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ondemn in the achievements of the old

condemn in the achievements of the old
world.
Mr.. Ingham then concludes as follows:
Mr.. Buchanan stands upon the same
platform with Franklin Pierce, and is SO
pledged by his supporters to carry out his
measures, and especially the plot of the
conspirators, to use the Constitution of the
United States to carry slavery into and
drive settlers out of all the territories; but
unless he possess the heroic nature of a
Regulus, he cannot respond to the de-
mands of free democracy.
Mr.. Fillmore is probably a well-disposed
gentleman; l know nothing against him
except his recognition of the rights of GER
tain States to revolt if they should be de-
feated at the polls, or if he did not mean
revolt, as he did not use the words, he
must have thought of a coup detdt, as has
since been suggested by Chevalier Brooks.
of South Carolina. Some of his friends
seem to have vague idea of his powers
of compromise, but, has any one ventured
to suggest the terms. Neither side will
concede an inch To such terms. 1t is a
settled point that Kansas must be given
up either to slavery or freedom, end who
pretends to guess what Mr.. Fillmore would
do on such question:
Of Col. Fremont have still less to say.
Il is asserted that he is too young and in
experienced. As to the first objection he
is even beyond the age when the ablest
and most successful men the world has ev-
er seen began their achievements. As to
the second, he will require only clear
dead, a disciplined mind, steady hand,
an honest and stout heart, to do all the
nation can demand of him. All these quail
tiles have been accorded to him by impair
tial opponents. We have then the fullest
assurance in his history of their reality
Thus armed, and standing on platform
of simple construction, founded ON rock,
unencumbered by any delusive architectu-
raj distractions, and supported by an un-
flinching phalanx of free Democracy and
staunch Republicanism, if I have any judg-
ment of the causes which most effectively
operate on the minds of Americans, be
will be triumphantly elected, and as tri-
umphantly lead this Republic onward to
its glorious destiny.
And now comes another of the old
Democratic guard, in the person of the
venerable William J. Duane, who also was
Secretary of the Treasury under jackson,
and who at a meeting of Democrats in
Philadelphia, assembled on Thursday last,
to form Democratic Fremont Club, is
reported as follows: :
About sixty years ago he stood in the
same room in which the meeting was now
held, and saw General Washington deliv-
ering the seals of his Office to his successor.
He spoke of the Republican and Democrat
ic school in which he had been brought.
up. He was educated as printer, and
the first article he set up was Washington's
Farewell Address. From that moment he
learned the principles which ever after
governed his life. He had been twenty
three years out Of public life, but strong
sense of duty seemed to call him again to
the post he had maintained in his youth.
He had not attended political meeting
for nearly quarter of century, and per-
haps it was this which made him feel so
deeply impressed at the present time. Mr..
D. Spoke at some length, and was enthusi-
astieally applauded. The room was dense
ly crowded, and many were unable to OBJ
tain admission. 4
After Mr.. Duane's speech, Club was
formed the organization of which was
signed by Mr.. Duana as the first name,
and followed by other Democrats, who
pledged themselves to the support of Ere
mont and Dayton as the candidates of
party which is the true exponent of Jeffer-
son and Jackson upon the slavery question.
Verify the battle cry among the men who
took their lesson upon Freedom from JEFF
ferson and Jackson, is: UP, GUARDS, AND
AT THEN!