Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-04-02
VOL. 3. NO. D.

was necessary to make q man eligible 10 be q
Senator of the United States! Why, that hs
should be thirty years of age. and should be
! nine years resident of the State for which
| he should be chosen after he had attained the
age of twenty-one years. No more was re-
| quired under the Constitution of 1889. But
| further and far more important is the section
| in regard to the President Of the United
States, which reads. that +" no person. except
q native-born citizen or Q citizen of the Uni
ted States at the adoption of this Constitution,
shall be eligible to the office of President
| neither shall any person be eligible to that
| Office who shall not have attained the age of
| thirty-hye years, and been fourteen years o
resident of the United States" Now. mark
oil these restrictions. .' No person except .
natural born citizen, or a citizen of the Uni
! ted States, at the time of the adoption of this
Constitution Any man who was q citizen
| at the time of the adoption of the Constitu-
tion could be President of the United States;
but there is further condition required. and
that is this that he shall have been for four
teen years resident of the United States.
whether he was native or natural born citi-
zen, or whether he was an adopted citizen.
| Why, this, sir? For very good reason
The first blood in the cause of our country
was shed In 1775. Gen. Washington took
| command of the American army at Boston.
on the first of June, 1175, and at that time
great many natives and great many. for
eigners had adopted the side of the United
States, and at that time great MANY, whether
natives or foreigners, instead of adopting the
| side of struggling weakness, shamefully fed
their country. and lived around the Court at
London, like flies around putrid carcass. and
| there remained until after peace was declared.
or at all events, until after peace and Indepep-
dence were within the grasp of the country
You will see that from 1775 to 1889 is JUS,
fourteen years, the timo required that man
shall he resident of the country. and man
having left home because of the thick clouds
that gathered in dire and dreadful darkness
over the heads of the patriotic, was to be pre-
cluded because of his cowardice and want of
love for his country, from coming IN and en-
joying the benefits and rights conferred upon
other citizens when the Constitution was adopt
ed. So that you see that whilst the Consti-
tuition makes no distinction between men,
whether born here or abroad, yet it does make
this distinction, that those men who ran away
from the dangers that threatened our institu-
tions, forfeited the most glorious and richest
part of its Inheritance. Applause.
Now, Mr.. President l will not stop TO dis
cuss this matter further. but pass On to anoth-
er question of some interest, not omiting to say.
that do hope that if there is within the sound
of my voice a single Know-Notbing son of
foreign born father, he that father living or
dead, he will for the sake of his fathers good
name and his own selfrespect turn from his
present path of shame. We open the books
for the campaign of SO. The day dawns, tho
shadows fee away let all that will, come in.
and, although we will not make them Presi-
dents, we will let the worst of them occupy
place on this platform. the platform of our
general rights, and join with us to promote
the honor and interests of the country. This
one question is deeply involved in the cam-
paign of 1856. / have touched it, not elab-
GRATED it, and 1 will not weary you by elabo-
rating it but bear this in mind that this ques-
ton is an important one for this campaign,
and one that we will have to meet. These
men who belong to the so-called American
party, whether it is the dark or light party;
do not care which-bless me, how would
these glorious jets of light (pointing to the
chandeliers) that resemble the stars Of heaven.
look in the cellar of Know Nothing Lodget
Applause : have arrayed themselves in op-
position to us, and will have to DO met
They have nominated Mr.. Fillmore. He is
called an open and shut candidate, a candi-
date of the Northern American party, and it
is very clear that before long the Northern
or Black Republican portion OF the party viii
have a separate candidate, and that otner or
ganizations of the isms of the day viii be at
tempted. Fusions, and unions even, may be
tried and most " fantastic tricks" to gather
the elements of mischief, discord and divisions
into solid mass, to be arrsyed against u.s.
But divided or united, VIC are prepared to
meet them and under the lead of the candi-
date named this day, to achieve a great aud
enduring victory.
Well, then, we 90 into the campaign with
full heart and high hope. And why, sir ?
because the principles that we hold near and
dear, and which have been so long highly
cherished. are all at stake; and because wo
believe that In the struggle We shall advance
the interests of the entire country from one
extremity TO the other We go into it for
to come after US. We 60 into it for the sake
of the Constitution, for the sake of the flag of
our country-all. all of these are involved in
the one great struggle that the Democracy
Will have to make against common enemy.
Why do we conceive it possible that the op-
position may unite For this reason. they
have no bond of union but one; and what is
that bond of union Is it love for each other
| No: it is common hatred to the Democratic
party fGreat applause. And while every
other sentiment in the heart may die. | say to
/ you, sir. that hatred never dies. That eyiI
sir, which has existed from the fall to the
present day in the human heart, tie nassion
| of hate, has had no death and zeyer found
| grave. Sometimes it sleep, but YOU NAV
rest assured that it dies never. Why do
! say that We 60 into it with high hopesi Why.