Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-19
Ratification Meeting of the Americans
in Neutrality-suspicious. of Lewis ID.

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The American party had meeting in the city
of Washington on Friday night, a full report of
which we find in the National Organ, of Saturday.
The first speaker was Hon. ANDREW STEWART,
formerly member ofCongress from Pennsylvania
When he concluded, Hon. LEWIS D. CAMPBELL
was loudly called for, and took the stand and
spoke as follows:
He said he had just come in, and did not ex-
actly know what the meeting was doing and
what they we're talking about; but if the object
was to perpetuate the great principles of Ameri-
can liberty, he was with Them. Cheers. Ase
1t seemed to him that the old parties were
now in that particular sitntion know as "confit
sion confuzled!" Laughter. He had labored
with his eminent friend rom Kentucky (Mr.
Crittendcn, who sat near him on the stand, y in
the old Wing party, shoulder to shoulder; but
that party was now said to be defunct in the
abstract As to the old Democrat party of the
days of Jackson, he believed # all Pierce's mar
shals and deputy marshals should be armed with
warrants, and should take year for the search,
they would return the warrants endorsed as did
the Kentucky constable when he freed his man
in swamp:"Non estinventus, over creeki6us, IL,
s,canepibus up a stump" Laughter and Cheers. !
Here there was some disturbance in the meet
ing, and cries of PIT him out" Sag Night,
v.
give him a seat OH the stand!" Order was soon
restored, and he went on.
Mr.. Campbell nov went into lucid and elo-
quent, as we'll as humorous defence of some of
the prominent principles of the American party.
He was not a member of any church, but he was
inclined to the Protestant faith because he was
brought up in it, and because history laugh him
it was the faith of freedom. The American par
ty wished to keep Church and State separate, and
they would do it in spite of the Jesuits.-
[Cheers.
The American nation were not as weak as they
once were. The indians who once infested his
own State, and who at one time were near the
place where he lay an infant; those Indians who
were hired by British god to murder the women
and children, thanks to the bold hearts of Ken
lucky who marched to the relief of Ohio, had
been exterminated. The nation was now strong
and intended to be on equal terms with other ma
tons. They intended to give their citizens a
right to travel in foreign lands without having
their baggage ransacked by Papal authority to
find and take away the Bible they kept for their
private devotions, even though that Bible was
the gift of dying mother, as the myrmidons of
the Pope do now. And we intend, when Sam
gets strong enough in the knees, and he seems to
be getting stronger every day, to have our citi-
zens buried decently, when they die in foreign
land. Now, an American Protestant dying in
italy is not as decensly buried as you woule bu-
~ a Newfoundland dog.
He said we coald and would manage our own
internal affairs 10 suit ourselves Also without any
of the proffered aid of John Bull, Patrick OFlah-
erty or Hans Bergerskiterhopen either. We,
like other people; had our troubles in the CAMP,
but that was none of other peoples business
The trouble was about colored gentleman on
the fuel, or, in other words, niger in the word
pile. Laughter.) On this matter he had his
own opinion, and should continue to think for
himself But he could retire to an anti room
with his friend from Kentucky and his friend
from North Carolina, (Messrs. Cnttenden and
Haughton,) and though they were two to one
against him, they could fix that matter up in ten
minutes, if it would only stay fixed. But the
Niger business was an outside issue. It had
no business in the American pa(ty, and, for his
part, he wished to keep the gemmen OBJ color
out. Laughter and cheers.
Somebody had talked about the dissolution Of
the Union! All he had to say about that was,
ssThe thing can't be did! !" Tremendous cheer.
ing.I He knew that many Of the gallant Buck.
eye boys had waded the Ohio river, and wooed
won and carried home some of Kentucy's faires'
daughters. Do you think they want to split
No, sir! 1t is no use talking about that. The
thing can't be did!n Cheers and Laughter.
You have me. tonight to ratify the nomina-
tons of the American party. But l don't care
for the men. They are Insignificant, compared
with the principles. Men and platforms are moth
ing; The great thing is the preservation of the
great and glorious principles those men are nom
mated to support Americans !you now have
your work before you! Your principles are nov
before the people. Your candidates are in thu
field, and it only remains for you 90 do you
duty, and you will be victorious. Great cheer
ing and long continued.
Mr.. CRIrrENDEN, of Kentucky, and Mr.. HAUGH
Ton, of North Carolina, afterwards addressed
the Assembly. Resolutions were passed endors
ing the candidates and platform.
We think the good people Of Ohio viii b,
somewhat surprised at the speech of Hon. LEwI
d. CAMPBELL. Few members Of Congress hay'
had more to do with the ''nigger business thai
the honorable gentleman Cincinnati Gazette