, 1859-08-01
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Ii q P. II. ths. Courthoa;sie b H. jessSh,
No.. wss hllsd ~t.a an aadienes Of foar Or hrs
hundred, those in the foreground being the
prominent pre~sla7ery citizens Of ST. Joseph, |
Of the eityEshe honest, hearty ffse.'ssss men
i. +. Branch introdueed tho speaker, ~bo
was received with loud appliance
Mr. Blair w4s thankful for the large siteu.
dance present. and must admit he felt some
,embasrasan1entfn III addressing them, knowing
shsll express ny vie~s frankly and fearless,y,
Jet striving not to wound the feelings Of those
who disagree with me. W.
e I have been reared in tic strie.est sect Of !
Democracy. ! hafc not changed, but still re.
main sound Democrat; ret I differ essential
called Democracy of the present time. They
hare spostatized and abandoned every. demo
CRITIC measure, and are not capable Of uttering
democratic sentineuts- They have forsalen
every masure heretofore held a. democratic.
and we're to addnce Ill the proof Of this, !
should detain Jon till tomorrow morning. I
shall only select some of these points upon
which to touch. 4
The President met tho last Congress With .
proposition for protectite thrill Where did
he learn such democracy. HIS administration
come into power with a surplus in the treasury
Of twenty millions, md nj the end Of nine
no." 1non.hs he a,ted for a. issue 9f sTeuty mil
democrncr2 Tlis was soon gone, and he asked
Tor twenty millions more; WHICH mas t9ted:
and the next session another twenty millions
was asked for and granted, All Of this was re-
quiFed by Democratic Administration, and
toted BY Democratic Congresa, The e1pen-
diture Of The administration has been one hun
died millions year--m0re than was expended
when re supported the army iu Me1ico. Econ
omy used TO be cardinal principle with the
Democracy, but now extravagance. You know
that the secretaries Of Mr. buchanan haze
hardly escaped impeachment. Mr. Floyd sells
one-fonrth their ra1ne; and buys Nillest's Point
from his friends 1t much higher price than it
hnd already been offered the government; while
Toucey lavishes tue funds Of the people on pol
iticai and personal fayorites by coal and iive~
oak contracte.
The Democratic party originally framed the
laud policy Of our government, and for the bent
eft OF the people; bu. the last Democratic Con-
Rress would do nothing aboutit Your two sen-
ators defeated the Homestead bill This party
has abandoned all democratic measures aud
M neonja ~ E.rsa. annosaJ -. si.sa .ha,r- S
ars5 IN ,ba go ~ a.poe~et;. 5na;r;.,ss,;a,,,
ottamntnS ta hr;ba .h.aa ~. ~. haan a'I ts,n
sn1e ,nnas.3,o IF ,hn ,rasa.t na,a.-a 100 o'eH w. ~
froH, your position, know tile truth Of my state
ntruts In the late election IN Kahsas the DEM
octatic, party hare been forced to ignors the
Administration ard declare themselves the gen.
;s,r..;or h. s.a's ~. auniu t"'
h 1as n"i oI{ apos;a'Iea' W.. sss'sen t
~ ~ otsah s.;n uu"n tus "sst; nas opHosea I1e
h W. dsmons,; ano po s,a.a rnsm ,sas s
.,are Inrsi - .ha ,;att. 81 .na at lu
leu @ .ho 10 .ns .. 1ns ses-
HJa' aue ~ "nsu tu'5 nc!e pau y ine to9
sta' ~ =, ~ Eap p'Hs s5 ~ o.Ss'ee ~ y! sNen
~. JI1 IN G..r;u. ,ast t ~
.us .isa es- 10
n the Nortb sbo"d % ercInde I .a!erT E and eEecs
s,, aes ., t.ss SUES aI.u.s ". .ne coonnent'
ia uId'aa.s so.a .as ano - lni1 meem ueno
1s C.a.o sno1.a sotT aS3ust tae ''ip!' 'eneuts u
tseIs ts @uu laAes'n tee :" "sse ~ aocoast"u-
goaa sne5 sas. ~ a.ee .s? isgt 4. your
uooI non 9osl.uen91s, WIZ lau9 m 9anos 4[e e.
penaea 70 Improve Gape fear ANef. Inter
rupsed ~ Ve'ce-Didnt Cong5cs: refuse TO
gre anyta1ne 70 naTanoa 1'Fer! the ciy o.
oasannaa receosea large sums, tnaeh Q. whlch
was uss'ess e4Penulluts. olGe-leA Inc
ttala;I !epeax taetru'h; puto'hefs may nots
taPplanse.J
Down on little r1Ter, near the water, wherc
loeIe Is notalnB GUT niggcls ana mosquitoes,
noney may PC e1peooeo' pas mol dollar soE
Inc "est. lappinnse.
lne E rasnG hal50aa T.a ~ 1S ~ tne same M as the
I!vers !,, aug lakes. me Mest WIN neFeE mare 1t
III the demoeratiS ct party goes out Of power
!ApRtaose ahe . nemocracy le1asea to surrey
fey the southern desert aud d.s1n'on route,
"hieo pfoFea NJ oaly lot camels: carrying
#ater IN tnefr oelltes ior thfee or tour DAYS:
lAppiauset Ihe5 refused AID to the Central
route lest there should be q chain OF free states
on this parallel The southern route was sur
reyed without an appropriation, f0r what care
they for the laws OF ConGressf
Missouri asked for an overland mai, and bill
was passed, Congress allowing the Postmaster.
General to let the coutraes-the contractor to
| select his own route 0n opening the bids,
none was found for the southern desert route,
dcrs If be would put in bid for the southern
route he should have the contract. The bid was
| made and the contract let-1he distances thereby
| 5eing increaacd 800 miles between St. Louis and
San Francisco. 100000 men and women hare
beaten plain track across the Plains, but that
this Democratic Administration lApp'ause. ]
offered blll feToking the Postmaster Gen.
erals contract, and it went 10 committee,
| whereon was member from Missouri, and slept.
lacked It On TO the Iostofiice Appropriation
bill, and three members from Ai3,ouri voted
sga'nst 1.-TWO Of the three we're from this Dor
der; one Of them your own representative;
| Voice" lie is not in town.. ! care not. I
shonld say the same thing were he here [Ap-
| planse.
The South moulds the policy Of The Demo-
cratic psry, and il is against that policy for the
| West to expand, they only desire slavery ex-
tension, and for this policy they oppose the
| West and her interests. As long as the demo-
e.acy lires you get nothing, unless from God
himself, who planted the gold at Pike's Peak,
nhich bus been 50 opportunity discovered to
gre new STATE nnd central route to the 20
e'he. for Tue as,sas fas o. thst pahft
party for aid. OR interests rs State are op-
te ths 1es @htf ha es
the tree Seates, With which her interests are
identical, Kisses and cheers: Cries Of 60 Oh,
md tnrn him out hare not the least idea o:
stopping. EAppla9se. Illinois lies On our
eastern boundary, Iowa On onr northern, Kan
sas on our western, which will soon bea free
State in spite Of LecomPton and tha admipistra-
tlou Applause, and Arkansas, weak and OF little