Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-10


to let every negro drop through, they would
call it the hottest law that ever was made. The
Constitution says that the slave must be sur
rendered and those who object to this object
to the Constitution of the country, and not to
the fugitiveslaye law.
The principle of the Black Republicans is to
obey such laws as they like, and repudate those
they do not like. They Claim protection under
the Constitution, and refuse to yield obedience
| to il. The difference between them and the
Democracy is, that the Democracy support the
Constitution in all of its parts with equal
| fidelity, without reference to whether they like
or dislike it. 1t is no excuse for a man to
say that he does not like law. and there
fore will not obey it. Did they ever know
a criminal who liked the law? Applause.
Law-breakers never like the punishment that
follows the act Law-abiding men have no
fear Of the supremacy of the law; and the
question to be decided in this contest is,
whether a law made in pursuance of the
Constitution, and as expounded by the courts,
shall prevail, or whether such q law is nanght,
and whether cowardly leaders may shoot down
the officers of law with IMMUNITY.
! He reioiced that the convention, by unani-
nous vote, had approved of the creed that law
must and shall prevail. Applause. He re-
| oced that we had standard bearer with so
much wisdom and nerve as to enforce q firm.
and undivided execution of those laws. When
he said, the issues were presented between the
two great parties-he said taco great parties,
because Know-nothingism was dead, and no.
thing but Black Republicanism was left
| laughter I they would find such verdict as
this country had never rendered in favor Of a
Democratic platform or a Democratic standard
bearer. Great cheering.
He hardly knew where the opposition would
get any votes, in order to let US know when
the history of this contest should be written,
who its candidate were.
| The democracy did not intend that their OPP
ponents should get single State in the great
| Northwest. They were law-abiding people
| there. He was sure they had no hopes in old
Pennsylvania, the Keystone State, the home of
Mr.. Buchanan. In New York, he said. the
| Democrats are united, thank God. Applause
Did any one suppose that lawless violence was
| to triumph over the laws and the judiciary of
the country in New England? Was it there
that, under the advice of the pulpit filled with
Sharpe's rifles, law was to be spurned, consti-
tutional obligations to be defined, and the mob
to take possession Of the power of the Govern
ment? He repealed the charge. He had New
| England blood in his veins, and did not believe
that the people of New England would decide
| for mob violence over the Constitution, the
laws, the judiciary of the country, and every
| thing sacred in our institutions
New Hampshire, too, would come in with
| glorious victory-New Hampshire, the birth
| place of Franklin Pierce, the star in the East
that never sets Did any one suppose that
she would join this mob-law party? Never so
long as she remembered the faithful admins
| tration of Franklin Pierce. And when the
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would be seen that there never had been
Chief Magistrate who had stood with more reli-
gious fidelity by the Constitution of his country
than has the present Chief Magistrate. Great
applause. The proudest honor which his sue
cessor could desire to have paid to him would
be to say that he had been as faithful to the
Constitution and the Union as had been Frank
| lin Pierce. Renewed cheering.l Mr.. ID. said
that he felt it duty and privilege to have the
| opportunity OF saying, under circumstances
when there was no danger of misapprehension,
what every Democrat had in his heart to say,
that the country owed an immense, undyng
obligation to this Administration for the fidelity
| with which the Constitution had been upheld
| and guarded.
| Following the example of my illustrious
| friend from Michigan, (he continued,) will
say here, as / hope to have the power of say
| ing in good many other places between this
| time and the first Of November, that if / have
La friend in this Union who loves me, or regards
| my opinion, or has any respect for my memo
ry, let him put his shoulder to the wheel, and
do everything in his power to win a great and
| glorious victory.
Mr.. ID. took his seat amidst tremendous
cheering, and the band played "The Star
| Spangied Banner"
On the conclusion of Judge Douglass
speech, the meeting formed in procession and
proceeded to the Executive Mansion; where, in
response to the prolonged call for the President
Of the United States, who appeared, and when
the band had performed the air of Hail to
the Chief" spoke as follows:
congratulate you, my fellow-cizens, upon the
| occasion which brings you here, and indulge the
| confident hope that the JOY with which you hail
| the harmonious and UNANIMOUS result Of the
| deliberations at Cincinnati may be strengthened
and deepened by the gratifying voice OF our coun-
| trymen.
| Ii is pleasant to realize that, however other
| parties may be divided and distracted, there is
nothing with us but union Of purpose, and will be
/ nothing but union in action. From this hour 10
that when the polls will be opened in November,
| all prejudccs and personal animosftes among
those who should cultivate mutual regard and
afford mutual support will be laid aside; nay, even
| preferences which may have existed in our ranks
are already no longer remembered. The prefer
ence Of the convention is the pref, renee in this
/ crisis OF every friend who cares more for the
/ country than for himself Devotion 10 the cause,
and earnest support Of the standard bearers
who are TO lead MS through the great struggle, will
constitute the controlling sentiment OF the demo.
orscy, north and south, east and west. We
/ ell, am sure, quite sincere in convictions
that not only the prosperity OF the republic, hut
the perpetuity OF this blessed Union, depends
essentially upon the vindicstion and maintenance
of the PRINCIPLES declared by the recent conven-
ton. But these principles can be indicated and
sustained only by concerted action, and that can
only be secured by organization. Hence, fidelity
10 this organization and its ussges becomes, like
fidelity to principles, cardinal virtue. The latter
can only be manifested and made ef1ectual
through the former.
| My friends will have duties 10 perform in the
| canvass which my position alone will prevent me
| from attempting TO fulfil in person. II never 10
be forgotten by me that, in 1852 older and better
| [many voices cried out "not better!'l soldiers
| than myself tMr. Buchanan and General Cass,)-
mes who had been faithful and tried leaders
| through many wears of labor and conhict-were