New-York daily tribune., 1858-09-07

been obeyed Not at ell. Where has the opposition
| come from From the Democratic party And WHY
The virtue Of politicians Is not greater tfan the virtue
Of other men, 20 say the best If them. And 10 sac-
fee all the foreign vote unlawfuy deposited in the
ballot box in this city and in ti. STATE would forever
subject the prime pies the practices the If the
Democratic party to the principle practice and the
success If the parties and the citizens that th. meet
ing represents. lApplau-e.l But the evil Of this
violent, this fraudulent control Of the suffrage i
greater even than u, direct effect. II - IN my ulg
meut, the last effort Of the Democratic party nain
tam al rnquestloned supremacy IN tbs country, and
produce there the effect and the belief that the ht Of
suffrage J. worth mantaning because there il
security for it, integrity. VINO. ask Of you, viii
| pcrsevcre IN going to the balot-box; who OF Won
will pcrsevere IN lahoring 20 organize public -en-
| ment to be expressed through the ballotbox if he
knows that all this labor, effort and sacrifice il but
| an idle and foolish ceremony and that the
resu is determined not by the conflicting opinions ct
honest citizens but by the overwhelming fraud in the
| deposit and IN the count Of the votes. Reduce to
| that conviction end do not much whether the
fact be apparently conclgsivey so, If the opinion
| be- Tie mora. Influence of It drives away from
| the pols large, controlling. sensible public opinion
| that should have voice ia our councils, AMI IN
despair leaves the dshonored If the suffrage 70
tie ccItaminatiOn OF the spoier. Now how these
two issues, Of Federal and the other OF State pol
| icy. connected that they may form basis
/ for the combination Of the Opposition against
| the Administration In the frst place they
| united in the sentiment and the action of the
| Aim inistration. They constitute tine two arms
without them both they cannot stand. bat must fall
They combine to sustain its despoc power upon the
clements of afistocTatic Institution that that sub
ecs the labor of Others unpaid tO il, purposes AMI
loose and the lowest population that swell the suffrage
| by the foreign vote. And we the great mdflng in
! tcress that should govern, ever do groan where
there il government, Is in danger of being crowded
between this upp md tins neither nAstpne I'LL our
/ strength j. GROUND OFT of us. II cannot
| with when ON opponclts are united, then II ia car
ccbleDess and fol, that uiects NJ 10 their dom
nation and dcscryc ihC fate however n-id, that
CORES upon Tie Administration are in the minor
iiy The opposing Interests in this Union 90 far be-
yond major, almost mp - twho-thlrd vote IN this
country. But by y principle Of our politics II You
divide the peo who constitute nearly twO-thiris,
! the one-third, Eitc over, the master Now,
has there been Union of the representative men OF
Administration parry, these principles of the Admins
ration parvl Why, look at it; look at the Lecomp-
ton issues at Washington and before Congress. I'm;
and ong.continued cheering and applause under his
his lead the Republican party, without man counted
on, of it, ranks, and the true American party, with
scarcely an exception of its most Suthernosl
ranks stood together against the Administration, and
drove them from the proud Gd yet samewhat respect
able front Of power the miserable meanness OF an In
glsh bribe. How is il Albany, where this other subject
of the suffrage is to be controlled where your legsa-
,on is divided so that party had the majority You
find the Democratic party coming very near controlling
both the other parties uniting against u" eh"r's 10
purify and defend the suffrage, yet the American parry
I
standing by them, with the exception oi perhaps
but about one in twenty. While vet the people were
disunted the that by their separate strength
they had put in public places thus united on te bate
grouud even with the disadv vantage of the tnness of
numbers which had reduced them to by our folly III
not filling their ranks by united sufrages before
the batel Applause. But, gentlemen even inrther
than this, there j. deep and intimate connection III
principle between Our positions in connection with the
violence which the Democratic party woud exert, in
its exercise of Federal power against the nights oil the
..,,l tho. fraud txlf
tTae for their own benefit agunst the citizens oi All
the other States Violence and rand, just rs the @c-
casiOn may their purposes, are The results q!
party in power; aud honesty ami flgt are tie Weh-
unns that we mast wield in common against them.
But il is said that there l. no right, no
propriety no manliness. duty, in our uniting upon
these many principles Of politics upon Which We al!
agree because there differences between us upon
other subjects connected with particu cular views
Well gentlemen, if you viii take counsel rom 'he
Democratic party, You viii never unite when the oo-
iect and the effect of the union Il to he their over
throw lfan opposing military force viii tnkc c",hse
from the General of their enemy, they viii distribute
their sGuadrons in such way to leave HIM master
of the ed and if you because there are other points
no, which we do not agree viii by this criticism OF
our common adversary be persuaded meekiy 70 pehu
your battaluns in succession to their superior power,
YOU will deserve The fate that awaits you But how
h union l. it right in practice l. there anything
t be said in favor OF il What does amount toi ny,
il amounts To- this principle IN politics, tha tefe i no
possible way under the suffrage Tor any party 10 sue
.
majority Of the people in their favor II means that
our common adversary viii take that rs fast As
the people become united upon some topic ol iinpor
tance that that topic shall weigh Iseh down WIN
some other one that will disuuite them. On that
principle 80 long MS the Constitution OF the human
mind remains what II Is 50 long as independence o
thought and opinion prevails-as trust 1t ever WIZ Ill
an American community-why, the more topics OF
points upon which you require union, necessarily 'e
less the number of people that can be brought 10
agree upon them. lou VIII nave 10 oInE III S"i''
time or other the five points Of Cayinisin, or the
doctrine Of the Apostolic succession, and IN oP-
uosing slavery or in opposing the foreign
! influence. you viii only be able II DO
with men who stand by you in the same communion
Uow IDLE how foolish how supremely ridiculous i the
yan,nle presented in the northern part Of this state
hy feeble band who gather around the person o Ter
I ri smith They will go for no man but Gerrt smith,
because while ne Is opposed To slavery ne i a'sO
sound upon the liquor question. li"" foolish Is iheH
course. Twice a. many agree upon tHe Iquol -
lion as agree both upon that and the Slavery question:
and tvcr ~ many agree upon Slavery as agree upon
both that and liquor and Vet they have pah ioI GET
tire their man into the Gubernatorial chair by insist
ire that nobody shall vote for nm VINO Is no,
+ h6th sound against the stakeholder aud sound
/ arniu.t the Equor dealer. An excellent arrange
/ nSent and one which the Democratic party
would be Glad to have you practice to the
end ot every election. Applause aud laughter
/ Now, gentlemen, no person supPoseS' because We
stand here and advocate union ui "AI forces upon
,rncrle tha. therefore. are abandoning our pIin-
dr;,Jes haye nothing IN common with the Il R,pubh-
can party except it, principles care uothng ior IL
usrty arraug gemeuts it, personal successes Du'
am devotedv attached To the principles oi the hepuD-
Ecan party. [Cheers. But | VIII fight each battle
on the day aud AZ the place that II l. 10 br luuS'
with all tie army that can rally at my call. Cheers
What would yon think gentlemen, ON the eve OF the
battle pf Lexington Of those soldiers Who shoudeTed
their musket and put their knapsacks in time To