Daily American organ., 1856-03-08
The Meeting I'D BaItimore.

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The Meeting at Baltimore.
After the adiournment of the monster Ratifica-
ton Meeting at the Maryland Institute, on We'd
nesday night the crowd proceeded 70 the Entaw
House, when, after repeated and long-continued
calls, Major Donelson made his appearance and
delivered impromptu the following neat speech,
which was received by the crowd with the liveliest
satisfaction: n bsp3 II
MAJOR DoNBLsoNs SPEECH. Il
Mr.. Donelson, among other appropriate things
in his speech to the crowd assembled at the Eutaw
House. said You will find our opponents saying
many things about Wings and Democrats, as those
partes were represented by their respective parti-
sans no TO the period Of Mr. Pierces administra-
ton. They forget that these two parties are long
since buried, and that the people have built up
another, which they call the American party.
Pierce has DESTROYED Democracy. Mr seward q,
and the Black Republicans hare destroyed the
Whig party. In the language Of Mr. Dickinson OF
New York, Democracy under the present adminis-
tration. is white at one end, blaok at the other
and muatto in the middle. That is TO say, Mr.
Pierce has entered into an alliance with all tne
;sas. in order to cement a party tolerating aboi-
ton. accession, and disunion, providing strength
can be thereby acquired sufficient TO enable MN
and his associates to reach and hold the pubic
Treasury. tetl.a n
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counsellor; Davis the great secessionist his mir
tary cheitain and Marcy, the anthor OF the senti-
ment that 10 the 'svictor belong the spoils, the
dispenser of his patronage. With such corps az
this what could Democracy become but dead
body with none of the vitality which once belong
ed to it, when it held up Washington, a Jefer-
son, Madison, and jackson, as the types Of its
principles.
This is a modern Democracy-a mournful illus
tration OF the tendency of all human contrivances
to degenerate and decay. Gentlemen, labored
long 10 resist the evidences OF this melancholy
truth but facts too strong to be opposed--crcum-
stances too overwhelming to be doubted, had at
least their effect upon my mind, and turned to
the American party as the only hope Of the pa
trot who wanted to see the Constitution maintain
ed and our sacred Union perpetuated. M
We all know that the 80 called modern Democ-
racy bad to be aohippsd into q recognition OF the
Compromise measures of $50 as q settiamant OF
the question of slavery. / say whippsd, because
that term CONVEYS the true sense OF their postion
on that great measure of tranquility to the cOun-
try. Experience soon proved that 1t was the pol
icy Of Mr.. Perccto crafty tho revenge OF the men
who we're opposed to that measure. Instead OF ti-
king the steps necessary to confirm the Judgment
OF the people against the further agitation Of sa,
very, we find him ostracising all sational men,
We find him reopening the vexed question by re-
pealing the Missouri compromise, and introducing
the doctrine OF squatter sovereignty, which b but
another name for civil war; and the appiica ion IN
new form Of Wilmot Provisoism to the Terrific
ries Of the United States
Gentlemen, in opposition to all this Juggling
against all this attempt to deceive the North and
the South, we enter our protest, and we take onp
places where forefathers stood In favor of the
constitutional rights of the people Of the Terrific
ries and OF the duty Of Congress % confne itself
TO its legitimate Office of guarding the equal claims
OF all sections Of the Union to protection and de-
fence against foreign intrusion. We recognise no
sovereignty in Territory, especially none which
promotes civil war, and arrays one section Of our
country against another.
Mr. Donelson alluded to his course as editor of
the Washington Uuion, stating that he had done
injustice to Mr. Fillmore in supposing him to have
b,en co-operator with Mr.. Seward on the slavery
question. Time had shown that Mr.. Fillmore was
ia good faith devoted to the great effort to get rid
OF slavery agitation. The consequence is that the
Seward or Black Republican party of the North is
more opposed to Mr. Fillmore than to any other
man in the Union rYg Fgfs.t,
Mr. Donelson said that he had made the amonde
honorable to Mr.. FILLMORE as soon as he saw that
he was true to the Constitution and the Union
that he was willing to do justice to the South AZ
we'll as the North--and that he was, in fact, firm
enough to resist the higher-law doctrines brought
to bear against the execution OF the fugitive slave
law. srsl@ ~
Mr.. d. aiso noticed at some length the state
ments representing him as disappointed Office
seeker He said he had never applied for an Office
for himself and had recommended no one to Pres
iient Pierce after be had formed his Cabinet and
betrayed the Democracy to the Nufers and Abo-
litionists. WE
Major Donelsons remarks were greeted with
warm applause, and he retired amid defeaning
cheers The above is an imperfect sketch Of his
brief and eloquent address.
~ If there had ever been any doubt that
Mr.. Fillmore would stand firmly upon the
American platform, the following extract from
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, published
by his intimate personal and political friend,
would remove such doubt The article was
published Immediately after the platform was
adopted, and before Mr.. Fillmores nomination,
which removes all suspicion that the editors
views Of the platform were influenced by the
subsequent nomination Of Mr. Fillmore
He says;
The platform adopted by the American Coun-
ell viii meet the cordial appreciation Of majority
of the party. It's moderation, good sense, and
patriotism commend it to favorable consideration
and we are sure that il there are any members o.
the party whose views il does not fully suit, NOR,
mature reflection win change their opinions. A,
was to have been expected il is denounced by ex
tremsts and ultrnsts but had Il been 10 construct
ed as TO accord with their sentiments Il would not
have been the platform OF the American but o.
some other party. The fact that Il dspleases al
traiss and agiators Is one of the beet evidences
chat i Il Is patriotic and judiciou." =.