Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-09-29
RICHMOND WHIG,
REMARKS OF HON. HENRY WINTER DAVIS.
From Me Baiti,aors Patriot.

bfNOfSiS Of hEhARkS OF HON. HENRY WIN
TER DAVIS ON ACCEPTING Ills NOMINATION.
FOR THE FOURTH DISTRICT OF MARYIAND
ON THE 9TH SEPT, 1853.
Mr. Davis after expressing his high appreciation of the
district and his grateful ior the unwa.
rerng support they had always given him m b. midst of
the trying scenes OF hts public service aud In the face OF
motives proceeded to saw
The present circumstances Of the country are analo
gous To those of 1855
Now then. all Administration having at ia origin
elements OF vast power and in its trs Congress great
majority IN both Houses, has been broken down and
destroyed before the end OF the first session of its r
Congress. 80 ~
Then, as now, the failure was occasioned by the de-
hoeraie violation OF pledges OF peace honesty touch
ing the slavery question-accompaui.d with fragrant,
disregard OF the laws and punished
by the withdrawal of the confidence Of the country
aud the sending OF grea, Opposition majority to Con-
That great rebuke failed of success nv unb,,,v ;i
sons This Administration IL the front of this had
conduct Of the Opposition in 1855 and 1856 and smi
lar conduct now will be followed by similar retrution
We Of Maryland be responsible only for the vote
oil Maryland, and for wise aud moderate conduct and
sounSel 70 those with whom We would act f they III
meet hs on ground on which can stand
The vote OF Maryland contested by the Democrats
III ue counties They are not likely give Us much
uouoe ,n Baltimore. The Convention of the former
met IN Frederick and eIpounded In many re.olu,ions
win foreign accent their claims to the popular vote
"ne, IN substance, consists in its confidence in the in
rgny OF the present National Administration and its
grand concurrence in the public measures of that Adj
hnlstratlon; and that the Democracy of MARYLAND
retain nndsiurbed confidence in the integrity and ability
OF James buchanan aud in the patriotism OF his Admin.
The present and last Administration have invented
new Jaws unknown to our forefathers-whereby the mill
@ y - lhIo posse conitaius, the sword OF
mercenares submitted for the array of our neipbbo
aud friends under the sheriff or marshall and under tb;
usura''on Washington has been defled with blood and
Kansas ridden down by United States troop vet all tbi
MnFNl lauln.
sun cutehng at the power the sword the PreSidep,
S Oongress TO delegate TO him the power to make war
AZ hs Nil ann pleasure lie wishes the right TO send .
army and navy on the transit routes whenever in bs a.
pn'on or that of his successors they are obsruc,.J m
American citizens deprived of their rights Of conrss
nSAhI democrats can refuse nothing the pairiofis
OF ths adinistration-not the most sacred nrovi
SONS OF the Constitution
They approve his ridiculous crusade against Mormon.
uo prehaturely hurried into, ending in no conclusion
oulng peace by pardon from in persistent rebellion
and humblng the United States by allowing their CO..
erhmehi to be reduced TO vain shadow ousid. the en-
campment of their troops.
They approve the Paragusyan e,ne,l;,;o, h.,;,,,;
In an unconstitutional delegation of the power 10 esrs
war 70 the President Illegally begun before negotiation
haG aied eNraVagsnty aud illegally conducted by the
nhB OF rotten steamers at runous rates and then hv
ing them at more eNtrayagant rates
They approve of the Presidents propos,l IN invaa.
heAco IA Tune OF profound peace, and TO take military
possession OF Sonora and chihuahua without proyoca
non or excnse under false preeIts and in pursuance of
use aggressive hhbHsiering, domineering policy which is
They are in favor of Mr. Mason's bill-to c;,. ., ,b
President, without declaration of war hy Conpress u,
whom exclusively the power is conded bv the onstitu
uoh the power at his viii and pleasure wage war ON
Mexico, the Central American Repulic and all the r.
pnbcs OF South America They are content 10 max, n.
more hateful to our Republican brethren on this hems
Pere than we are now TO persist in the policy of bull
!hg the weak which Pierce inaugurated at C;reytown
and Buchanan initiated in Paraguay; to take the last
S,Sp on The rerograde path from Cays policy of con
mere will OF the President.
They willing to insult Spain nv proposing to pur
chase Cuba, which she will no more sell than we win
Washington; bully her into selling by threats Of taE
ing IT. TO trust TO the discretionary keen of the
President OOOOUOh To be paid by him to Spanish Off.
SI on terms not known or approved by the Senate and
liable n the mean time TO be deposited as TO accom-
Plush any political purpose the President NAV be weak or
wicked enough to permit Such is their confidence in
hs honesty
They are aplious to add Cubs to the United States
with its vaIiegaed, mixed and degraded population OF
aen race at an expense Of $500 to be Maid out
oil an empty Treasury, to be sadded for generations
on our backs, perhaps never 10 be removed the begin.
nng OF perpetual and crushing debt like that of Eng.
land-thO Interest alone 81 OO0, 900 per annuml
Ihey approve OF his veto OF the agricultural aud me-
chAnical college bill of Mr. Morre whereby MARYLAND is
deprived OF the proceeds of twenty thousand acres of
land for each Representative 10 endow her tnarnient
agricultural college Just erected, while every Western
state has vast reservations granted her public schools
Ac millions OF acres yearly given for railroads and
bounty Lands. The farmers and mechanics of MARYLAND
wl be apt to think that the Constitution which allows
President Buchanan dedicated the whole mower natro
mage and Establishment OF his Administration to force on
the whole mass of the people Of Kansas constitution
which paltry handful of had made and which tho
people had scOrned aud repudatcd en- nassc II il nat
nrl! that Democrats in Maryland should approve the 90
rernmen of the majority by the minority for then only
are they likely 10 carry the State The present aspcc of
the country seems TO commend it To the favorable con.
sideraiion si all Democrats.
They approve Of tariff wth specific duties proposed
10y the President aud Of tariff with ad valorem duties
Sesr uf tla
the same time.
They think he is right in proposing bankrupt law
for the banks by which in times of distress measure
viii bh ordEded into prOstraon, suspension into bank
ruptey, crisis iHtJ grGl agpnY than heretofore
policy likely to commend itself to our merchau,s two
years after 1851.
They think il right that the expenditure of tho Gov
crnment should swell from Sjl 900 900 in President Fill
mOes last year, and S1l,OOUuDO In President Perce's
last year to sSl,OOo,OO0 in President Buchanan first
and 10 FS55OuOOO in his second year-fOr does il not
all 10 IN refreshing streams among the faithfully
Such are some vi the public acts of this Admnistra
on There are others, not perhaps Intended 70 be pub
nc but which adverse fate aud family quaTrel5 have
made public, and they, too, meet the grand concur
rcnoe Of the Maryland Democrats The investigating
committees have widened the bases Of the Maryland Dcu
ocratic platform.
But these things have destroyed IL in the minds of
honest men IN Maryland, aud throughout the Union
Pull two-ihirds OF the people Of the United States in
my opinion, are weary Of Democratic domination aud
anxious 10 eIpel them from ppNer. 80 they in
ls5C-and failed a like aiiurr will wait on a like pol.
icy and disasters which tongue tell will plague u
for our folly.
Success IS the highest Of duties for by Il alone can we
the industry Of tho country FROM it, present pros
traon the iron interests from depression the mauui,
turing Interests from riu the mechanical class from pn
uyi w alone adjust the tariff for the proiec.
ton Of American lab0T from foreign labor our
agansi the dangers Of coast and liver navigation the
peace and honor Of the country against the Cuban pro
Jecs of Dcinocrntir aspiant and the lsgaatou Of the
African slave trade by the repeal Of the prua laws-on
the stale pretcX fatal 10 the Missouri paciGcaion
that they insult 10 Southern men, sur on slsy
~ IN the states. by only can the Government
be pufged Of the couupuons pcrvadug h the squander
ing OF the peoples millions stopped; the morals sud
character OF the nation fully represented iu the Officers lev
whom alone The Government speaks
How, then, can success he Accomplished
In my Judgment by the union of the whole BODY Of
those opposed 70 Tho administration Of President Pierce
and President Buchanan, some man OF ability and
character, not offensive either the North or the Souih
" that Union bc not effected Democrat will be elected
President by the people ~ 1900 and 10 the country 10 h
Of no moment who that Democrat NAV bo for the sys.
tenn Of the Democrats l. than their worst man aud
stronger than their best man