The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-02-22

AS 20 the endorsements OF the State central committee,
be concuued IN that, too. They had been most etii
Client and labofious committee. There only
thing la which he dissenied iIou them lie alluded 10
their management Of The last campaign. Hc thought
they mistaken IN giving the powder without the
ball. IL wond have been better, la his opinion 60 have
thoroughly oayassed te State with good speakers, and
proclaimed democratic principles from every stump lie
thought the young men should have been set 10 work,
and every shool house been made 20 ring with demo
cratic eloqucnee But the committee had thought diff
ferently IL a mistake.
Then rs To Cuba. IL was tho happest day of his life
when to-day he heard the democracy respond To the call
for Cuba Seven years ago men thought lac was getting
high heels when he said must and shall have Cuba
lie spoke at length upon the benefits to be derived
by the acquisition Of this island Tie commerce OF New
England will be greatly increased 10y IT, Look at our
State he said. Look al our inexhaustiblo supplies
OF lumber in the North Cuba Is the best lumber market
in the world In national point Of view he thought
that the acquisition OF Cuba could not be oveated but
he would iorbear going into details,
tie again reverted 10 the State government aud spoke
OF the ncompeteney Of the black republican party 10
manage the public affairs. After pumping the State
treasury dry e said they turn 10 the swamp lands and
seek 90 revive their energies They have enacted third
swamp land law he hoped il would be the last This
noble grant of lands would be all FILTERED away, and
nothing left to show for them ii CHS corrupt party con
tinued to control The affairs of our State file would
have the people remember who 1t that secured these
lands for this STATE II Apheus Fech the gentle
yon haze to-day nominated for the Off of chief
Justice They feeding upon fruits of his efforts All
the republicans do Is 70 riot ON democratic spos
He knew that tho people were sick had dlgesed the
niggcrhad got tir- OF it, Yet this b all the black
publicans have got IL is the only wire they pull
the only change they ring But the people have had
enough Of il. They SUBJECTED with it. and he felt
that the democratic party would triumph
They say dead He wanted to go before the peo
pie and show them that We alive and kicking. We
must catch the floating vote There always is floating
vote. There thousands now who ready 10 come
back to the democratic party IL they only knew how to
get back We must send out men, and go 10 work
ourselves. We must take up all the stragglers. We
must canvass every county, every town. every district
We must so TO work though meant it, and shall
be sure TO succeed We but make an advance ii
struggle with all might, and that will be worth
thousands of votes TO in 1860 Cheers and APP
plause
Mr.. George v. N. Lothrop was next called upon In
taking the floor, he said lac did not rise TO make speech
he deliberately refused to do that But he would say
publicly what old Wayne county would do in the ap,
preaching election He need only point backward to what
she had done in former years, and that she will continue
to do He concurred wholly in the resolutions that had
been adopted We may differ, he said in the policy Of
presenting political principles in such convention
this but all will heartily in the resolutions
and they will carry the party safely through 1t is always
the darkest just before day He thought the old poverb
applicable to political affairs and reasoned from it the
approach OF democratic Victories The people of
Michigan for long time lived under democratic rule Ii
rule of economy, of thrift, of frugality and of
honesty There has succeeded TO it rule Of prodgaty
ready feel the effects of it, They already grooming
under the bnrensome taxation imposed by theStte gov
ernment But this has nothing TO do with the election
Of chief Justice. But 80 before the people and say
:'We challenge your attention To the of Alpleus
Felcl He Is tried aud faithful the right man for
the tight place lie came to the convention he said not
particularly Interested for any cadiatc but he wanted
nominate man that could be elected We each had
our friends and individual preferences but all cor
daily united on Alpheus Felch. He would close as he
begun by promising for old Wayne in the future what
she had done in the past and he challenged
The democratic party of any county in the State beat
it, lCheers
Calls were now made for Mr. 4 IA Thomson when
that gentleman responded He congratulated the con
vention upon the result Of its deliberations For many
years the people had been familiar with the career of
Apheus Fech His character Wqs known 70 be pure and
unbemshed and his record as public man was clean
aud unspotted The speaker then proceeded to comment
upon the legislation OF the late legislature, OF which he
was member Particularly was the registry law an
udous measure la the senate it was passed under the
party whip and spur, and was read at length in
that branch of the Legislature In the house upon the
first attempt to pass it, sufficient number OF the major
ity boled the bill TO accomplish its defeat The party
lash then applied to the refractory members Of the
republican majority; one member, Carr, Of Midland the
publisher of republican paper, who voted against it,
threatened with withdrawal of the party patronage
ly the republican auditor general and other State officers
and thls actually forced to change his vote and
thus, by this Interference of State officials sufficient
number of the majority were got TO pass this oppressive
the house left his chair and thing substituted in his
place 10 do the dirty work of his party. This registry
law iraught with evil and injustice IL was uncon
sutional The constitution prescribed the uualiiica
tons If voters and the speaker trusted that democrats
would vote under the constitution. The law makes
slave of every freeman. No such dR1ab law existed IN
any other State in the Union. Applause
The speaker then proceeded TO discuss briefly the pro-
VISIONS OF the law passed by the late legislature furnishing
by imprisonment any who brought slave into the
State. Under that iaw "a citizen of the South could
travel in Michigan with his servant has baap the GUS
tom. The merchants Of st Louis and other southern
cities have been accustomed to pass through this State
from Chicago to Detroit their way to the East but
they will take southern route, rather than
lie subjected TO the penalty of this law. Southern citi
ens with their families and servants have sojourncd at
Meinao md other watering places upon lakes but
this law would imprscn them
The speaker referred to the Scuba resolution. Cuba
belonged 20 this country, and must have it, He with
Gen Gqss, had long had ''hs eye upon Cuba" ZAP
plause tbs sentiment Of New England, could it be
pressed for the acquisition Of this island Mr. Thorn
closed with urgent appeal to democrats TO
upon the campaign with zeal and vgor. Applause
Several other eloquent speeches made and then
the convention adjourned sine de-