Liberty Is The Watchword

Ar tlio Chicngo Convention of liio 4!Ii, He. Brf nnrd, delégale to llio Baltitnorfi ('uiivriittou. msdo a strong find ïntiiily epetcb niainst (' ' n favoi" of Vran Buren. And the onciol veteren David Kciiipon trt' Boston Tea l'aiiy Ril ded nobty lo llio culi of frpedum; üuKir'f-; U.geiLor the put with the iipproncliitig lvolittioii, Lj (iBtriotic fnvor clii'fved on llio doti mimtl im ' pr:cournged the desponding in Iheir or.Wflrd niarcb of reform. How liis rare und impressiTo cloqupnce must havo cnnifd back the feelings of ihe ïudienco ns he spoke of the days that nre past but not forgotton, and the acts that gave ours a place atnong Nntion, while bis wbole eoul was lit up with the spirit of '70, and his countenance beaming witli patriotism lic lecallcd tlieir minds fi-om the past and fixcd them on the approaching crisis na lie closed with this impressive langungo "Mako yoor country free, and aboüsh Slavery.1' We give tin folluwing from tho N. VoiU Tribune Mr. An,okl followed Dr. Brainard. "and nlludiogto Gen. Cas, lie was interrupted by louct calis for tho readlng of tho letter to the Chicngo Convention. Mr. ArnoM rend it from nn edition lately published inpamphkU form - in n booU abont the size of a penny. It was vereived on thia occasion, as it im one year ago, with laughs of derision. 'Circumstaucea prevenfed' Mr. Cass from being present then ; and Mr. Arnold nptly remarked - Circumstances will preveut the citizftis of tho Xorth-west from voting for him now. The speaker spoke at length upon the Ordinance of 1787, and closed amid greatapplause. David Kennison, the solo survivor of the Boston Tea party of 177G - now agod 111 years - stood up amid the spontanoous cheors of tho crowd, and spoke for ten or fiftecn minutes. As he told of the 'diiys which tried meu's souls,' his eye grew bright with the firo of youth, and his tvcnibl'aig hnnd with a firmer grasp lifted np his cañe, as if he were again brandishing his sword in tho front of bnttle.- The old man closed with the words, 'Muko your country freo and aboüsh slavery.' "