Opis: Or, an Authentic Report of the Sayings and Doings of the War-Horse and His Ponies; Dm From the Year Up to the Present Time - Watchem Timothy

Excerpt from Or, an Authentic Report of the Sayings and Doings of the War-Horse and His Ponies; Dm From the Year Up to the Present Time: Their Containing Their Speeches, Resolutions, Toasts, Adventures, Communications, Dances, Songs, Etc

Col. Frazer, of Pennsylvania, being loudly called for, came forward and addressed the assembled Democracy as follows:

Fellow Democrats! In coming forward at this important crisis, to respond to the call of the great and glorious Democracy of my country, I am animated by a just sense of your appreciation of my physical and intellectual qualities, as well as the consistent and luminous course have always pursued in the ranks of a party of which I am, and have been for many years, one of the chosen champions. (Vociferous applause.) When I look around me, my fellow Democrats, and behold the patriotism and valor that animate your bosoms on this occasion - and when I think of the distinguished part the citizens of your beautiful city have heretofore taken against the combined forces of "enemies without, and traitors within" - and when I look back upon the battles of Yorktown, North Point and Quebec, where the "Red Coats" sought to enslave us, I feel a sensation of pride coursing through every vein when I think that here, in this city of monuments, were found the bravest of the brave, always ready to defend the glorious stars and stripes at the imminent peril of their lives, for the purpose of transmitting to posterity, our children and our children's children, the glorious principle of Democracy, for which you and I, and all of us, are now so manfully contending! (Deafening applause.)

Fellow Democrats! We are on the eve of a great political battle. Our enemies are numerous and well drilled, and it behooves every one of us to gird on our armor and prepare for the contest with the same patriotic spirit that animated us in 1844, when I had the honor of nominating James K. Polk for the chief magistracy of this great and indissoluble Union! We are again assembled to nominate a successor to the present worthy incumbent; and, although I have not been selected as one of the Delegates to the Convention, (owing to the intrigues of the infamous Porter and Cameron faction in our state who are ever ready and willing to cut the throats, politically, of the most illustrious democrats!) I am willing to remain an outsider with the great mass - the sovereign people, who will yet see justice done to one who has been so shamefully cajoled by a faction out of his natural and inherent right! (Great sensation.) Yes, my friend, I have been proscribed, because I can't be made to bow before the shrine of Simon Cameron and kindred chiefs of the "Kickapoo" and "Winnebago" tribes; men who are at heart Whigs and who proved recreant to their trust in defeating the regular caucus nominee for the U. S. Senate, George W. Woodward! Out upon such traitors! let them be "anathema maranatha." Drive them to the Whigs, where they belong! We want no such men in the democratic ranks; we'll read them out, and if that won't do, we'll kick - kick them out! (Immense cheering.) Thanks to the indomitable spirit I early imbibed from the illustrious Jackson; I am far out of their reach, and shall continue to pursue the same course, and advocate the same doctrines with the same consistency that I did since my first entrance on the political stage, notwithstanding the -

A voice in the crowd. - Why, Colonel, they say you're opposed to Mr. Buchanan now, and that that's the reason why you are not a member of the Convention this time! But I can hardly believe it, Colonel, for I knew you to be in 1844 his most ardent admirer; and I remember you sent us a toast in 1845 highly complimentary to that distinguished statesman, and in which you expressed the opinion that he (Mr. Buchanan) would be the favorite and preferred candidate of Pennsylvania for the Presidency in 1848. How is that, Colonel"

Col. Frazer. - It is a

Szczegóły: Or, an Authentic Report of the Sayings and Doings of the War-Horse and His Ponies; Dm From the Year Up to the Present Time - Watchem Timothy

Nazwa: Or, an Authentic Report of the Sayings and Doings of the War-Horse and His Ponies; Dm From the Year Up to the Present Time Their Containing Their Speeches, Resolutions, Toasts, Adventures, Communications, Dances, Songs, Etc (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Watchem Timothy
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781331571674
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 70
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: Or, an Authentic Report of the Sayings and Doings of the War-Horse and His Ponies; Dm From the Year Up to the Present Time - Watchem Timothy