Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-06-30
A PILL FOR SOMEBODY.

A new Hall of the Peoples ~Party-which is
Pennsylvania for Republican-was recently dedi-
Gated in Philadelphia, VIM. B. Mann, q former
leader of the acknowledgement for aught we
know q present leader-gave the key note to tho
meeting in a speech he made upon taking the chair,
two extracts from which we serve to our readers.
First, as to the crab like progress of the Republi-
can party, upon which point Mr.. Mann, says,
"Now,let US reason together. The Republican
party is slowly coming into that great Opposition
party, the conservative party of the country
(Applause.) Compare the platform of the Repub-
ican party times ago, with the platform now.
The recent platform says that the party shall not
interfere with the rights of Shareholders wherever
those rights exist under the Constitution. What
does the party say abou; slavery 1t merely says
that they will stand upon that issue as Henry
Clay stooG-to resist the introduction of slavery
into territory now free. (Applause.) thrust that
in taking htiS UieU 1 also am nolo a consistent
american. (Renewed Applause.) l have yet to
fnG anything in the American party that would
prevent me from saying that slavery shall not be
further extended, No man can r~epudiate another
for standing by that doctrine. l take the ground
that was taken by Henry Clay, the great American
OF this nation, that we must not carry slavery
into Territories now free. Applause. J"
Second, on the Knownothing question, in re-
gard to which he declares;
We are told by some Of our friends, there is
a plank that you Americans can't support. Well,
what can we do2 Go with the men who called us
church burners and murderersH Go with the men
who prosecuted US, and fought with the despera-
ton Of Williams to secure our defeat? Go with the
Democracy (Applause.)
"You may say there is a rotten plank in the ship.
What are you going to do, when the storm is rag
ing? knock it out7 (Laughter) No. W. hold up
till we get on shore, and if there is any rotten
plank then we viii throw it out. (Great applause
Let us talk further about the Dutch plank !
wart to talk to my old friends like a father
was in the Convention when that plank was intro.
duced. / heard it read. Some friends said, 'Oh
that will never do oh, said /. 'that will do
very WE'LL Why did l say 50? Does the Ameri-
can expect that there will be any change in the
naturalization laws, which will take away from
foreign born citizens rights thai: were hitherto &C
corded to them? If that Convention had said we
are opposed to any extension of the term Within
which adopted citizens shall have the right to vote,
the question would have assumed a different aspect.
The American flag protects its native as we'll as
its foreign-born citizens. 1t never 6Oated more
triumphantly than when it hoated above him
whose little finger was American. You may ridi.
Guile the Dutch plank and you may say il IL
eminently Dutch, becauss a D~utchman happen.
ed TO be it's advocate III the. Convention,
DO you know how he happened TO be its
a%dvocste2 Because Judge Wilfiot previously
moved to strike out that portion of it referring tc
State legislation. 1t was this that was upon the
mind Of the German. and his speech was delivered
accordingly. This Dutchmsh was q man Of &c
MUS. His speech was one of the ttiost thtillinf
that l ever listened to. 1t would do credit to an
man. 1t proved to me that eloquence and patri
otism are born under every cline and every SUM-
Hcre is the resolution to which Mr.. Mann refers
and upon carefully reading it, it will be seen to b,
a very convenient stump around which the Deyi
may be whipped; but if he cannot, then; accord
ing to Mr.. Mann-changing the smile for his
1t is a rotten plank that will be thrown away q,
soon as the party gets into power. What a com
fOrtiug reflection for naturalized voters. Let then
study the resolution in the light of Mr.. Mann.
speech.
Resolved, That the Republican party is oppos
ed to any change in our Naturalization Laws, o,
any State legislation by which the rights Of citi
zenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from for
eigu lands shall be abridged or impaired; and il
favor of giving a full and efficient protection tc
the rights of all classes of citizens, whether NATIVE
or naturalized, both at home and abroad"