New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-04
P(LITICAL INTELLIGENCE,


vas introduced by Gov. Stevens Of Oregon. In reply
he delivered the following speech which is taken from
The Washington Star:
citizens 10 be thus greeted thus remembered personal
w. thus remembered for service TO the country thus TO
be remembered for service to the great Democratic
party of the nation To be thus greeted WIN sousur
ring music and 10 be thus introduced in language OF
nplimentary eloquence By 30 distinguished gentle,
nan as be who addressed you TO such numerous ana
respectable en- auditory the present ihe only re-
turn can make You, my fellowcitiEens the only re-
turn can make 10 the Committee and TO its organ, is
the tribute Of grateful heart and that IS freely ten
dered. The lives of the American people, IN many
respects have been cast in pleasant places Heavens
warm and golden sunshine battles an GODS Gnu.
dren within the area of this Republic. Toe tree
of liberty planted by the fathers of the Revolution
though al first but slender shoot, waiered by the
tears of daughters nurured by the blood OF lt soos
has DOW, under the fostering care OF the gea Demo
cratic party of the nation be great and sturdy
tyee Its have sunk deep in the fertile earth It's
vast trunk has expanded until its mighty branches
reach TO the Polar regions upon the North, and down
where s famed by the tropical breezes OF the South
spanning alike the Atlantic and Paidc. 1t invites not
only the children of America, but the children OF lib
ery the down and the oppressed of all nations
Of the EARTH TO 90 and sit down under the shadow oil
is protecting branches and subsst upon its frats.
Here lie a great and vast couatry with such institutions
an the sun never shope upon before such vast and
fertile land, with its high mountains with It's ferule
fields its rolling ocean, lite vast versi ts
ttreamets every interest protected every branch OF
industry rewarded and the great aud sacred principle
of equality running throughout the whole But amo
this prosperty amid all this advantage, amid these
mighty blessings which are voucnsalea " aa,
peace; one subject alone like wild aud ieyered
dream passes over our land, and canses Us
conservation, care, anxiety, and deep soneltuue
for our political safety. 1t is not, my felow'
tizenp, that one of those great periodical strug-
lee for the election Of Chief Magistrate aP'
reaches; for amid all the blessings which we ENJOY
nd amid All the stirring conflicts OF the tunes land
thew are uapyl we have an Administration that guides
tbe thin of Slate in that gives confidence 10
The American people that she will be brought over the
tempestuons ocean of political strife TO har0or OF
safety and peace. Applause IL IL not, py fellow
s,;yens that political parties in the field, for they
have been in the field before II is not that PontGa
weapons are FURNISHED for this contest and that the
knights are entering the lists, for they have been there
before The great Democratic party OF the country,
With ts principles of progress il in the field; IL has
been in the field BEFORE aud the great fruits OF which
our country has boased are the fruits OF Its wise ana
benign policy Is cnents called Republicans, nave
been in the field before, aud it is not be ane OF any
ordinary political struggle. Its opponent-the old
Wing psrty-has had paught left of il but Its memo
ries Will not discuss the merits Of those principles
svowed by the party ordinarily called tne Amen,
can PARTY, because / do not regard 1t as an
element Of sufficient strength to be courted In the
preat stirring controversy which is now gong on Ihe
Republican party stands before the country eonressedy
a sectional party. WDns tne great OeuoCTttiV parry
Is one that Is catholic 10 It's creed, constitutional IN Its
principle stretching not only throughout this land but
wherever Christianity, freedom and civilization nave
have travelled The Republican party is contessedy by
its record sectional party for IT comes into the
field ignoring fifteen States of this Union and their in
situ .Ops, maDfuy-rnanfully say, because it does
40 openly AID boldly; places its candidates. both wthin
the Northern o. Free States soeaed and enters iato
conflict with sectionslsm upon It's banner. APP
psuse With all its errors with g. its wreng-dotngs,
with all lie mighty mischief, 1t has finally thrust Oh Its
eoDcealmtnt and stands before the American people
to-day in s sins first parents stood IN their In
poeenee-naked but not ashamed Laughter and ap-
pao.e 1t is joined to its idols lett alone The Demo-
cratic party armed with the paDoply OF the Consntu
tiop with the sympathy Of the masses Of the American
people could literally drive it from the face OF the
earth. 1t has in all its struggles conquered before
and it will conquer il again. The Republican party
has the element of success 1t has not the confidence
Of the American peoples 1t IL built upon sectonalsm,
passion, and prejudice. And although it is fraught
with great elements Of evil there elements Of evil
ut doors to-day, which tenfold more terrible
than the Republican party. That's 90, and APP
plause. The dhguises Of the Republican party are all
stripped Off 1t stands out to-day before the American
people undisgused in it's purposes and therefore 1t is
robbed Of nnetentbs OF its power TO harm. But what
is it that threatens the integrity Of this Union, the in
tegrity of the Constitution, and the integrity Of the
equal rights of the masses 1t is division OF the
great Democratic partythat is the great question of
the day. and of the times and TO which we prac
tcaly address ourselves. The Democratic party is In
the field with Breckenridge and Lane its leaders
loud applausel names that are no strangers TO the
country that strangers TO the Democratic party;
no straD gers In the public counca sran
gers TO the service upon the field Of battle Applause
No strangers TO the service in the ranks of the Democ
rscy. They aie names that are written nigh upoa
the count1y's history, in every department of life;
whether as intrepid soldiers, when our country is
imperied and battling upon the foreign battle
field; in the records of Congress and of the respective
Ststes in the service in the Democratic where
the great doctrines Of liberty and equality are dis
cussed, they well known. They are inscribed upon
ine Democratic banner and the Democracy are going
10 fight this great battle of the Constitution under the
auspices of tnese great, worthy, and honored leaders,
But the great impedment to Democratic progress ia an
other element that has been brought into tie Demo-
cratic party that causes il ten-old more embarrass-
ment than all its hereditary foes-and that is the ele
ment Of e,on that has been brought in under the
frsleuee Of another nomination, called Dem0Tauc
aominaton--a nomination based upon tle iuoa VI 0iei
wood Forest. Why Because
The coed old rule suficeth them
rbs. ss my sSoppi iS' Keep WHO have the power
And they should ees who can lAPplausel
This perry lie in the field with its candidates l
have naught TO cay of It's candidates personally De-
cause the questions involved in this contest rise hgner
than mere personal considerations. These questions OF
organization, great movements OF the oody tue priel
ple, that undtrie and form the foundation OF tins
Government are TO engage our attention. IL 10 OF the
principles we will treat, and lay the men aside. nor
DO dwell upon the echnicalies of regularity OF Con.
yertions or of delegates this, that or the other.
Start with this bold broad and defiant proposition that
the element the Democratic party opposed to us is as
sectional to-day as is the Republican, and for more
msheyOus Applause You need not tel b me I y
there throughout the country. 1t was conceived IN
seconasm brought forth in sectioDalsm, has the mis-
chevous elements of such all around and a6out 1t,
dasonslly What was It that disrupted the Charleston
Convention An effort to force upon portion OF the