The true Democrat., 1856-03-25

leads, in the strong language of MT. Clay, (when speaking of refusing to admit State because of constitution tolerating slavery, ) ito e DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION THROUGH A BLOODY AND FERROUS ROAD"
 give you resolution passed by Know Nothing convention at Cincinnati in November last, composed of delegates from seven of the northern and north western States They de- clare:
 "That the repeal of the Missouri compro- mise is an infracton of the plighted faith of the nation, and that it should be restorel; and if efforts to that end should fail, Congress should refuse to admit into the Union any State toler- ating slavery which shall be formed out of any portion of the territory from which that inst- tuition was excluded by that compromise"
 Yes, they will not admit Kansas if she ap- plies for admission as slave State; thus, ac- cording to the language of Mir. Clay, and thus, as every intelligent man knows, leading to the "dlssolution of the Union by booly road." You see by this resolution how the Know No- things in the the northwestern States stand. I will show you how they stand in the middle States In the legislature of Pennsylvania, the Know Nothings and the black republicans, true to their instincts and action, FUSED, and they declared, on the 12th day of January, 1856, in the following form, to wit:
 Resolvea, That we are opposed to the ad- mission of any naore slave States into hls Ula ion; therefore,
 Resolved That Kansas ond Ne5raska sh0uM only Je ADMITTED into Me sisteraool as free States
 Opposed to tue admission of any more slave States into this Union;" the rankest and most damnabe free -sosm, as well as the most d- rect road to dissolution
 In New York--the Empire State-the State which owes It's greatness to the commerce of the Union as it is--in that State, so bound to us and so dependent upon us by commercial ties the Know Nothings met there in State conven. ton, at Blnghampton, and they, too join in the swelling chorus of aboIitionism, and resolve as foilows
 "Resolvef, That the national administration, by ats general course of odicia, conduct together with an attempt to destroy the repose, harmony and fraternal relations of the country in the re- peal of the Missouri compromise, and the en- couragement of aggressions upon the govern ment of the territorial inhabitants of Kansas, deserves and should receive tue united cOndena- nation cf tue American people, and that the in- stitution of slavery should receive no exten- sion from such repeal"
 The meaning of which is, that Kansas, if ap- plying slave State, should be rejected.- This is the plaform upon which they went into their last fight! This is the platform upon which they gained their victory A victory which would lead to the dissolution of the Union Thus stand the Know Nothings of New York! Let us go to the northeastern- the New England States. Maine. Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,, all declare that
 Whereas, the aggressive policy which has been uniformly pursued by the slave power, from the commencement of our national eXis- tence down to the abrogation of the Missouri compact evinces a determination to crush out the spirit as we'll as the forms of liberty from among us, and to subject the free States to a re- lentleso despotism; and whereas the success oi the southern delegates to the national council recently held in Philadelphia in making abect and accomplishing submission to pros laverv legislation fundamental article n the creed of the national American party, renders 1t impc- ratlve on us to express our views upon the great question of the country and the age: Therefore, we declare
 That the great barrier to slavery, ruthlesslv broken by the repeal of the Missouri prohibi- ton, ought to be speedily restored; and that, in any event, no State erected from any part of the territory covered by the compromise ought ever to be admitted into the Union as a slave Stateh'
 Though 1 have them at hand, I will not dis gustyo with any more of these northern Know Nothing platforms 1 have taken the north west, the centre, and the northeast I have shown you, So that no honest man will ever de- hn ro,lc H., ,h, +b bo, gone utterly gone, into practical abolitionism; that no presentatlvc-no man who values the rights of the south--can act with them.
 Do you want more proof? 1 refer you to the record of the present Congress- 1 assert to you that threc-tourths of the men who elected Banks were Know Nothings. assert to you that not single northern member of that party voted for Governor Aiken for speaker! That after all their loud -mouthed" professions of nationality, Fuller lodged; his precious little band of six threw away their votes upon theiI immortal leader, and thus allowed Banks, who was onl y elected by two votes-who would sink the Cnion-who would absorb' with the ne- groes-Who has not yet determined whether he Is better than a negro or not-yes, these north ern Know Nothings threw away their votes, and allowed this man Banks to be elected speaker.
 Will any man of common decency-wiil any man in Missouri, of ordinary self-respect, ever again abuse me for not having acted with the northern Fuller party?
 Instead of getting national Know Nothings from the north for our national man. (Governor Alken,) we really lost two "South Americans'' MT. Cullen, of Delaware, and Mir. Henry Winter Davis, from Maryland. So you will see that instead of the tendencies of the Ame- rcan order being to llberallze the north its prac tlcal operation Is to free-sollize the south.
 Do you want more proof? will give it, The Know Nothing convention, held at Phila- delphia on the 22d of February, 1856, (the birthday of Washington--what deSecration) repudate and abolish the twelfth section, on d separate and distinct vote, and by an over whelmlng majority; and in its stead place a plank which mears all things to all men, and of which member of the convention, from h. diana, and a supporter of it, (Mr. Sheets,) said in that convention
 (" He would assure the south that the twelfth section must be got rd of. He was willing to accept compromise, but the section must be got rid of: he was willing to accept the Wash ington platform; for, if there was anything in it, It was so covered up with verbiage that a President would be elected before the people would find out what it was all about. (Tumul- tuous laughter.)
 Yes, this infamous sentiment, instead of be- ing received with patriotic indignation, was re- ceived with "tumultuous laughter.' and the Washington platform, presented by one Par son French $. Evans-the defeated black re- publican candidate for sergeant at-arms of the present House-was adopted by that conven- tion!
 Do you want more proof? think every in- telligent honest man in my district, who is not an aspirant for office, will exclaim-" Hold enough!' But for the benefit of the Know Nothing aspirants for my place in the district, l will give two more facts. The northern portion of that convention telegraphed to the black republican Pittsburg convention, sitting at the same time, that
 "The American party is no longer united.- Raise the republican banner. LET THERE BE NO FURTHER EXTENSION OF SLA-