Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-09-12
The DIscug,Ion on Tuesday.

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The Discussion Tuesday.
Tuesday afternoon Messrs. Smith and Meares, tint
electors for this district, spoke in the Court
1t is not our intention to give heightened report
the discussion but merely to touch upon some OF the
prominent points. Mr.. Meares opened at O'CLOCK
the discussion closed about halfpast g. AT The Time
when Mr. Meares commenced speaking the attend
ance was comparatively small, but the Courthouse
soon filled up and presented quite respectable as
semblage until it began to get dark.
Mr.. Meares commenced by abiding to the crisis
at present existng-the strength and determination
of Northern fanaticism, etc. Said that when MI
Fillmore left the presidential chair all was peace and
harmony. In 1852 the conventions OF both parties
had endorsed the compromise. Pierce went into the
Presidency by the support of all sorts OF people )
Union men like Cass-Southern fre-eaters like DAVIS,
and Sellers like Van Buron. Alluded to appoint
ments in New York. Spoke of the KanZas and Ne
braska bill-charged upon "Squatter Sovereignty
also upon Judge Doug las free soiIer. Said that
under the system of the Kanzas bill territory
could come into the Union as slave States. Denoun-
Ced the repeal of the Missouri compromise as reck-
less and unwse" Denies to either Congress or the
people of the Territories the right to legisate on sa
Free States because there were an hundred men
hanging loose upon Northern society for one at the
South and so they would be filled up with an anti
slavery population. Spoke of the Utah bill signed by
Mr.. Fillmore, and denied that il was the same
with the Kanzas bill. The Utah bill confined suf-
frage actual settlers qvIereaS the kanzas and Ne
braska bill gave the right those who i'd only de-
clared their intention. [NoTE.-Either we could
not get things straight or the speakers did not. Our
understanding is, and has been, that the Utah bill
signed by Mr.. Fillmore in effect repealed The Nilsson
ri compromise, because it nullifed and dsregarded
the provisions of that compromise. The Washing
ton Territorial bill signed by Mr. Fillmore, on the
the last day of his term of office, contained the same
clause in regard to suffrage that has been embodied
in the Kanzas- Nebraska bll.--Ed Journal.7
Mr.. Meares charged that the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise was the cause of the present ex
element. Said his competitor would talk of dark
lanterns &C., after every body knew secrecy was
abolished. He then turned his attention to Ameri
Canism" and Catholicism. Large increase of foreign
ers since Washngton's time. Didn't propose to
prescribe. Would pass post faco laws but would
prevent those coming from voting and exclude al
from Office. He and Fillmore agree, both are willing
Germans going for Fremont. Germans all opposed
TO slavery. None thank God come South. Danger
GUS in connection with Squatter Sovereignty. Ger
mans are Red Republicans, Inidels, &c.,-tEeir Sc
cret societies show it. He said the " American
party did not propose to wage religious war. 1t i
warm advocate of Religious Freedom-wouId fgh
for it. Platform Of 1856 don't say anything abou
Catholics. Louisiana Catholics not excluded. Catho
lies divided into Gallicans and ultra monanes
Brownson and the Freeman's Journal ultra montana
and in favour of the temporal power of the Pope
Opposed to the Pope, Brownson and all such Pop
never had the power but he intertered in tempora
ofairs. Consequent corruption. Spoke of Spain
Rome, Napoleon and the English Elizabeth and tn
Henrys. Brownson and his crowd the only part
who mix religion with politics.
Why, asked Mr.. Meares, was not PIERCE nomina
ted The Northern men had crammed buchanan
down the Threats of the South Said that the Demo
cratic party was divided on the Internal Improve
ment issue. The President vetoes bills of this kin
and the Congress passes them over his veto Buch
anan for Pacific Rail Road-said so al dinner part
given to President Pierce in Philadelphia Said tina
Mr.. Buchanan had been a Federalist in 1915, an
as late as 1928. 1t is true he had gone for Texas
1874, but had assigned reasons for it that deprive
HIM OF all claim upon Southern, gratitude. He ad
mltted that Fillmore had been wrong too, that he ba
not approved his course previous to his Presidential
services, but in that he had been tried and foun,
true
MIR. Smith remarked, that he could not but fee
proud OF being Democrat, proud of being an ad
Vocate OF the Democratic cause whenever he compar
cd that great party with the ephemeral things of
day brought up 10 oppose it. The Democratic party
unlike that advocated by his opponent had not arts
en- yesterday or to-day, two or three wears ago.,
1t dated from the origin of the Republic It was IN
splred by the maxims of Jefferson, a Madison. an
jackson. Its measures of public policy were tn
laws OF the land, Convention after Convention of tn
party had re.afirmed and re-enforced the identities
platform OF principles laid down by its predecessor
THESE principles were the principles of the Cops
tuition and must endure as long as that instrument
IL o'u not shit and turn and change eyery year an
almost every day, as did its opponents. His CONNIE
ltor had devoted long time to what he called Sono
ter sovereignty to this he had no objection and i;
tie to say, as Squatter Sovereignty was no doctr;r
OF the Democratic party, as a party-in frinp 3
these and other fanced issues, his comnetitor No
like the company of soldiers in one of the Mexica
Wars, who, being placed as 10 have nothing befo,
them, were ordered 10 fre-Fire at what? Whv tn