Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-01

cent speech at St Louis which refers to the Gin
cinnati Convention and the domestic policy Of the
Administration
| Citizens; appear before you in an unexpected
Characteristic Of candidate for the goyernorshjp
Of the State of Missouri. II was a place which I
had not sought, but which | felt bound to accept
IN the present condition of the country--its peace
greatly endangered both al home and abroad and the
services OF all good citzens required to aid in pre-
venting the double calamity Of civil and foreign
| war.
| went to Cincinnati to- be near that Convention,
| the hrst one | ever approached. went to see
how things were done, and to assist little at
safe nomination. l found garrison of office hold.
ers inside of tho Convention, and a besiering army
| OF the same gentry on the outside Of t. Packed
delegates were there, sent TO betray the people
Straw delegates were there, coming from the States
which could give no Democratic vote Members
OF Congress were there, although forbid by their
duties from being at such place. cohort Of
office -holders were there, political eunuchs in the
Federal system, incapable OF voting for the small.
est Federal Office, yet sent there by the admins
tration to impose President upon the people
1t was scandalous collection, excluded by the
constitution from being electors Of the Presi
dent, and yet sent here to vote for the adminisra
tion-and to vote upon the principle of the Ok that
knoweth his masters crib--upon the principle of
the ass that knoweth the hand that feedeth him.
Buies were there from the custom house and the
Five Points IN New York-al with the approba-
ton. of the administration; for the office.hoders
would not be there tabsent from their duties and
drawing their pay without the consent of their
employers. Ii a scandalous collection The
members of Congress were in the double breach
of their duties. They were neglecting their leeis-
lative duties, and doing what they had been inter-
dicted from doing.
Thirty ypara 400 tho nom;pa, zion of ,os;da,t;,j
candidates was taken from Congress on account OF
the corruption which It engenderea aERd given 60 60
delegates, intending to he fresh from the people
and 10 obey their Will, and the nomination remov-
cd from Washn ton to Baltimore, to get out OF
the reach OF Piesident-mukng members. But
these members followed to Baltimore, getting
proxies fom some delegate when they could get
no appointment from the people, and to get rid Of
them-to get entirely beyond their reach the
Convention itself was removed from Baltimore 10
Cincinnati.
Vain effort to escape them They followed on
to Cincinnati. They broke up Congress to get to
this forbidden place. Surely the new President
will be very har hearted if he does not remember
them when he comes to the distribution Of office
From Washington city came new corps, never
before put upon such service-the office-holdes in
the city, clei ks in the epartments--heads of hu-
reau5-men who have no vote In any federal cleo
tion--political hybrds unable to act mans part
in any election, but sent to Cincinnati, as a life
guard to support tho administration.
Such was the composition of nearly one-half of
the whole conventon--customh house officers, pt at
masters, salaried clerks, packed delegates, straw
delegates, political eunuchs, members of Congress,
district attorneys, federal rnarshals The place In
which they met and Which had been provided by
packed administration committee, was worthy Of
the meeting. IL was sort of den, approached by
each door guarded by armed bules with oiders
to knock down any person that approached with
out ticket from the committee, and special or
der TO be prepared with arms to repulse the Mis-
sour delegation which me to vote for Buchanan
- repulse which they attempted and got them
| selves knocked down and tramplcd under foot.
This den had no windows by which people could
look in OF sec, the light of the sun enter-only
a row OF glass, like steamboat skylight, thirty.
five feet above the foor 1t was the nearest rep
! resentation of the 'black hole" in Calcutts and
like that hole, had wel-nigh become notorious for
a similar Catastrophe. The little panes of glass
above were hung en- pivots, and turned fat TO let
| in air. rain came on, drove into the den; and
| to exclude it, the panes were turned up. Slnoth-
| erng! smotheripg" was the cry in the den ard
/ the glass had 10 be turned up again. Oger this
place was small box for the admission Of specta-
| tors, its approach bariicaded and guarded, and
entrance only obtained upon tickets flom the
| same packed committee, and 10 whom they gave
tickets seen the first votes were given for
Buchanan, and when each State that voted for
him was hissed--even Virginia and the Kissing
only stopped bya threat to clear the galleries.
Such is the pass TO which the nomination of Presi-
| dent is now brought
| No President, seeking a second election has
ever beer 80 repudiated before. Several so seek
ing, have been defeated by their adversaries, but
no one has been defeated by his own party. The
elder Mr.. Adams was defeated by the Democratic
| party, then called republican the younger Mr.
Adams was. defeated by the same party Mr. Van
Buren was defeated by the Wings. But each Of
these gentlemen had the consolation of having pre-
| served the respect and confidence of hs own par
| ~. Not so with Mr. Pierce. He Ia repudated nv
those who had exalted him. After four years trial
| he is condemned and thrown away-the victim Of
his advisers. 1t Is the most humiliating ternlna-
| ton of public career that ever was Witnessed -
| His whole vote was some sixty-only FIVE DOZEN
| out ot near three hundred and il from these are
deducted the intrusive votes which ought not 10
be counted-those OF the office holders the pack
ed delegates, the straw delegates, the members OF
Congress, and the complimentary votes which were
begged for him to lessen the shame Of the misera-
bic defeat--if all these were deducted, as they
ought TO be, he would be left without single vote !;
left to 90 out as he came in with the unanimous
consent OF his party. What fate for man who
came into Office upon tw.nty seven States, with
two-thirds of each House Of Congress, and the uni.
ted Democracy of the whole Union. After all, the
result was due to the place where the Convention
was held If il had been in Baltimore where the
outside pressure would have beer on the other
side, the Office holders would have carried the
| day
Let it not be forgotten that the place governed
this nomination the place convenient TO the solid
men Of the country; but that cannot be relied upon
| to save future nominations The old intriguers---
the permanent professional President makers-will
not be caught in such place again. They will go
| whero the farmers cannot come. and there is no