The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-12


votes upon their immortal leader, and thus allowed
only elected by three voteswho would snA ns
Union-who would absorb with the negroes-"no mas
not yet determined whether he is better than negro
not-yes, these northern know-nohings lhre" away hs
votes and allowed this BANKS 10 be elected SpeaAef
VIII any man Of common deeency-"hl any nan =. -
Missouri OF ordinary sefTespecteyer again abuse e ioi
not having acted with the northern FULLER party
Instead OF getting national know-nothings irom me
North for our national man COY h,hen nsa,gars sna
Mr. Henry Winter Davis from Maryland 30 you VIII see
that instead of the tendencies OF the American orue s
ing to liberaze the North It's pracucal opeiauoh
Do YOU want more proofR / will give it. The know
nothing convensn held at Philadelphia on the 2ad Of
February 1885, 1.-The birth day Of Washington-what
dissertation repudiae and abolish this twelfth section
on separate and distinct vote and by an overwhelming
majority and in It's stead place plank which means ali
things to all men, and of which member OF the eonven
tion from Indiana, and supporter OF IL mr. shee's)
said in that convention 80
He would assure the South that the twelfth section
must be got rid Of lie willing to accept eompro-
mise but the section be got rid Of he was willing 10
accept the Washington platform for there was
in il Il was SO covered up with verbage Una,
was all about" ITumultuous laughter
Yes this infamous sentiment instead of being received
with patriotic Indignation was received win aumaaoas
Parson French s Evans-the defeated black republic
candidate for Sergean OF the present House
was adopted by that convention
Do YOU want more proof? think every intelligent,
honest in my district who Is not an asprant Tor Oh
fee will exclam 'hod, enough But for the beneht Of
the know nothing aspirans for my place In the district
will give two more facts That the northern portion Of
that convention telegraph The black republican fit
burg convention, sitting at the same time that
lican banner LET THERE BE NO FURTHER EXTEN-
SION OF SLAVERY. THE AMERICANS ARE WITH
YOU"
And the still further significant fact that after the ex
press reputation Of the twelfth section they denounce in
their platform the repeal of the Missouri COMPROMISE line
And now-I do not ask the asprants for my place. do
l. Ylp, fn know
legislatuethose who want TO be shers county Judges
gqures or constables &cbut ask the trne men OF my
distrctthe real people, where have always found my
endsthe men who have object but the good OF their
country heartto do as have Characterization this or
panization if it has failed utterly, completely en-
rely failed as sound national conservative party til
every intelligent does know that has 80 failed r.
and If every honest will not acknowledge the fact
AS to the great catch-words "Amercans shall rule Amer
lea n am in favor Of Americans ruling America Ihey
do they always have and they always will rule America
But who are Americans Your laws declare that when
man has been here FIVE he will under oath,
renounce all allegiance any foreign prince potentate or
power-when he will prove that he is of good moral
TO the institutions Of the
he may be declared American, and your law makes him
citizen. 1t is fraud upon him II you DO not give him
all the rights Of citizenship.
Think Of it, The poor old Pope of Rome unable even
to defend his feo protect himself-has his throne sup
ported and upheld by French bayonets have twelve
native TO one foreign vote in the United States! Why
should we fear the Pope And cannot twelve Americans
manage one Irishman? In the Congress OF the United
of our Stateeected, the members were before The
know nothing food-there was but one and he was a
leading might say, without being invidious the leading
member of the senate alude TO Col @. Zeiger, who
came brought to this country when an infant
eighteen months old. He is of the first nteects OF
our State any State He has been my political friend
my personal friendmy supporter in every aspiration
submit to you II there is not something radically wrong
10 an organization which would prohibit me from voting
him merely because he was born outside OF the United
States though brought here when child. have
used his without his authority. | know he will
pardon me- when he that have only used to Illus
rate ors strongly people than could by hum
bred Arguments the absurdy of this ndscrminae pro-
scription of foreign-born men from office
II the despousms of the Old World should ever attempt
to destroy our government by sending their population
here viii not your representative pause 10 talk or
argue about naturalization laws. ! sha! speak and
for prohibiting any foreigner from readng his foot
upon our soil shall strike at the roo-not waste my
time and energies in looping off the branches.
1 have always understood that three grand leading
ideas through our Institutions giving them all OF their
vitality their beauty, and their powerhrs that the peo-
pie capable Of setgovernmen This the doctrine OF
the Kansas Nebraska BILL Second that wa had made an
asylum which the oppressed Of every land might come
as refuge that here they might worship equals at the
altar of our liberty that here they might lift up their
TO their God according 10 The dictates Of their con-
sciences and there should be TO modest them Third
that there should be 20 arstocracy Of birth. have
garded and do regard these the peculiar pride and
boast my country. regard them az the three grand
and massive pillars upon which the whole magnificent
structure OF government rests viii not by any ac-
ton Of mine deiace or mar these pillars.
have been often asked II in favor of reorgan-
zing the whg party? that, in the present con-
dtlon Of parties and the country IN my judgment such
effort can do no good, and might do great harm.
say to you that We have sound material Nsrth out
Of which reconstruct that party Look back a the past
Every wing representative from the North in s49 voted
for the Nimot provso. But three OF them of seventy
three voted for the fugtve-save awhat law which does
but common Justice to South and which Is nded
by the constitution ITSELF Not WING north Of Mason
and Dxous line voted for the KansasNebras1a bill OF
1881 On all these majorty Of the northern
democrats voted with the South Have we then, not
reached point 10 the NORTH presupposed by Mr. Clay
when he said II the wbig party becomes merged
into contemplate abolition parry viii abandon IL in
disgust IN and should his old followers, take his
implied counsel and his proposed example when he says
NJ will act with that party, whatever its name may be
that stands by the constitu ton and the UniO To en-
deavor now to reorganze whg party would ne but 10
divide and distract the sound NATIONAL men Of the South
Where have ally in the NORTH outside OF the
democratic organization These allies have Oeen trHe to
in lhe past WIh patriotic devotion TO the union OF
rights the South they have barred their bosoms the
ragngs Of the storm-ihey have stood unmoyed while
maenty and Rnatiesm have poured their fiery torrents
upon them take them 10 my heart AS political brothers,
aud and cherish them there.
How stands the democratic party have given you
the resolution OF the present members Of Congress.
Listen 0hio STEPPED she has been In tree-sosm, in
State convention assembled with the bodness Of right
with the cAndor Of manhood they declare the 9th day
Of January last as follows:
a." Resolved That slavery beng the creature Of posi-
cannot exist without hi domestic institution
and that Congress has neither the power to legsse II
into any Territory or State TO exclude II herefron,
TO leave the people thereof perfectly free TO form and
regulate their domestic nstu tons in their way, sub
ject only 20 the constitution Of the United States
a. Rsocd That the right Of the people Of each partcu-
lar State and Territory establish their constitution
or form Of choose and regulate their