Litchfield enquirer., 1858-11-04

chanan of 10000. In the present contest in
 that State, he was on trial before the public.
 and there is no man so conscious of that as the
 President himself. He strained every nerve to secure Pennsylvania. never ia my life saw such prostitution of federal patronage Tot Of thousands of dollars, but the federal power
 used this money against it's own political friends.
 in the district represented by Mr. Florence.
 the people were overruled by an army of office holders. There are 2,SO0 in the Navy Yard alone, where 500 men alone are required and
 then the Navy Asylum, the Post Office and
 the Custom House contributed to this army of
 mercenaries yet the result is before you. Ont
 of fifteen democrats elected in 1856. there ars
 but five sent to Congress now the balance
 are open foes to the policy of the administra.
 tlen. Three of them agree with me. One
 whose name is familiar to you, I will mention -Montgomery. (Applause.) In Berks conn ty, which never before went behind demo. cratic nomination, the administration has been
 defeated Clancy Jones began to believe that
 Berks county was somewhere down Soutb--
 lLaug ghter.) He thought he could do as he lked there but the people, simple as they are
 understood his doctrine, and Berks county re- pudlated him like reptile that coiled around her throat. (Cheers.) But this lesson was unheeded at Washington. Mir. Buchanan nev. CT dreamed of such thing occurring, and he has rewarded the double-dyed traitor. How was this expression of the public will received ' Do we see the President lowing to this ponu. lar decree /? No--but the moment the tele. graph wires flashed the intelligence to him. in- stead of obeying the voice of the people he sat down, and with trembling fingers attempt. ed to rebuke the people who had rebuked him. He answered to the ballot-box, and seemed to say, Il will reward the man you have stio. matised," and he sent Clancy Jones to Aus. tria: (Applause.) MT. Buchanan might as well send for the Benicia Boy, who has inst been beaten by Morrssey, and reward him. if defeat he cardinal virtue. (Laughter and cheering.) Let me call your attention to an- other district in Pennsylvania, represented bv the Hon. J. Hickman. Of this man I claim the right to speak he has earned high honor. of the people, and is deserving of the support he has received. No man went to Washinv. Ion more devoted to the support of James Buchanan than did MT. Hickman his course on the Kansas question has shown that he had the reputation of country at heart, and not . rotten administration. One day our distiu. guished friend met Mr. Buchanan in the cars. and during conversation, MT. Hickmsa re. marked to him, How is it, MT. Buchanan. that we are told that you are in favor of the admission Of Kansas as Slave State I" His reply was, II am Northern man all my instincts are Northern instincts and I am in favor Of the admission of Kansas only as q
 Free State." This was previous to the cam. paign of 1856. MT. Hickman has opposed Lecompton in all it's points. Had James Bu. chanan done as he said he was in favor of do- ing, this great question, which has so long api. tated the minds of the people, would have ere this been put at rest but he has deemed it proper to stand out in bold defiance of the peo. pie, and his supporters are carrying their abuse into every section of the country. In the dis trict which Mir. Hickman represents. beean an abuse which l shall not attempt to describe. So barbarous were they, so close did they fol. low on his track, that he, was compelL q to 0o armed through his district but he was tri- umphant, and he is returned to " Washington by sll'ndld majority. l rejoice in the result. patiently awaited it, and l, as well as you, lave the proud satisfaction of witnessing the triumph of full State ticket. In my speech at Tar. rytown, l stated what would be the result in the old Keystone State. Not one of those statements that there made, has been proven to be false; and it is for this reason feel e personal triumph in the result of the election in Pennsylvania on the 18th of October last. l can well imagine how James Buchanan feels at the present moment how he looks back over the last two years, and regrets his move ments. The great question was not one of tarif--it was an issue between James Buchau. an and the people OH the Kansas question alone. It has been fully and fairly tried it's funda.' mental principles have been solved, and the result has shown that the people are triumph ant. Those who linked in with the adminis. ! tration, stood out with sword in hand, and cried, Peace or War. We have fought them during their four years' federal powers, and during the last two years aud again say. the result has shown that the anti-L Lecompton movement has been successful. We have com. pelled them to yield at every point. The Eng. fish bill made fair test as to their position. and there is now not one man in the North nominated, who dares to say he is in favor of the administration. Yet, while we have to confess that we are right, they have set price on Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, and they follow him as if he had committed some dreadful crime. Tie issue, however, between them and us is, that they are fighting against the great agent of popular sovereignty. while we are lighting for it. Had the people of Pennsylva- Da been allowed to vote as they would like to have done, I believe there would not have been ten thousand votes found at the present mo- ment in favor of the administration. The day of indeI endent men has arrived no conven- tions, no nominations, are binding on men, if an important question is involved and say, if the democratic party desire success in 1858, they must get rid of this administration.
 MT. Forney continued with great force ta rebuke the scandalous and 1ndemocratic doc. Urine that the President must be sustained" because he was elected by democrats and then he passed to the consideration qf the tariff