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cession of John Adams TO the Presidency.
In his administration, which will ever be
known in history as the reign o. terror
as the era of alien and sedition laws--an
act was passed on the 18Th OF June, 1888,
which prohibited any foreigner f,om be
coming a citizen until after residence
Of fourteen years; and this is the law, or
else perpetual exclusion, which General
Scott preferred. and which the native
American party now desire to restore.
The Presidential election OF 1900 Sc
cured the ascendency of the democratic
party, and. under the administration of
Thomas Jefferson, its great apostle. on
the III III of April, 1902. the term of res.
idence previous TO NATURALIZATION was re-
stored TO five years. what it had been IN.
der General Washington. and where it
has ever since remained. No. fellow
citizens. the Father OF his Country never
was native American. This 'Ameri-
can excellence never belonged TO him.
The fugitive slave law is all the South
has obtained in this compromise Of 1880
/: is law founded both upon the letter
and the spirit Of the Constitution, and a
similar law has existed on our statute
books ever since the administration OF
Gen. Washington. History teaches US
that but for the provision in favor OF fu
giiive slaves our present Constitution
never would have existed. Think ye
that the South will ever tamely surrep.
der the fugitive slave law to northern
fanatics and abolitionists?
And now my fellow citizens. what a
glorious party the democratic party has
ever been! Man is but the being Of sum
mef's day, whilst principles are eternal
The generations Of mortals, one after the
other, rise and sink, and are forgotten, bul
the principles Of democracy which we
have inherited from our Revolutionary
fathers. will endure TO bless mankind
throughout all generations. Is there any
democrat within the sound Of my voice.
is there any democrat throughout the
broad limits of good and great old demo-
cratic Pennsylvania. who will abandon
these sacred principles for the sake of
following in the train OF military con-
queror. and shouting for the hero of Lun-
dy's Lane. Cerro Gordo. ana Chapulte
peS?"
And when the campaign resulted in
triumph, President PIERCE rendered 10
Mr.. Buchanan the leading foreign mis-
sion which was acce pied.
Circumstances have transpired within
the last few years 20 make the American
mission at the Court of 81 James singu-
larly important. and il has happened ha,
during Mr.. Buchanan's stay in London.
several great questions OF vexat:ous and
complicated character have disturbed the
intercourse between the two countries.-
1t has become psoverbial that the selec-
tion Of a wise, able and experienced man
10 represent the United States at the Brit
ish Court is one of the frs, duties Of the
Executive. hardly secondary to the selec.
lion of his own chief cabinet ministers,
because the English mission is always in
tsnsely important TO the immediate in
'erests Of the people. During the trying
time OF Mr.. Buchanan's mission, The
whole nation seem TO have become i'm
pressed with the importance and justice
of these observations. They felt that in
the American Minister they had a man
upon whose safe character and wise coun-
sells they could confidently lean. Their
eyes were constantly fixed upon him
Every steamer brought news occasioning
the greatest anxiety TO the commercial
and other Glasses. On more than one oc.
cssion collision seemed TO be inevitable
but every panic passed off. The cor
respondence of Mr.. Buchanan, such Of
it as has been published. exhibits on his
part, a vigilance. discretion, an industry,
and at the same time dignity Of char
ter, that have made his name a favorite
name in every section OF our beloved Un-
ION.
In the later troubles which have given
rise TO so much excitement and discus
sion in Congress and in the country. Mr..
Buchanan has lowered in all the dignity
Of his high character and intellectual su-
periority. He left his post 70 give way
to his successor. having fixed upon the
hearts of the English people the impress
of republican character. which has never,
Tor single moment. yielded its simpli
city and its truth to aristocratic blaudish-
ments. Courted and fattered during his
stay. he studiously absiained fsom pay
ing tribute to English vanity. In all cir
cles and on all occasions, he displayed
his American dignity and his American
patriotism. Never gratui,ously obtrud-
ing his beloved country or her sdvan,a.
ges. he never hesitated to speak of her as
one speaking Of his parent; nor was he
ever actua ated BY any spirit of offensive
partisanship. As he came SO he goes, the
same plain. untitled. unpretending Amer
ican citizen.g The highest classes We'd
with each other to do him honor; and. on
, recent occasion. when the news of
threatened collision between the two
countries alarmed the people Of both. his
presence among the populace of London
vas greeted with cheers. an evidence that
however parties may intrigue. one hon
st. Straightforward patriot is sure 10
lold high place in the affections of the
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The Pennsylvania Committees docu-
nent concludes ss follows:
During Mr. Buchanan's. absence Of
learly three years. while politics ragged
i home. he proudly nbstained from inter-
ering with the struggle for the Presiden-f