New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-23

We want msn whose antecea euts VII secure tue
! conhd.nee of the country, snd I'll viii ioo1 70 tne
/ (onstiiuiion ss bic platform and me Only one upoa
which The Government can be safely Wisely or prop
cry administered, abd toe only One IN X contains Tue
Clements CT strength within iseh for enforcing al 10
\ pruyinors.
obitNous legislation, stGing up sectional STRIFE for
| party ard political purposes, shrinking from rstnes
than meeting the respor shlt.es Of his position, Seu
dlsunioLst. threaten the longer existence OF the he
puohc, AMI lsvess, wicked men bid defiance % the
laws VII Initiate the example of the OF Ter great Pc A.
eTs O. me esrh by advancing with steady 6nd RAPID
stfifs 20 the ceyeOpmeut az al those natnrsl and IN
dosr- Resources thst constitute the material progress
Of nsuon, ard lead TO the wealth ard porer aAd
grestress OF the Safe.
We want nan who. wiihou, being parsmonons,
or ibertl, vii reduce the expenditure of the Cow
eminent 10 fair economics. point and urge policy
frat VII keep our money At home 10 encourage Amer
can Ldus'y, rather than send il abroad, 10 be laid
on, 10 the workshops OF Europe.
we walt a man woo will elevate the standard OF
virtue End morality among orr public at home,
ana fae the intellectual standard of those VINO repre-
seLtus abroad
We want nan who viii give an upetus rather to
the Improvement Of what we have than to the further
eNparsiCn ot the country.
We want a man WHO will not permit the energies
ard interests Of this great ration any logger 10 yield
to nat terIa everlasting and eXhaustless question
OF Slavery.
Can no suoh msn be found either North, or South
East or Wet Ii be can, let him be brought for
ward an |, for one Will - wear him in my heart
heaIt',' ard bless God in His Sid Providence for
hsyiUg spared the man that can save the country
The Democratic party is now routed, its nes broken.
its forces scattered Viii the Republican party unite
With us in forming patriotic " Holy Alliance on
fair and totorabe terms, involving no sacrifice OF
prIcpet to any party, that We may meet them at
Water loo in 1860 ard * rpate them forever or Will
they pursue selfish policy, by which alone the De-
nocI.cy can collect aud rally sud conquer a sec
tons issus nust inevitably produce this result, while
nothing else can.
Fer myself say here in advance that let the cleo
ton IN stD take what turn It may, With the conylo-
ions rs they ale now fastened my mind, patriot
and sn honest man, cannot, and viii not, give my
support 20 oue who belongs to the present orgamzl'
ton Of the Democratic party let the consequences be
what they may. | may become an inactive, or On
armed neutral, bat supporter Of Democracy, as at
present organ zed, can never be.
Having thus far expressed my own sentiments, Tor
which nobody else il responsible, with hope inst
they may be received by my couutrymen MS an admo-
uilior from one who for the last thirty years, has
WEIGHED closely the movements OF public men and po
luical parties feel that not At liberty to take
my seat without having a few words to say ia
relation 10 that organization through whose kind lnv
tstior have HAD the honor Of addressing this audi
cree.
There are many who, sirce Amsrcanism has lost
the sweeping power with which il rushed like hurr-
care ov, the country few gears ago, hnf CONVEX
lent and perhaps polite to denounce 1t in all It's forms
and to cypress regret that they had ever formed
connection with 1t.
Not 20 with me am proud to acknowledge and
proclaim that am one of the Order Of United Amor
cans, whose principles are sound, whose Gects are
patriotic aud whose eds are for the good of the
whole, whether Of Iative or foreign birth.
We are no enemies to foreigners. We know that
there are many good, and wise, and virtuous men
among them, who are conservative IN their views
patriotic in their sme, ana eminenty ueeidl rs ct-
zens. If all were so, then no American organization
would have been Necessary, in our free and ho5pabe
lard: and if Our Constitution enabled us 10 draw A line
Of distinction, between tie viruou3 and the vicious
The men Of substance and the IneD of straw, the men
Of independence and the Purchased hIeings, the men
Of reason, ard the men OF passiOn-He would gla1iy
separate the worthy from the worthless and admit the
one end shut out the other from all participation intte
aeemcnt of thoee institutions which, for the sake
Of worn fathers, for our own sakes and Tor
the s5ke Of children, and our chiliren's Children
we feel bourd TO hand down urimpaired, as We re-
ceived them from those who vent before Us.
But we have seen policy adoptedin those old cOun-
tres that are eutted with population they cannot
srppcrt or employ to Givantage-throHing vide open
their prison houses and their almshouses and bech-
Jog forth upon shores Thousands OF idle dssoutei
worthless end ceprayed men, who are not only unused
TO- bot unit for selfgOvernment and entirely lBcaps
bic Of approaching the blessings Of free government
never caring to claim the oone6ts Of the Law OF natu
Talzaiion or the Tight ct voting, until unworthy APP
piauces sre reeOr.ed 70, 10 bring them up by conpa
MES and b6itaOns sld re- nehs, 10 swear sometimes
truly and Gs often falsely, q the time they have been
among u.s. apd then msrch 70 the polls in SOLID column
and GIVE by brute force the quiet peaceeOie naive
citizen from the exercise Of his brth-Iight and BIRTH
bought privilege, and then deposit their own vote
without knowing the names Of their candidates the
principles they maintained, the offices they were to h
and without caring for the consequences Of their acts
led on 10y some cesigliug and HteTe, ted demagOgu9
with money IN one hand and gShlsky- bottle IN the
other ard tie cry Of Democracy on ms lips they have
followed werever they were led, and have done what
ever they were bid
For tweuty-odd years, We hay, seen the balance OF
he
people, through whose fundamentally Presidents have
been elected gi-latiYe bodies chosen, AMI tue legis
laton Of the Juntry controlled.
We have felt ard suffered under the whitening and
bighLng DfueI &c that they have thus exercised ne
have felt painful apprehension fer the safety Of these
irstiiutions which are as essential to the welfare and
htppness ard dear to the hearts Of the subsanta
ana yItCous foreigners as to ourselves; ani Ne have
believed, in the honesty and sincerity OF our hearts,
that due regard 10 patriotism, and love Of country
required st hgr de effort to eb4te this rapidly
increasing evil, which # not controlled in time viii
become powerful and effective as TO make 1t resist
less-ior while apprebeuds they Will ever COR
sGute a majority Of themselves, they will never lack
for those who val profess sympathy and act 10 con-
cert With them for the favors they can bestow and
with tier constant reniorcemerts, they are becoming
more and more important element WITH each sue
Cetd'ug year.
There has been no general election in the United
States for the lat Inventive years 10 which the nstiye
vote was not very largely in opposition TO the Denoc-
rsCy; yet how seldom have succeeded, either IN
the state or National elections until within year or
pact, when the rative element has been aroused
by tie violence folly AID madness Of the foreign popu
latUn.
10 the contes. Of 1885, the popular msorty ageirs.
the Democratic nCmiree was Gs CO., Now take from
his OIL the solid, ulbroken column Of seven or eight
hundred thousand foreign votes, and what an I'M
meme disparity leaves between the native elements
II the Democracy ard the Opposition. Yet the
Democracy succeeded.
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