Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-08-06
From the Boston Poe,
Senator Green An MissOura 0nl

From the Boston po,.
senator Green In Missouri, 0S''
The election about to take place in Missouri Is 49,
usual interest and by far the most exciting IN
that of the first, st. Louis district, where Franca
Blair, jr, is the republican candidate for reelo
Congress In this district the Americans have IL to
nation Samuel M. Breckenridge and the demo nOa-
Richard M. Barrett OctatS
on Saturday evening, and great was the entbna;o
and interest that the meeting continued until roo
midnight. On this occasion the very able s@tV
Green addressed the assemblage. He thus common
his speech - ''DCto
II am somewhat at loss how to commence q,
ing such large and respectable audience as that I:
now surrounds me- If this is to be democrat;c "ach
onstratlon, and an upheaval of the people, wonld
wise you at the beginning to appoint small comm. au
to wait upon Messrs Blair and Brecknridpe and ;
them to come round, and, like the coon when h. Ve
Capt. Scott give up and come down. There CON ID"
no mistake iii supposing, from this manifestation .h
the public heart here palptates with emotions Of oa
otism and with true attachment to the interests F M
noble State. Cheers.) uS
A grand fundamental principal of the democratic No.
ty has ever been, confidence in the virtue and ntp
of the people, and the chief corner of the stnne9So
fabric lies in the recognition of the right of that nnO
to decide and protect their Institutions cheers and +
for this purpose and this alone, that political sneaSn
ought to be addressed to public audiences W. nO
have differences of opinion, but if are reasonable may
ments support them letting the honest hearts of the
pie, with clear judgment, decide for themselves EU
plauseC NP
After presenting the claims of the three candidate,
Blair, Breckenridge and Barrett representing tbroo
sets OF principles" Senator Green thus sodV rros
ed the claims of the democratic party
"The national democratic party has commended ;soIc
to the support of all, and exists as history to which
public attention can be directed. When attacks warn
made upon the freedom of the press in the year 1893
when that great engine of popular information was ahont
to be stricken down, who it that rallied to its SIM
port! The great democratic party. And had not this
party guaranteed to all freedom of speech from the
time of Thomas Jefferson down to James Buchanan
Mr. Blair, the enemy of the party would not have the
privilege he now employs of abusing the latter by saw
ing that he deserves the hangmans knot and would
have to answer for his language in criminal court !
And on another occasion, when the British lion AFRO.
gantly assumed dominion over the SEAS and declared
that all men who were its subjects owed it alegi
ance, and attempted to carry out the principle by i'm
pressing our seamen wherever found who resisted so val
orously this invasion of our rights? The democratic
party. On another memorable OCCASION when that mar
ty which is represented by my friend, Mr. Breck.
nrdge in the extremes of their position sought to make
war upon the Catholic church, and strike at il rs
church, what party stepped in to defend freedom of re-
ligion The democratic party Great applause y
This party performed these services for the country and
for the perpetuity of her institutions and why? Be
cause it was in harmony with the genius of democratic
principles Freedom of religion freedom of education
freedom of political economy, freedom of opinion free
dom of its utterance and the highest liberty are all debt
ors to the democratic party. WE'LL now fellow citizens
you to array yourselves against this democratic par
ty and build up sectional organization Voices ney
er, never)"
While dwelling on local State questions, Senate
Green related the following personal explanation :
"Feow-citizens, before forget, will make littl
personal explanation. On yesterday, coming as haC
from tho and how, III
the city conducted, wanted to see little of tn
modus operandi, and went to Carr Place. and heard
speech from Mr. Blair and in the course of it, heagC
my colleague THAN whom better and purer man doe
not lvel and myself denounced as mere tools of Mr.
Buchanan Well fellow-citzens for that have this tC
say, and appeal to you whether it was not goOC
choice had rather be tool of Mr.. Buchanan than
Joshua R. Giddings and Eli Thayer. Immense ap
plause.) Whenever [ am tool, I want to be in thu
hand of master workman. 1 despise those botching
cobblers." CONTINUED appause)
/ He thus referred to Mr. Barrett -
take it for granted that the respectable gentleman
who is candidate of the American party Mr.. Breck
inridge, is out of thequestion When heard the dis
cusslon yesterday he was pitching into Dick Barrett
with vengeance, as was also Mr.. Blair. thought il
two against one and rather unfair but it called tC
mind what an old friend said to me: Jim, wher
you are hooking apples and want to pick out gooC
tree take the one that's got the most sticks thrown
it. Now, if you want to pick out the best man, TAX
Dick Barrett for he has had more sticks thrown at hin
by these two candidates than anybody else His nam
is Barrett and he is able to beart and when the ho1
or is conferred upon him by your votes he will be ab
to bear-it also. Great applause)
Throughout this speech there is no allusion made
Lecompton or anti-Lecompton to Kansas, or to IL
English bill The slavery question is discussed only
far it relates to Missouri and it is treated precisely
it u.s. strictly local question, and one for the State
, Missouri to determine for herself.
Thus this distinguished Missouri Senator, like Vic
President Breckenridge, takes bold stand in favor
the democratic party and of President Buchanan. n
tpostion can be sounder stronger and their patriot
course in favor of united national organization mus
commend itself to the good sense intelligence and pair
otism of the great body of the democracy.