Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-01-08

| eSShts the people OF the Union
mus attempting to belitte the Senate and
House of Representatives II was ro,1cb - =.
regretted that the President. smarting nnder
the indignation of his Northern friends who
rolled up their condemnation against his nol-
| cy' should have so far forgotten the nronrie-
ues oil his station as to introduce hsrsbness
ol language heretofore unknown in any exec.
! tive document. Notwithstanding the prasi-
dents ideas as to what the peopIe decided in
the Presidential election, he Davis said The
iate contest showed that majority of the neo-
| pie have condemned the Democratic Marty
that majority are against the Kanzas Ne.
Oraska act; against Franklin Pierce and his
administration and that minority of the
people aesired to see Mr. Buchanan Presi.
' t"e minority prefers that the existing
.ule sllen oe continued four years longer, aid
tnat the majority beforehand eondems his 3D.
mlnistraton. Further, that Mr. Bncbsnon
mas still to battle for his majority in this
mouse, on which depends his power to carry
OUT any principle settled, or which bis Demo.
olatlc IIlends suppose settled, III the recent
contest In reply to Mr.. Stephens, Mr.. Davis
sald the increase of Democratic members ~
the next Congress was the consequences Of d.
visions IN other parties. A death woupa bed
Deen inflicted on the great and proud Demo
crauc party, which thought itself inyinciblo
Dut now, worse than scorched, wrigeles on n
the maj dissolution. Mr.. Davis next smoke
u the ainerent interpretations given to the
n NanIas-N epraska acts. On this subject the
1eot'nern ana Southern wings of the Demo-
crauc party are as widely apart as the Rennh-
licans and Democrats on some onestiopo or
constitutional power
Inc Compromise of 1920 was the fo,ndstion
OF the peace of 1850. But the Daroc,ao,,
turned IL INTO an element of strife. and reonan.
ca an agitation 1t was intended to close Tho
democratic party was conglomerate, and great
"oulu oe the contention on the distribution
OF the spols. The Irish brigade stood firm
Claughter) and but for them Pennsylyania
would have fatered. Mr.. Buchanan Vac
supported by persons of all creeds and nations |
ana there would throng around him for their |
reward after ne shall have darkened the doors |
OF the White House. The Renuhlisus.-.A.essu1a
peonle have 49, - The late contest. The
OF a section. Steclded against the nomination
the ReA nal President, and the position of
to- @publicans was unwise, and dangerous
- the stability of the Union. On the Demo-
cratic side Of the south it was question Of
independence, and whether majority should
be obtained in such q manner as to drive
every Southern gentleman from office under
the government, and leave the federal laws 10
be executed by Northern officers. Both the
Republican and Democratic parties stand con.
demned for being disturbers of the public
peace of the United States, and have no
ground to maintain, as the people have not
sanctioned any of their positions. There was
but one party, small in number, Qaughter)
which could read them lesson of patriotism
which would be well for them to consider.
1t was a tower of moral force and patriotic
integrity, and could not be shaken The
American party deserves gratitude for its noble
examples in the past. 1t is settled that no
law can now be passed TO affect the condition
of affairs in Kanzas. Within two years she
will be admitted into the Union as State,
with or without slavery, as the inhabitants
may determine.
Mr.. Cadwallader briefly responded to Mr..
DAVIS, who, he said. was the exponent of the
party which had dwindled into utter insigni.
hcance He would tell the gentleman CDa-
vis) that, in addition to the principles OF the
Kanzas Nebraska act being endorsed in the
Presidential contest, two other questions had
been decided, There is clause in the Con-
sttutlon, which, IN the opinion Of the Demo-
cratic party, is not less sacred than the one
which vindieates the slaveholling States He
referred to that which prescribes that there
shall be no religious test as qualification for
office. The So called American party, like the
Abolition party, had been engaged in a cru
SADIE against the Constitution, and had en-
deavored to sustain themselves by course of
reasoning precisely analogous The people
have condemned BOTH The Know Nothing
party originated in Lord George Gordon's
riot, when London was plundered and burn.
ed, as in Philadelphia, Louisville, and New
Orleans. The Democratic party had triumph.
ed over the faction of the North, and had de-
stroyed the Know Nothings of the South.
Adjourned.