The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-08-02
1)olitiral.
Hon. IA. w. Davis Speech in
New York;

New YORK.
The New York Herald presents its rea dcrs
with the following sketch or ,hc s,ccch of
the Hon. H. w. Davis. oG Balto. at thc
mass ncelinr in New York on Ihur.,,,y
night. which will no ,loubt he road with in.
tcrc st by his host of friends.
Henry Winter Davis. NJ. G. of M,rv,o,d
then addressed the meeting for over an hour
and was very jmperfectly heard at the ,enort-
cr' table After some prefactorv remarks
urging the claims of Fillmore upon the sun
port of all true Americans he manfred what
was there in the conduct and acts of the pre.
sent administration that should entitle them
to the confidence of the pcople. buchanan
if elected, was bound to carry out tho views
Of the party now in power, and it was pcrti
ncnt and highly proper, therefore, to review
the conduct of those now in power.
Had they added TO the dignity of the Amcri.
can character in any respect, and had they
shown the true character Of American states
manship! Had it grown in the affections of
the American people day by day, and had it
shown itself careful to protect American i'll
tcrcsts? Had il kept its hand from bribery
and left the ballot box free I!
Ofall the pitiable failures, from the time of
Washington down to the present day, the adj
ministration how in power had involved it's
elf in the most humllnaliuS positions. CAP
pla,lse.) What was its parcntace? 1t claim.
cd to be representative of genuine Dcnocra-
cy. 1t was begottcn in secret chamber at
Barnums Hotel, at Baltimore. in June. 1862
by an illicit connection between the free soil
els Of the North and the scccssionists of the
South. Uaughter.) How du they stand at
present! Their majority of seventy in the
House of Representatives has silrunkcn to a
miserable minority, and the quiet of the
country was lost in the din Of contending
factions. The origin of all this was no ca
price of the American pcople-no failure of
the great qualities of the American republic.
1t was because of the elevation of the present
administration to power that the peace of the
country was disturbed: and the people of the
country were now engaged in solemn consul
taton how they might restore the harmony
that had been DESTROYED How was it that
the peace of the county was disturbed! 1t
was owing to the division of spols hv the adj
minislralions and the course pursued by them
in relation to the Kansas and Nebraska act.
No distinguished man of the South asked for
the passage of the Kansas act. 1t was not
asked for ON the part of the South, but it was
passed as a part Of a corrupt bargain, which
the administration had made to provide for
the various elements composing it. 1t was
not passed by the North Or South, but it was
passed by the Democratic party Pierce
adminlStration-adopt by them as az adj
minlstration measure. and claimed as q Dem
ocratlc triumph.
The Nineteenth Ward Fillmore and Donncl-
son Club here made its appearance with music
and banners, and were greeted with cheers.
After the applause had subsidized, MIR. Davis
resumed. 1t was because of the passage of
the Kansas act by the administration, that
all the disscnsIons now existing in the conn
try had grown up. lie represented a slave
holding State in the Congress of the unitcI
States, and he would say. had the American
party of Maryland been in existence at the
time OF the passage OF the Kansas act, their
support would never have been given to that
measure. (Applause) 1t was because Of the
passage of that measure that discussions now
rage from one end of the country to the other.
The Kansas act was not the act of either the
North or The South, but 1t was the act Of dis
turblng politicians at both cnds OF the ropub-
lie.
If this he the origin OF the difficulty, who
was to hc punished! Were they of the South
to be punished! Were they to be made the
scapegoat Of an immoral and insane agitation
growing out of this act of the administration
Against the constitution and peace of the
whole country had the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise been made, and it was they Of
the South who had been injured by it. 1t
was but short time ago that the factions Of
the abolitionists shrank into one small corner
Of the State; they could not carry any weight
in Presidential election, and the vote they
cast was a mere mockery, and now see the
large number Of members they have returned
to Congress. That was what the South had
gained by the repeal Of the Missouri Com.
promise. 1t was the South therefore, who
had been injured by the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise. Everybody knew the facility
with which Northern people rushed from
one end Of the country to the other. Every
body knew how California came TO be a free
State and how the populous Northwest came
to he free.
Why was it supposed Kansas would he an
exception to that rule! Why have all the
troubles and dissensions grown up that now
agitate the county in regard to Kansas 1t
was because the administrator Of your laws,
with the knowledge derived that the laws had
been violated, refused to call out the army of
the United States to enforce the law. 1t was
because he allowed the fair voice of the pco-