The true Democrat., 1856-09-02

man who stands first among the foremost of patriots, of a WASHINGTON, welcome every noble word for harmony. In this way quench the fires of fanaticism! In this way light up the fires of patriotism Resolve that the geo graphical party shall die such a death as to be lesson and a warning for all time to reckless PoAuc'anS, who, 10 promote personal erds, hesi- tate not to make holocaust of everything dear w common country.
 Boston, August g, 1856. GENTLEMEN- Upon my return last evening, after short absence from the city, 1 found your ater ut the 30th ult, inviting me to take part n the procee iings or the whigs of Madison, as sembied in mass meeting
 Appreciate most highly the honor and kind ness Of this invitation, and should have had ule pleasure n accepting it. The whigs of Maine composed at all times so i'm portmt a di. y.,.ou of the great national party, which under tlal name, with or without official power, as a responsible administration or as only an organ Zsi opinion, has done so much for our country -our whole country-and your responsbili ,a, 1t thjS nom mt are 50 vast and peculiar ,aat acknowledge an anxiety to see-not wait u Aelr-with what noble bearing you meet the
 
 rhom It Is committed to guard the frontier of 'Ae Umon, talter now who, anywhere, can be .stcd?
 My arrangements, however, and the necessity eXpedIeuCy of abstaining from all speech re. Wig much effort, will prevent my being with l. And yet, invited to share in vour coun- es and grateful for such distinction, | cannot g4Oy decline to declare my own opinons on 4 tb. ,lt,+i, of ,l,, ,,.l,, scribe as "the present crisis in the political --ts ofthe country" cannot now, and need pause to elaborate or defend them. What think; and what have decided to do permit a- iu tine breiesc and plainest expression to you The first duty, then, of whigs, not merely as patriots aEd as citizens-loving, with a large ard equal love our whole native laud-but as Ta.->, and because we are whigs, is to unite with some organization of our couutrymen to defeat au! dissolve the new and geographical l -'N calling itself republican. This Is our first l'r. l. would more exactly express my opin. 1 Co say, that at this moment 1t Is our only iaW Certainly, at least it comprehends or spends all others; and in my judgment the ,uau for each and every one of Us is not -s,uer this candidate or that candidate would lir first choice not whether there is some oI talk III the worst platform, and some bad lu the best platform; not whether this | il'a ambition, or that mans servilitv, or bold \ s>, or aMatciSm, or violence, is responsible putting the wild waters in this uproar;- | thle-uy what yote can 1 do most to pre- the madness of the times from working its aldest act-the very ecstacy of its madness I-.0e permanent formation and the actual pre- ay triumph of party which knows one half m.rra only to hate and dread it; from whose -cousecrltcd and revolutionary banner fifteen are erased or have fallen; in whose na- a, ae,hem the old and endeared airs of the aw Springs, and the Kings Mountain, and
 atowu, and those, later, of New Orleans and sla Vista, and Chapultepec, breathe no more. N ta'S duty, to this question, all others seem II Ae 10 stand for the present postponed and N llary. N 4ad why? Because according to our creed, M only the United America which can peace II & gradually safely, improve, lift up and ~Njn all social and personal and civil bleS- i II h a,l the races and social conditions which M pose our vast and various family,-it is II an America, only, whose arm can guard \ -a-, develop our resources, extend our trade -ll the measure of our glory; and because,
 ling to our convictions the triumph of II aparty put that Union in danger That \ ny reason. And for you and for me- and \ al of us, in whose regards the Union pos @eS such a value, and to whose fears it seems \ 1ceI by such danger, it is reason enough.
 eyug the noble ship of State to be within ai cables length of an ice shore of rock in
 ae Of wind, our first business is to put her II 4 bor r.,{1i t0 bo I
 done we can regulate the stowage of her
 yer uer of powder, and select her cruising
 l0d, and bring her officers to court martial
 'or leisure.
 there are any in Mane-and among the
 $ oi Maine hope there Is not-but if
 re are any, in whose hearts strong passions,
 lung ambition, jealously of men or sections,
 sasouin8 and impatient philanthropy, or
 -ever else have turned Ito hate or cold the traternal blood, and quenched the
 d national life at its source with whom
 mon of slave States and free States under
 &Ia constitution is a curse, hindrance,
 hlch; with those of course our view of
 -l'y, and the reason of it, are stumbling
 a,d foolahness. To such you can have
 stO say, and from such you can have
 ~lso hope. But if there are those again
 i've It, and prize 1t, and prlZe It as we
 @ '; who regard 1t as we do, not merely as
 nstrumentahty for the protection of com
 and navigation; and for achieving power,
 1uce and name among the sovereigns of
 arth, but as means of improving the ma
 lot and elevating the moral and mental
 .and cnsurng the personal happiness of
 -s of many distant generations; if there
 Hose who think justly of it--and yet hug
 a'al delusion that because it is good, it is
 asarIy immortal; that it will thrive with
 A'ei that anything created by mans will is
 'eor stronger than his will; that because
 'sason and virtues of our age of reason and
 s could build it, the passions and stimia-
 ol day of frenzy cannot pull it down;if
 here are among you, to them address your-
 "th all the earuestneSS and all the elo-
 ct,o men who feel that som" greater in
 $ at stake, and some mighier cause in
 -S' than ever yet tongue had pleaded or
 Ht proclaimed. If such minds and hearts