Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-09-20

and misrepresented, said TO myself aWeI II
inns ls the game and it is a free fight, count me
IN Laughter and applause No matter, my
| Hiehds, now hard the knocks between now and
next November, II my life is spared, viii not ask
| any man to count me out" Laughter and an
plause.
What was the doctrineS II was that no acc.
ton OF this country could submit to an admin
istration chosen and conducted upon sectional
grounds. Does that declare that sudden revolt
and rebellion Is to arise out of it? No; no such
thing; but with power In Congress that can
| control one or the other branch of the govern
| ment, and with an administration unfriendIy to a
| particular section of the country, do you suppose
that It could go on for month without being
blocked Look at 1t In practical point Of view,
| ana see II MIR. Fillmore was not right. All have
TO say is, not referring to it as Northern oues-
tion, should the South combine, and should IL
have power enough from two or three States to
attempt to control the action of this government
and carry IL on without reference to the North, he
VINO would not resist it is more of doughface
than am. Laughter. / ask no more from the
South than would claim for the North
But my friends have already detained you too
long. Cries of T" Go on, go on."1 was in hopes
not to have been called upon to address you, at
any rate until after the committee should have re-
ported. But must say one word to this old Whig
party. 1t Is the only party that seems to me to
thrive upon defeat; it is the only party that has
ever existed in this country, in which under eyery
variety of circumstances, under whatever disar
pontments of triumph or defeat whenever an old
Whg met an old Wing there was no such thing as
sectional line that divided them, North and
South. Applause II is that which has carried
on this Whig party aud kept up its heart during
all the reverses through which it has gone; he who
lyed south knew and felt that there were men
North who cherished this national feeling and who
NJ af..rH c. hoo - 4 r II
will ever be. little disturbance Of some sort
in the crowd at the further end Of the hall here oc
Cured, at which the speaker remarked that it was
only some by-pay, and did not belong to the Whig
party Laughter. Calls were presently made
to the speaker to GO on.
doubt whether ought to go on. This much,
however, | feel disposed to say: that in my hum.
BILE belief there is in this body of here assem-
bled power to control this contest and settle it
this fall Cheers. 1t strikes me that as con-
nected with one division of the opposing parties
coming events have already cast their shadow
before them, and that is this body Of gallant
Wings coming up in unanimous voice and de-
claring that nothing shall seduce or friglten them
and that nobody shall betray them from the sup
port of Millard Fillmore. Twenty days will not
have elapsed before you shall see such an accumu-
lation OF force to the ranks of Mr.. Fillmore as is
now claimed for Mr.. Fremont. Loud applause
The people represented by tho gentlemen upon
this tioor-and by them l mean the friends of the
Union-are to march on in every State in which
they have tickets, or in which they can be found
irrespective OF consequences, and go boldly on
from this time until the ballot box closes and tho
victory is ours. [Cheers Yes we can arouse a
spirit in this land which from the East and West
North and South, will carry conviction to the
minds of men, that Wings are to be found no
where but where they can find Whig principles
Applause. Where else in this contest are they
to be found but under the banner of Millard Fill
MORE Loud cheers / say then, my friends,
this day having buckled on our armor, let us
march on in unbroken ranks to the contest, and
the victory is ours.-[ Loud applause.
SPEECH OF MR.. RIvEs.
Hon. Alexander Rives, of Virginia, being loudly
called for by the Convention arose and said
GENTLEMEN: After the very eloquent addresses
that have been made, it is with great difiidence
that rise to respond to the call that has been
made upon me and upon my State, and in so doing,
allow me to say, that feel that if should fail to
respond, it would indicate want of fealty to that
Commonwealth which honor and revere. Mr..
President, permit me to gay, that Virginia has the
honor of originating the noble band OF patriots
by whom / am surrounded. Sir, at a very early
period Of this campaign, a small band of Virginia
Wings met in the Capitol of that State; and what
a scene presented to them 1t was scene
calculated to the anxious soictude of every
patriot and freeman who respects the government
and the laws. Civil war, sir, was raging upon our
borders, and mob law prevailing in another State
of this confederacy Sir, what was the duty Of
the Wings, convened under circumstances like
these? Where could they look for protection to
the interests dearest to the heart Of the Whigg
TCheers. ... N.
Sir, had they anything to expect of that party
which seeks to perpetuate it's power in hands sim
liar to the dynasty that now holds it care not
what are the qualifications, statesman, Of Jas.
Buchanan the moment that he accepted the nom
nation of the Cincinnati Convention, he ceased to
occupy his former position as it was well said he
had ceased to occupy the position to which he
might have been entitled from bis former services
and sunk into mere puppet upon party plat
firm, to be managed by party managers. Sir,
where are the Wings of this country, who either
in the North the South, the East, or the West,
are the constant advocates Of regular governments
and the supremacy of the laws-wherc are they
TO look now? Is he not prepared to bow his head
in shame for the election of an imbecile govern
ment that permits, week after week, the public
heart to be acerated by of rstricdal strife
upon our borders? Sir, had the noble patriot of
New York been at the helm of government, great
applausel well has 1t been said that he would not
have remained quietly under the shades of the
Presidential palace while such scenes were being
enacted to the eternal disgrace of regular govern
ment and law. No, sir, he would have dropped
the habiliments of the citizen, and would have
been found acting in a different capacity at the
head of the army of the United States, and using
his best exertions to vindicate law and order
[Cheers.l
Sir, is it not time that the Wings of this coun-
y should recolect the responsibilities Of the po-
stion which they occupy before the country -
Let it be remembered, sir that at the Presidential
nominations in 1852, both the Whig party and the
Democratic party engrafted this great conservative
principle upon their platforms that they then
erected, that henceorth agitation upon the subject