Daily national Democrat., 1861-07-25
am WILLING to advance nav views before, nOt

am willing to advance my views before, not
latter the election.
srs. one of the gentlemen nominated for Con-
gress by the Republican party lMr. Phelps OF
San Mateol stated that, if elected, he would
serve his country both in its councils and IN the
| field. He might have uttered better sentiment;
sentiment that inspires the great leaders OF
our party; q sentiment that inspires its men; ne
might have said, as | believe every Douglas
man, candidate or not, can say: " In defeat as
in success we are willing to lend our arms ana
our aid to our country" [Appause.]
Fellow citizens my voice is weak did not
intend to talk to you tonight, although an,
nounced upon the bills. 1t is my desire, as
| shall make 1t my convenience, before the close
| Of this contest when occurring events on the
| other side the continent will more fully develop
what is the position that we must all take IN TINS
| fight, to again address you. Icare but little for
| success. or defeat | have borne 6oth ana
| trust that have borne them well. lApplause'1
| have had an equal temper for the one, and Tor
| the other. have an interest higher and ABOVE
| all Congressional position. have love lot my
country, which cannot in language tell lAp-
| plause But when the time does come, that IN
method and in funess ] can talk to you in re-
gard to our common country, and the solution
| and settlement of the trouble that is upon us,
shall address you without fear or favor. never
yet was deferred from expressing my opinion,
| although it has time and again consigned me 10
apparent political oblivion. Applause have
| no compromises, no concessions to make. either
to Secessionism or to Republicanism. l shall
| talk regardless of consequences, OF that whlcn
is your interest, which is mine, which Is our
| country's; such opinions, that in my judgment
| WILL while preserving the memory oil the past,
give us the bright future that, few months ago,
| we were all looking forward to. | shall speak
out without fear, because, when our country IS
| divided, and our Union gone, l have little 10
care Tor. Nothing TO fight for
| M MoK;hhan ratira1 amid q roar of rhpers.
The Chairman announced Hon. }. W. McCorkle
as the next speaker. [Applause.]
SPEECH OF W. M'CoRKLE.
Mr.. McCorkle was received with veheme
| cheering. As soon as he could be heard, Mr..
McCorkle said:
Mr. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS This
| meeting has been called tonight, as under
stand it, for the purpose of ratifying the nomna-
tions made by the Grand Mass Convention which
assembled in Sacramento city upon the fourth
day of July. Before proceed, wish to know
the complexion of this assemblage. Those in
favor of ratifying the nominations, will say,
Aye.
A storm of ayes was the response.
Mr.. MCCoRKLE-The ayes have it unanimously.
[Applause and laughter.] You have heard
| through the columns of your city papers, edited
by such gentlemen as have been described by
| those candidates who have preceded me, good
deal of prose and poetry as to the mountains
| speaking to the sea- Gentlemen, l hail from
| the mountains, and wish to speak to you of San
| Francisco, if you belong to the sea and by the
| way, your eyes are upturned now, you look Ike
1 a good many ''sees." Laughter and applause ]
| | wish to speak to you of the ticket. You have
endorsed it and ratified it. 1t is ticket endorse
| ed and ratified by 654 representatives assembled
| in Sacramento on the Fourth of July. Those re-
| presentatives are from the mountains, the
| nIoinS onl tho pitips nf the Their p1ipt
| mas gone forth. They stand on National and
| Democratic platform The speeches and argu.
J ments of their candidates here tonight are OF
the right ring. They are of the true metal, and
the Democratic party to-day rises on the Pacific
| coast for the purpose of regainng its ascend
ancy, not only here, but throughout the Union
[Applause.l
This contest, my fellow citizens, is no child's
play. If we lose this fight Republicanism con-
| trolls California and the Pacific coast for years
| If we win it, Democracy, the Union and the Con-
stitution shall forever triumph here. Applause.
| say that this contest is no childs play. 1t is a
| contest in which men with strong arms, with
| stout hearts and determined minds must engage.
Our country is in difficulty. Clouds are Touring
upon US. Mars with his wrinkled front trowns
on us, and civil war, with all its havoc, des-
truction and devastation exists over the land to
the east Of the Rocky mountains. We have, then
a duty to perform. We are an integral portion
of this Union, and it is for us to say where this
mad wave shall be stayed. We stand here the
| Representatives of every State, of every county
and of every township il the Union. We have
assembled here ana associated together in opln
ion, q public opinion based upon the lchoi
Union; and let us express it. While we con
denim rebellion, while we make war upon those
, who oppose the Constitution and the laws, lei
us at the same time say to them that when those
who are thus opposed to the law shall lay down
their arms, a compromise can be made. Letus
| while we hold the sword in one hand, hold the
oliye branch in the other. [Applause.l This
is the great abaQrbing issue OF the present con-
test.
A while ago you. city papers, which are Of
potency in the State, for they circulate pot only
| in your wards here, but throughout the interior,
stated that there was other question but that
of Union. 1t was said that parties must organ
ze ON the question, whether they would be
true to the Constitution, the Union and the Gov
| ernment; that all other questions must be swal'
lowed up by that. Such were their professions,
A a few days ago. What do you hear them now
4 howliIg through their columns? p? Why, they
talk to you Of bnikhoads, and things of that
| kind, and entirely forget those questions which
but few days ago they Said absorbed every
thing else. They attack our candidates on ques
tions of no importana2 whatever while this one
, great absorbing Issue e%ists. They have won
derfully changed their tune; they arraign mel
whose integrity aRd whose Democracy canno
be questioned, upon local matters, and call OF
| the people to decide accordingly,
fl Now, gentlemen, we divert your attention
, from these things to the great issue in question
The Democracy of this State stand where th'
,, Democracy of the United States have Away
, stood-on the Constitution and its compromises
We have been arrayed against party whose
. doctrines principles and prospects we have op
, posed; Witch you'd, we predicted, result il
precisely the state OF thipgs now existing in the
/ hepubllc, should they be sgcGeasfnl. 1t has
been predicted and foretold that if tie hepEhli
can parlv with their selfish, sectional, anti Dem
ocratic princip,as shouid be successfully inaugu
rated into power, it wCcnld result n dlsunlon: i
has come We have it upo."' US now, taen
doctrines are engrafted upon the - "hiih,sta
ton and the result ls-whether justitablc :"
not-a powerful combination against the Union
| which threatens its dsmemberment. The De
mocracy have always opposed that party; and
hold that, while it is the duty Of every Amer
can citizen to sustain and uphold the Govern
ment as it is, it is by no means our duty in this
contest to become Republicans. Applause.
Mr. Lincoln and the party which have placed
him in power have n lease-hold only on the
White House, and that lease-hod is for but four
years. For that time he is entitled to it. But
when that lease has run out, and that four years
has expired, then it is for us to eject him and
put better man in his place. Appause] We
are law abiding people. The Democratic
party are, in times Of peace, progressive; in
times of danger they are conservative. 1t is our
Government as established by the Constitution
and by the Government do not mean Nh
Lincoln, by long snot--while we are uphold
ing the supreme law and the constituted author
tiles that by no means do we yield our acqui.
escence to the Chicago platform. [Applanse.
The Constitution of the United States has
provided for an election of Chief Magistrate OF
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