who were
yisg and ready to do It as well and as cheap Against
vim continue to protest until the power Of tie govern
Ssstsst also against and abandon this aat Amsri.an
Dehsy He sale he had seem s:Ece his arrival in Pha
.enbsrs Of the American party as senator wilson, in
wish they declared their devotion to the Union and
sous Go sf no s ss S
sy adeed to their platforms If they ssHevsd it vas
Dsrfecty consistent with their pledge o. fidelity to the
they may acquire the power to do SO, to repeal the
v for the recovery Of fugitive slaves to asoah slave
tores and keep ont Of the Union any State which may
hereafter apply for admission with consultation re
ana declarations publicly made in the National Cosnsa
BY some Of the delegates from New England, brought
Nm to the conclusion that all American citizens did no.
employ the same words in the sense.
He was convinced that such words he
lad nsntoned-'I am devoted to the Union and
the eelsttuton'.are no. ussd BY them in the sense
n vhiah they would be employed BY himself raey are
swords which all use.' Call upon them to svow aud
sleeify principles Of the constitution, wnsn all held
While all understood the constitution the trainers OF
y did, and il win be that while nay process
Aaehfy to the constitution and the Unioa may de-
clare also bis intention to destroy the principles Of
hat instrument, without the declaration Of which tine
ss.sttuson and the Union could not have been ford
aure after the destruction Of these principles Hence
The necessity for the specification of the principles
mined in the platform Of the true American party
which relates to the want of power in Congress
ths subject OF slavery. 1t win exclude political Jesuts
ssss, % thu stas fs.i aosSas but
40 II Ia, in their hearts Wilson the leader OF taose
DhiA because that body would not adopt his uncons
3sonal and most ultra opinions would not hesitate to
his Adsy to the constitution bus when pressed
. disclose what he would be willing to do 10 miintan
~ he would declare he did In that Council tia. lie
ne pnrposs Of hinieh AND o. those win WON ne
slavery In the District of Columbia, prob Dit it
N all the Territories reject any st.se whici
recovery Of fugitive slaves. Wilson denied that slavery
Sils Congress- from abolishiDg what ali knew tds
tsEegp slave trade before the year 1S0s He denies 10
erect that intended to be included in the
class persons who may reclaimed in state after
tAsy had fed from another, persons hnnd to servse.
H denial founded upon the ground that tae words
ussd were "persons," and not Slaves Persons
.sasss white parsons and other fsemsn bound to s,r
vios while they live in this world The word slaveI
would not have included persons bound to service z
tsals for the basis Of waite persons
effect and three ffhs OF all other persons, excluding
.sssst Of Mss.sehusetts ei.hsr denied or mean. ms
ming BY what he said this subject tina. Saves
lot Included in the three ffths Of other persons He de-
yAieh Massachusetts had just perpetratea. The
Massachusetts, delegates denied thar the repeal in
So ssv the slave maintain S was bs ISs
ne Genial, upon the absurd ground that every
iaAabitant Of state and therefore, this be trae
bern and naturalzed citizen, and tie state herself
HAS right to refuse to obey Law OF Congress til after
the Supreme Court OF the United States shall lave de-
odsd It to be constitutional II In the Judgment OF the
Saats, Of these jurists, the Law be uncon
stttutonsl This Is claim OF In the STATE in
any Of her abitants which the constitution bas not
conferred upon the President Of the United States Ac
sssg to the constitution, the Presaen. Of tae United
states may veto any bill Congress had passed, wni:h
h may think was not authorized BY the consii.
sutton Jet, two thirds vote can DO altar
wards had In Congress in favor OF the vetoed bill,
n becomes much the Law OF the land as If
the veto had net been applied and the President woa
Dc bound by solemn Obligation to have IL executed
and obeyed il he himself had Recommended III pas.
sage and approved It, This trenen iors power withheld
by the constitution from the President the Msssaha
setts delegates, the most Of them, claimed for
fhsir State. There is power in the President
Of the United States elsewhere, to suspend
act of Congress-. The only clam to such power
has been asserted by the MASSACHUSETTS nullifess
They and others who thought they did, seeded
froa the National Council and the speaker sad he