Daily American organ., 1856-08-16
Speech Of the Hon. Mr.. Moore, of Ohio.
CONCLUDED

Practical Legislation for the Troubles in Kansas
The Democratic and Republican Parties, thei
Policy and Action-Millard Fillmore and hi
| Party.
! party existing only in one portion Of the coun
| try, selecting their own candidates. proposing tc
elect them by strict sectional vote to the entire
and absolute exclusion OF every other portion of the
Republic, and then, under such an organization un
deraklng 10 administer the government for portion
Of the country Intentionally precluded from all par
ticipaton In the matter is experiment to say the
least OF it. of doubtful character Upon its very face
i bears the semblance of wrong and injustice, II
threatens danger and it may result disastrous To the
country. And no candid and fair-mnded man can
look upon the scheme in his calm and sober moments
without feeling deep distrus for its success Gui.
ded, however, by wisdom, controlled by considerate
and experienced men, and urged on by pure patriot.
| ism, the experiment, even as dangerous as il may
appear, might result well and the great object of the
ue men who are inclined TO go with it. might be ac
complished-the wrongs redressed, the perpetrators
rebuked, peace restored, and no calamity entail
| ed upon the country.
But has single element so essential 10 the suc-
cess OF the party in accomplishing the purposes de-
signed by conservative men to be accomplished by
IT. marked Its progress? 1t is not purpose to 90
into any close examination Of the rise of this party
or inquire particularly into its parentage-aslea IL
was conceived-Whyit it orginated-aoho arranged for
Its birth-acho acted as acc0ucheur-hoo diHcuH was
the parnrition-"how the mountain labored and
brought forth the mouse"-hoao CERTAIN MEN reioced
when the bantling was ushered in-apho has profted
by 1t thus far, upon what notfrshment the SSckly
thing has been fed, and how difficult, with all the
stimulus that has been administered during its infan-
cy II has been Kept dtloe, Cdt food is vet prepared
for 1t, and upon which il is to be feasfed with the
rain hope of ekng out its miserable existence until
the household OF its parentage may be enabled to
realize some e at least OF what promised at one time
to be a large estatel To drop all figure and use
plain language, certain notorious cha,ucteys ,pidy
at least If not fdg0rdJtV known to the country by
Encouragement had fixed the opening of this Con
gress, and the organization of this House. as the time
and the place for the birth of this party Without
waiting to consult or inquire into the adaptation of
all the means prearranged, or the willingness on the
part of those selected to aid in the inauguration of
tins party the nachlne,y was put in motion, and we
remember well its workings The hiyeliaos and 0rer,
seers stood ready, lash IN hand to scouree into active
service every one who was inclined to 0 in the per.
formance of the work bocked out for them by the self
constituted masters. No menia for whom these men
profess SO much sympathy ever suffered so deeply
from the lash of the monster ogrseer than did those
who would not bow the knee or Weld obedience or
servie and menal like, do their biddings And what
ever may be thought of me, and my unyelding re-
sstanoe to the mandates of those men in that long
struggle, by those whose representative am, either
individually or collectively, GLORY in the iirmness
by which was enabled to stand up against them
resist their entreatiesscorn and detest their men
aces, scoh at their carpngs and base denunciation
and smile complacenty the harmless innocency of
their scourgngs. That struggle is now oyer and
no one desires to revive it.
The respect for the Speaker inspired by the Grace
officer and in no CiSe by that pertinacity with which
his election was urged, not SO much by gentlemen
totthtn, as by the POWERS aoithom this Hall To the
country it seemed but struggle for the organization
9 thls House put TO the c9ntrouing elements of the
Republican party, it was the inflammation of chat
party. 1t was so understood then by those who did
not sympathize with it, b,it resisted its opcroacb
ments and 1t has since been frankly proclaimed by
the Republican press And, now, since its inaugl-
ration, what has it done what does it promise to
do, to commend itself to the support of the GOOD and
true men OF this country The circumstances under
which it has been ushered in, the long and fearful
struggle the entire responsibility of which its friends
have scronItuAY sought to impose upon those who
would not aid, contribute to- acquiesce in or even
submit to its behests connected with its birth have
already been alluded to- Has anything since occur
red to render 1t more acceptable to the prudent con-
servative and consderate citizeni II is said that
even if rash selfish and dangerous men, were actine in
conceiving and in giving birth to the bantling that
Their power and control has long since ceased and it
IS now the peoples party, and under their ausp-
ces, guidance and management Sir no absurdity
under the msy garb apparent truth, more glrriay
than ths no ddcy more fatal to the peace and quiet
OF the country was ever attempted to be pamed off
by sinister and base-hearted men, upon an honest
and discreet but now excited and indignant people
We do not propose, Mr.. Chairman to trace the
history of the Philadelphia Convention. The result
of its deliberation is well known to the country
That there were many good men, safe and prudent
citizens, and true patriots In that convention some
OF whom even under strange infauation, favored
the nomination of Colonel Fremont no one doubts
but that his nomination the result of the delibe
rate judgment, the honest convictions the disnter
ested promptings of any such men, is SO n5Lushing-
y fdtSe that no be found so iasaRe as to as
sert IT. Colonel Fremont the 0feit unt,Ged-the
"pattfnder''-the "erpLorer"-the man who ascend
the Rocky mountains, and planted upon its highest
peak CROSS, fit emblem of his religion forsooth
n wi nave Htrod fba 5aclr 10 tl,o
entire exclusion Of the ten thousand better men in
the country to go aboard of the old ship of State
and take hold of the helm in the midst of one of the
most terrible storms in which that cherished old
craft was ever caught at an hour when every good
man stood appalled, and held his breath fearing that
the very next wave that should dash against her
sides would carry her and all on board 6el0c and say
you that this is the WORK of "ths poopLe ?? SIR it is
base libel upon the intelligence, the honesty the
purity of the people; the mpdence and unbl,isti,lg
cfrontry that gives utterance to which, is surpassed
only by that which prompted the nomination itself
The peoples !cork! Sir, if you would leain whose
work 1T WAS instead of going among the people aud
insulting them by inquiring who did it." you should
have gone, in some long still night of last winter in
to some gloomy cavern on Wall street. or perhaps
into the darkened sanctum of some New York city
newspaper editor and there witnessed the scene which
transpired among the willy politicians of an oft-re-
pudiated, rejected and despised school on the one
part, and band of public ptamderes who infect the
government hover like evil birds of prey about the
Capitol, filing the very atmosphere with their stencil
on the other, and overheard the scheme concocted
and the plan arranged for sudden and strange pub
lie sentiment in favor of the nomination of Colonel
Fremont to be indicated by mysterious communica-
tons coming mp from all parts of the country sinuL
rneousy, and then have marked the untiring indus
try, and the zeal with which these distinct classes
acting coronty, have labored to promote that sem
tment and procure through their own peculiar chan
net its expression in the Philadelphia Convention
and you would have had trouble IN either learning
"whose work it was" or what are the purposes and
designs of the co-laborers
But perhaps il may be urged that this party, even
ift has done strange work in presenting a candidate
for the highest Office in the government through its
representatives in this Congress have exhibited the
true spirit and evinced earnest determination to