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A Family Paper, devoted to State Intelligence, the News of the World, Political Information, Southern Rights, Agriculture, Literature, and Miscellany.
BY WILLIAM J. YATES, ?
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. J
CHARLOTTE. MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTE CAROLINA'.
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it the Western uemocrai vuim
Warrants. Marriage Licenses,
Tax Receipts, Subpoenal Jury kt
Ad,,i..it.ato1-li,u,d-andl.elte,s,
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xx- ; , - V.r ike rnaae Tatteadnts ba Medical
Yofk and Fhiia-
Sff Notes and acconnU, faerion. loth.
year
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eanaensa. ROBERT GIBBON, M . I
Charlotte, Oct. 80, U'
VOTBCU.
taj CONSEQUENCE of baying Umt by the
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i - nd cose up I lie s.me-. oj
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?-L. ... Eruiiv. Ihereby mba etmS mic.
" " . ' ' .1 '.LA oiolc ss.. y COS.H
persons lo auou..." .
V. DAVIS.
Ckilsllifi. Juno 10, 1 336. tl
The CharltHe 13r.l:il
Baaiiraisce Compaoy,
fONTlNUES l ujke ri -kj agost loss by
Fbeoa II ise,G A "
uai.;u, s. Office n Brawtey's Bnikhng, ap
ML B. tan , ,
S P ALEXANOKR, Vice President.
J. A. YOI N-, 1
J. 11. Will lE, I .
J II C IISi ), y Executive C omm.ttte.
t;. OVKR i n, I
A- C. STKKLB, j
J. II. WILSi N. A .rent.
NYE 111 HI 'II ISDN, Secretary.
July 1, 183ft d
SOMSf xn& sism.
A acw Tailoriag Estab
libineat. JAMES BEIANT iaforass hi fiiendi and
fomvr aatrom, ibal be Las reopeai-d his 1AU--ORING
ESTABLISHMENT in Spring s new
Baikliae, where be will be happy la ' ,;''
wantiie; any thing done iu h:s line. All "oitv
waii li L t
Oes. SA, 1836.
Bargaino Bargain I I
CHINA "DEPOT.
HE. Ml HOLS & BROTHER,
IMPOUTCI'S OK
CHINA, GLASS & EARTHENWARE.
Also, a great variety of Tea T.ays, Lamps,
TaMa Cotlevy, B .ilawaia and Block Tin
Ware, WTood and Willow Ware, and
IIouscKeepinsr JMUUm geacraHy.
NEXT imoll TO COMMERCIAL r.AXK,
roLi nni t, s. C.
ty Packing warranted.
Nov. 11, I8S6. 10-1m
Joint Henry Wayl, IU.
SURGEON DENTIST,
(Graduate of lUt Ballismtrt College of
Dmiiil Surgery t)
Having located petnumently, tendera his pro- :
fessioiuil services to the citizens ot
Charlotte, N. C, and
vicinity.
Dr. Wayt prepares and inserts artificial palates
and obturators, and attends to the correction ot
congenital and accidental deformities of the
te-th and jaws. He is also prepared to insert
artificial te. tb. aft. r the most approved methods.
Otrice on Tryou Street, iu Carson's new
buiMing, up stairs.
Nov. ISth. 20 tf.
Votiee.
The copartnership of Glen & McKoy was
dissolved on the of July last, J. Q. McCoy
having purchased Mr Glen's interest in the
Marble lard and Notes and Accounts. All con
tracts must be made with J. G. McCoy.
Chart itte, October 7. 14-tf
Wanted.
afta d ABUSHELS af dried Peaches,
AWJW wJe nJe pealed and nnpealedJne which
he HIGHEST CASH price will be paid by
Dec. 9. 1S56 tf T. M. FARROW.
Notes of Hand,
TEST PRINTED and for sale at the Office
of the "Western Democrat."
STARLET TO IJ i: T.
I OFFER for Rent the Stables on the Ameri
can Hotel Lots, excepting the Stalls recent
ly erected and now occupied bv Mr. P. II.
Robinson. REELS BARR1NGER.
Charlotte, Dec. 27, 1850. 26-tf
REAL ESTATE
I will sell, on Monday rf January Court, the
STORE-HOUSE and DWELLING attached,
known as the J. K. Harrison property. Also,
4 i; ii improved I-ots
in the Town of Charlotte, and
500 Aeres of Land
in Union County.
II?"" Terms made known on day ofSal,-.
H. li. WILLiAMS, Trnstee.
Dec. 23, 1830. 2o-Ct
3ew store.
J. & E. B7STOWE
HAVING n moved to (heir New Store on
Main-street, below Young & Williams'
Htuel, and opposite Boone & Co.'s new Shoe
Stor.-. . here they now hare on sale a large stock
OF
g 0 n ,
and such other artiel ;i are nsnally k pt in such
Houses, including theil Domtsiic and
COTTON YABX.
Now in Store 309 Backs Bait 40 Rbls. New
Orleans Molas v. Hhds. Ix si Portorico do.
5 hkds. Wi si India do. 5 hhds. Cuba. hhd.
of good Blow a ug;!i". 40 bbls. Extra dn. 15
bbls. Cnishad do. 1U0 bags good Caflbe. Eng
lish dairy and common Cheese, liagginjr, Rone
and Twine, Adaasanthie and Tallow Candles,
North Carolina and Western Whiskey.
All nt llie tiOvet Iriees.
yJV r spectfnlly solicit a call from bnvers.
J. & E. B. STOWE.
D. c. 1), 1906 tf
SiLtte oi' IVortli Caroiiita,
L1N( LN M M v.
Court of Pleas uml Quarter Sessions,
Apt '! Session, 1S.1G.
j. W" Lowe, Adai'i', snd oibera,
vs.
Ei:fi! Blard and others.
Petitiosi 1 sell IJ .! Estate for assets in the Lauds
oi ihe Adaiini -.laior.
It nppraring fioni iie nffidavii of Petitioner,
J. W. Lowe, Ibal Rufn Bidlard, David Ballard,
l'usl' v Cox ani wife Ej y, the defendants in
ibis proceeding, aon-n .sidenls of Ibis State,
and beyond ihi ordinary ptocess ofthisCooit.
It is ih relon oidend thai publicaiion be made
in I be Wesii .u 1 own iai i six weeks, notify
ing kh said deltndanis .hai ihey be and appear
at I be nexi Conn ofPii n4 Quarter Sesnons,
to Im held lor iL cvaniy vi Lincoln ml the Court
House in Lincoln. uii. on I be 2d Monday in Jan
aarv, IS37, then and ln re to plead, answer or
deninr to llaioifiPs petition, or Judgment, pro
eonfi'sso, will be ir.k: u against iL in, and a de
c.'i ; made ex parte according to the merits of
Plaintiff's p til ion.
lu testimony whereof, I have this, 4th Dee.,
lSQ6.sifrnd my aanw and affixed ihc seal of said
Count v
J. A. HUBS, Cle;k.
By W- R- CLARK. D. C.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
SUGAR! Loaf, Crashed, G.ocnd, Porto
Rico and B. C.
COFFEE Mocha, old Java. Eagnira and
Rio. of various Dualities, old and new crop.
TEA Gun Powder and Imperial, a choice
article.
MOLASSES New Oilcans, Cuba and Cien
Ifagos. CHEESE Goshen and Pine Apple.
CHOCOLATE No. 1 and La Vanille, the
latter : siip.'i ior ai . 'do.
SARDINES Half and Qnarter Bores.
RAISINS Wind'. Halt and Quart llJoxes.
M( ILY ALMONDS, Filberts, Currants,
Citron, Msce, Nutmegs, Macarino and Veima
cilia. CANDLES Siar and oih.-: Brands, in whole,
half and ( lb boxes.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR -Whole and quar
ter Bbls.
CANDIES Assorted and Fancy.
CRACK ERS Butter and Soda.
PICKLED SALMON, M ackerel, Tongues
and Lobsters.
Smoked Tongw s and Codfish.
ALSO
A good Stock of
I' KB HE CIGARS,
of the Washington, O. R- Salbana, Don Fedro
and other Brands,
All of which w ill be sold low for CASH, by
THOMAS M. FARROW.
Dec. 9, 1856. 3nf
KATES Or FREIGHTS BETWEEN
Cli:u-ltoii sih! New Yoidc,
By the Palmetto line of Stcamern.
Iff ATT, ST0(;.EU ft LLOYD,
AND
Ceucral CwntianiH Mcrchanta,
Adger's North Wharf,
(7f.fKLErW', s. c.
rpME undersigned, Factors and Commission
J Merchants, offer to receive, forward, and
slop merchandise and produceat the following
rates. The pr.ces bei e named are those which
are generally charged by all the line of sail
vessels, bat having no control over any other
Line than the one we have an interest in, we
cannot say that the prices here named can
be considered permanent, except by our Line.
By that they are permanent. The "Palme. to
Line" has ten fine first class Brigs and
Schooners, constantly running, and will car
ry freights as follows:
Wheat, ti cents per bushel.
Flour, in barrels, 29 cents.
" in sacks, 10 cents.
The drayage, whartage, insurance, and for
warding commission, per bushel, for whe.it,
is - 4i cts.
Flour, per barrel, - - 16 cts.
Flour, per sack, - - - - 13 cts.
Freight on all Cases, boxes, Ac,
lrom New York to Charleston, per
cubic foot. - - - - d ets.
We measure every thing, to prevent over
charges. Every thing shipped by the "Pal
metto Line" of vssels (Dollner ft Potter,
New York agents, and Holmes &. Stowry, of
Charleston) and consigned to us, shall be
freighted for the above prices.
Produce and Merchandise consigned to us
will have the best attention.
WYATT, STOGNER &. LLOYD.
August 12, 1856
WESTERN DEMOCRAT.
CHARLOTTE. "
The Boomerang. This curious weapon,
peculiar to the native of Australia, has
often proved a puzzle to men of science.
j It is a piece of carved wood nearly in the
form of a crescent, from thirty to forty
inches long, pointed at both ends, and the
corner quite sharp. The mode of using it
is as singular as the weapon. Ask a black
to throw it so as to let it fall at his feet, and
away it goes full forty yards before him
skimming along the surface at three or four
feet from the ground; when it will suddenly
rise in the air forty or sixty feet, describing
a curve and finally dropping at the feet of
the thrower. Durinff its course it revolves
with great rapidity on a pivot, with a
whizzing noise. It is wonderful so bar
barons a people have invented so singular a
weapon, w hich sets the laws of progression
at defiance. It is very dangerous for a
European to try to project it at any object,
as it may return and strike himself. Iu a
native's hands it is a formidable weapon,
! striking without the projector being seen.
It w as invented to strike the kangaroo, which
is killed by it with certainty.
From the Ntw Hampshire Patriot.
Speech of Ho7i. J. S. Wei2s:
At Exeter, Nov 20th, at the brilliant celebra
tion of our recent Sutional Victory in bc
half of (he Constitution and the Union.
Fellow Citizens: You have come to
gether upon this occasion to manifest j our
foldings and sentiments upon the election
of .Mr. Buchanan to the presidency. The
roaring cannon, the joy and gratification
exhibited in all yotw faces, the brilliant
scene which we have this evening witness
ed, and the wild hurrahs which have but
just subsided, demonstrate the deep sin
cerity of jo' with which the confirmatory
evidence of the election of that eminent
statesman has filled each 1 robbing heart be
fore me. All this is right. We have re
joiced before, and felt deeply grateful, that
success had crowned the efforts of the dem
ocratic party ; but never have we had oc
casion for such deep-felt gratitude as this
election warrants. Our countrymen re
joiced when the soldiers of King George
piled their surrendered arms at Yorktown.
They again rejoiced when the great exper
iment of u free representative government
fairly started, based upon a written consti
tution. They have since often exulted over
political successes, end national triumphs
upon the field of strife, but never until
now have any portion of oar citizens had
occasion to rejoice over a prostrate party
which denied the binding obligations of the
constitution, and cursed the covenant of
fathers.
Little d: 1 the men who came out from
the smoke of the revolution anticipate that
before, the last funeral march should be
beat, and the final volley fired over the
grave of the last of that noble band, a po
litical party of sufficient number to excite
apprehension would arise to disregard the
last appeal of Washington, and attempt to
array one section of this glorious Union
against the other ; a party under the lead
of men who would dare to denounce the
American constitution, and to free them
selves from its binding influence, ferocious
ly turn upon citizens of another section and
fiendishly proclaim that "they looked for
ward to the day when theVe shall be a servile
insurrection intbeSoufjh; when the black
men, armed with British bayonets and led
on by British officers, shall assert his free
dom and wage a war of extermination
against his master ; when the torch of the
incendiary shall light up the towns and ci
ties of the South, and blot out thelastt vest
itre of slavery :" and that "they would hail
such an event as tho dawn of a political
millennium and who further madly "re-
joiced that they beheld the day of the for- i more to produce the bitterness which now
nation of sectional parties distinctly north-j exists, and the excitement which we hare
crn and southern ;" the consequence of ! just passed through, than any other section
which, if successful, would most manifestly of the country : and the leaders of that par
rot the end produce a dissolution of the ty still aver their determination to wrest all
American Union. j political power from th South, and place it
Four weeks ago, a party under tho lead i in the hands of thoso who have sworn never
of men holding such infernal sentiments as to rest until their peculiar notions control
I have repeated, stood up all over the north- the entire republic. Turn the tables, gen
ern States, and confidently proclaimed the j tlemen and what would we do? Would we
certainty of their success, and the absolute j give our money and sustain a people con
prostration of the democratic party. But. ' stantly warring upon our best interests
thanks to the glorious democracy of the I And can we expect of the South submission
Keystone State ! all honor to the true men to that which we would not for a moment
of Illinois! thrice rforious freemen of Indi- ! tolerate ? The answer is obvious. Let the
ana! and lasting gratitudo to the sons of
New Jersey ! who have proved true to tho
constitution, faithful to the principles which
underlie the American Union, and, spurn
ing all false aud unsound appeals, have
maintained the true national position, by
standing firmly and resolutely with our
brethren of the South in preserving the uni
ty of the States.
Let us loudly rejoice over this glorous
and mighty result, and send forth our warm
and affectionate greetings south and west to
those who have thus rescued the Union from
destruction, and sent forward to future
generations the enjoyment of those political
and social blessings which cost so much of
the best blood of the heroes of tho revolu-
tion, and the untiring efforts of the founders
of the republic.
Let us again rejoice that the fearful poli
tical combinations of bigotry, fanaticism,
intolerance, and infidelity t o the constitution,
are now routed and dispersed, and that the
late jubilant organization, composed of an
cient federalists, of modern whigs, of violent
abolitionists, of know-nothings Xorth and
South, of free-soilers, native Americans,
and haters oi the American Union, now lie
prostrate, powerless, and disheartened.
Let us once more rejoice that enough of
our party have been abb- to stem the storm
of fanatic ism which has swept across the
t Xorth, and thereby rescued from destrue
j tion our dearest political and social rights,
j that the democratic column is still unbroken,
1 and that the new administration is to be
I guided by a man eminently qualified for the
' distinguished position, and who will enter
upon the duties of his office supported by
the unreserved confidence of the entire
democracy of the nation, and sustained by
every branch of the national government.
The only consolation resulting from this
contest to our opponents in this region is
that they have by tho most unwarranted
appliances united the majority-vote of New
England against the democratic party.
This they did in 1840, with the exception
of New Hampshire. This they did in J8S2,
with tho exception of New Hamdshire and
Maine; and they produced the same results
in 1S44 and iu 184S. It cannot, therefore,
be distinguished that their chief triumph is
over the fall of the democracy of New
Hampshire, who have stood triumphantly
victorious against all and every unsound
appeal and device in every presidential
election for the last four-and-twenty years ;
and even now we can proudly point to our
record as conclusive proof of the fidelity of
our party. The democratic vote is 751
larger this autumn than was cast at our last
spring election, and exceeds the vote of
1852 (given to General Pierce) by 2,800
votc-s. True, fraud and fanaticism have
controlled us, but our friend- in other States
will see that New Hampshire democrats
have not faltered, nor shown a want of con
fidence in the principles they have co long
sustained.
The general success of the opposition
in New England will inevitably operate to
the disadvantage of this section of tho
country. New England has in the South
ten millions of customers ; and our manu
facturing and mechanical interests rely for
support, to a very large extent, upon the
trade of that section of the country. The
ships of New England are ever in southern
ports, and enjoy the carrying-trade for
nearly tho whole of that section of the
Union. Destroy these sources of profit,
and what will be the effect upon New Eng
land enterprise ? A moment's thought will
suggest the sad result. It is idle to think
we can retain the good-will and trade of our
southern neighbors and be constantly en
gaged in assaults upon their vital interests.
The change in business ;n the last few years
clearly shows the unfortunate effects of the
misdirected efforts of many New Phi"--land
men. The citizens of the city of New
York understand this matter well, and while
the merchants in Uoston are struggling to
retain the southern trade it is being steadi
ly and rapidly transferred to the former
emporium.
Self-preservation is the first law of na
ture ; and as the South becomes convinced
that the people of the city of New York are
ready to recognise their constitutional
j rights, and to struggle to maintain them, as
they have in the late election, and thereby
covered themselves with honor and renown,
the ordinary impulses. of nature prompt the
southern men to turn w ith affection to such
people. But in New England, where the
leading men who contiol the commerce, the
manufacturing and the mechanical interests,
are constantly arousing the people to war
upon southern rights, who can be surprised
that alienations should follow ?
Since 185 New England has been the
great hot-bed of abolitionism, and has done
South adopt a self-sacrificing spirit for over
one year, and withhold cotton from New
England, what would be the result ? The
answer of every reflecting man would be
RUIN to all the manufacturing interests.
And let them, as they can with ease, turn
their trade in mechanical work from this
section, and the hand of the New England
mechanic will at once to a very great ex
tent be stayed and paralyzed.
But, say our opponents. New England
can take care of itself, and the South can
not. I am a New England man, all my in
terests are here. It is my birth-place, it
will undoubtedly be my final resting-place.
It is the burial ground of my ancestors, and
my loved children lie beneath its sod ; and,
with all its faults, my affecJBfcnantre deep
ly and ardently in New England. But when
we talk of her successful endurance beyond
the dissolution of the AmeriadBfriion, we
but prove our want of thouglvWpro of care
ful consideration of our true condition. It
is not to be denied that eiJny means of im
provement in New England have been care
fully developed. Day haajtebwour young
men are denartinrr from l Hhvur awa
capital to a large amountin Bit bu
si-
ness in other sections of our land ; and a
material disturbance of the elements of our
present success can only prove disastrous.
But grant that we can survive the crush
influence of the separation of the States,
cannot the South do as well ? By reference
to the census of 1850 you will find valuable
aid in answering this question. Produc
tions and manufactures have undoubtedly
increased since that date, but will present
substantially the same relative results.
We have two millions seven hundred thou
sand people; they have nearly ten millions.
We have eighteen million acres of land ;
they have one hundred and eighty-e'ght
millions of acres one hundred and thirty
millions acres of which are yet uncultivat
ed. We produce annually one million six
hundred thousand bushels of corn to a State;
they produce annually twenty-three mil
lions of bushels to a State. We produce
annually one million and ninety thousand
bushels of wheat ; they produce twenty
seven millions of bushels averaging to
each Southern Stato more than the entire
product of New England; and of rye, oats,
barley, peas, buckwheat, beans, Irish and
sweet potatoes, hemp, and flax, they alto-
rrether exceed us. Our croo of hav is more
than theirs, but we all well know that the
chief part of that product is necessarily re
turned to the earth, to sustain the soil, and
requires great labor and expense to secure
and feed it to our animals.
The annual value of slaughtered animals
in New England is one million and seven
hundred thousand dollars to a State; and
in the southern States i7ree millions five
hundred thousand dollars to each State.
The average product of wool in the slave
States is nearly two-thirds the average of
New England.
The average value to a State of live
stock in New England is eight millions of
dollars, and in the slave States more than
sixteen millions of dollars to each State.
The cash value of farms in New England
averages sixty-two millions of dollars to a
State, and in the slave States seventy-four
millions of dollars. The average value of
real and personal estate to the New Eng
land States is one hundred and eighty-eight
millions of dollars, and to the slave States
one hundred and ninety-eight millions, and
of sugar, molasses, rice, tobacco, and cot
ton, which we cannot produce at all, the
slave States annually produce one hundred
and eight millions of dollars. And while
we have little or no mineral wealth, the
mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, and Ala
bama are filled with coal, iron, and other
valuable minerals. Can any sane man,
then, say if New England can sustain her
self under the blighting influences of disso
lution, that the South cannot at least do as
well ?
He who thinks so has lightly considered
the power, wealth, and resources of that
region of country. The foolish charge that
the South is wanting in industry and en
terprise is as groungless as though made
against the inhabitants of any other agri
cultural portion of our country.
New England purchases about one-sixth
of the cotton crop of the South, and her
annual manufactures from cotton are about
forty-two millions of dollars but of little
more value, after deducting the cost of the
raw material, than the tobacco crop of the
South, and, including the raw material, not
one half the value of their cotton crop.
We see, therefore, that tho capital and
energies of the South are mainly directed
and involved in business of agriculture,
while New England, to a very large extent,
relies upon manufacturing and mechanical
business to sustain herself.
Should the Union be divided, each State
will of course become an independent
foreign nation to each other, and New Eng
land at once bo forced into competition
with her great manufacturing rival, Eng
land; who has been in constant struggle for
the control of cotton ever since she declar
ed the emancipation of her slaves.
We see already the germ of rivalry ex
panding ; ten millions of dollars are now
invested in southern States in the manu
facture of cotton, and when we properly
consider the immense water power South
and West, their now unworked coal fields,
and navigable rivers, and realize results
which antagonistic interests can and will
produce, who can believe in the successful
continuance of New England efforts, against
that resistance, which disunion would array
against us ?
While we live in peace all is system and
harmony ; the business of the South conflicts
not with New England ; and by maintain
ing friendly relations the interest of each
section is promoted and sustained.
The true men all over the nation ardent
ly desire the continuance of the LTnion, and
the prosperity which now surround us.
The social and political privileges which
we as a nation enjoy are unmatched in any
other country beneath the sun; they cost
too much to be trifled with, and their de
parture will herald in a scene of gloom and
misery which should if possible be averted.
Fidelity to the constitution is our only
hope; it is a work which was consummated
under the guiding influence from on high,
and will wither and perish when the princi
ples of Jefferson shall bo repudiated, and
thejjijdrfngs of Washington and Jackson
disregarded. Though New Hamp
shi
shire is now under the pall of fanaticism
which covers all New England, vet we as
a party will stand together in the confident
hope of the restoration of sound political
doctrines. The same kind of influence
which has now overpowered us swept our
fathers under at the first election of Presi
dent Jefferson, but they redeemed them
selves in the next contest. The same kind
of influence withheld from General Jackson
at his first election the support of New
Hampshire. The appeals at that time were
to the passions and prejudices of men, in
like manner as in the contest which has
just terminated. Bitter denunciation, black
falsehood, and coffin handbills did that
which truth and reason could not combat;
and our opponents were not only success
ful in this State, but carried the whole of
New England by a majority of 02,000 votes
against that eminently patriotic man.
Maine stood against him by nearly 7,000
majority. New Hampshire by 3,334, Mass.
by nearly 24,000, Rhode Island b' nearly
2.000, Connecticut nearly 9,000, and Ver
mont over 10,000. Such were the con
demning majorities against Andrew Jack
son in 1828, of whom now not a man re
mains to justify that opposition. Then our
opponents shouted over the downfall of the
j New Hampshire democracy, and challeng-
ed them to rise again. Ihey did rise and
and at the next spring election, by a tri
umphant vote, changed the entire State
government, marched onward, holding firm
ly tho political power in their hands, and
in 1832 erased the previous stain from her
electoral record by a glorious nnjority for
the previously-condemned Jackson.
I refer to these things particularly to
show that results obtained by expedients,
or inflammatory appeals, are transient and
fleeting, and that those who ride upon the
storm and sow the wind are sure at last to
reap the whirlwind.
There is but one way to conduct a politi
cal campaign, which shall result in perma
nent advantage ; and that is, to be guided
by the constitution, to maintain the funda
mental principles of our government, and
appeal only to the judgment, the patriotism
and integrity of men. Th narty that does
this will, in the main, control the destinies
of the nation ; and when wc reflect that for
the last sixty years the democratic part'
have controlled the affairs of this republic
forty-four years of that time, who can doubt
that constitutional fidelity is the only true
course to retain successfully political pow
er. Look over the history of our country
and you will be struck with the repeated
instances of the limited possession of politi
cal power by those who obtained it by ap
peals to prejuuee, passion, interest, bigot
ry, or fanaticism. The march of Jefferson
was stayed by appeals to religious preju
dices, but time soon proved the whole thing
false. The war of 1812 was bitterly op
posed, aod the public mind wildly excited
by mercenary appeals. The commercial
community were aroused, and those who
then hated the Union had ample scope for
sectional devices. The foes of the demo
cratic party said, "let tho British retain
the right of search and impressment ; it is
no great affair," said they, "to lay to at the
call of a British gun ; and as the poor young
men who have been taken from American
ships, and forced on board the British ships
of-war, they are of trifling consequence,
compared with the injury which a prosecu
tion of this wTar will produce." But, said
the democratic party, protection of all men
is a principle of this government, and no mat
ter what the cost, wo will maintain it.
They did so, and were right. Now the
booming gun has no terror, and our young
men go out upon the stormy sea fearless of
any earthly power while the stars and stripes
float over them. Religious sentiments- were
again aroused, and by force theerof power
and place were withheld from General Jack
son. Time, reflection, and intelligence did
again its work, and thosa who most bitter
ly assailed him are loudest in sanctifying
his name. The compromise measures of
1850 came up, and almost the entire party
of New England, which have just given
their support to John C. Fremont, loudly
denounced and opposed them. Time ran
on, and now, with almost equal unanimity,
they concede the correctness of those
measures, and acquiesce therein.
Know-nothingism next had birth, to curse
and corrupt the country for a season ; and
they also appealed to bigotry, interest, and
religious sympathy. Men were to be de
nied their constitutional and legal rights
because they happened to be born away.
Those intensified Americans forgot that the
mingled blood of natives and foreigners
alike nourished the young and exposed tree
of liberty. They forgot that eight of the
signers of the Declaration of Independence
were of Irish origin. They disregarded the
eminent services of Lafayette and his brave
associates in our revolutionary struggle.
They overlook Steuben, who tracked his
way to Valley Forge by the blood of our
shoeless and untrained soldiers, and there,
by his skilful instruction, gave them tho
confidence and courage of trained and ve
teran troops. They passed by the bravo
De Kalb, who, on the disastruous field of
C linden, where one-third of the regulars
of the continental army lay dead around
him, pronounced in his dying hour those
memorable words of confidence in the prin
ciples for which they wore contending, tho
repetition of which ought to cover with
shame the face of every know-nothing in
the land " die" said he, "the death of a
i soldier fighting for the rights of Man."
The toil and suffering and efforts of Mont
gomery, the Irishman, cf St. Clair and
Mercer, the Scotchmen, of Gates and Con
way, the Englishmen, of Pulaski and Kos
eiusco, the Poles, and their brave Herman,
Irish, French, Scotch, and English asso
ciates, were regarded only as events of olden
times. Iu their crusade againt adopted
citizens, it did not occur to them that be-
1 neath the soil of every battle-field in our
j land tho bones of foreigners are now crumb
j ling back to dust, mingled with those of our
j countrymen, each of whom fell in the mu
tual defence of our national lights and our
: national honor.
In their appeal to religious prejudice.,
I they did not consider that religious bigotry
and intolerance had dotted the eartb all
over with blood, and piled the martyr's
I ashes world-wide round the stake. And
little, indeed, did they dream, in their
brief hour of pride and anticipated power,
j of the hast' reaction soon to follow tho
unhealthy excitement which they had thus
wrongfully produced.
j Sober judgment has looked that whole
I proceeding calmly and fairly in the face ;
and now the scattered brotherhood are only
found in the abolition camp, gloating over
the bloody triumph obtained in butasinglo
j State.
Next sprung up tho practicable appli
I cation of the doctrine of popular sovereignty
! in the Territories, claiming no more nor
less than that the people who settle a Terri
tory shall have the right to determine for
' themselves as to their own domestic affairs.
I Up rose at once the whole host of demo
cratic opponents, aud denounced it as an
infamous, border ruffian, slaveholder schemo
and they rejoiced that the principle VM
one of the issues in the presidential elec
tion, as upon it no democrat could by pos
sibility stand. A little time has run upon
this exciting subject, a majority of tho free
men of the country have fully sustained it,
and further time for cool reflection will
place this denounced principle in the his
torical record, along with the others o
severely fought, and in the enfl so univer
sally conceded to be correct.
Thus, we see the old, tried democracy
marching along, and successfully applying
the principles of our faith to our expanding
and increasing country, and prostrating in
its its way. by the mere force of reason and
patriotism, the guerilla bands which here
and there assail them.
Confidence in the integrity and intelli
gence of the people is elementary in the
democratic creed. Unsound alarms may
jostle and disturb them, falsehood may
lead them astray, and canting hypocrite
may for a time unsettle their faith, yet the
true democrat will march on, holding still
higher the guiding light of the constitution,
in the confident faith of the efficient force
of truth and calm reflection.
The faith of democrats has no analogy
in the hearts of our opponents. Their
trust is in expedients, and their own selfish
personal schemes and appeals.
Ponder the late declaration of one of
their leading New England journals, when
it was made evident that the true men of
Pennsylvania had triumphed. "There has
been altogether too much reliance upon
Divine Providence, and too little upon the
documents and canvtissing lists," was the
extraordinary excuse of that leader of black
republicanism.
New England rejecting Providence ! But
for the guiding hand of Providence, New
England now would be a waste and howl
ing wilderness. Fancy, if you will, the old
ship Mayflower ploughing through the an
gry surges of the sea, freighted with those
who were to give an impetus to New En
gland which famine, disease, a sterile soil,
and severe climate could not impede. She
was not bound to Plymouth Bay; a more
genial climate was her destined port, which
had she reached, New England wilds would
now cover the scenes of New England
pride. But that same power so recently
despised, changed her onward course, and
safely moored her in the rock bound har
bour of Plymouth Bay. On her shattered
deck stood those who, under the guiding
hand of Providence, were to lay the foun
dation of that morality, industry, frugality,
and per.?everence which have made New
England what she is.
It is a marvel they remained here, na
tives of milder skies, and bent for a more
southern clime; yet some unseen power
held them to our coast, and sustained them
in their hours of sad despondency. Before
them were the frowning forest, savage
tribes, dread uncertainty, and the gloom of
a New England winter. But they faltered
not; cheered and sustained bv the same
kind Power which brought them hither,
they resolved to persevere, and
"Amidst the storm the Pilgrams sang.
And the stars heard, and theses,
And tha sounding aisles of the dim woods rang
With the anthem of the free."
Let us then, as men and politicians, fol
low that marked example, and trusting in
the guiding influence of Providence, and
our own faith in the ultimate success of
truth, renewedly resolve to continue un
tiring exertions untit our mountains shall
again resound with the triumphant shouts
of the victorious democracy.