The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-26

her es army the great heart Of the nation repssd the
ndlgniy The enemies OF the democratic party In The
main against the declaration of war; OF whom
Went 50 Tar as TO meet in your own State at Hartford 10
plot resistance il not treason But and vent
ana who viii say that IL not the true policy OF
this nation to have t In It's progress and consequences
honored our flag, elevated character warlike
people liked more hrmly the position OF government
as one OF the family Of nations and settled rules OF
national intercourse and comfy which respected
\ by all. e ..-gs.... y. n. -.
The periods of the Of Mr. Monroe and The
younger Adams remarkable for partisan Issues
ana great results Under the former the Territory OF Flor
IDA, now State acquired. General jackson the
next Presdent and during his term the question Of
uonal bank the great issue The opposition held that
such an Institution was Indispensable to the business Of the
couhUyh we must have great regulator Of the cur
rency, Of exchanges and values But when the bank ut
tempted to regulate the politics Of the country jackson
determined to regulate it and when it's appliances had
cured the passage Of recharer through Congress- that
man vi iron will put his heel It, The sensation produ
eed by the act was awful The cry Of ruin and tyranny
was heard In all parts of the land Old and political
hypochopdrIacs in Mysteries. Panic committees
seen vending their way TO the White House demonstrate
and imporo Bat all they could get from the Old Hero
was firm declaration of wholesome truths touching the
future trade and and currency OF the country
evincng foresight his part which have regard
ed as wonderful than his achievements the field OF
battle But now the bank is rated obsolete idea its
former advocates concede the wisdom of the policy that
terminated its existence. Many other great things
done BY Jackson Then the French hesitaed pay jack
son said "by the Eternal "and the money came When
sovereign State dissatisfied with the revenue laws throat
ened resistance the potent voice produced peace U
der the administration of Mr. Van Buren, tho sub treasury
was leading issue. The purse and sword Of
alarm But this issue has been settled in favor. The
institution has worked WELL and the sword has been
Derby
In 1910 opponents attained power Com
ing in through a kind of political phrensy, they had
long programme of measures on hand What did they
do Contrary to their pledges they attempted TO sten
another bank upon the country. They did pass bank
rup act which in the short space of year wiped out
hnpdr nf p,ill SP
pealed in accordance with the indignant voice of the
tion. The issues the question of the tariff prom
at that time have all been settled in accordance with
democratic policy The great issue the
tion of Texas The supported by the democ
and resisted by most of the opposition But who
among them will that Texas ought not to be ours
Who regrets her admission into the Union only few
fanatics 2 The opposition said with Mexico would
follow and it did follow This the only hit they had
made for long time. War did commence by the act of
Mexico-and what hen Why the opposition press again
teemed with denunciaons against the President and his
party. The war was denounced as unjust and aggres
sive on our part The rostrum and the pulpit again
echoed the ALARM and joined in deaming the govern
ment Even members OF Congress went 30 far TO
say that American soldiers in Mexico should be swell
coined with bloody hands to hosptable graves" But
the great heart of the nation pulsaed in unison with
the government and State after State company after
pany, and after man. rendered their services to the
President The spectacle proud one, and asounded
Great Britain and other jealous powers. The war
brief and brilliant one and made terms
Had the policy of the opposition prevailed Texas long ere
this would have been forced into alliance with Eng
land France, and California the richest State in the
Union, wonderful in her past growth and promise for
the future would still be integral part of the degraded
republic of Mexico and be inhabited only by ignorant
and imbecle people Had the democracy other claim
the favor Of the people, this achievement alone should
them many years Of ascendency and rule But all
the old Issues have been settled In favor Of the democracy
Indeed had been the ayowed purpose of the opposition
be uniformly wrong every question whether of for
egn relations domestic concern Of peace war; they
could not have succeeded well. OF all the
they proposed there is not vesge of one to be
| ,t tLan tba npa hy In tprp
their hobbies have fallen at the hand of time been dis
carded by the people and abandoned by their authors
r so WITH rHosE NOW PENDING Not only are their
hobbies gone but of the old parties gone also
1t the sagacous Webster who wrote that after 1852
the whg party would exist in history only and have
the verfcation of his prediction.
Now fellow citizens what wish to impress upon your
minds this That n this long history, covering
important epoch, the:e time when the demo-
cratic party occupied nobler position than just now.
There time when its ascendency was more es-
senta the peace and progress Of the nation and am
quite have the day when was so proud
of my humble membership in it. In distinct struggle Tor
the constitutional rights Of the States andhe rights OF the
citizens OF each State the virtues of this old party best
reflected Ny friend Senator Weller says that the old op
position party only intended perform the Offices OF
brake the track When democratic locomotion got
too high, the opposition answered for brake. have
compared IL a dead weight the skirts Of progress
We rapidly approaching presidential election which
will involve vital issues The democracy will be aged
on side and the combined elements OF fanatcm and
bigotry the other Black republicauism dlias abo
tonsm will compose one wing of the enemy and know
nothngsm the other and notwithstanding the striking
dssmarty in the character OF these organizations and
the doctrines they hold | predict their united action
against in the northern States Had not witnessed
this humiiatng union In my State and did not see
evidences of IL in yours might hesitate TO express this
opinion Bot as was the effect in Pcnnsyvsna trust
1t will prove be In Connecticut and that large num-
Der Of the best of the old whg party WILL by such
neans be induced to join the democracy
Now anayze the elements Of these two parties for
moment and how far their union will be consistent
with decency and common sense The abotonists would
arrest the extension Of slavery they would the shac
kles Of the slave they would give him greater political and
social rights and opportunities all this they would do be
cause they say 1t is humane and phanthropc The know
religious belief test for civil Office and these prn
epes would dsranchise the foreignborn and Catholic
citizen They would humiste this large class of white
citizens sinking them below the condition Of their neigh
bors The in darkness and in secrecy whilst
the sbolionists act in daylight promugsng their senti
ments everywhere with peculiar boldness. Who would
predict that two such parties could aternize
Imagine them In juKtaposton-with shade OF white
on one side and a shade Of black the other; the
other concerned exceedingly for the humiliation OF
white people. The triumph Of abotionism Is the tri-
umph Of the colored The success OF knoW-nothng
ism involves the degradation Of large cass OF white ci
zens But offensive the spectacle may seem, you are
! bound to witness H. I witnessed 1t in Pennsyivania
In 1854 and again In 1865 At the election in the latter
year each of these parties had presented their candidate
for canal commissioners know-nothng and an sboli-
ZIONIST or repubcanso that each voter might express his
peculiar views But the of the secton the leaders
withdrew the these gentlemen and presented
other in their stead-he willing Embodiment OF all the
smsand the mass of electors found themselves in posi-
ton where they had to take the whole dose or nothing