The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-03-19
Ratification Meeting Of the Amer.
leans in Washington Speech
.. of Lewis D. Campbell.

Ratification Meeting Of the Amer
leans in Washington Speech
/ of Lewis D. Campbell.
"rhe American party had meeting in
the city of Washington on Friday night,
full report of which We 6nd in the National
Organ. Of Saturday. The frst speaker was
Hon. Andrew Stewart, formerly member Of
Congress from Pennsylvania. When he
concluded, Hon. Lewis D. Campbell was
loudly called for, and took the stand and
spoke as follows:
He said he had just come in. and did
not exactly know what the meeting was
doing and what they were talking about;
but if the object was to perpetuate the great
principles of American liberty, he was with
them. lchsers.l
at seems to him that the old parties
were in that particular situation known as
confusion confuzledg' Laughter, He
had labored with bis eminent friend from
Kentucky fMr. Crittendon, who sat near
hin on the stand, in the old Wing party.
shoulder to shoulder; bat that party was
now said to be defunct in the abstract. As
to the old Democratic party Of the days Of
jackson, he believed that If all OF Perce's
marshsls and deputy marshas should be
Al a-A al al.
a year for the search, they would re-
turn the warrants endorsed as did the
Kentucky constable when he treed his man
Ia swamp: "Non est inventus. over creek
ibus, in swampibus up stumpo." Laugh.
te1 and cheers.
! "Here there was some disturbance in the
meeting. end cries of 'Put him out !" "Sag
.Nicht.' when Mr.. q. cried 'No. don't put
him out; but give him a seat on the standl''
Order was son restored, and he went On.
"Mr, Campbell now wentiato a lucid aud
eloquent, as we'll as humorous defence Of
some of the prominent principles of the A..
merican party. He was not a member Of
any church. but he was inclined to the
Protestant faith because he was brought up
10 it. end because history taught him il was
the faith Of freedom. The American party
wished TO keep Church and State seperate
and they would do it in spite Of the Jesuits.
[oteers. TE gs JJ5 dssal5
/. "The American nation were not as weak
as they once we're. The Indians who once
infested his own State. and who at one
time were near the place where be lay an
infant; those, Indians who were hired by
British gold to murder the women and chill
dren, thanks to the bold hearts Of Kentucky
who marched to tile relief OF Ohio. had been
exterminated. The nation was now strong
and intended 70 be on equal terms with 9th
er nation. They intend to give their
citizens 3 right to travel ii. fyreign lands
without having their baggage ransacked By
Papal authority to find and take away the
Bible they kept for their private devotions.
even though that Bible was the git OF q
dying mother, as the pyrmidons Of the
Pope onow. And We intend when Sam
getslstrong enough in the knees. and he
seems To Be getting stronger every day. To
have ourci,isens buried dsesntIy wben thsy
4eis in . foreign land. Nov an Americas
Proaes.ans'dsing in ITALY is not as dsoeutiy
buried as you would bury . Newfoundland
dog esa zas.e j eA..sa
!, "Ha said We celld and would manage
our own internal affaiFs without ths aid of
John Ball, Patrick OsElahsrty Or Hans Bsr-I
gerskitsrhcpen either, we. like other peo-
pie, bad our troubles u the camp. but that
was none ofoihsr peoples business. The
trouble vas about 4 splorsd geatlemaa IL
the fuel. Or, 10 other words ! nigger in thsI
wood pile. ILaughserl On this matter he
bad his own opinion. and shpuld continue to
.think Tor himself. Bot Nd Thought hs cod
rstitS 70 ah ants9t0om nov With bis friend
from KanlaeEy and hisa friend from North
Carolina. AiaasrS. CriitenGen and Hauah-
tony and though they we're two % one =
gainst him they could 6x that matter 10 II
zen minutes, iflit would only stay fixed: bus |
lha Niger business was IA outside issac.
Il bad 40 busiaess n tho American PARTY.
aud, fuF bis part. be wished 10 keep Ne |
aenm0a Oh color oat Laughter and cheers.