Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 September 1860 — Page 1

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H AU THE CONSTITUTION, THE UNION, AND THE EQUALITY OF THE STATES! VOL I. INDIANAPOLIS, IND , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 18(30 NO. 29.

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-A T- INDIAlifAPOLI S , INDIAN A ,' BY KI.IIFII A; II A UK NESS. T 33 XI. 3VX JS, 1.00 untilafur Ihc Presidential Election In advance, in all eases. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. W P 12 K (J II . . OF HENKY S. FITCH, ESQ., At Logansport, Sept. 8, I860. Fellow-Citizens of Cits County: Having but little taste for polities in the mere partisan sense of the i ... ...,,.: ;, iinlltwsit Rneakinrr is verv limU U. Ul CAUWIVII. ... j..... 'l o ' ! 1 ... i 'ill. If l 1...... imnnurn '

ited, and I trust it always win do. my speecuee, nv-

ever usually have one merit, of which 1 shall not de- to me j-.ngnsu tongue as to puoiisn u, or me ougias prive them on this occasion namely, brevity. I do I speaker so reckless of his reputation for sense as to not propose to discus the abstract principles involved j commend it. Yet this Duuciad was adopted by the in tins eainnain that has already been done by Mr. I Rump Convention for as Schiller says,

Coffroth, with far more ability than 1 possess, i snail Against stupidity the very God's fight unvictor- : merely' call your attention to some of the spiciest rious." points" of difference existing in the Democratic ranks, , , 7 - i r and defend the best I may, the cause of the National and stands to-day the highest official excuse for its D mot-racy' gross and rank violation of Democratic usage, lhe tU Democratic party has had many warm family Minority Report, on the contrary, was Aristotlan in a uarrels before The unwritten history of its caucuses the serenity ot its logic, unimpeachable in its statead conventions discloses a long "array of martyrs" to ! mentof facts, and unanswerable in its conclusions -concealed enmities and conflicting ambitions. The j It diners from Mr. Ivrum's report, inasmuch as it is the slaughter of the innocents in this State alone, has been ! production of an educated gentleman, a logician, and i . i ,, mi.,i,i a writer of power and clearness. It is a document all relentless and melancholy. i . . . . ... , . Rt these domestic deaths were never heralded to j Democrats can read .with pride, and all Douglasitcs

the world. A strict quarantine was always established. They were emphatically "our own funerals," to which the public was never invited. But the present division of the Democratic party is deeper and more radical. It rests on principle. It involves the L i nxirinivntinn Tt arlmits nf Tin Rnmw fmm whirl, snrinrrs this dark, turbulent stream of discord, u L..a :.. i, 0tl0s nnriirlitfiniis lust for nower j:..:..:u,i n,,.,.aii,. hanVr. It is unnecessary to name him.. Ho has but one prototype, the half-fowotten ex-President, of New l'ork. JJut 1 do -l tn fi,s.t I shall onlv call

your attention briefly to the immediate cause-the vent.on, but issued a retirement of IScw 1 ork, a id remarkable course of the Baltimore Convention, in every retirement signalled the safety of the Constituexcludinr the regular Southern delegates from that tion, and the compounding ot that fragrant herb-

tL spcession at Charleston, althouah a delegated duty, wa3 a great political blunder. Unaccompanied, however, as it was by any separate uuiuiiuuuu, 1 movement was not irrevocable. There was nothing in the mere act of seceding, to prevent the delegatesfrom retracing their steps and reclaiming their seats in the Baltimore Convention. But admitting as facts upon this point, all the delirious declamation of the Douglas orators, and dignifying the "deep damnation" of their invective with the' name of argument still, what logical connection has the seceession at Charleston with the important issue afterwards raised by the contesting delegations at Baltimore? The Virginia resolution, adopted previous to the adjournment, in pursuance with which these delegations were formed, and in accordance with which their respective claims must be measured, is so clear and unmistakeable, that there is scarcely room for controversy as to which were justly entitled to admission, That, resolution invited all-those States whose seats in the National Convention they might deem vacated, to fill them up with delegates before the Convention re-assembled at Baltimore. To whom was that invitation to appoint delegates extended ? To the Democ racy alone, of course. In what manner were they to be appointed? In accordance with the Democratic usage of each State. There was no promiscuous in vitation

to any and everybody no hand-bill call fori Wing loolcs." VVlierever that delegation may pescacus town meetings in that Virginia resolu-i tered, so ceaseless, so tireless were their libations for

A 1 . ocratic authorities, and not a local report in a coun t nwsnaner. of an illegitimate provincial mass! meeting. J . 1 A 7 i The decision of the Charleston Convention itself, in the cases of New York and Illinois, was too recent to admit of a doubt as to what were considered the requisites and essentials of a Democratic delegate. Now, mark the result. The Southern States (except South Carolina) in accordance with this invitation, met together in State C'onv ntion, under the call of their several executive committees, and with fastidious for mality, a scrupulous regularity and sensitive observance of all Democratic precedents and usage, appointed new delegates, empowered with new credentials, for the Baltimore Conve.ition, 1 say new delegates, tor although the men were the same, their trust was original and fresh ; and it is in their character as delegates, not as men, that their title to admission must rest the distinction being as clear as that between any other individual and delegated capacities. They came to Baltimore with precisely the same kind of commissions with which they had been admitted at Charleston. It is difficult how any man can be so profoundly stupid as to sincerely doubt the regularity of their appointment, although it is not so difficult to imagine one sufficiently dishonest as to affect such doubts. On the other hand, who were the contestants of these delegates? A score of Southern ex-gentlemen, with a refreshing innocence of ability, and a very select limit of influence, who have for years professed distinguished dissatisfaction at the proceedings of the Democratic party. They presented a pleasing variety of political vagaries, united by great unanimity of opposition to Democracy. Their leaders were men whom 1UI tunc unit uint; true uu.-uiuu in vui iuudm w i.:.,k ,f l,,i . n ,..tV .i;,,,! .l.! men of long retired reputations, remarkable for the! with wlii.li tliAV Iial urkiirrlit cliMtnaa anrl tlm I felicity with which they had failed. Political exiles, !

tion. It contemplated simply new Democratic dele- their country s honor, in whatever vale secluded, upon gates, regularly appointed by the highest Democratic! whatever, mount exalted there will linger around authority of their respective States; and not the rep-1 forever in unit and en masw the halo of the resentatlves of a disorganized guerilla force that might Kogne, and the aroma of the Brandy Mnash. haii" around the rear of the Democratic army. It! lhe conduct of the delegation necessitated the sepropWd, as evidence of membership, formal commit-1 cession of one hundred and five electoral votes, repsions, signed, sealed and delivered by the proper Dem- resenting every reliable Democratic State, together

ever eager in revolulionary times to relieve the tedi- lutiou an open and do m coniession in uieir own renin of tfieir banishment by re-asserting their claims cords that they did not have two-thirds of the electo-

to long-abolished titles and confiscated estates. They certainly deserve some credit, however, for the perseverance with which they have waged an "irrepressible conflict" with public opinion relative to their own merits. A majority of these gentlemen generously released the Democracey from any annoyance in the premises, by convening at a hotel, and with mutual interchange of puffery, delegating one another. The balance, laboring under the embarrass-, ment of a first acquaintance with the party they were ambitious of representing, modestly sought some pro-J vincial town, where, under the protective obscurity of. their own fame and rural districts, they went through the motions of a I) -nio'raiic Convention manifesting! consiilcrab e mimic talent, eousider.ng their inexpenenee, with the subject matter. 1 hese gentlemen came tr Baltimore, led by Mr. Pierre Soule, that garcon 'Jultut of their boards, in the pride and pomp of his thespian tones and bastard heroics; in some instances ashamed, in many instances amused, at the impudence of their own pretensions. Their claims, instead of being summarily rejected, were referred to a committee on credentials. In stormy time, the wor.t rubbish rides upon the

surface. Lponthat committee, I notice the name otjdidate for President.- A tribe of lamancbes, fresh S. A. Hall, of Logansport. Sain Hall a delegate in a i from a tralp hunt, would have selected a leader with National Democratic Convention ! Sam Hall a mem-J greater dignity. . i ber of the committee on credentials to determine the Lacking over twenty of the nominating number,! deftinie of the Democracy 1 It is ouh of ihw x-cu-l without President, without a quorum on half .the '

liar facta, the mere mention of which is a satire upon our party. How lie got there, God only knows 1 He j probably explains it himself as the snake explained his ascent to the eagle's nest" Please, sir, I crawled

up ! -I he committee made a majority report in lavor oi the bogus delegates, it that can be called a report which is but a clumsy concealment of facts. It is a political, literary and parliamentary curiosity. It bids fair to become classic from the very completeness of its stupidity. It is without the force of an argument or the ingenuity of a sophistry, and written in the language of " neither Christian, Pagan, nor man." In lucidity and logic it resembles Bottom's explanation, " Methought I was and methought I had. But man is but a patched fool if he will offer to say what methought I was." Mr. Krum's position as Chairman of that Committee is proof positive that our Democratic institutions are yet free from any aristocracy of intellect. That gentleman, like Boswell, will have to thank the feebleness of his understanding for I me perpeiuuy oi ins iame, iie is original, mr an uir j ter helplessness even to imitate. The school section was evidently disposed of at too early a period in Mr. 1 Krum's district. If there is a single blunder omitted j in that report it is au oversight ; Kruui could certainly ; have supplied it. T 1 , . il -T I 1 If 1 T hfiir.. iraf tn Hia TlnrMa nntinv an A i dratmoff f 1 1 with profit. It was the rejection of this Minority Report, that caused the second secession at Baltimore, and the final division of the Democratic party a work for which we have especially to thank the New York delegation. Those Algerincs of the Convention so ' lamentably t eiven to consolation and sack, held the balance of : power upon every test vote, and controlled the deslii ies ot our party lor weal or woe well how they used their high trusts. 1 hey were a , cunning crowd, albeit mumm was the word. Over- : iovnig wuu pau iousm aim puiicn, no oiiue. uuru he excited at their waverings. JNo motion ot the uon ; . Strong from weakness, they would have re-entered the Convention breathins the balmiest spirit of con ciliation and cognac. There was nothing sectional in their policy, and their Monongahela, which they im bibed upon one motion, was upon the second generously transferred to the South and " old Jamaica." No man shall ever fitly tell the prisoned sweets of the New lork Committee Koom how royal iiourbon bled at every bung, and Douglas leaders in every purse how each new scheme of knavery was stamped with approval and a dozen " green seal," and each broken pledge decorated with handsome equivocations and sparkling Cordon Rouge how honest Peter Cagger's oily face glowed with fresh bumpers and increaseu unoes, wmie neavy uains anu niit cuitt.a iieiynieu the air till you would have sworn there were " six Riehmonds in the field." These are all the sweet secrets for future times and historians, and now that they have rested from their labor, let us be just to them. They were generous in every sacrifice of principle involving their neighbor's rights, and firm in their resolve to be moved by no weakness for the pub lic weal. AVith the honor of a harlot and the arts of a gamester, they present a striking example of how men with a philosophic scorn for the " phantom reputation " can yet attain a brilliant eminence of infamy, backed by no merit but the " plain devil and dissembling looks." Wherever that delegation may be seatwith the principles and brains of the Baltimore Convolition, lhe Rumps that remained after calling Alt. Tnfld in t hft f hair, inm wlinsp hea.fi otnart labored in vain to infuse a flickering idea of parliamentary law, proceeded to go through the farce of balloting for the Democratic nominee for President, and now claim that their resulting choice is the only regular candi date ot our party. Then they were but one hundred and seventy bona fide delegates m all, which number some ot them try to demonstrate by a remarkable mathematical calculation, is two-thirds of three hundred and three, the entire electoral college, while others contend that it was at least equivalent to two-thirds, inasmuch as those who were present agreed upon the nomination of Mr. Douglas unanimously. That happy concord would probably have been the case had there been no one there but Mr. Douglas himself. After admitting the bous delegates from Louisiana and Alabama after excluding the great founder of platforms, Mr. llallett, and admitting that little JUr. Chaff-ee afler permitting Massachusetts to cast five votes more than she was entitled to, and Minnesota two votes more after resorting to every species of fraud and trickery, they found there was still only 194 votes in' the Convention. What was done then? Mr. Church offered the following resolution,: " Resolved unanimously, That Stephen A. Douglas, of the State of Illinois, having received two-thirds of all the votes given in this Convention, is hereby declared in accordance with the unifomi customs and rules of former Democratic National Conventions, the regular nominee of the Democratic party of the United States, for the office of President of the United States." . , . ft . Two-thirds of all the electoral college? !No: not by an.v mean?- B "to-thirds of all the votes given 11 this Convention. An open and bold violation of the Charleston reso-1 ral college present. What were the reasons assigned for the passage of this resolution? Simply and plainly that they had not 202 votes, and they niightas well acknowledge it first as last. I quote from the official report of their proceedings: " Mr. Dunning, of Indiana, inquired how it would be possible for this Convention to give the candidate a two-thirds vote of the electoral college, when there was not that number in the Convention that of itself: was a sufficient reason for the resolution. Theyowed it to the honest Democratic voters of the United States, nineteen-twentieths of whom, if asked tcwlay, who was their first choice for the President of the United States, would respond Stephen A. Douglas, o: Illinois. Mr. Gittings, of Maryland, protested, as did Hoge, .i .. of Virginia, against the adoption of the resolution, as being a violation of the two-thirds rule. Hut in vain. There was no help for it they had not two-thirds. The resolution must be adopted. By a vote of State? By a call of ayes and nays? Absurd questions 1 It was adopted on motion of Craig, of Missouri, "by a big old-taxhiontd Dtvtocratic yeH." What decorous ' and charmine manner was this ot nominating a can-'

committees, without a full delegation from a single

sure Democratic State polluted by the presence of such men as 1 arsons, ot Alabama, who never voted, and never expect to vote a Democratic ticket Mr. Douglas' friends exhaust all their-arguments iat- " tempting to prove the " regularity" of his nomination. The claim has been so often and so completely refuted that it is not necessary to dwell upon it any longer. It was a gathering, Democratic in everything but principle numerous in all things but representation performing Squatter Sovereignty to two-shilling houses, at Front Street Theatre. It was " Much Ado About Nodiing," by competent performers. " I had as lief the town-ener had spoken" a platform as these supernumerary Democrats. Every State doubtful in Democracy poured her free-soilers into this Convention. The Western Reservo, where Father Giddings fattens in idolized supremacy, sent a constellation of strolling stars to the Thespian Assembly. Wherever Republicanism had sway, Squatter Sovereignty was in the ascendant. It seemed as it the victories ot .John Fremont had bloomed into the moboeraey of Stephen A. Douglas. Add to these a retinue of funny little fat gentlemen, with big canes, imposing stomachs and apoplectic necks, who had come down from the provincial towns to do the blasphemy by contract, and the drinking by invitation eloquent-jokers of mouldy jokes, and valiant eaters of their own words, and 3 011 have a fair picture of the motley troupe that made a burlesque of j Democracy 111 the J ront Mreet 1 heatre These are the men, who, shorn of their power but for mischief, have endeavored by personal hatred of the present Democratic Administration to coerce the Democratic party into the support of its bitterest ene my. It would be uniust to omit staling the reason assigned by Mr. Douglas himself for accepting a nomination under such circumstances. He says in his1 letter of acceptance, that his nomination having been made without "any agency, interference, or procurement on his part, he feels that he is in honor and duty bound to accept." This is handsome. Since the brave old Pagan days of Rome, when the Conscript Fathers made patriotism immortal, we have not had a more striking instance of disinterested self-sacrifice. Evidently the Senator stands alone. Modern degeneracy has not reached him. It was vulgarly supposed that Mr. Douglas nomination was the result of ten years of solicitation and intrigue, an unlimited sale of political indulgences and post obits; an attentive forgetf'ulness of former principles, and an enthusiastic insincerity in future pledges, assisted by a liberal exhibition of Belmont and Brandy. But this of course must be an error, which, it is to be regretted, however, has become so popular and irradicable in the American mind. The only wonder is, how in these days of Presidential aqiirants, when so many bold bad men are devoting all their unhallowed energies to the attainment ot mat nign nonor, n should have been thrust upon so unobtrusive, unos - tentatious a gentleman as Mr. Douglas. Verily, the " (iods take care of Cato. Mr, Douglas has always paraded his devotion to principle as one of his most prominent virtues ; but it was never so strikingly illustrated as in' the nomina-

tion of Senator Fitzpatnck, by his friends at Balti-; attacks upon our candidates, 1 wish to call your attenmore. Having sheltered himself behind the glorious tion for a moment to a recent Douglas opinion of oui uncertainty of that celebrated double entendre, the platform an opinion which, being of an official naCincinnati platform, it was only requisite to place hisj ture, cannot be repudiated. The Breckinridge platpolitical antipode on the same ticket to have every-: form, as you are all aware, is simply the Majority Rethins satisfactorily arranged. port of the Charleston Convention.

The Southern Senator was to lead the Cavaliers of j

the cotton States, while Douglas marshaled the Round-! principles, the rejection ot which was the cause ot seheads of New Enaland. Fitznatrick havine- repeat-! cession at Charleston, was denounced by the Douglas

edly repudiated "my great principle," must of course be popular among the Democracy, while the lllinoisan, j by reiterating his advocacy thereof, would maice tearful inroads into the Republican ranks. The one having voted for the Davis resolutions and the other against them one having advocated Congressional protection and the other unfriendly legislation, a magnificent latitude for every diverisity of opinion was thus presented, and it only required a judicious selection of localities to insure success. There existed but one obstacle to this scheme an obstacle, the nature of which being out of the range of Mr. Douglas' sj stem of tactics, was entirely overlooked namely, the honesty of Senator Fitzpatrick. He peremptorily declined to be a party to any such programme of " strat agem and spoils. He possessed too much of that quality, the absence . a i i . , t-w . n i

or wnicn in ine XJOUgias oiivcinioii, is eu juhuj uue utciu, is uurius ui tuu iniucri niiiuii-aiiet.-. mented by Mr. Miles Taylor " proper self-respect," j " Truisms of the tamest significance" is good, A truIt was amusing to observe the violent revolution in j ism is defined by Webster to be a self-evident truth

the Douglas press upon this question of Vice Presi-j very rare, but, one would suppose, very excellent madency. "Fitzpatrick's nomination was hailed in most j terial for the formation of political platforms. But

admiring capitals his withdrawal in triumphant iral- these gentlemen ot the Executive Committee have, it ics. His name added great strength to their ticket, ! seems, a special aversion to self-evident truths an and its absence still more. He was a distinguished t aversion manifested clearly in many statements in statesman three daysbefore Johnson'snamewasknown,! their own manifesto, and entirely consistent with their but from the hour that glorious obseurify arose from ! enumeration of Mr. Douglas' virtues, and their approthe horizon, "decorating and cheering the elevated s val of his dogmas. sphere, in which he began to move," the star of Fitz-j Yet this same platform was rejected at Charleston patrick sank into political oblivion. The Douglasites because Douglas had denouueed it as repugnant to are always sending some one to " political oblivion" J his well-known principles. It is unnecessary to coma region with which, from long residence, they seem j ment upon the character of principles repugnant to particularly familiar. If. they escape and return j self-evident truths. Justice, however, to the distinthemselves to their native " terra incognita" it will ' guished Senator, compels me to grant that he was per-

only be through the unpleasant reputation ot having1 .... i . . n -j ... i I advocated a man for President who obtained a nomin ation with greater difficulty, and a defeat with greater ease than any candidate in American history. This j

selection ot Johnson is an apt illustration ot the much the Y ickhlte resolution for instance ; a hue Alaoboasted " regularity" of the Douglas ticket, and shows Flecknoe production, to which no human ingenuity how far any loyal Democrat is bound by his Demo-: can ever give two meanings, or cven-r-one. cratic fealty to support such leaders. Ten or fifteen ' I cannot refrain from reading you, gentlemen, in gentlemen "urged by hunger and request of friends,": this connection, an extract from the speech of a dismet one night in the dining-room of the National Do- tinguished Democratic politician on the requisites of a tel at Washington, when having disposed of a cold col-! regular nomination. ; I read from the reported speech lation, they proceeded to, dispose of the Vice Presi-j in the Richmond Enquirer, of July 20, 1852: dencv. As there were no aspirants for the honor of ! On the 9th nf .Tnlv. 1K52. th Hon. Strnhen A.

this post-prandial nomination their labor would have : Douglas addressed the" Democracy of Richmond, Va.. been light, but the difficulty of finding any one to even jn tlie African Church. From the speech prepared by accept it when preferred. Finally, after a voracious ; l,ims,clf; published in the Enquirer of July 20, 1852, and anxious session, during which every bone was we tie following extracts. It will be rememberpicked and every name canvassed, they chose, as a ert that at the Baltimore Whig Convention of 1852, dernier resort, Mr. II. V. Johnson. And now this di-; the North demanded the nomination of General Scott, ning-room candidate -(oWfrf'Aof nominee this "lame ; aiia the South resisted the demand. Commenting and impotent conclusion" to a cold supper and a secret upon the sectional aspect of that nomination, and the caucus, is proclaimed the only re gular Democratic ! deplorable results that would come from it, Mr. Doug-standard-bearer, to oppose whom is to dissolve the , M jd : UMrn'johnRou's qualities for i wining are in perfect' . " Well, Gen Scott received the nomination ' urnmkeepins with the manner in which he was put upon tmowly , ' according to the official proceedings ot the the course. He led the secession from Ae State I Convention.- Laughter. l ellow citizens, did you Convention in Georgia, hence the grace with which ' ever hear of a unanimous nomination which was made his supiiortersso glibly charge us with being seceders' n defiance of the fifty times repeated protest and relic took the stump against Howell Cobb as the dis-j monstrances of the delegations from one half the . ... .,' . . i , , - I !C.alaa fil . Ix, llmin vonMuintMl in tl,o IVinvintiAn?

union candidate tor liovernor, hence tne refreshing; ninnanev with which his asssociate accuses us with i seeking to destroy our "free institutions. lie was rejected by the Baltimore Convention as a disorganizer and a bogus delegate, hence, the peculiar appropriateness of endorsing liim as orthodox by placing him on a Presidential ticket. He announced in his Georgia reKrt that shivery in the Territories was " upon the same footing as other property" and entitled to the "same recognition and protection in the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Dejiartments of t.overnment, hence the pungency with which his followers can denounce our platform as a "SlaveCode." He proclaims that " neither the General Government nor any Territorial Government can destroy or impair the right to slave property in the common Territories,"hence the delightful concord of opinion that must exist between himself and the great patentee of "unfriendly legislation." Oh, rare, Mr Johnson! It is under theleadership of such men a these that the Douglasites charge us with ultraism and disunion sentiments. There is nothing equaling it since Falstaff complained of cowards. Our candidates are both pro-slaverv men in the vulgar acceptation of the term that is, they are for equal rights in the Territories and equality of the States, and while they do not pretend to have discovered any "great principle," they propose to maintain inviolate tljose embodied in the Constitution, as expounded by the Supreme Court.

But did any one advocate the re-opening of the African Slave Trade in the Breckinridge Convention ? lias either of our candidates pledged himself to support no one whose ''principles are inconsistent" with a Slave Code? Has either of them. boasted in the Senate of the United States that he had given more territory to slave labor than any other public man? Has either of them ever introduced a bill info Congress proposing to make aliolition assemblages an indictable offence and to put down anti-slavery agitation by criminal prosecution in the Federal Courts? If the Douglasites have little argument, it must bo granted they have a desperate fecundity of epithets. One of the serious maledictions, conclusive at once of the original purity of the Douglas ticket, and the actual sin of the Breckinridge nomination, is the charge that we are Yanceyites. 'That may or may not be offence Let us see. : The best reason

adorned with the highest eloquence ; a courage to meet all new comers in the political lield, and skill to confound them; eminence by universal concession; fore- ; sight, daring, devotion, irreproachable in private life, eliant adventurer everywhere, means simply Wm, L. Yancey. These are traits admired by all men. With the personal preferences of Mr. Yancey and his intense Southern affections, we have nothing to do and ho who will, has forgotten his own business. With Yancey's sincerity Douglas might be trusted ' with Yancey's attainments Douglas might be an ornament to the Senate with Yancey's sagacity Doug1 las would not not now occupy a position which, while j it destroys his past, obliterates all his hopes of the f li ; ture. On the whole we have no particular objection to the title of "Yanceyites." The last charge brought against Mr. Brec kinridge is that he affiliated with the Know Nothings. The charge originated in a letter from Mr. John Savage to Hon. Henry A. AVise. As it is not to be expected, of course, that one of you ever heard of Mr. Savage before it may be as well to remark that his name does him great injustice. He is a very harmless, inoffensive little gentleman, whom the public has always treated with generous neglect, lie is the author of one tragedy that was read and damned, and one book that was damned without being read. Mr. Savage, it seems, is worryinn; his tender intellect with politics. It is the old .story of Penelope's suitors tugging at the bow of Ulys ses. The entire basis for the charge against Mr Breckinridge is contained in a statement made by him in a public speech, that "he would rather vote for one of his own countrymen than a foreigner, all other things being equal." This is certainly a very grave offence, considering that in the very next sentence he denounced the Know Nothing organization upon lug moral and constitutional grounds. I am afraid a foreigner, one of Mr. Savage's own ! class, an Irishman for instance, wouldn't vote for one J of his own countrymen in preference to anybody else, all other thinjrs bein: equal, or unequal. It must i be a mistake about their ever doing such things. If t that be Know Nothingism, then make the most of it. Having thus briefly alluded to the character of the That Report, a frank, statesman-like declaration of delegates as a "slave code" au expression which they spoke " trippingly on the tongue not having the most remote idea of its meaning, supposed to be some thing especially ferocious. J.o any one credulous enough to believe their twaddle, the Majority Report was as ruthless as a piratical league, and as lawless as a code of the Lamanehcs, This document, however, afterwards proved so acceptable to the National Democracy, that it became necessary tor the opposite taction not only to add a codicil to their last will and testament, identical in nrincinle. of which anon, but also to modify their svs- ! tern of attack upon it very materially. The Douglas executive committee, in a recent manifesto, repel and I denounce this Breckinridge platform not as a " slave code" not a repudiation of popular sovereignty not as a violation of the Cincinnati Platform but " horrii j't.. . u - c 4.u : :r. tectlv correct m tins view ot the subject. hi' th:i. T-...l.. l I.:- ll Mr. Miles Taylor and his colleagues object to this majoritj report as too vague and unsatisfactory. They demand something succinct, clear and pointed like .-.r. kvery Southern delegation voted against him, more than fifty times, day after day and night after night, and yet, the 'nomination' was unanimous. Great laughter. The nomination of General Scott, therefore, presents to the American people this extraordinary anomaly. For the first time in the history of our party contests has a sectional nomination ever been forced upon either of the two great parties? You may talk aliout danger to the Union growing out' of partisan strife and political contests; you may tremble at scenes through which we all recently passed, connected with the slavery agitation ; yet there was nothing iu all that so perilous to the safety of the Union as a sectional nomination to the. Presidency, where the North demanded the nomination of a particular man. on a sectional issue. And the delegation from ever)- Southern State, without exception, resisted the nomination as dangerous to their rights sud institutions. A nomination forced upon the South by the free-soil wing of the Whig party North, is now presented to the American people as a unanimous nomination." . "It matters not whether the North forced the nomination upon the South, or the South upon the North, the danger consists in the fact that a territorial line divides men's opinions, that Northern men were one way and Southern men another. But after the nomination is made, we are told that it was a fair compromise, because the South received the platform aud

the North the candidate, under the direction of men who 'defy ' and 'spit upon' the platform. Thus we have W;Vifield Scott before us for the Presidency. After mature deliberation, he proceeds to accept the . platform, and to write the letter which he had promised Mr. Archer iu the private note that was found in Botts' breeches pocket." Laughter. You will observe how sarcastic and felicitous the gentleman is on " sectional nominations "-r-how he deplores a nomination forced upon the South against its fifty times repeated protests. The entire extract is a treat, considering the source from whence it comes, aud the nptness of its contents to the present position of the gentleman himself. - Whenever any one denies the sectional character of Mr. Douglas' nomination, just politely call his attention to this portion -of his record. And yet we are told in the face of all these facts, that Mr. Douglas is the unanimous nominee of the Democratic party. I have heard it so claimed in this house, in a very unique organization called a " Young Hickory Club." A " Young Hickory Club," composed of some youthful individuals, as Judge Stuart, Dr. Jerolaman, S. A. Hall, and other refreshing lads. It is a public entertainment to hear them talk; one might suppose to look upon the young gentlemen that they were somewhat advanced in years, but you have only -to hear them speak, to perceive all the freshness and inexperience of youth. In the old nursery piece, " you would scarce expect one of my age to speak in public on the stage." In innocence of ability, in verdancy of opinion, in sportive awkwardness of elocution, they fully demonstrate their qualifications as members of the " Young Hickory Club." It is said " a little learning is a dangerous thing," but if you listen to these youngsters discussing politics, you will readily perceive that perfect harmlessness is perfectly compatible with limited information. It is needless to add that the Young Hickory Club talks much about "regularity." Immediately after this nomination, the Senator set about in search of his aged mother, and ever since he has been wandering about like the tribe of Israel in search of the promised land. One would suppose, to see the different directions he has taken, and the re

peated and anxious enquiries he has put forth about his venerable parent, that a whole orphan asylum had broken loose, and each individual foundling was on a pilgrimage to the maternal shrine. I have been requested, by the friends of a bereaved mother, to read the following advertisement, in hopes that some one may be able to furnish the required information : ':." Left Washington, D. C, some time in July, to go home to his mother in New. York. He has not reached his mother, who is very anxious about him. He has been seen at Philadelphia, New York city, Hartford, Ct,, and at a clam-bake in Rhode Island. He has been heard from at Boston, Portland, Augusta, and Bangor, Maine. From some expressions he has dropped, it is feared that he has become insane upon a subject he calls popular sovereignty. He is about five feet nothing in height, and about the tame in diameter the other way. He has a red face, short legs, and a large belly. Answers to the name of ' Little Giant.' Talks a great deal and very loud always about himself. Has an idea that lie is a candidate for the Presidency. Had on, when he left, drab pants, a white vest, and blue coat with brass buttons; the tail is very near the ground. "Any information concerning him will be gratefully received by his afllictcd mother. For further particulars address " At;crsT Bki.mont, New York; " Willis A. GoitMAN, Minnesota." .7 The remainder of the speech was devoted to some remarks upon the State and County tickets, and the efforts that Mr. Fitch had observed among the Douglas sub-leaders and some of the candidates, to prevent the people coming to hear. An Excellent Letter for Every One to Read, Tho following letter (says the Philadelphia Ledger) was written by Daniel Webster over eight years ago. It originates iu homely topics,and proceeds from those to others of more general import and interest the duties of a patriot under the Constitution and the Union. The great practical sense of the constitutional expounder was not more evident in the mode of illustration than it is in the patriotism which inspires every word, and the true national sentiment which it seeks to inculcate. -Mr. Webster had grown up with the Union: he had seen it daily giving strength and power to the nation. His comprehensive mind saw that the liberties and security of the people, and the rosperity of the country, rest upon the foundation of the States, with the faithful observance of the obligations that each State owes to the oilier. Hence the earnestness with which he seeks to impress this fact m the familiar illustration which his letter contains. Nothing, probably, has been written upon our constitutional obligations which comes home so practically, so forcibly, and so strikingly. It is a valuable lesson, such as can come only from a patriot and statesman, and, as an illustration of political duty, it is worth volumes of exposition. Its frankness, its generous sentiment and conscientious sense of duty, must commend it to every reader: I.KTTEtt FROM PANIKI. WKB8TKR TO JOHN TAYXOK. ,- ' '' . WAHiu'MiTOX, March 17, 1852. John Taylor: Go ahead. The heart of the winter is broken, and before the first day of April all your lands may be plowed. Buy the oxen of Captain Marston, if you think the price fair. Pay for the hay. I send you a check for Sltio for these two objects. Put the great oxt-u in a condition to be turned out and fatted. You have a good horse team, and I think in addition to this, four oxen and a pair of four year old steers will do your work. It you think so, then dispose of the Stevens oxen, or unyoke them and send them to pasture for beef. I know not when I shall see you, but I hope before planting. If you need anything, such as guano, for instance, write to Joseph Breck, Esq., Boston, and he will send it to you. Whatever ground you sow or plant, see that it is in good condition. Wre want no pennyroyal crops. "A little faim well tilled," is to a farmer the next best thing to ' a little wife well willed." Cultivate your garden. Be sure to produce sufficient quantities of useful vegetables. A man may half support his family from a good garden. Take care to keep my mother's garden in good order, even if it costs you the wages of a man to take care of it. I have sent you many garden seeds. Distribute them among your neighbors. Send them to the stores in the village, that everybody may have a part of them without cost. I am glad" that you have chosen Mr. Pike Representative. He is a true man ; but there are many persons who call themselves Whigs are no Whigs at all, and no better than disunionists. Any man who hesitates in granting and securing to erery part of the conntry its constitutional rights, is AN enemy to the whou COVJiTKY. , John Taylor, if one of jour boys should say that he honors his father and mother, and loves his brothers and sisters,' but still insists that one of them should be driven out of the family, what can you say of him but this that there is no real family love in him? You and I are farmers; we never talk politics; our talk is of oxen ; but remember this, that any man who attempts to excite one part of the country against another, is just as wk ked as he who should attempt to get up a quarrel between John Taylor and his neighbor, old Mr. John Sanborn, or his other neighbor, Captain Burleigh. There are some animals that live best in the fire; and there are some men who delight in heat, smoke, combustion, and even general conflagration. Thev do not follow the thiugs which make for peace. Thev enjoy only controversy, contention and strife. Have no couununion with such persons, either at neighbors or politicians. You have no more right to sav that slavery ought not to exist in Virginia, than a Virginian ho to say that slavery wight to exist in New