The New York Herald Newspaper, June 12, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7227. MORNING EDITION—THURSDAY, JUNE 12, I856. THE PRESIDENCY. FIRST RALLY OF THE DEMOCRACY. , GRAND RATIFICATION MEETING IN THE PARK THE CAMP FIRES IGHTED. wo Tons of Breckenridge Coal Burned. THE EMPIRE CLUB BANNER OUT AGAIN, ‘Refreshing Re-union of the Hards and Softs. LORENZO B, SHEPARD QUOTES SCRIPTURE ! Sobn Van Buren Appears on the Platform and Cheers Douglas. THE NOMINATIONS RECEIVED COLDLY. Plenty of Artillery, Bonfires, Flags and Demo- cratic Doctrines, &., &o., Ce A grand meeting of the unterrifiod re-united and har- monious demooracy, was be'd in the Park last eysning, ‘under the following call :— . GRAND BUCHANAN AND BRECKENRIDGE RATIFICA: TION MASS MERTING IN THE PARE. The demoerstic republican electors of the ot'y aud cmnty of New York, and all oitersfavorop.¢ v9 the nomi ation at JAMES KUCHAP AN OF PEN SYLYSNLA, For President of the | nited JOBN 0. BREOKKNK! GE, OF For Vice President Are requested to aszembie to musa mcetipg, to the Park, N WEDNESDAY KVENING, 1114 IN: 6 o'cLocK, ‘To respord tothe nominations made at Oinclaned by the National Vemoorstic Conveutisn dhe following, anuong other been invited to address the meets Daniei 6. Dickineon, Lorenzo 8. *heps Greens C, ‘Broneon, Jokn Van Buren, George W Cilcion, a and KON TCUCKY, ulshed gentlemen, have Jobn Keily, amen T. Brady, Wm Lud'ow, ‘Ferner do Wood, Denielge, Sickles, Be ry ©. Murpny, L. ©.” apers, Robert J. Dillon, Fraveis B. Outting, John Wheeler, Horace ¥. Clark, Biram @ x!bridge, Phiip Merkle. ‘Bam Fowler, KORA F. OLABK, Ohairman, LORENZO B. SHEPARD, Chsirman pro tem. James L. Benepicr, ALFRED OHANCELLOR, Sony ¥.Bavace, Jk, Perer Bbweeny, — J i Officers of the respective Democratic Republican General Committees cfthe city of bew York. | Becretaries, Joseph Rcse, Patrica Covie, ‘Thomas J. Barr, John Petit, J. L, Benedi' BB Hart, ©. Bwackhemer, Lewis P. Cover, ‘Chasm. Smith, Andre Froment, M Ryan, Joba Harrison, Dennis MoVarty, KR. C. Mc'ntrre, Joint Cemmittes of Arrangements, ‘The above commiites, tugetbor with the ctlicera ot the mest- ee, speskers ond iuvited teeta will aesernb'e iv the kotunda, ity Ball, at balf-past five o’clock, Wednesday evening. ‘The meeting was called for six o’clock, but the demo- eracy did rot not rally in very large numbers till about ®even, being attracted by a very good beni on thegrand staré, and the reports of that gun cf Captain Rynders’ whose voice is unanimous for the demcciacy. The scene in the Park af er nightfall was quite interest 4g Aun immense bonfire of Kentucky coal jwas burning, and with the glare of a drummond lgbt on the City Hall. wade the ccuatenaxces of the crowd stand out in bold relief, and brought out the gay colors of the many flags and stresmers. The meeting was got up with an eye to effect, aud so far was suczess. There did not appear to ‘tbe much enthusia:m for tle nominations, The on'y, yeal outbreak was on tke appearance of Mr. Douglass The graed stand was a very superior article, erected dn the ueual place opposite ‘he City Hall steps, and orna- mented with « buck’s head and antlers fo front. Th tional flsg floated from the soatheast corner, bearing the names cf the candidates. Also, a banner, inscribed:— POLI OILED LE LODDODLODNIEIDIEIOEDLOLEDOODOL OLE EE FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania. FOR VICK PRESIDEST, JCHN C, BRECKENRIDGE, of Kentucky. arene, POR IRAE ALINE OE DO The Empire Club pitched its stand on the Tammany side of the Park. It was decorated with American flags nd the club banner, bearing the State arms, the heads of Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Polk; the motto, 4 Enlarge the bounds of Freedom,” ‘ Oregon and Texes,”? ‘and the date of organization, July 4, 1844, Rather an- tique, but still interesting, Tammany Hall was gay with its ensign, and a banner thus incribed:— PRO LOLE POLE LE LOLETO DELO SLIDIDIDDIOILOCO LODE DOEELOLE: 3 DEMOCRATIC REGULAR NOMINATIONS. FOR PRESIDENT, ; JAMES BUCHANAN, of Pennsylvania. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, s JOHN C, BRECKENRIDGE, 3 of Kentucky. a2. Again unite all portions of cur common country in the ancient bonds of brotnerly affection, under the; fisg of the constitution and the Union,—-Bucnanan. AORN ROLE DIIE EE nnnnernr ss ne 209 On the right of the City Hall a stand was erected, hav- ing a'small platform forjepeekere, about the circumference of a Western atump EUpon a sheet of canvass at the back ‘was insetibed:— LOLOL IDI IE PDL DLEDOSDOP EDIE TE DODOIDIDIO LODE OEDEN. YOUNG MEN'S DEMOCRATIC UNION CLUB, | For i’rest tent, ri 3 JAMES BUCHANAN, i For Vice Presiden J. C, BRECKENRIDGE, SR aE Two small silk banners (star spangled,) ornamented the sides of the platform, and upon the front corners were the French and Hungarian tri-oolors. No seats for orators or reporters, Upon the right of the speakers’ stand was a transpae rency, with these words: — Tie aaadade tedaaadanaaaadaatdameasmededen ViONBER BUCHANAN ABSOCIATION. annenees. annees, The stand was lighted with lanterns, white, red, blue ‘@ndgieen, The Union Club were well provided with Ro- man candles and other fireworks. At s quarter before seven, a Jarge number of both sec- tions of the democracy, headed by Lorenzo B. Shepard soft) and Horace F, Ciark (hard), mounted the stand, ‘Tt was stated that Mesars. Clark and Shepard drew lots for the oba!rmanship; and Shepard winning, Clark called the meeting to order. John Van Buren and Au- gustus Schell sat together on the platform. At this time some three or four thousand pezsons had Qasembled; afterwards that number was doubled. Taoere ‘Waa no ncise end no particular excitement. Mr, Horace F, Crark came forward and said :— The Demccratic National Convention having finished its labors, we have me: here this evertog to uoice ina voice of ratification that shall resound from one end of ‘the Union to the other. Tne purpose of the democratic ‘Party {s to recure the walfare snd harmony of our whole ‘people;}from the uttermort North to the uttermost South, And from the jarthest Kast to the farthest West. [tis for this purpose we form ourselves inone solid phalanx. to break ihe torrent of civil discord which our politi cal adversaries a fomentiog, and which, ualess Brevenied by the atromg arm of the democracy, thresteas @ destruction of our republican institutions. fhe sim- sple issue forced upon ns by our adversaries 19 this: Shall the States of the American Union live on in uviversal sharmony, or shall they be permitted, in broken frag- ments, to wander and pori-h? (Cries of “No, no; cer- véainly not.”’) Upon such an issue as this itis not aif- sgult 10 say where the democratic party ate to be found— ‘they remain inflexible in their faith, and wil prove to he invincible in arms. I may announce the fact Iready ‘well known to you, that our standard bearers ven «selected, and they are James Buchanan, (faint cheers) of Penneylvania, and John C. Breckenriige, of Kentucky— 1femiiar names—their very mention rekindle the fires of democracy. In obedience to the direction of the Commit- tee of Arrangements of this meeting I am happy to meminate as the chairman the Hoa. Lorenzo B, Shepard. ¢Applaure.) Lonesz0 B. Snerarp, on taking the chair, sald:— Fellow Citizens—I am deeply obliged to you for the honor conferred in selecting me to preside over this large manemblege, convened to express the sentiments of the @emocracy of the city of New York upon the nomina. tions of the democracy of the nation, recently assembled mt Cincinnati, Under existing circumstances, I ought ‘erpeciaily to thank the learned gentleman who presented wy namo to you, and who Dimvel{ have cooppied this chair with so much greater ability. Iam the more proud of this distinction, because it comes from those who are united upona platform of principles which ts recognized ond observed alike in the States whic! alony the Atiantte and the Pacific, the rest Ink North, and the Gulf of Mexico on’ the South. or the prizcip'es of constitutional Hverty, of State rights Of delence of every member of thir government, ani every interest which has s claim upou the proteetion of the repubio, There {a nothing local or sec onal about them, Upon this platform the Crn-Linati Cor vrntiox, ins spirit of mutual kindness and concession, regarcing the greut interests at stase in the approsebing contest, without @ disseating voice have presented for your rnffrsges for the office of President, James Buchs- ban, that eminent statesman of the Kevatone State, the evlaxped limits of whose capactous mind emb.ace ail th» ir terests of the country, and whose Iie has been in truth & constitutional epic. ‘And for the office of Vic«-Presi- dent, they have presented that eloquent nian of *hs South, wise in his youth and araent in hia patriotic devo. tion tolbis coumry John C. Breckenrige, ot Kextacky These are the exemplezs of our doetrives, the worshy axa scceptrd l-acers of all who desize the aaceadeney of democratic principles, avd we are thankful tua there i> no lingoring doubt in eur minda that they will be ancsssa- ful. Fellow citizens, it is desirable that the cistioguith- 4 citizens ot other States, now present, should fae), what is indeed the truth, that the democracy of New York are no lorger divided, that these nominations have brovght healiug ‘ypon their wings, tha! bards and softs are now engeged ia a new contest, % generous rivalry as to which shall first the most »fii- tour common | Let them know that ‘the democracy of New York will raise with wi ling hands the bapner which ane bore in the time of Andrew Jactaen, with excelolor spread All.ovor its ample folds, and that, she. will nox redeem that triumphact pledge, as abe ofd tp those vic'u-ious doys. Let them understand that every soft, every Lard, holcss common # ntiment to his brother, from whom he hay been estremged:— Whither thon geest, I will go; where thou lodgest I will lodge; thy peovle ehull be my psople and thy God my God. Whove th udiest I will die, and ibe will tbe baried, tse lan 6080 to me, aod more also, if aught but deata part thee nd me. Mr, Tromas J. Barr, (hard) read the aubjoined list of cflicers, which was accepted by the meeting. Mr. C, SWACKHAMER read the following :— Evco'ved, ‘That the democracy of the oly of New York with ore beeriard ove voice, respond t) and ratl'y the nom! 4 lion# made by the National Pemorratic Convention at dincin- 11 wna they ‘fier thelr congratulations to tbe cemoeracy uf the Union thatits reprerentatives in tbat convention have dia- charco: the eacres trut committed to their binds tn wack manner as to challenge the undivided approbation ofevery member of the great democratic faaily ‘VbAt in pres: nitve to a+ ga the cendieate for tho chlei cayintroey of ihe country the name ot James Bnchenan of Peon vaniseibe deyoed friend ana unwaveriog nup- pore: of ardew Jackeor—he abe stateaman who bie st od fo clear in every trust ard office 19 which the voira of the da moerver Las elevated him that the tongue of detraction is si ent & bis rawe—they bave not only houored themselves and us, but enacied us, evon now, to claim vicwory for the objaat of thelr chatve. Keroived, That the gallant Kentucklan, John 0, Brecken ridge, the prite of his native State, whole persozal cne-ny ming have raised him apove all obsticles to » om- 8 porition in the nation, {4 spprooristels placed upon e ticket with Jamea Buchsnin, and that the high station to which he will be rsised of Vice President o’ the United *tstan will only ee: ve to make bis emment taienta as valuable to the whole countey aa they airesdy have been to the people of Kentucky. That we adoptand ratfy the platform and reso. fat !onil Cor vention at Cineinnail, in they entire bresdthfand exent, in the tul) confidence that tha priaciplas they +c clearly end ferriessly enunciate will be accented by every cemocrat, aud become the guide of his poiltica: faith and act Res slved, T it is the duty ef @ d democrat to ac cept with cordiality be dec'sion of the Natio .al Convenion—the Bigh Court ot Avpeal for the cemoorscy of the Union—with Tespect to tre party in the state of New York; and thet we P.e’ge curseiven to give such @ msjority. In tovember ner: for the can¢ic ates cf the Convention ‘ag sbali restore the unbro- ken ascendancy in the State ot sound democratic principles over sectionallem and fansticism, Eerolved, iat it is the duty of every national man ‘o forget the differences between parties which have existed in the past history of .be country, ano to raily wih evthugissm io the rea- cue of the republic from tha disuvion treason which haa te:ome 80 widely spread: and that we exiend the handof fellowship id _aumily to all everywhere, who have declarad their d ry ir de- terminaiion to unite with the jocracy in their support of Union princi e3. Resolved, That we earnestly, and in a apirit of trus recand for the real interests of the whole democratic amily, recom: merd tothe *tate orrsnizations to take sueh measures a8 ill efleciurl y promote the inter:st and weil ceing of the dsmo- craic party, aud urge upon the ilffere.t county organ'z tions ine ¢uty of vnied and jolnt effort, in order to replece the Bate ot New York in the bigh position wh'ch she has hitherto oceu- pied in the cemomatic ¢: unclia of the nation Mr. SwackHamur said that these resolutions were re- ported in # committee com, ored of seven members from each section of the party and unanimously adopted. Tre CuaR put the question on the resolutions, and they were adopted without dissent. ‘Tex Cuarrmay—I bave now the honor to introduce to you Gen. John E, Ward, of Georgia, President of the Da mocratis Ucnvention. SPEECH OF GEN. JOHN E. WARD. Gen. Warp was welcomed by three hearty democratic cheers. He said:—As a member of the Democratic Con- venticn I rejoice to witness this manttestation of the peo- pie’s applavse. Fellow citizers, that Convention was surrounded by dangers and beset by di Micu'ties sach ag never tefcre heve environed the people of this land. No bocy of men, since those who framed our consti:ution, have ¢ver arsembied wiih @ wore important work before them. (Cheers.) The first thing was to adopt, the second to preserve that holy insirurent. (Applause ) When we met in oonvention there came from the North, from the Kast, from the West, and the South, men pre- pared to lay upon the acter of their conntrs ail eeotional ling, and to adept platform, sanctioned by the :on- stitution—one waich would be tiiumphartiy borne throvgh the North and South. (Appiause.) New Hampsbire precented her favorite son, with ber affec- tions clinging to bim, as formerly, unwavering as ber own granite hills. Iinois pu’ forward her giant states wan, ard Pennsylvania presented her son, whose whole lifs bas been devoted to the service of his country. (Ap- pa And now, how shall the selection be made? ‘riends cling clore to friend, and, instead of deserting, grapple to him more firmly 38 ne toren. clinging closer avd more close, jike the ivy round the wall, At last the ma- jority manitests itself \o be in fayor of one, and then no factious oppositin is employed. Yet still numerous frisnds clizg to that giant statesman, whoz ihe people will oxe day honor with the kighest station in their gitt. (Loud appiiuse.) But s voice comes from him, He hes Crushed bis own ambition, and he turns away from the admiring crowd and treads proudly the path of duty. (Cheers.) Stephen A. Dovgiang telle bis friends that the majority bave spoken for Bushansn, and that his bigoest ambition was to sustain the pria- € lutions of the ciples of Lis party. Withdraw my name, said he, and Je! us harness ouselves, one and all, t» the work, (Renewed Cheers.) Fellow aitizens, our task has been ferformed; will you now perform yours’ (Cheers, and cries of We will”) Fetende, let the election in November next give that response. We have rauch to do, In the halis of the Senav cf the United States ires- son has been taught ase virtue. Men aapiring to tho highest offices in the git cf the people hare put them. selves iu opposition to tha laws of the country; as the first element of potitical science, treason has been taught, Even the sacred deek has been de-ecrated, aud men have there forgotten their tark to preach Christian doctrines, snd bave aroused the worst passions in the hurcan rece. But if the cemocrasy are tray to them. selves, our tanner rhall be triamphant, end the earch shall be shaken to its foundations, before the pillars of our government shall be shaken. (Appliu an hun: ble eltizn, I shall szon re.urn to that distant siate, beneath whore warm sun fortune has rocked my cradle, snd under whose sod] trust my bones shall rest. Msy I net carry to them tha glad tidings of great joy, that the democracy of this Empire State are ves more united? (Cheers, and cries of “You may. my hearty !””) That men have’ forgotten to asx themselves to which wing they belong, wheb the great question is proponnded, shall the Union and the consvitution be pre- served? (Cheers.) That they have trampied beneath their feet all recollections of pant dissensions, and are a band cf brothers, surrounding « ba bearing this in- scription: “Th stitution and the Union—we defend them sice by si and as dangers grow ‘ker, we will tally still clorer and closer aronud the standard, to be sundered only by death.” (Prolonged cheering.) he Sixth Ward Pineer Buchanan end sreckenridgs Club here marched up to the sound of music,und planted ita baorer in front of the platiorm. SPEECH OF W, W. AVERY, Mr. W. W. Avuny, delegate from North Caroline, came forward. He wan loudly cheered, and said:—Mr. Cnair- men and citizens of New Youk, {t,aflords me pleacure to appear betore the united democracy of this great city id Staie—a pleasure beighiened by the knowlecge that Ibave taken an bumble part in bringing about that uricn in @ State which will stand in seeuring the electioncf Buchanan aud Breckenridge aR 1 an proud to appear in bebaif of North Caro: lip@, and se her representative to v itness this demoustre- vion, which 18 an evidense that the great democracy of New York now cons‘itute one mighty and impregnable unicn— that taey bave mingied together, and p eaent one Jarge natioral cmpound, bard encogh to withstand ab> Hituentem, and yet soft on ugh to amalgamate with their Southern brethren. (Lond cheers.) | am proud ont only to address you on behalf of North Carolina, but to sone of thrre who eontribured a humble tho establishment of the grea: p'atform tnd strong en.ugh to hod every demccrat from every State in the Union: and we have placed upon ita standaro bearer where name slone bears its own en- logy. (Cheerr.) It In not for me to apeak of Jamon Bu- haven of Pennsylvania; but I tell you here, on behalf of North Carolina, that the Southern demooracy will etaud by Buchanan. Applause.) We stund prepared to eap- port him, not bea: @ planta himseif upon a national plaiform, but because we know the man and have confidense in hia integrity and capacity—that he contains within himself all tho ele. ments necesmry to this crit (Applaure.) There has been but one objeetion, friends to James Buchanan— but one at the North and at the South—which is more than any other stateman has been able to say, The ob- jection urged against him is that he has failed fo follow the great injunction to ‘multiply and lenteh the earth.” (Laughter and cheers) And the apology made by &gengleman from Pennsylvania, was that bis native te bad wedded him to the constitution of his ountry, ond he could not teke to bimself another consort. ‘Cheerr.) But ¥any that my distinguished friend from ennsylvania was premature; Pennrylvania bas but P’ 03 the banns, and it remains for the demo- {n November next, to perform the ceremony. (a <a se cheers.) On that eugust oocenlom your meler Stat Wil be there to give us f Pe he bridegroom. Will New York stand Pr ivania (Cheers, and voices “We will.’’) es Pee An entbusastic Hi sernian in front :—'*Yes, by Jasus, New York wae niver back }”” d “eye? New York Mr. Avery—The re will umite with Pemraylvania and her Sontnern sisters on that cccssion, New York I know will be present, and take her position upom the grea! pattorm of cemocratic principles. The plemtpo- teptiaries o2 New York have given there.o their sanction, ‘vd does the democracy of New York affirm what they have dere? (Crier of “They do, be dad!’) That pli- form is from the Constitution ttself, elimiiated by the fa\bers of the republis, that great contrac, which guar sntees to the Nor‘h all they can aek, ano at the tame time gusrantess to the South all tbat she can cemand, Can bere be anything in such s platform o whish the dewo- cracy of New York shall take exception? (Cries of “Na,’? Our Hiberclan friend. excited!: New York ia pever wack. New York Mr. Avery:—Yes, te friencs, 1 besieve. New York ia ‘and will be at platform guarantees to New York, protection to al) ber grest interenis, and it guarantees to the South pro. tee cm 10 the institution of slavery, (Cheers.) Is that bot fair? All.we ack of every man prsen’ is, to com forward ond stird npon that platform.’ We asx é+moeretiy perty that he shall come forward of ever joni tio New York mea wh» belongs to the and tate hia by our side, (Cheers, end cries of Bok, fellow democrat a for's moment on this great platform, by the cincinnati Cor venti» ® Southern man, by birth sxd education. I am a North Ceroliniar; but [ fterd upon po sectional greurd. I ama Sete rights wan, 60 far a6 to ark for North Carolina her equal rights urder the constitution, and no more. I claim to be @ vatiora) ran, ip its brosdest sense, and to give to New York end to eve y northern State its full rights undertbe censtitutinn; ard if necesnary, to use all thn force toinrure that, to every State. All we ark of you is to do Mkewire. (Cheers.) "There is one great tssue presented in the plattorm, to which I destre your atention for # few memen e, I claim to ¢tand upon American gil, and beirg ap An.crican. I feel that lean tak as broadiy’ a frarkiy to you ax :f I tood upon the rollot North Garoli na. There is one great question, then, on which I aay that the porition of ibe ceopie of the Svath is in some respecta misunderstocd. The’ question ia the Kancas and Nooranka bil, (Cheers for the bill and for Douglas.) Frencunce that a» the greatest mea:ure of deiiveracce snd liber'y, (cheere.) Iray it is brioging back our gov- ernment to ita origiral pesition under the constitution of the ceuntry. New the is-ue of that bill may be compre- henced in nut shell, There are certain factions now at the North, (whom you in New York oppose more bitterly then the South, becaure we have no abolitionists here and I hope never sbsll,) who denounce the bill, But the questien is simply this: whether in the expansfon of thia ccuntry, the South isto be denied any growth. I eey that the spirit of ibis »ge ia progressive. end that the manifest Cestiny of thin great country 1s to be an ccesn-bound re- public, (Lvud cheers ) The Arglo-Saxon raco will ex- yard, ono it will amalgamate with it our Irish aud Ger- men trienés. Sbail the South te told that it muat stand srt? Frienda be srrnree the negro wou't be carried acy where, where bis labor will not pay—and where no whive mar cap live and work. It will not do for you at the North to ay. we wil not interpose tho strong arm of government againet you, because the constitution forbids iY yeu where is the differerce of doing a thing directly and indirec'!y? If you prevant our exosnsion, where is the differaree between you and abolitionist: ? All we arkis that when the tide is outward, vou will permit us to throw our ask upon the waves with you; and ff wo shal! be stranded, then we will aubmit without arurmor. I desire to say one thing more. (Impatient cries for “Douglas,” “Stop him !”” “Put him down !’? Friens, T understand that I am addressirg democrats, Ia wy country no democrat who geta up to make a spsech ir interrup‘ed: be ta al'owed to goon. The national de- mocracy ef New York are welcome, not only where I come trom, butall through the South, Well, as I was about rayirg to you when! was interrupted, we derire the iste, if it is to be presented, to be presented ‘mow. and upon the platform. (Cheers): There are facticnia who _raice the "cry that the country is in danger. They remind me of a story I osce hesrd of an Irishman, who dreamed ‘hat be was in heaven, avd there met the Pope. He solicited rink, and war asked what he wiabed? “Purch,” said Pat. “Will you bave it hot or cole!” inquired the Pope, “‘Hot, may it place your Holiness,”” raid Pat. But while the Pope was mixing a jorum that set Pat’s month watering, a straw tickled him, and he awoke, “Och bad luck to me,”’ said be, rubbing bis eyes, *‘that I didn’t take it cowld anyhow, and not lose time in the mixin’!’? (Levgbter,) Well, the alarm of these fastionis's bas about as much foundation and reality as Pat’s punch. I eball not detain you longer. I have never addrestod tuch a Jarre crowd ae ‘hie. I can throw my voice to the utmost limits ot ovr North Carolina crowos; but here it would require the stentorian voice of Jupiter Tonana to yeach the mags. Iaddresr you as » brother democra’, (“You're welecme, by Jasus!”” from a Hibernian in front, Renewed ctles for Douglaa from others.) New York as éiviced. That has been deplered by every wan in the bioed Union; and there will be but one grea balelvjah on beating the announcement that these dia- rensions sre end. North Carolina will cast her vote for Buchenan and Breckenridge, and we exnect you to do kkewise. (Cheers, and “We will,” from severe] vrices.) I teil you, on behalf of John C, Breckenri¢ge of Kentucky, that you may fear no thing, so far as ho is conesrned. He seande uper the platiorm right square (Cheers.) He is a descend- ant of ove of the authors cf the celebrated resolutions of ?€8, and who will sek for a betier lineage? I kay to you that you may put entire confidence in the democrary of Jche C, Breckenri‘ge, of Kentucky. He is a voung man: bot we want vigor to our statesmen. Ours is a pr res: sive ccuntry, ard & men of thirty-five years has bis intel- lect developed as muck as men cf seventy years in cther cruptries, It istaid ct James Buchanan thet he in an c'd man; but be is one of thore who will never grow old, but who will die, as all his ecmpeers did, in the harness, (Cheers.) Like these with whom he etocd—C ster and Calhcur—imen who never grew old—b your atten- tion, ™ pre- pared now, a8 be ever was, to battle sgainst fectionista, frem whatever quarter they I ask you if jay cr sech men ever grow old? (Cries of “Never, never, nev- er”) Tean speak of Buchanan, because be bar been for years the favorite of my State. Four years sgo we ballotted Yorty-nine timen for him. and never deserted him until Bis own friends gave bim up. I, therefore, speak the sentiments of my own people; and if New York delegates epeak truly, I etrike @ chord in the beart of every usticval Cemecrat here present. (Cheers and impatient cxien of Let some (xe elre teke the stand,” Cu" bim ff,” &.) I cenize, in conclusion, to make one singla re- merk. Ihave told you tbat in North Carolina we ha’ Do sboliticnista, but there is en organization trere aa edious to North Caroline as aboiitiovista are to New Yorkers. They area party who prosoribe men becatee of their religious faith ara their piace of birlh—a party which says & man of foreign birth is unfit to bold cffios, no matter how gocd @ citizen. Now, we recognize in every man the righi of freedom cf epeteh and freedom of conscience, It a man is fit forthe cffice, we ask not why ree be comer, but, accerdirg to the constitution, take im by the bend and bail him asa brother, I desire to #1 that in North Coro.ina the anpihi'stion of the Ko Nothign will bs as ocmplete as tho defeat of abolitionicts tyNew York in Novemuer next. (oud cheers.) In resporse to ihe unsnimous call of the meeting, Mr. DOvGrAs Dow come forward and was received with the mont enthusiastic cheering. Not setisfiel with this demi netration, many teased up thelr bets, and the crowd cn ike balcony ot the City Hal'—amerg whom was John Van Burer—waived theirs, Joba bad lett the platform fand token @ more elevated pori- tion. whee he rightly believed he could be seen to better advantege, and where he exerted himselt‘ hat in hand, os energetically, if not as beartily, as the moat cutbreisstic sdmirer of Douglas and bia principies cou'd. When silence was resiored, Mr. Douglas spoke as fol- wei SPEECH OF SENATOR DOUGLAS, Mr, Presipent AND Fritow Democrats—When thenews- papers shall ecnvey the in‘eliigenece to the remotest parts of this republic that the New York democracy are united as oce man ip favor of James Buchanan and Jebn C, Breckenridge, joy will be imparted to the hbeatt of every ational yatriot. (Cheers ) the “Fmpire State. now occupies that pesition which entitles her by her numbers, by her influence, her wealth, and, abcve all, by her devotion to these true constituticnal State rights prine’ ples which kave giways prevailed whenever the perty has been united aa cue man. upon the platform adopted in conven- tien, (Cheers) T came kere cnly when I found tbat there war a joint invitation signed by bards and eofts — (Rerewed cheers)— dissolving the;o!d maiters of differ- erce, and upitirg im ore common effort ‘o receem and seve tbe ocuntry from that whirlpool of sectional sgita- tion and stri’e and discord to which the combined des- potiems of the world were desiroun to consign the sepub- lie Theve refueed fer four years to address either sec- tion of the democratic party in New York, or to answer ery invitation from’either rection, for the reason thet I hed resolved 98 a cemocratI would never recognise a vision smorg men who gught to be united as breth- ren in ® commen cavse, But ‘when the joyous kews ortived that New York wes a unit. that ber Cemeeracy were brethren. that past difference were forgctten. that the Cincinnati Convention bad dletted cnt all remembrance cf the part, and only pre- vented the hoper, the glories of the fnture, I was ready to erme and extend the band of fellowship to the New York cemccracy united, one ard indivisibie— ready to march to & ploricus victory, ard to Insure the arcendency of our prirciples. (Chee: Now we are reacy to weet the enemy ond give bim battle upon the irtues ax he proudly piceluitred them two years ego. When thia black repub- lean ory ‘tion was first formed they put forth upon their beoner their principles, ¢efyirg the democracy to meet them cn thore issuer, What were those privsiple: ebvs bolcly, proudly, defiantly proc!almed to their oppo- nents? They were first the restoration et tbat black line called the Mieaouri ccmprcmise; second, the repeat of i Fogitive Slave lew; third, the abolition of slavery in the THstrict of Co!mmbia; fourth, the abolition of the slave trade smong the States; fifth, the acmiericn of no more Territories or States into this Upion, unless ery was first prohibited, thus de termired to canre the crucifixion of every man who voted for Kareas and Nebrorka. The Cincinrati Convention firet megatived every one of thore principles first pro- claimed creed that meets the cordial approbation of every cemocrat in America, no matter from what point of the compars he may come. (Cheers.) Who is now prepared to sey that the cemocracy is not a natioral party? The National Oonventicn har proclaimed a creed so clear, 10 unequivocal, so direct, {bat the man who ru: ay read, that the wayfaring men may understand it; and now we ark the voice, the judgment, the verdict of the American people upon the approval of that creed whioh has just been prevented to them. (Applaure.) Our enemies have abandoned the isrues which they so defiantly pre- rented when they firat entered the carvass. Bear in mind, my countrymen, that under the union of the com. bined fr free scilism, Know No- ininyon, "halon Pqnocevion, " yomas’a Fg¥i. im (Jaugbter), and all the other baneful- jemsé—under this combination they throw a msjoiity into the present Hvu tives, which gave 1 th ‘They elected Mr, Bavks—a Know Nothingand abolitionist, a free eciler axa Maine liquor law man, s man embo- cued li their prejucices, all their isms in his own per- ron—they elected him Spexker of that House. He ap- poinied on every ccmmfites in the House men of his own ooler sod complexion in politica. They nave no ¢xouse now ior rot havirg brought forward theic bills for not beving brought forward ments to réreem the piecges they mace to carry out their professed principles. Tuey have not cared to bring forward a bill to restore the Missouri Compromise Jing; they hsve not dared to bring forwars a to repeal the Fug: Slave law; they pave no dared to brirg forward. bill to abolich slavery io the Dirtrict of Colombia: they bavo rot dared to bring terward @ bil to prchidtc the slave trade bet eon the Stater: they have not dared to bring torward a bill to carry out any one of the ple ges they made to the peo pie at the time they were elected. {Applause.) € ask Jeu How are you prepared to put in power mex who hav» vio pted every principle, who have falsified every ploige and who have preved recreant to every ooligatioa that honorable men could possibly have assumed in aa else. tion? (Cries of ‘No, no.”) What exouse do they girs for this recreancy on their to their own principies Y Wha! ex-ure for not carrying out the cherished objects they professed to have in view? Why not, if ‘bey were honest men, do whst they proiesaad fo breve in view? The anawer is, becante it i not politic to do it, They sey it would hurt them a: the elect: m—-(‘aughter)—and therefore it ts not poliii> to be hotest.. (Rerewed laughter.) It {x not poiitte to cone, Sut their principles; it is not politic to recesm abeir 5 te ts jolitie to bs men worthy of faite ave cox ti : honest men, Thvir action shows thn th ous they got thrir preeeac position ky faifcation aod fraud. They deuire to piay the seme gam til after the next Presidontis! election. With a mejoriry in Congress, elected by abolitionists and Know Nothl:g@, why do they not bring forward thetr bill oud receem \neir plecge to proteribe every nan of f reign bir'b within she limits of this great repudite? They dare not. Tbe wish to u and deceive some men of forei¢n birth to vole for » Know Nothing candidate. under the rane cfireedem. (A voice— Tay can’t do it”) They wish to do this in crder that—the man shosen—the votes of foreign born citizens may be made the instrument to deprive every raturalized citizen of his constitutional rights. If they dare not rodesm their ple¢ges—af they cure not Garry out their principies, when they have got power in Congrees, with what ‘ace, with what aucur- @pee. can tiey ask a moral, a religious, an bonest pecple to irust them agwin? (Cheers )’ Instead of myirg out their pledges, they now wisn to ignore every piank in their ‘platform; they cenise to docge ail be ixsues, and ia lieu of it make up a sice iseue upon the recent events 10 the Territory cf Kra- fax, Now, what are those events? Tay tell us thut civil war, bicedshed and violence prevail in Kanass. Why ie vhet? fs it thé result of the Kanras.Neoraske billy Besrin mind, my countiymen, that the seme law, toe sare act of Congrers, which created Kaneas, created Nebraska— both Territories depend upon the same or- geric law, ard have the rame rights, the same princip es secured to "bem. And yet in Nebraska there has been peace, barmory. everything to glaiden the heart of a f .) On the other hand, in Kaprar, you have rebellion against the law, violence, urder, kouse ‘urning, biocdshe1—every crime tba! can race humanity. Why is it that—noth deiog under the same organic law—in cue fLerrtiory every bless ing that a tree people eculd desire resulis from the Keress act, while {no the oihor everything that can dirgrace free institutions bas nosurved? What ia the cause of this difference’ You will find the cause in the action of those men who ori- givaily cpposed to the Nebrasks bill, resolved ona di mined ‘o render It odious by the vile acts which shonld be perpetrated under it. {n Nebrarka, where poses ore- vais, ibe abolitionists and their emigrant societies don’t extend thetr influence Foreign taterference was kept cut; the peop'e were allowed to regulate their own affairs in their cwn wey, urmolested and undisturbed by toreign interference, In Nebrseka, therefore, the true principles of the bill--the principten of self-government in obedience to the constitution—had feir play. (Applauee,) And wherever fair play had been given to that priaciple, perce, quiet and happiness have heen the result. On tke other hand, in Kangaa you find that the New Koglaud Exigrant Aid Scciety, through corporations witb a com- bined capital of five millions of dollars, undertook to yegula'e the affairs of a Territory fitteen bundred miles ff, and to control the liberties of the poople with respect to their rights and intereste in Tersiicry. This interference on the part of the freescil aboli icn ard black republean parties, by cor- porations fzcm New England, to regulate Weatern affairs, Lan created in Konras what every mon supposed it would create—civil war, Cissensiors, Violence and bioodshed. very drop of blocd that has been or shali be thed in the Teriitory ct Kanrar, the black republican leaders are 1espepsible. It {5.8 part of their line of policy to get up civil war there, and tben make political capital out of the iznccent blocd shed by their tools and aupea, for the purprse of promotirg the toterests of their candidate in the Fresicential election. What is their excuse for not obeying the lew ip Kaneas? Thy tell us the laws enact- ed by the tersf'orial Legislature are barbarous and in- human, The laws comprise a large volume of at least & theusana pager, containing numerous enac'meuts pro- toting every interest in society, Yet ont of that Jong cist ot laws, only two short evactments have been jepecified as being either unjust or impro- Fer. (Applaure.) The first re'ates to the question ef slavery, and the second reguiste the affairs of elec- tions. lt is wortby cf remark, and should never be for- gotten, that uncer neither of these laws han apy one Jet arisen which was objested to vs being improper. No case hae ever ariren, no writ ever been isaued, no trial ever been kad, no act of vieleuce ever cecurred uncer either cf there two obnoxious laws. Then what excuse is thee for that violence? These men, these black repub- Ticava rent out their sgenta there to get up strife and Dloccehec, to be copied into abclition papers here for politicnl effect. Contributicns ere taken up to buy rifles to eend to men, that they may reeist the law. Preachers of the gospel adopt rifles as the instru: ment of ralyation, ipa:ead of the Holy Scriptures. The po)pit of the house of Ged 1a turned into a recruiting office tor brigends to go to Kapess, to stir up strife and cavil war, in order that the Pribune, the Times, the Eve- ning Post and other abolition papers here, may parade the horrors of the border rnffians, and that your Siimane, your Theodore Parkers, and your Lyyd Gar- tise ns msy get mep to go into Kansas, to burn innocent op) nd, when writs are issued against the neure Lurner, to shoot cown the officers of the la rereue the hcuse srd then they ta! Jaw shall prevail or violence shall triumph—it is a que ticn of the supremacy of the law over rebellion against the ecne ituted authorities, The black repudiicars, beirg in the minority, are cetermined to accomplirh by violence what they cannot accomplish at the ballot b:x; ard yet we are called upon in Corgress to bring forward fore measure to restore pesce in Kansas, My friends, I em sxxiova for peace in Kansas, and will do anything consistent with the cbaracter of a good citizen to esta. blich peace ard quiet im Kansas, (Applause) But this te cone only by making the criminal submit to the Jaws of the lene. “Is can only be dore by putting tho house burrerin the peritentiary, by hanging the mur- derr uncer tentence of the court, and by pro- tecting the rights of, the people of Kaneas, as we }r.tect the rights of cur citizens here. (Aapp!ause.) At this point the Kieventh ward Buchanan and Breckenzicge Ciub msde their appearance, preceded by fa tan of musie, and barnors and transparencies, bearing the tollewing devicer:— “The Union must and shall be preserved,” ‘The Union for ever,” ‘The continent of America ts ours, and ours alone,’ ‘Ths corstitution and our laws,” “The union of our pecple upon the nominees of the Cincinnati Conven- tion,”? As the precession mace its way through the dense crowd in frent of the platform it was greeted with the west vprosrious applaure, and it was some time before the msnifestations of applause subsided, a0 as to allow the epeaker to resums bis remerke, Three cbeers for Douglas were then called for by some enthuniastio in¢ividual near the platform, and they were Yeartily reoponded to by the crowd. Order being res- ue PAs Dovcus tite rviinied dis remarks, as tollows:— Wy friends, ycu will fied that the question which I bare juss been Gircussing, the supremacy cf law over mob Violence ard rebellion, 9 distinctly and sternly rebuked by the Ciretupati platform. Mr. Buchsnan, onr standard- dearer upc this occasion, hes accepted that plat- form uncerdiionally, and in the event of his elec- tion, which I regard as certain as the evolutions of time, you will fird that the strict conservative principle of peace at home, peace in the States, peace in the Terri- tories, the security of lire, of Hberty and cf property uncer the Jaw will te the fondamental rule of his ad- ninistzation. (Great applause and cheericg ) I cannot impress upon you too strongly the importance of that great privciple, the eanctity of the law. We boast of cur Iiberty—ard justly, tco—beoause we live under » government of law. Wherever liberty is protected by ‘aw, wherever property fa protected by law, wherever r¢n’s rights are protected by law, there is true liberty, rbeve is true constitntional freedom. (Applause,) He Who reriats ‘be eupremacy ot the Jaw of the land is an ney to ail ‘ree institutions, Tbe law is the guardien of all that is coprecrated to freedom. The law protects the balot bex, protects the elective franchise, protects s man’s life, a man’s liberty, a man’s property, » man’s reputation—all that is dear to bim ino clvi'ized com- nonity, The great characteristic of the national demo- cratic party in its attachment to the constitution and be Isw of fhe lard, asthe people tbrovgh their repre rentatives ebali make it and the court in its jarisdistion sbailexpound it, In Kansas the black republicans base ibelr boper von s avccessful resistance to the law of the Jara. They do not confine their rebellion against aw even to Rapsas. They practice it in these States of tbe Union. ‘bey resist the Fugitive Siave law openly end boldly, and why? Because. they say, they do not be the Jaw. Is thata ratisfactory reason for renistin the ¢xecution of the lt that you ko not like it? Dic yeu ever fee @ criminal in the bex who loved the law that corsigned him to the prison’ (Cries of ‘No, no.) And yet there liberty loving men—these men whore con- toiences are 60 tender that they will not allow them to be true to the constitution of the country and their oathi—there very men do not like the Fugitive siave law, end bence they will not obey it. Whenever you senction the privilege that one man may ret aside a law becavee of his love to freedom, you authorize any other man to resist another law because he does not like that. If, theretore, you believe in the sreeey of the law, you muat obey every law an the Legislature mokes it, aa ‘the Court # it, and as the exeoutive officers exe- cute it, in jee to judicial process. What reason ¢o these black vi wits ve for resisting the Fugi- Aire lav lant (2 volar=’" he ‘Dig lows”) Wb, PRICE TWO CENTS. they tell you that {t senése negro back to hie master. Did'you.cver hear ot apy other objection to thut law except tit ment the elave home to his mastor, where he owed rice? if that be the objection, whut does the constitu: ticn of the Upited States say upon (hat point? It sa) that ay person cwirg service or Inbor in any Stats es- caping wio snotber shall vot be released by any law or regu.stion therein, bat shall be delivered up. Every man, therefore, who ia oppored \o the Fugltive Slave law upon the ground that it seud# the lave back co hts ma: tes, 18 pposed to the conslitutlon of ow country, ‘shirgton and our Revolutionary fathers made cb men go into the Senate of the United Steves, and ‘The enemies of the dsmocracy profess a creed which i sectional end with which they dare not cross the Pote- mac or Ohio. Their motto fa sectional controversy, an® their object is to exene the North against the father sgainst son, brother against brother, Sta State, until the bonds of brotherly love dissolved and the Union sink pever to riseagain. 1 ask you, fellow citleens, if in the head quarters of Washing- ton, in the camp of the revolution: uy army thers wae ever euch an anomaly presented as ® Know Notl lo¢ge proscribing (cries of no, no,) men, becsuse their religions taith or their place of birth. Washing- jomed men ofall religions creeds . of all nativil sppes! to Ged for the sincerity of ther vows, that they | from ail quarrers of the globe into hi 8 camp pro’ will obry the constitution, with & meatal reservation that | they loved literty, law and freegoverm uent. Will you they will violaie, not only the constitution and their | prove recreant to those principles, and wh. ‘ob aeven yearn cath solemnly taken in the presence of God and thwir } of blood ard glory achteved for us. Avov » all things I coun ry, that they will be faithful to it. Iftbere w appeal to the cemocracy of the Empire Sty te, to forget ho in the Fugitive Siave iaw big encugh to let e wi differences and to Dury for every thore di sonsions ry Kegro eresue, would not these black republicans say that it was the holiest that any legislative body ever onacied? (leugbter ) Thee black republicans not only preach Tebelion sgainat the law in Kansas, but they raise the stancard of rebeiion here im tbe Sates of the Union. What is \be distinctive feature between our glorious re pubsic ana the momarchles of Ecrops? Is not thw ciffer- ence owirg to the tact that in the arbitrary guvern- mente of Europe the will of the prince wi tue law of the land! Here, the will of the people, exprensed, sccorcing to the forms of the constitution, in the su- preme law of the land. (Anplause.) How, thon, can you preserva that grest dts inctive feutave of our © Betitunoe except by strict obed'ence to the law as the people beve made it’ through their Legislature? I re- vent, therefore, that the supremacy of the law is the ercat conservative, /eature offthe demoeratic plaiform, aa proclamed by the Cineimnati Conveution. (Great’ap- plaare). My triends, I find that these black republiean (rsiors anc ‘black republicaa newspapers have already hegun to shea orecodile tears Over my own hums foie — (Jaughter)—becaure they way that the Convention erected a Donglas clatform, and then pat Brchauc: on it. (Applause), I wish to invite. your attenti Tw this point, aud ree whether that aran platform a4 well asa Douglas platiorm, (Cries of “Yee,” *yen”), They say that ‘it t#' a Douglas platforin, becaure it hes endorsed every position tnat I ave taken, nct only upon the slavery quewion and tho Koreas end Nebraska question, but ao upon ihe ques. tcnot cur foreign policy. (A 'yotee— “Good for you’, Thatis true, ana becaare it is true 1 eatered this cam- Yeyqeo with heart aud soul, reaty to devote all my ener- gies to the euccesi of the’ platform and the cazdicates Who stand upcn it. (Great cbesring and applause.) Ni my friends if you will ileten for a moment to @ brief bis: torica! recital, | will show you that James Bachanan and myseif have cosupied for yeara past, evar since | came into pubsio life, precisely the same post y querticn from the beginning to t Bear in mind ‘bet in 1840 Cos gress passed an act for the annexation of Texas to thio repuolic; and if you will look at the jour- res of Congress yeu will tind tout 1 offered the propost- ticn to exterd ihe Missouri compromise las -brouga ‘Texas indefinitely, a4 iar as ‘he Territory should extend, That act pasted yin thaé provision in it, aud Me. Buchenan, who was ia Me. Poil’s Cabinet at’ the time, approved of it, (Applause.) Ta the course of events, war beiween M the Ucited State 41, the justice of which Mfr. Buchanan ber cf dur, Poik’s Cabine’; and I maintaioed m the House o: Rep even , by my votes and roy speech, eve 48 & represeniative cf my State. (Great ap: psuse ) When there came & propani: ‘that by that war We would acquire terri‘ory from Mexico, Mr. Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, on the 6th of August, 1844, offered a pro- position to prebiott siavery in all the territory we might acquire from Mexicc. If that proposition had been adopt- ec, there would have been no territory acquired. It was & preposition to cikgrace this conntry by forcing us to withdraw our armies from Mexico, and make peace with ‘ting justice for our wrongs. Do you sup- Soutcern men would have been craven excugh to have voted to ratiiy treaty containing a clause insulting his own section, his own people, and bis own State 1ighis, whex {t was mace aa an insult to them? Aud yet the treaty couid nothave been approved without a twe-thirds vote, at» time wheo the slaveholding and free Sates were exsctly tied in the Senate. Knowing that the objec: of Mr. Wilmot, in offering the prop sition, was to force us to an inglorious and ignominious peace with e foreign power. 1 resisted it wico all my might, and offered in lieu of if an amendment to extend the Mis- souri ecmpromire line of 36 deg. 30 min. to the Pacific ccean in the samesenre, and with the rame understand- ing with which it was originally adopted. In October, 1847, James Buchanan addressed a lester to the Harvext Howe Celebration of Bucks ceunty, Peonsyivenia, in whien be urged the extension of that same Iino of 36 deg. 30 min., called the Missouri compromise, to the Pacific ocewn, in the ame manner as I had proposed. {Here the speaker war again in errupted by the lond acd lorg continued applaure which gies'ed the appear- ence of the Tecth Werd Buchanan and Breckenridge Ciub, preceded by a band of music, aud a banner bearing the inscription, “Demcorats Forever.” Halting iu frent of the plstform they unfurled the staré and that bave prevailed among you for the last’ few yosrs. Rally srouad the starcerd bearer now nomi vated. the action of the Cincicnati Convention ba a rta‘ute of imitations to wipe out the past. (Cries of gr vod, gr0d.) My friendg, I cougratalate you with tae most hy wrtfelt jor Jcy upon that reunion which I find now to hi 8 place among you. It is a harbinger of great come, You are now united upon = common ) Wal rallying around standard bearers who are tri \¢ exo0- nents of our creed. You are now invincible, because you are united; and yeu are now to be viatorio a, de- cause you have no ‘¢fscord in ycur ranks, Y. a are gain the Emyire State of the Uniwn, and I trust th ot the November clec'ion will show that you are worthy of the consideration which {n times past the distant and ¢ \emeo- cratie portions of the republic have been free and ¢or- Otel mawarding to you. (Great applause and ck wer- ing.) Sir. com, of Georgia, sald that he would make br ts few remarks. He boped that they would be true to; he Domineer of the Cincinnati Convention. He ratii ed teem throvgh thick and thin, (Loud cheers,) Jam ot Buchanan vas a pore staterman, eloquent, manly, ap @ capable to fill the high postiion to which he has bee & nominated. J appeal to you, said Mr, Cobb, as the t friends of the Unien, to see that you elest your distin- guished candidates. What would be the fate of thin go- yernmen’ if William H. Seward were elected? Uttar ‘ov. Afier some further remarks in the same Mr. Co>b closed, J. GaRpwER, of Rhode Inland, anid thathe was de- voted tn the constitution and the Union. He coograta- Jated’ the Fre pire Stave on the manner thet they had sete tled their éifficultion, and war convinesd that the forth- coming elee fon would place Buchanan and Brackenelége in cflice, ond thai they would matniain the great prin- ciples of tha democratic perty. It was now getting late, and the andience began te move off. Hon, 7. Better Kin, of Georgia, came forward and apnennced himself as a member of the inte whig pasty, which party, so farashe krew, would remain with the Cemcera’ie perty for al: time to come. Heurged all true Jovers of the Union to support the Cincinnati nomiaees. He lanced Mr. Bucbenen as the best man that could be non.ineted. Three cheers wore given tor air. King whee he retired, Mr. CaugcuweLt, of Tennenrse, was the next speaker. Ho 1 the conduct of the New York delegates at Cim- H¢@ that tio South looked to New York te Mr. C. W. CARRIGAN, of Philatelphia, was introduced ae the representative of Pennsylvania. "Mr. Carrigan ex pressed his gra‘ification at the meeting, and malt {t would give bim # glorious message to take back to Philadelphia. —that New York was united for the platiorm and the candidates. The platform was broad enough and atromg enough for every democrat from Maine to Californine With that platform the party could defy the treasonable machinations of the Know Nothirg party, and det Filler given out from desecrated pulpits. " Mr. Oar. rigen snimacverted severely upon the republicwn and Krow Nothing partier, ard claimed that the democratie party alore stood upon'the conetitution. Pennsylvania, Le safd, was in favor of excitement from the Alleghaniea to tre Delaware. The nomination was what Pennrylyanie had long asked for, and what she was entitled to from her lorg services ‘or the party. She won'd give fifty thousand aejority for James Buchanan, and what he say for the Empire State ? A Veics—Seventy thousand. (Applause.) ‘Lhe two States, Mr. Carrigan said, bad lorg fought fa- naticism together, and they should be united in thie great contest. He was giad to nee the eections of the New York democracy bad kept their pledges made af Cineinreti, and were really and truly unied ‘o-night. In copclusion, be urged the democracy to be united, amd though there might be = hard fight, victory would be certain. At eleven o'clock the meeting dissolved, with nine cheers for the nominees. Municipal Affairs, BOARD OF ALDERMEN. The President, Ald. Barker, in the Chair. Ald. Tucixe offered @ resolution, calling on thé Corpe- stripes amicst the cheers of the bl] Prine had the | ration Counsel to report his opinion whether the Com- applause subsided before another on, " told. phalars, presved its way through the crowd, | Council heve the power to charge a license fee om the various railroad cars. wire also adopted. NOMINATIONS BY THE RECEIVER OF TAXES. Harry H. Howard, Receiver of Taxer, sent in a commu- nication, msking the following nominations:—Henry Wiki cond cleyk, in the room of Henry K. Frost. Casper C. Childs, Sen., third clerk, inthe room of Jas. W Farr; Wm. G. McLoughlin, fourth clerk, in the room of Jobn 8. Vrecenburgb, and Peter Fargis, mecasnger, re- appointed, ‘Tre Board appeared to bave every confidence in Mr. Howard’s selections, ard the nominations wore all una- pimourly confirmed. A debate on some contract was commenced. but the noise of the Buchanan gun in the Park drowned the ¢élo- quence of the A’dermen, After come further business the Board adjourned te Thursday evening, at 5 o'clock. BOARD OF COUNCILMEN. ‘The eighth and inst sersion of this Board for June wae held at the City Hall, last evening, Councilman Warner in the chair. Several unimportant potitions and resolu- tions having been refe:red to their appropriate commit- fees, the Board took up the spectal onder of the evening, being an crdinance to prevent the storage of fireworks within the eity limits. After a brief discussion, the or- dinance was adopted, and ie as follows:— Reo. 1. No perron or persone shall, afer the pasange of reenutlon, slnve any fireworks, of abv ind or descr pte er ten Chitece firecrackers, wihta the fire. limi of of New Yerk, except aa in hereloatter provided. ee 2. Fireworks, excepting colored pots and fancy wheele and otter works of brilliant ealored fires. not exceeding in va- Jue $1,(00, may be keps for retailing within the fire iimita, froum uly of each ‘year, I" ‘h_parmimion to be granted by the Ob'ef Kngineer of the Fire Department. Reo, 3. if any fireworks are f sions ‘of this ordinance, the sam spy police officer of the paid city, cf @cap'ain of police, or way ore of the fire warders, an some rbal! be kep'fby such Mavor, captain or fe arder, upow whore order the same were taken, at some suitable piace be- yond the fire limits. and so'd at public anciion, within one week: Aller sueb tah ing: three days! novos of ‘be lime and place of tball be given to the person or persons from wheea Bowsvtsion ihe vame were taken, and the proceed, sfler den Cueting expenses of conveyance. strrage and malo, aball, withhm ove week after the ase, be paid over ny the parson ordari the seizore. to the Treasurer of the Fire Department for the use ard benefit of the seid fund, ‘The Board refused to concar with the Board of Alder- men in reducing the amonnt appropriated by this Board for the celebration of the 4th of Jury, from $5,000 to $750. Counct: man 8. Horrex though! that $5,090 was not too much, He was io favor of economy in the expenditure of the public money, but when it came to the celebration of the 4th of July ‘snd Washington’s birthday, he went in for a liberal appropriation. Those were days which €very American, and every citizen, whether Amerioan or should be proud to celebrate; and if Comptroller +0 flosh that he could afford to pay out | read | contracts, ike that of the Mayor with a irg Broadway, he thought he would be able ta stond a draft cf $5,000 for celebrating the 4th of July. ‘After pasting # few unimportact bills to « third read- trg, she Board adjourned to the fret Monday in July, a 6 o’cleck, P. M. Conncrion.— Our reporter is requested to state that 18 was Councilman Gray, and rot Councilman oe stated in his report of Wednesday, who moved an tm creare of the ealary of the Superintendent of Publie Buildings. which proved to delegation trom the Bn- Adopted. Several reporta chanen and Breckevri¢ge Club. Taeir banner, as it wan held aloft to the gaze of the crowd, contaising the inrerip'ion, “We have Polked thom, we have Pierced thew, and now we baye Buck-ed them,” was greeted with the most raptorons ohearing } Orcer beirg again restored, Mr, Dovcras resumed, amid great cheering, his remarke, aa foilows:—When | was in- terrupies ty the proceesion which has just passed, | was esying that in October, 1847, James Bucbanan wrote his celebra'ed “Harvest Home’ letter, in which he declared in favor of the exterrion of the ‘Missouri compromise line to the Pacifis ocean asadividing line between free and plave ieriitory. At this point the ery was that there was a child lost, ard a little bright eyed. fellow, some five years old, was paered over the heads of the crowd to the front of the form, where he was held up by Mr. Dougtas, who “Here is Young America.” (Laugnter’ and cheers. ‘ater thie little episode, Mr. Dovaras again rerumed:— Tn the month of Avgust I introduced in the Senate of the United States an amendment to the Oregon bill, to carry out the propesiticn of Mr. Bucbanan in the Harvest Heme letter, to extend the compromise line to the Pa. cific ocean, in the rame sense and with the rams under- standing with which it was originaily agopted. That proposttion was pasred by the Senate, went to the House, and was rejected there by adclition and free soil votes. (Three grcans were bere called for and given for the free scilers.) Don’t groan, my friends; that sounds tco much like Know Nothing muste (Leughter.) Tne House of Representatives rejected that proposition by almost a secticnal vote, by Northern votes, composed of aboliionists and free sollere, mgn of abolition pro- clivities, and arrayed against the true national demo- cracy. It was the réjecticn of that proposition to extend the Mirrouri Iine to the Pacific cosan, as proposed by Mr. Buchsnan snd as introduced by myself, which Jed te the turmoll, strife, rectional hatred ard hostility frcm 1848 to 185¢. To such an extent did that rectiopal strife go, the South arrayed sgainst the North and the North egeinst the South, that the purest and most devo- ted patriots in the land feared for tho safety and perpe- tuity of the republic. Fven that gallant and immortal ptaterman, the gieat Henry C'sy, who had retired trom the scenes ot bis active labors to the shades of Ashland, there to prepsre himrelf for a_petter state of existence, egain tock his place inthe Senate, the theatre of his greatest acbieverrenta ard bis tost pa riotic triumphs, Wo ee if he could not do scmething to quell the storm, cam the troudled waters and restore pesee to a distract- edecuntry. From the moment Clay arrived among us. he was reo gp.zea as the great leader and champion of the Uniop men of all parties in Corgrens. The yeice. of fecticn was hushed, aod the voice cf the patriot quelled for # time the storm. Coy wen cur leader, Cees was our right hand man, Wed- nier stocd by bis tide, and your Dickinsons, Cobbs, Kings, and the otber true men, whizs and democrats, alike rallied around the stenoard bearer of the Union, prepared to make any sacrifice for the peaceand harmony of the republic. The Seventeenth Ward Buchansn and Breckenridge Club, precedec by musie and banzers, hero made their spresiance, and the epesker was sgain interrupted by oe g avd applause ot the crowd. ‘The Crainman cried cut—Let them fro outside of the d, if an cuteice cen de found. (Great laughter and ‘The cry 18 “Still they come, : s--For five lorg months (he Union men— v1 ‘gs ard crmosrate—forgot past cifferences, and, ant- meted by one ecmmon object, atsembled in'the Senate chamber. with Clay im the cbatr, to cevise means by which to rave thu republic from the consequences which the nbolitioniats, free acilers and facticnisia wore bring- ing upon the country by this rectional strife. At the end of that period # bright sun dawned upon the repub- lic, anda glorious dey was presented to our view. The ccmprimine measures of 1850 were passed, aad the joytul intelligence went all over the land that strife had ceased, that sectional controversy been quelled, faction re- bnked, one that patriotivm had triumphed in the laud. At ene cf these great meetings James Buchanan, then in private lite, the sege of Wheatland, wrote his let. Stoes othe the’ ett = fs Superior Court. Before Hon. Jnége Bosworth Jove 11,—Samuel C. Hanford vs, Daniel C, Bigginam ‘This wan an action for surgioal services rendered by the plaintiff to » journeyman salimaxer, who fell from the roof of the Hippodrome and broke hia leg. Mrs, Meade, the wife of the arsignor of the cialm, proved that the de- ter corgraivlatirg the country upom the great | fencant told her to tabe the best care of the tpjared mam prisciplen ertablished in these | measures— the | Sri ert a Attain to wont for any thing, val thet ho equally of the Stater, the | right of self g9- | would see her compensated. For defence it was oon- vervrent in the Territcries, in obedience to the cor stitutior=tn short, these principles which it was my forture, at @ sutsequent pertod, to embody in the Kansas ape Nebrarke bil). (Applause.) Thas you find that Buchenen and myselt were together in 1845 om the ‘Texas question, in 1847 on the question of the Missoari ccruproriee }ine, in 1880 on the compromise measures, President Pleroe, tended that the journeyman wae paid $5 a week for three months, and thet s sum of money was paid him by the Hippodrome Company. Verdict for plaintiff for $500, Court Calendar—This ig Bryan Covrr—Creuit.—Nos. 337, 22. 899, 872, 129,/ TAR, 748. 763, 782, 830, 10003, 8, 9. TAI, 1568, 1660. BUreRi «| in 1862, also, im the election of Chen, the’ cameerntio party sdopied. the great ns CotIe.—Now, 30%, 638, 40, ‘ABs 454, 208, bar, prizeiples of the compromise of 1850 as fan- | 966, 445, 663, (64, 665, 6x! 18. |, 878, 498, 691 ol, comental artic'er in the democratic creed. | 601, 475, £5, 579, 202, 84, 108, 687, 17, 536, 606, 658, 467, 884, 627, 41, 330, 306, 160, 580, 500, 166, 320. Common PLRAs—Part L—Nos. 521, 633, 763, 764, 376, 684, 796, 798, 618, 801, 803, 804, 508, 837,’ Part2n—Nos. 840 to 856 inclusive. Crimean Herogs ARRivaD IN CANADA—H. M. rorew step transport Resolute, (No. 2M4,) which sailed frem Balskiava, in gempany wi the steam transport Simoon, onthe lat of May, in porcthis morning with the th regiment, 7¢Ostrong; 3 officersjand 100 men of 11th regiment, and 1 officer and 18 men of the Transport corps. Below is as correct a list of the of the 9th ar we have been able to obtain. Lary 3 President Plerce was elected for those prinsipler, and the pation rejoiced in bis inavgural addresa, in 1854, it be- came my Cuty to bring forward bills to organise Kansas ard Nebraska peo the same principles that were incor poaated in the compromire of 1850, adopted by the wags in their convention in biden Se tiean people in tke election of siden 5 fevemperot (het year. The Nebrarka bill recsived the votes of nearly ‘he whole South, in the Senate, and slao, a rejority of the votes of Northern Senators. It re- ceived the majority of the votes of the democratic and the wh'g parties of this Union; and yet the black re- padlicens teil you that the ‘North’ was betrayed. Why, fit : . , tad for that bill by a majority of the Nortn- | was leet tn Canada im 1815:—Lt. Col. Bortom, ©, B.; "Ae wee Aicher. “Tt wan a Northern wearure, ofiginating with | Jors Howe and. Lesile; Captains Darling. Lownds,’ vam a Northern Senator, and it was supported by # mejority audenzee, Percy, and ; Lteats. Berenford | Hor. of Northern States. The great prieciple of the democra- | ton, Elm! Harvey, Hussey, = » “caylor, cy in eqpallty amen, the States and self-government, ao- | Thompson, amd Vibert; Ensign ge; Pr, cording to theeopatitution and that each newstate hasa | Sierwright; Adjutant McQueen; | Assistant. righ’ to decide ite own inatitntious for !taelf. Mr. —— Meadows, We understand that the 9th wii pot cry after discussing this queation at considerable length, Monday, os the Citade) Barracks are not ¢ vite At for their ocneluded bis apech ap follows:—The profess } rece) ‘The point is not yet dee’ ded whether they ‘wilt remain here or proseed to King’jiog, C. Wie Quetag to have a creed as hroad as the republic ead that extends wheceys Tbe Oag a he enwalry wane, (PRN) Fakremy, dune 7,