The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-06-21
From tho Philadelphia NOnh American.
Hon. John Sherman's Speech Mt the Phil.
adelphia, last Saturday, 9th.

adeiphih, last Saturday, 9th,
Mr. fisherman. Of Ohio, (the late Re.
publican candidate fer Speaker of the
House, was introduced to the meeting.
and received with uproasious applause. .
He said that twelve years ago, in the ad q.
joining square, he met Mr.. Lincoln for
the first and only time in his life. and
joined with him III nominating old Zach.
ary Taylor. They organized victory
then. and would do the same now.
4 heers) } -Four years ago the democratic
party succeeded, owing to the divisions
in the ranks Of its opponents. They had
strength enough, but had wasted it by
their dissensiOns. An opportunity was
now offered to all men earnestly opposed
to the present corrupt administration to
unite in its overthrow. They entered /
the campaign under happy auspices, and
it was for the people Of the great State Of
Pennsylvania to say whether the decep
tion of the last campaign were again to
succeed. Every class Of voters who had
supported Mr.. Buchanan had been de.
ceived by him. (Applause.)
Your selfstyled conservative men
your merchants and tr4ders--your
wealthy citizens even then we're told
that Mr.. Buchanan would, if elected, pu.
a stop to the slavery agitalion.--lIe was
elected, and how had he cheated the peo-
pie. He had added fuel to the FIRE Of az.
itstion, the army and the civil officers Of
the United States were used to fan the
flame for the purpose of plomoIng a
narrow sectional interest. Crimes, un-
heard Of before in our el4ctions--periury
and lorgery--were sanctioned by his ad
ministraton. Frauds at which these con.
servative gentlemen would shudder, we're
the common agency by which it was
sought TO control elections in order that
slavery might be planted among people
who resisted IT,
Mr.. Buchanan had promised 10 protect
the industrial interests of the States, but
he (Mr. S. defed any man to point a
single &C! TO TIE interests Of the United
States which had been proposed by this
Administration. Four years ago there
were from seventeen 10 eighteen millions
in the treasury, now it was all gone, and
the government was from forty to fifty
millions in debt. The present Admins.
tration had also introduced into the pol.
ilics of the country all the corrupt
appliances of the old English Tory par
ty.
There was scarcely single department
Of the government that was not carried on
by corruption, and this very State has
been made the theatre of many OF the
worst misdeeds. There was the business
OF the coal agency, the fact that several
of the democratic papers of this city were
supported by government MONEY. and
other things that everybody now knew
from the recent Investigations. Now
what was the duty oflhe American peo.
pie to-day? Should they submit TO this
state of things? Ono! ny Mo- The
people demand that tho present Office
holders should be turned out (Cheers.
How should it be done? The people OF
Pennsylvania had TO decide the next pres.
identis election, and TO say whether those
leeches on the public treasury should be
fixed there, Well, how could it be done?
By voting for Bell and Everett No!
They were very respectable, clever gen
tlemcn, Of high standing and chars'ter,
bu they had no more chance of being
elected than he had of flying TO the
moon. daughter. Every vote cast for
them was vote thrown away. On the
other hand there was presented plat
form which in his judgement should re-
ceive the assent Of every man in the United
States.
He asked them to take that platform
home aOd read it section by section.
They would find in it mine Of political
truth that could be found in no other
platform that had been issued since the
foundation ofthe government Cheers.
They would find in it these principles
that any man might go to the beautiful
wester country and make for himself a
home; that it is the duty Of the govern
ment in collecting the revenue to look 10
the protection oiall the great interests Of
the country; T"That's it," and cheers.
That while they would do nothing 10 i'm
pair the rights oi any sovereign State,
they do all in their power TO preserve the
western territories as the homes offree.
men. Cheels. At the same time, in
its platform, this organization declared its
abiding loves to the Constitution and the
Union. Cheers. He then proceeded
at some length to show the principles an
nouced in that platform, and the effect of
their adoption upon the Industrial ihter-
ests of the country. He said that the
right of all the States would be protected,
but the interests of twenty millions Of cit
izsns Of the northern States would no
longer be subordiuated to ctionalism,
They had enough Of the injustice and
bigotry that now controlled the demo-
cratic party, and wanted something more
in accordance with the civilization Of the
age,
As the representative Of This platform.
the Chicago convention had presented to
the people men who ought TO receive their
hearty support. They had taken from
the ranks a man born in Kentucky, Of
Pennsylvania parentage--a very good
stock Daughter "a man who has been
the architect Of his own fortune, and
gainst whom no breath of suspicion had
ever been raised. Would not hs country
men of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
Join their western brethern in electing him
President? (YeSl yes!)