Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-11-03

tne Oh M001N n1gat the 10Th Dct0befs ln TAu5uonxs
Hat The building WA crowded, aud ths slsfesss
Enthusiasm prevailed. The following admirsb lersso.
lutions were adopted: IN a.as sae45sss' f{ss
v s Resolped, That the Democracy Of New.York,
gladly avail themselves Of this OCCASION TO- record
their entire approval of and perfect confidence in,
the administration Of James Buchanan; that by
wise, conservative and truly national policy, care
fully and deliberately matured and carried out with
the boldness of patriotism it has stled the storm
of sectional strife and internal discomfort which
threatened to dsmember the confederacy; has done
much towards restoring those harmonious relations
among the States of the Union, which happily sub
sisted in the earlier periods of our national history
has crushed dangerous and fanatical rebellion in a
remote corner Of the continent, and reestablished
the supremacy of the Federal authority has faith
fully maintained the national honor abroad, and in
times of extraordinary financial difficulty and pres
sure on the resources Of the country has provided
for the expense of the Government with remarkable
ability and commcndabe economy
Resotred, That we unequivocaly and emphatical-
ly condemn and denounce the conduct of those who,
calling themselves Democrats and protesting to diff.
fer from the National Democracy on only one ques-
tion-now happily adjusted and removed from Fed
eral poltlcs-have acted in concer: with the opposi
ton during the last session of Congress- used their
power and influence to weaken and defeat the Dem
ocratic Administration, and now seek the aid and
favor of our enemies to enable them to obtain q
newal of the trust which they have scandalously
Destroyed. -.-.-~---.- .-,
Resolusd, That, while we deplore the partial de.
lection from, be Democratic ranks which has recen-
tly taken place in neighborng State in consequent
ce OF the treacherous cOunses and willfu represen
tatons Of political renegades and their traitorous al
lance with our opponents we rel oice that the Demo
cracy of New-York are united and determined to
use their best energies restore the empire State
to her proper place among the Democratic States of
the Union, and that the partial defeats which we
have sustained elsewhere have only reused US to
greater exertions and closer union"
The meeting was addressed at length and with
marked ability by John Van Buren, and John A.
Dix. The latter fully endorsed the Lecompton Con-
stution, and maintained that Kansas should have
been admitted under that instrument. He also paid
high compliment to the patriotism and integrity of
Mr.. Buchanan.
Mr. Van Buren, made one of his best popular eff
forts, which was warmly received by the large audi
ence We'quote as follows from his speech:
'We meet here tonight prepared to ndorse and
to defend his Administration of the Government and
however may be disposed to overlook the con-
duct of those who have lit to criticse or con-
denim different acts of his Administration am one
of those who from his entrance into the Presidential
office up to the present time, have endeavored to
show upon all suitable occasions, that his conduct
dictated by the highest patriotism and purest
disinterestedness. Applause. How could it be 9TH
the public service and who is now approaching his
end, serving single term in the Presidential Office
with earthly desire but to leave an honest name
behind him and to confer honor and glory upon the
country o! which he has always been proud. APP
piause When Mr. Buchanan entered upon the
administration of the Government, there were two
questions in regard to which great dangers ap
pretended One the condition of the Mormon
population and the other the condition of the
disorganzed Territory of Kansas. But, perhaps a
more important question than either soon arose,
which the reassertion of right on the part of
Great Britain to inquire into the authenticity of the
flag Of an American vessel in time of peace. APP
ulause] These difficult questions came directly up
on the Administration of Mr.. Buchanan after
heated and inf1amed political canvass and stop for
a moment to consider how he has dealt with the
three. The Mormon difficulty threatened civil war
for the moment. A population at an extremely re-
mote point in the highest state of insurrecton,
threatening to appeal to FORCE and to drive our
small number of troops from the country, who were
sent there to subdue them, recognizing no human
authority, and processing Christian creed, have
been subdued without the shedding of drop of
blood been removed from the Territory that they
| occupied. The arm of the Government has been
peacefully extended over them and for few months
past not a whisper has heen heard throughout the
Union in regard to this great Mormon difficulty
! Applause The right to search our vessels-to
visit and examine them-had been asserted by Great
| Britain, and was one of the main causes of the war
I
that feet shelter of the Infamous slave
traffic. and under circumstances calculated to enlist
the feeling of the whole country, where the Opposi
ton throughout the South as we'll as the North to
the nefarious traffic was so general But it was an
! assertion unwarranted by law. Whatever the
| American flag is put to in time of peace, concerns
| the American people, and no other. Applause. =
We require assistance to pro ect either the honor
or the authority of the United States, and James
| Buchanan announced at once that the efforts to
| H., H. oh Oh
! any purpose, even to verify the American ship,
| should be resisted b. force, If necessary. Zap
plause.7 And what do find? While party in
this country, who always side with the enemy in
time of war-a party that always side with the ne.
gro against the whte-a party who pre-disposed
to plead that their own country must be wrong-de-
nounced his conduct in no measured terms. But
what was the consequence? A force sent to
the Gulf of Mexico to protect the doctrine which he
| espoused. "Reminiscences were sent to Great
Britain and few weeks since had the high salts
| faction of being in London in the House of Lords,
! with Mr.. Dallas and Mr.. Mason two of our Minis
tiers abroad, when Lord Lyndhurst, former Chan
ceor of Great Britain, and the very end Of the law
there, at 90 years of age, prodigy of physical and
| intellectual vigor, proclaimed that the American
| doctrine true-that James Buchanan right
that the language used by Mr.. Dallas, in his re-
monstrance, was the law of nations, and that no
power earth could interfere with that right.
loud applause. Our Consul at Liverpool, Mr..
| Tucker, Mr.. Mason and myself met at the hospita.
BILE table of Mr. Dallas, in the evening of the same
day when this grand defence of the American Dem
ocratic position had just been made by the highest
authority in Great Britain, and you may we'll SYM
pathize with me, when assure you that of all the
produest moments in my life, the proudest was that
when in the British House of Lords, in the highest
tribunal known to that country, the American posi-
ton taken against Great Britain, which had been
carped at and criticised and condemned by Repub-
cans here, was justified by the unanimous sense of
that body. [Applause] One more subject. Kansas