Indiana American., 1856-07-18
Speech Of Mr.. Andrews, in Brook
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Uusds an ercs,lsrt sneecb which
vas very Numerically heard A. the Re-
nortsv.s ,sbl. and wbat was heard
Ia ~ \. -r;,,sr n ,hs ds,L Ue
aid he rve.rmrd hs mas Lnown 70
hrs G~ n ,hs,. hv ma ma h,t he co,Id
srll them ina, h;s name was not
IN oois ,Lauohtrr and cbeer.l Il
hsd he<r N. n,;v;Ie.e 70 he pres.nt A.
,he philadelohis Conven,ion Of which
,hs, h.d ~ .rs,h;c v~ror, iron,
,hs;r rsrr.ssr,.,;,s H. ssrd.ord :
Rr, ,hss. 80 so,.s of ,hs sssrss .cd
some Of ,he ;nc;d~r,s that occurr.d
there wh;ch rsrhans m;yht moi have
. s,,;,. H. - ~ sJ5 =, arr.
;re,s 80 .er;ous and 40 grave and 40
earnest IN their tru,bfuleess. "A those
to which reference had already been
made. but which Il mieht not be in.
spp,cnr;sts far him 10 refer 10 here
In Iooting about for Vice. President
the oues,ion arose a. 10 Who the man
should be: and While tbev were in de.
liberation an AGED gentleman came
farvard renrxssn inc tho State of II.
I;no;. and sJdressed ,bs .ssemblv in
favor Of his friend Nv lincoln of ,br
s.ms s,s,e NJ Lincoln ms Lrovn
n hut Grv of the gentIemen nrrsent:
but afsr the gentleman bv whom he
was supported had described All his
virtues and capsbility. and was about
TO leave the stand. a delegate rose
and, with great seriousness and Quiet
ness said: "There is one question |
should like to ask Col. Archer the
sneaker from Illinois. He has depict.
"a ~ ma !, gIov;n, torn. th. v;r,,.s
Of Mr.. Lincoln, but there is one thing
that must he satisfied ahout before |
can vote for him. .can he fgb,q,,
T TChrers.1
Never snrano nm arrow from the
bov Of an srchsr 9th Greater v;vsc;,v
and enerov than did that old gentls.
man snr,ny from The foor and sbout
"He will" IRenewed cheers / The
vast .ss.nhlv burst into q cheer tbat
alros, ,a,, x. yarr hssvsrs
And has moi he time come now
for us In ash the Same Question. when
our s..na,o,. are s,ruci dovo IN ,bs
Senate Chamber. when Gains are
abroad. and one Ia shattered on the
hro- 81 a r.n vho !. h;msslf ,hs orr.
blem of personal and nol;,;cal pur;tv
TLoud cheers for Sumner follored bv
tr;~ h,fuI orosr;ro for RrooLs rbsrs
vas nressns = ms9,Isman IN ,hs Ph;la.
d.I,h;s Corven,;on .s ds,so.,e
-hpss 49, - !. %. .nron.csd
as one Of the Comm;,tse on Creden-
,;.ls sl;c;,sd . mos, ,hurdsr;,g cheer
Il vas \ name which Was familiar 20
he ears of this audience and the mem
lion of -h;ch vorId rest w;,h a cor
dial rssnonse N ,hs;r hssr,s-,Ls name
of Passmore W;Il;amson U,oud
cbeers1 And he too was the victim
of another Kane ICbeers and laugh
teri A,S .s NJ Sumnor sufF.1ed
from H. n.rd. - 80 Ta;n "a ~.
confirmed to his he'd and subjected to
medical tveatmant for tho ;n;ur;ss Tins
inflicted the o,ber man was depr,ved
of his natural and ;naI;enable r;ybt Of
l;es of Ehsr,v and 81 Tho nursu;t o(
hann;ness bv another Kane. he was
incarcerated within stone walls. torn
fro,, H. fs,;,v ., a n.r;od wher 4,
WAS most dis,rsssino TO hum to be ab.
sent from the nar,ner Of his bosom
And ;s .;,h.r m.n .rfgsysd moro ,b.n
the other II was he mon whom was
;nfi;c,ed that ou,raoe under the sane.
ton Of ;ud;,al ofsce H. fMr An.
drews) did not know that he could
make his speech In the mild. the am
abe and The moderate tone vb;cb
they had heard. They had been told
upou all hands that nothing could be
said against James Buchanon: that he
was a very respectable man, that he
was n verv sober man. and conse-
quentIy, that he must be regarded
with great care and with great de,
ference. lie did not participate in that
feeling. He was not disposed to let
Mr. Buchanan pass with imounity.
when he and those about him we're
heapiug abuse upon the Republican
candidate. or be lying their i,he Re-
publicans) principles, or denouncinp
their platform. This was not a time
TO be ,neaIv moutbrd in dealing with
man and his principles. And who
WAS James Buchanan. and what had
James Buchanan done that he pre.
sented himself before them and ssked
far their sufFrages? II was true ,ha,
he had lived long. and so did don.
key. (Cheers and laughter. / Nigh,
his shadow never grow less. and nigh,
he live thousand years. But siill.
# he were a second Methusalah il
would mot unless he possessed some
other virtue present auy claim on ,hei,
favorable consideration. If he had
lived lony h, had but consumed NOR.
Of the GOOD th;nys Of this earth: h,
hsd s.,,.. ned ,hs more ont Of the nub
Il. .,;h And wh;,s bs .at with hi,
ss., a. mad.~ ,ha usho,anv of ,hs Em