Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-07-25
Sentiment of the peOple.-echOed by
Poets and Statesmen.
Alta great Ratification meeting IN Ma

At great Ratification meeting In New
York Mr. Briggs Of Ohio spoke as follows
There is no doubt Of the success Of Ere
mont. Go read tho page Of history, go
read the past crisis and struggles and you
will find that NJ all times ia the history
of ihi, world when q great deed was 10 he
performed, when . great purpose was % he
achieved. the great sustaincr Of the universe
raised up just the man IN perform these
dccls
Paul was wanted. II, wa converted 10
speak 10 the most enlightened aud polished
nation OF antiquity.
LATTER was wanted, and be- blew that
blast which woke I'll Europe.
Cromwell was wanted. hc arose with his
6crcc puritan soldiers, who could sing
psalms, and pray, anu keep their powder
dry lApplause And Fremont was want.
cd to fight the battle Tor frccmcn, aud be
was not found wanting.
like % sTcak of Fremont. | like TO
think Of him among my fcllow-citizen., and
IN the stiffness OF solitude, for his character
- one that INSPIRE. high aud generous
thoughts. There is ono little incident in
his history that would in.cribo with pen
Of fire upon the heart " every boy in all
this land NJ ours
When twelve wears OF age. ho was Ion an
Orphln. llismIthor was without the means
ot support, and be- said 10 her, ana going
&, seek employment, ard try and earn some.
thing % help support NJ. Md be- went o.
work iura southern mln--an aristDcrat who
would not have the orphan boy cat az hi,
table. lie would not put him with tho
slaves, because ho was white, and 30 De-
made - little silr table and there John e..
Fremont, the litilc orphan boy, took his
meals IN silence
know somcwha. how be- itlt. lor was
e widDv',s,n az Eve years OF age. can
imagine how Dob. heart bat with sympathy
and love iDr the mother who bJr1 hum, ami
watched with ANGEL, Tenderness, over hi-
infant year. ~, | like Fremont uul
that widows son, who could not cat no the
table of che slayrholding lristncrt, doubt
not, uuirE God, will have che destiny OF
millions entrusted 20 his hands. hp-
Thuss
but ,rll you Pennsylvania will hc ours
Applause IN honest oil farmer Of that
state was, not long since, talking with a
I.l,t.:Iln, when be- sall % him 81 have
always h,on DmUcat. aul would like o.
- 'nr Jr"m- buchanan hut hr H. not the
n.mYcrlttr candidate 90 " How ,4'. asked
tbc politician wasn't ly nominated At
tho tiur,uuatli tDuyuuti.u2' 50, re-
IIiel Che GARNER, " Jvms Buchanan was
not nominated Iy lhr Cincinnati C,nyrn-
t.0u-t.n Cincinnati Platform va, u0minl-
tI mr hH said hn wa. uD longer Jrtm,
Buchanan, bat doe Cincinnati Platform
But that platform j. alnat, now there
d, hole Boo % When Iuugr.,. passed
thos' Improvement bills the other dly In
spite OF thr ,.tp Ut President PIERCE, they
cut ont uuc plank. Hey have made "a hole
iu 10 Ju,t iarsr enough lur Buchanan and
BrrHkHur.lsr uslip through. 10 wi, fall
to piece, bciur, November
VIM. Cullen Bryant, tlr greatest poet in
America, 900 iao same occasion spoke rs 'ol.
l.v,
Yuu arr 40 familiar with t'' gnnrmit.cs
which Hu hea committed upon our west.
rm frontier They have hnu rrt.usut'y
spoken pi m tIr resolutions which ago l.luIr
ylu tls evening, and the gentleman who
proceeded mr la- wildly ,kei.hnI th.m boo
a f.v brief w.rl. II i,a foul and bloody
rrc0rI, authenticated hy testimony which
600 MAN can -..Guy, collected iy g commit
tu, ,.ut uut uulrr tle authority ul oar gIy-
rgum.ut o. make thH investigate record
ut crime, which cause us % blush ug our
country, and iDr tl. rae" 90 which We belong
IA rucuri ui right, vr.st.i from our fellow
citizen, BIS ,Un strong hluI-m.rk election,
-pl u'arra'llus us gross u.s. w.r. ever come
mltinI 900 tlr rgd.-t and m 10 hr'arlH.
times of .ho worit--Iapp.au,r Ia record of
murders, % buuIug'. ul uuuilauIIug Aml-
li., dry % from tNrlr home, into tHrWlIIrr.
u..---ul n revolutionary government r,taa.
li.hrI az toe point OF tie hlyun.t-0l muir
der 900 open iay, and us.is.Iult.I Joe s1li-
ttary places and hy night.
Are yuuu1t moved with indignation when
yuu hear ui thr, things by Indignation
against those hy whom thHy wurr rrrr'u-
toI, and hy sympathy iUr tN".1 ty whom
they w,rc rubu7ud' aij-,s, you Us mon
who Tee usuIl' the yHIl n sIusgicncr-ly,-
not t.lt voice call upon You o. ri,r and
rnlr-. thu,ayillaiuiD, which a1'ruut Heaven,
li.hUUHr our common country, and prepare
% long train ~ m..s RIGS and evils tor the
that ar' o rise uy and take our
places Does not thl; yDief call upon yuu
b. come % the rescue Df our rountrymnn in
The Wcst-Iur late nsighh,r., our k.n-mrU
who's only f.uit h., that they prefer ir,r-
dom o. slavery, and that t'ay stand in the
WY % that mighty, gr'cdy, Unsuitable OLE
c4Fciy, which, not content with pos ssiIus
more vast than those occupied ly The ircr
states ug the Union, seek, "a tax, 90 it-nl,
the fair heritage which our fathers intended
%. 10, permanent abode OF Freedom hp-
pau,c
Gentlemen I real the answer % these
ug0 tiJns in your c1uutrrlucs | should
SO It there IL dit not hear II IN your nc-
II j. the answer of men Whose
hearts arr in the right place. We will
have no more shycs-thati, the feeling that
rgr,adrs this assembly, M more slaves So
iar as depend, upon us We will have no
Of that class of men who ar
..c.tinrd from their bisth u bondage. We
will open M new regions To h' tlllcI ny
those who toll under the lash Applause. J
Wewill not b, slaycs ourselves --wc will not
b. chased from the polls by the slayc.driy.r'
~ they would chase their negroes. We
willnlt be- hunted from the territories where
We choo,.. 10 fix our abode, at the pistol
mouth. ai they chase their runaways homo
~ .hrig plantations. Nor will wc hn rulcI
over hy thc sAyr. We will not st q slave
of the South Mt the head or the republic,
to maaagr it, Affairs and execute IL laws.
Nv friends. ,bcgc'is novcricr slave toiling
in the rico fields of tue South, than the man
who now SITS in the Executive chair at
loud applause NJ negro
who gathers cotton in the plantations Oi
NI.l.,., a.. 4, ,gr,.. .t,y, than nuglunnf