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seems to me, gentlemen, that when the
Presidency is conferred upon a poor

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ted to approach power to tell the
truth. Power never hears the thun-
der voice Of the people, sitting as it
does in its cushioned chairs, between
its marble walls. The Independent
man, loud and bold, and with q clear
eye, who comes to tell the truth, is
waived from the Presidential presence
as q ride intruder. AS | said, re-
peated efforts were made, and made
In vain, 10 heal the difference. This
confarring of Presidential patronage
of vast millions-mOrc than the
monarch Of Great Britain enjoys, and
nearly as much as the French despot
wIeldS-thlS patronage induced Mr..
Buchanan to believe that he could
make his test successful. How was
it made? Gentlemen, when the chap
ter which shalt detail the manner in
which the Administration has used
its patronage TO force this test up
on the white men Of the North is
written, it will be BLACK CHAPTER.
When our children and our children's
children shall come to read it, they
will not believe that an American cit
izcn. elevated TO the Presidential
chair in the face Of such a people, COW
erod with such an armor Of pledges
could have gone into that chair to
have used his army-ay, his army and
the trcasnre-your money and mine
for the purpose of putting down that
gallant band Of men simply for stand
ing ny Gods pain truth and could
wish that when the historian comes
to write he be not compelled to write
that that President was born in Penn
sylvania. (Applause.) Now, gentle
men, We who act with Mr. Haskin,
we who follow the flag borne bv those
great heroes Of the day-Hcnry a.
Wise and Stephen a. Douglos-are
constantly twitted with combining
with what are politely called Black
Republicans. lLaughter.} But have
yoa, who are Americans, witnessed
the efforts of the Administration to
make a union with us? The Admin
i$t1ation can combine with the Amer
leans, q believe YOU are called Know
NothiDgs, sometimes) and that is all
right. Or if Black Republican
comes out for Lecompton, he is imme-
diately washed clean and white
Uaughtcr.) Why, gentlemen, the
principles that we fought for in 1856 |
are now reduced to-Lecompton. We
may be as true as the North Star upon
every real principle, but if we don't |
20 for Lccompton We are damned in
deed. tLaughtcr.l If a Republican !
or an American becomes Lecompton- |
lied, he is not only speedily forgiven,
but he is elevated TO the highest seat
in the synagogue, and he is pointed
at as a brand rescued from the burn
ing. Uaughter.) The Administra-
tion is pledged, rccollect, to a plat
form Of hostility TO secret political
societies. Iii pledged in its platform
to those WHO speak with a rich Irish
brogue or a sweet German accent. |
But, gentlemen born Americans and
adopted citizens, you are not to recol- !
lect when an American becomes Lc-
comptonized, but that only those are
infamous who unite with Republicans
and Americans to vindicate a princi-
pie. (Applause.) Then you are out
Of the party, and are excluded from
decent society, and henceforth and
for ever you are never to be forgiven
unless at the last moment you come
forward and say, praise unto thee,
John Calhoun and Lecompton."
(Laughter.) | have been toiling in
the Democratic party since was a
boy, and l am not quite forty-one
years old. / never voted any but q
straight out Democratic ticket. Ny
friend Samuel J. Randall, who was an
American, and who was elected to
the Senate OF our State as Democrat
last year, said TO me Il am freshly
III the party. and you arc freshly out
Of it, Thus find myself turned out
Of tAe Democratic party, because |
will not consent 10 leave Democratic
principles. Uaughtcr.) This is an
age Of newspapers and telegraphs on
The land and thro' the sea. Cheers
And when these things transpire,
there wonld be no God in heaven if
the ballot-box did not condemn such
a party in October next. (Cheers.)
And you in New York, who think the