The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-06-21
CITY OF WASHINGTON sATURDA MORNING JUNE 2l. 1856

world We have inscribed them on our banners in sneh
plain and legbe characters that he who may read
and the wayfaring man. though bnownothlpg, need not
err therein daughter and cheers That is not ex-
act quotation, but It s enough for all practical purr
poses All the questions which in years past and gone d
yded this country have been settled in favor Of democracy
Our principles and our measures have been Incorporated
into the administration Of the government There always
have been and there always viii be, two great political
Democratic party Whatever the latter party may
assume, there will always continue to exist 80 long
as the human mind 10 free and SO long as our pres
ent Institutions are maintained, an anti-demoeradc
party But let me call your attention 70 the fact
that although That party have held the political pow
er Of this government n thslr hands and although
statesmen 20 advocate their principles yet there Is no,
now upon the satutebook Of America single law PLACED
there By the andemocratc party There is not now IN
force In this country single law that into existence
against the wishes Of the great democratic party and all
though the opposition have had great men, they have left
no monuments Upon The samte-book to mark their wis
democratic party wiped them out They enacted bank
rup law but the democratic party repealed IT, They es7
tablished PROTECTIVE tariff i t9o Eas repealed they
of iron nerve the hero Of New Oeans and the sage Of the
Hermitage laid his hand upon it and it passed away So
that there Is not in the United States single law
that was passed by tho aEdemocratc party Here then
my friends, after On experience Of Hor5 Than half centq
don that policy which introduced by our fathers
and which has carried us safely through 50 many yicssi
tudes and fall down and worship the idols set BY those
against whom We have for years passed bated in con-
tending for the equality Of political rights we have car
ried out that sentiment and it has become fundamental
principle upon which your government is administered
Now the only pFachcal question before the American peo
PILE ID whether Shall crry ot this principle Of selfgoy
equality Of political rights, If this principle be adhered
to- youmay 80 and extend your territorial limits until
you have covered the whole American connant and by
aderrg to this YQp secure the prosperity and happi
ness of This country ifi sll time 70 come oj' - !o
The democratic party bave pser called progressive
party and they progressive They eonstitns To-
cootive power by which this government RED on In
of prosperity. We do not beeye that this
Try is finished and ought to- be fenced I'M. fLaughter
There ip little land upon the South that ought to
have. There may be territory upon the North that
shall of these days because it adjons pos
sessions The democratic party desire that free principles
should 40 and extend until they the whole cont
nent of America; and, like we-consrueted fabric,
shall find the government stronger then than it is
But ii is the democratic party alone that safely
age these difficult affairs and they are destined to per-
form this work encounterng the opposition Of all their
antagonists. Tho kn0E-pothng party are against this
progressive spirit Of the age They are opposed to the
acquisition of territory because they opposed to
foreigners They opposed the acquisition Of Cuba
because il is occupied by Roman Catholics and they pro-
fs to have holy horror of Catholics But as my friend
from Georgia told yoaa short time ago il they do not
mend their they are in danger from the
devil than from the Pope Laughter and cheers s"sf
Now, my friends, what parties have you in this eoun-
try Wheres that good old Wbig party that in its day
upon the open Geld Of debate Where are they The
national men have by the force Of circumstances been
compelled 10 take apositlon with on the democratic
platform There others who now to be found in
tonnexon with know-nothng hodges Suppose that dis
tingushed man from kentucky-the most eloquent man
Of the age and the able champion Of the whg party
suppose Henry Clay were now living, do you think
you would find him g6.as dirty alleys at midnight
and creeping into know-nothing ,ctsaf lfoice In
the erowdJ fko9 v there are amy such men here
{on had better take out commission Of Iunaey, and
nave them confined. What are the principles of the
know-nothing party, which is said to be very numerous
here? The only principles which they profess OPP
position to opposition to Roman Catholics and
Hurrah Tor Sam lLaughterl They tell that Amer
lea must be ruled by Americans WE'LL my friends these
are my sentiments exactly but when was not America
ruled by Americans There is not in the Senate of
the United States single who was born in a foreign
and. You had one man there year two ago-a gall
ant warmIhearted Irshnan, who bore upon his body
the OF wounds received in the battefeds Of Mexico
in fighting for this country. refer to General Shields
Lcheers but combination of know-nothngs and black
republicans have driven him from the Senate of the United
States and substituted in his place black republican
Of the darkest dye. r r, ,..I tis. "a, rrn a,..l,a
Let ask you this question. There were men in the
Senate Of the United States during the Mexican war who
we're denouneing your officers murdsre and assassns
and who declared that IL they Mexcans they would
welcome them to hospitable graves with bloody hands
They threw all the opposition they could upon that
But General Shields marched TO the ranks of the
my and poured out his blood TO cause Which
ask you the true American in the best Of tha,
word . '....
| "a Voice. ashieds1 Applause
longitude Love for glorious Institutions does not de.
pend upon the spot where may first have brcahed
the vital air Of life born beyond the may
be much devoted TO liberty il he had been born here
Show me man who is attached to liberty4a man pure
and loyal TO this country in peace and warend mat
ter where be may have been born, hold him to be true
American. That's what the democratic party mean,
when they say that they want TO haveAmericans rnle
America. They condemn account Of his birth
place They have not forgotten who stood by fathers
in the dark days of the revolution They not unmnd-
m Of the services Of Koseiusko Pulaski Montgomery La
fayete and highest among others who nobly offered up
their lives and fortunes the altar of liberty Baron de
khlb Who when stricken down by the enemy, having
cved dozen wounds when he felt that his lamp of life
was nearly extnguished extended his hands 10 Heaven
and exclaimed Oh, God let America be freelh Zap
phuse Such the spirit that auimated him. Now
undertake. TO saynnd my gallant and cbiyarc friend
who preceded win bear testimony to the truth Of the
asseronthat there not single battle fought during
tho Mexican war lin which German and Irish blood
not freely spilled. In the command TO which wns at
tached there regiment Of Irish and another of
Germans and they stood shoulder 70 shoulder with the
naire-born Americans the field Of Monterey. i
remember seeing Of these gallant Irishmen stricken
down by the balls Of the enemyj and when he felt that
the sands of his life almost out he raised himself
upon his elbow and seeng bis comrades pressing onward
and onward to victory, he fell back and expired with
smile Of joy upon his lips. TApplause hnd now do
party In regard to the friends and relatives Of such man.
and the cold shoulder 10 them because they happened
to be born in another land Why my friends there s
moi much difference in dirt after a We told Tint
all made from the dust of the earth and there
not much difference in dirt except that In California
IL richer and rather better for washing aughte
There has been no effort on the part Of foreigners this
country 20 subvert the government There have been par
tics organized here threatening TO dissolve the Union and
endeavoring TO undermine t but sorry TO say that