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POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. ,.~...., . t to cri ticlsm we s 1I OU ld n ot . h''l Ve felt our-tl JIIL tform M to I !'-pect~ suhJeC 1 tv wlthhold our a cqnte~oence. llh a l!f'tll'rl\1 r e-nffirmar:.m of t·hlcl ~~!~~}~~\~1 lllll lO :-ltt .. ,·ry, &elves ~n dutyl.Jl~o~~;,e plea sure of th is Cvuven tl~m, hy au w 1 1 .8111.~ l\11ll nl<;o lndorsu s,t 1 • 1 nut 1t hnH ce 1 11 v ote not r c 11 tl <\ 1 s. ~ \ . , ns. ~ ~ · ~ rcsenung n 11111• 1, o r1 t , ~og,•tlwr wttltthe follo~~tng rtso~~~~!~lrm so muc·h of the fiti~'.i allllOS\ c:xclusi)V•c s:~t tic e lectoral v ote, to adopt a _Pial· ·• Hr~olred furthrr, I htlt wlc IJtct··' In tlw Con,·t•ntlon by ttt. ;'or ity of tile 1 enwc l a op't tl 'tOll nor iu tho opiOlou "· • · 1 1 tform a< 01 u y 1&.>6 as · 1 1 , 8 not In our • . . n•,.olttlton ot IH~ P a . 1, ou the ~1h of ·!.~1.1\l~r • mll'fird form wine t l o~ ' , 1 1 in s uh:;tance the pnnctplca lit' tll ll<:ru.t·ytl o.r s~~gJ~c•c~~~~~·-ltwrry, to '~!L :t . ~~~h,\,~~~~;~~t ·ctloo o f those who ul g_e !t,l e~~~~1~~ y 'l'hn.t Platform is U:l follvws : rd:ltt'S to u . . 1 , 1 vdwldlng ..... tats d 1 th. f the Alabama 1 eso u · ~~gi~~~.~~ ~~,;~;):~~:~~~~~£!!~.~~; 1~~f:i t'o!·~·~~~·~~·~,';:~o~!~\!'~et ~uor~ 0 [llc r c f o llow Mr. a.mucb' resolutions as adop-wt1dt• rrw'ls, In which I urr II S 1)1 lf • ll ] , nl~nl " 1 mr ('t r\ml clrar away a t e d. ee a 0 11 · !:IJ:I j(,;olrcdjttrther, 'rhnlln ~~}~\ttl~ right in tho 'J' t•rritorlt•s, . ts of differ l' nce between the Northern and ol;sl!lckR Ill a. fnll enjoymcn • \l~h rt·solullon of thll J>1t\ t· 'l.'he p olll . . trc. wo t'C lllllrm the prlnt'lpll' (lfltb~hc l>Pmocr ll<'Y of th tl'l Stntti ~outhern Democt nfy l tatus of Slavery ns a p olitienl Inform adopted In I.Jonve ntlOn ~K wit· "Tha t It IR tht• duty o 1st. A':J rcgard ':J t t.c s. 'It the r c rn ·lin 'L'cnilorieA, on t1w lllh of February'tl~4:'all proiH'r ll'ghllatlon, to sUPCit~r~ st itut lon in the 'l'erri!OI'ICS 'lvht fs a T ;Titor~ to exclude It the Oerwl'lll Oon·n~!n~·'·'!t' ·I ·s LO u.llthe dtiuns of thtl n l'l •tnd the p ower of Ute pcop eo e • llry into those l e11 °1 •· f ··•·v de~HTlptlon , nnt ' 11 I • iRI tl on · and ~:~~,'·s, tot;t•t lwr with lheiJ· pr~>~~::;tb 0 tl~~ 1 Ualltt•d :)t<Ltot~ while by, unfr icnt, ,Y \gill~ 'cluty o f the k'cdcrnl Oovernn~cnt to thB.L tlw :;anHl shoultl be prott cLU rl " 2c..l. A~ rcgnn ~. I· v ·~ in the enj oyment of lu:~ proibo 'l't·tT!torit·~ arc ~~~~r~\~w~:~co~~RtiG;tiou of thr ~'ul~\'tl Shttl~~ protect the o.~~~.c\of_.s, rLs~ long as they r enmin s u c h. 1. Htwlt·rrl;w tlw, ' '(•r;•lgn and <·o-t•qunl ~IB.lt ~~ •.. ~~.' ;< pcrty Ill the [cJ.n Olt cs f ·d by the Platform adopted, h11t 'L compnct lbrtf~e~~t,~.~ equality of rl~:ht!! an~ l(l~~~~!;t?s '!'his Co nvcnt to n has r e usc -'rons in favo r of the South. 1~011R~~;;,,.~~~·~r~hrr, Tt~at tht• 'fc•;rlt~;~~~~~~~~;c r:;,:~1 ;ights, to set tic either ~f ~;)'~f~ ~~·~L~~~~:.:ito~y any p ower to legi s-arc common propertf:, in wh.lch. ~ .'c State ml\y rightfully emi· We tlcny. to thf p i l ·t'tutlon o f lavery; and wt• aRxert and to whkh the ell zt·ns ofh~'~.l;,~~pt·rty l't•t·ognizt•d as snrh late &~atnst li te n~ :1 l•'cdcral G o vernment, in nil its ~-;rJ.tr, whh tht'lr sla.\'fr!t!Or 8 ."n or l!y the <Jonstltutlou <•f the that it is the< uty o 1Ch ~ •r o f shvcs in the enj oy. 1'1 any of tht• States o t lc tuu ' J epartmenl!!, to protect t e ow • c . . ' 'J'k ·~ Jrinci· Unlll'd ~tat<'s. , " of thr t!nlt!.'d Stalrs f his property in the 'J e rn tones. ~- e 1 L 6~. nlo~ rpu.o . wudr r fulOr llatbero,l l'~J'hI m~t l·olLh\t \•. !. y ~~~l;o~'l'crrltorks, or to pro- mJll c~sn,t aos wc state Uteut I arc embodied in t he Alabama ul7~i t itR lntrodt_wUon ''~1/t lln),~~'J'~~~~;.'I't'tirlal Lt•glRlntun's, crr.nlb· l:'latform.l i n J1hin explicit and direct iss ue het-;vecu 1( 1·"''/l'(·cl )u1·the•·, lilt 1 · 1 v, 110 pO\\'t·r to nb<Jiis ll erc, t ten, s • • . lti ch we have tho I'll i>y the· kglslallo~ .or < :0111-:'::;:i\.~~n~ of the same, o1· to lm· this Convention and th~ conStituency " Sl!L\'<!I'Y, or to probtblt tht inll ,t , -It nnd full enjoyme nt 1 1 r to r epresent in tins body. . . . , • pair liy uufrll'tHI1y lt.!gb1;;.thll\tlb_l ~;~unnlsnch <"Onstitutlonul lo~~slructetl al:! we !ll'e, n ot to WA.IVe th is Issue, tlh~ COl\ vf lhti Hll llltl wilhln tht~ t'r.r ~·,I, 'thr >eop lc of the 'l'crrlto- . I . •fore has n risen, when, in our op nlon, l powt' J' c•t•t·talnly ~lOt's '.'ft.~\~~ ~l~ot~xt•rcl~~o ofn lawful.authori· tmgen~y • t 1 ~1 ec..luty' to withdraw from this Con ventlon. m•s in nnycttpat i\Y.lH. 01 11 1 • J ·cparl\lory to ndmla~10n as n hecomcs ? U1 • 'c 110 1 this fact thro ugh y ou, and y 11wy form a ()onslllu on Jl 1 th exercise of sudt 'Ve beg a1 r , to communt 1 • • · r lt of stale into the Union ; ~ml thdl' ntc~~~;a~~ 01?take cU~ect before to assur~ the Con ventiou th.at. we d.o ~0 ~~· ~:~ i~~~ pro-lawful authority, ccrtnmly(~nno tho Union. r but under a sense of un p e rattve o tg L ' LllHri r 1\l'llHtl nt~tnisslon,l!tls ~ ~~t:tl:~l~~~~pi!'R en undated by Chief a~~c \IJ}>rccla.ting its r esponsil.Jilities and cheerfully sui>· R l'.,o /rcdjurthl'1', 111 1 JJ l Scott case deny to P r Y 1 • ·~ ~.:~,~~.~~·.::.~11;• J~.~~ts::~~'!ho'f,;i~ ·£1~~;?; .~<\~,!·:;~ ~~~ "'t' ~~ :~ ;~~~~:'c~:·,;~.;~;;, r 0,$ w·g :~ any lt'gllll:Ltlon whl!ltcd·l'f• ~ttl'teg l<' edc rtLI Government, in all J. S. J,yo~t J·~~ W PonTI~ malntalu It to be t1e u Y •1 •hts of the owner of such J OHN A 'v INSTON, N · · ' of its dt•pt~rtmrnt~, ~.~.Pr~t~,c~ ~letll 1~1<' prlnclpl<•s so dt·c~arcll HOBKRT. 0. S(;OT1'1 1•'. G. NORM ,\NI IH'Opcr ly 111 the 1'hd'IJ !lbo 1 ~1~ ~ 1:i~hls of the Houth, ami the South A 13 MIWK W. C. 0 UILD, 1\n• ht•rt·hy n~ser !' to e c o ' • • ' ' ' J ULIUS C. ll. 1\llTCIIl:U., llhould llliLintl\~n llwm. I t h It! nil of the foregoing propo· .T. R. llRK.Ut~<, W C <:<n&RHOII !.1. Rt.~olrt'lljttrlller, '! 1 1\ w~ ~I '1-lrue in lhems •h•es-nnd II. 0. s~unr, . . a' . ' ttillons tocontaiuoordHI<Llwwr'lj){' ll f•ly ofnlltbat Is JAB IRWIN G. G. Kini N, J llSL and proper, n.ntl 'Y'Cl'Rrarr s~~IIC~CO~Il~· \it~t'j.:dll'S to tho w L YAN~KY J. T. BnAnFo nn, Ct•fl.r to 111'1 i aud we I do I l('fl:~~.,;~·thctn for the cnlm t'Oilsldt'r· D. w' BAIN K ' 'I' . • J. J3UHN ~:TT, Uhllrli'Rion Con.ventl onf othJI~ hotly- from whose jnstlce and N. ll . Jt DA '~'SON A. G. ll!i:NHY • i liOn nnd npp1 OVll 0 ll • · • ' 1 \\' l\1 U lOOKS l) lllrtotlslll wu nntlrlpa.tc lh('!r lldoltlon. I the Charlrslon R. 1\L PATTON, M. • I ' 10. R ;•,,ulved fartlwr, That ~ur Plt'g.u.lrts <I ~o insist that snld W. C. 1\lc l VKR, R. CHA PMA.N. Convent ion arc ht• rchy expn !t~ly lnst Juch~ei Jlc•s ret•ogoizlng . t the conve ntion shnJI ado1rt i p~uf~frr:1!1°~i!~·rwllln the rn1·rsotng Mr 'Valker als o presented a r esolutton o 1 tllstlllte,til<y)rl~h.o~;~7it~f tltot~id ot,\u'io,;ai t ;on,·rntlon slltall1rcfusc elY'ect. tll"t no other p e t·son than the r etiring deert• so u ~, 111 9 rmbrnced n t1c pro- w "" t ' I bamn trOc daildl)o{p tr,e Isno lugntibosntsa,n Pc·er_i,O tJ~ JCto pr11o0p11~1! !11 at~:; .. Clllldllhlt ' S 0111' dl'le- crrotes had nny authority to r eprescu .il. a "' 1 ' ·led to o "" ' ){Illes to ~aitl Convt·ntlon ar<l lwrcby posllh•cly ustruc in the Convention. . . wiLlLh dJrlnr,~,o ,~.rwtt tn}~~ltrlo //1:11. , That our fd lA'lIr glaatmrs at o~~ ~t h1e\ uCnhiatr larmstio an The Alabama delegation then Wl Lh<.lrcw ft om ~~j~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ta~~1~ ;~o~;; dctw~tnc !;ow. the vote' or this the hall. Hlfl~~~~ ~~~~~~~P;t~·~;::J;Pr That 11.n Exrc nth·e Committee, t~ conSist of 0;11' from Pll.Cl; Congt·('~f-IOI11ll J)islrkt, bfl llJlJlOII~l~~l, w'bosn tint ILslmll bo In the evt·nt th11l our tlf'll'Stl les' 1 dt·aw frmlth1~ Cha.rlt•ston 'onvt•ntlon, In ohcdh·nc·Pfto :hr}Oth rl'~oln tl on to t·tlll a Gonv••nlion of tiH) D••mnt'l'ncy ~ Aifl hllll:.\ to meet at \ 1n enl'ly dny to cousid er whllt Is ht•st to hit onr .• Uncl er thc~e r esolullons, the unci •rslgne.d received th etr a.ppoinLm cnt., and particitntted in the a ct10n of this Con-vention. , 1 1 By the r esolution or Instruction, the t enth n the ser es, ~ e were dire<•t cd to insist that the platform adopted hy tl.ls Convention should embody, "in whole/' the P'.'oposltion! i e mhracctl In the preceding resolutiOns, pnor to n.om ina ting cnntlldat es. . • Anxious, if pos iblc, to continue our rcla.tions w1th tins Convention, ancl thus to miLintllin the naltonallty of the Democrat.ic party, we agreed to a ccept, as the suhstance of the Ala.hama platform, either of .th ~ two r eports su.brultted to this Convention by the maJOnty of the Committeo on Resolutions- this majority r epresenting not only tL majority of the States of the Union, hut also ~h e only Rtates at all likely to bo carrictl by the Dcmocrnttc party In the l!residenUnl election. We b eg to make these r eport. s a. part of this communication. [Sec h e r e tofore the two sets of r esolutions r e ported by Mt'. Avery.] These rep~ts r eceived the lnuorscmcnt In the Committee on Resolutions of every Southern State, and, had ~1bhor of them been adopted as the plfltfot·m of principles of Lho D~mocrat ic pan,-, although possibt,. in some re- MIS:llSSIPPI WfTfiDRA \T"S. l\1 . D· of W ssissippi.- I am instru c ted by the 1. ,trry, 1 tl . •tire frum tho 1\l i~slsslppi delegation to stl_lte t tat ICY. t e (Cllet•rs.) Convcutiun with the delegat iOn frot~l Alah :L nt ~t :si re to sub· 'l'hey have Jll'CJHtrCJtl a pro test, winch lltty lit ... · l ·o to lllil, but by a cc.u lent I· t ·t s n o t ItOW )J"ur. e . l l C.S• IIr e· ~,otl Su tion s t ·tte that they lmv.: ltd opt e(l unantm o u ~o; ly .1. c., ·t 1 _ •t h' at th ey a rc tlt e only u,, c )c g:tle, !·: i- \\• ! 1 ich• iS Ull t' Ol l • Cl' t"Le nt 'tnd that 110 one ):; or ~.< hall he anlhonz t·<l to n pr t't~iOll 't hem iu their abl:le n cc upon t 11 c fl uor. o f the Co11 Yell • (Cheer~. ) · 1 • t I hwe but l\1r 1\louton, o f Lou iBiann.-l\l r . Prt'~H en 1 • ' I do a sh o.rt e outmuuic at tvn to make to the Co •.'."~1:twn.say by not do it as an ind ividual. I am authotrze• to , tt'on the delegat e~ r cprel>Cn ll.l lg r~ om·: :u·., uH\ t·n ti.d :! Convreouc eed-• that they will n ot part icipate any longer tn tl tc P hnve ings of this Convention. (Cheers.) ll cre tof(: ~·e .wt:of 'the bt:en in the hal.Jit of Haying that the Dell lOCI a cy uny MO country was l~;nrno nt· ous. (I, aug•I t t cr . ) C·' u1 weI l~'v" lded to-clay with any truth? Are we not divitlcc..l, ant.; 1d be· In su cll n man ner that we car~ n ~ v er b~ rcconc~~r~e to cause we a re divftl cd upon pru~t' IJ?Ic? nn we lVCntlon, the Platform acloptcd by the m3Jonty o f the Cotone con· and then go home to our constituents and put tl erf struction on it, wltilc Northern Democrats J?Ut a~1 00f1 m No, .ftlr. Prel!idont, I think I 11peak the sent tnt e~1 a a rt7. State when I say that she will ne ver piny uc~ll an~ to( Cheers) If we are to fi ght the Black Uepu S santa getller, iet us do It with a b old fro nt ; let us uso 5 ~illln{4 arms; let us sustain the same principles. I wa NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PLATFOR~IS . I i · 1 t o (lo nway with the necessi ty of I lh ~ morn n~, Ill on e r '. - • . · i liTets hnl '1fo f rc they wll l ltck n owl edge tile prin ciple wh ich we nil IIH·~ . vot t·fol , inntl to nsrert:•!nsilfci',IJ:retJ'Ivtl,'LtSro'~·nl'~io~~~~ coC~c~ll\cn~:;,, in sueh n situation o f thing~ in l il t• Con vt' ll· J1ere •·e·1dy to lll po~c ur,on u" ·l ,. '· , • i 1 i • t 1 t . 1 II ·t.. · · ' ·1 1 . 1 . ·0 ·it o f the Co nventl on shoultlj tt nn o r our g reat party, t !1 r go~ t n1 " e s tour PAl wtll tng, tnyse f, I t.tll te m.tJ ,' y rm H ~uit •cl them nnd Oo y our way, nnd we will go our~. 'Pile .·outlt len v el! yon r ct in · nnrl pn•pan· s.uch al ~t~\f~t Pl:~;f~nn ~lid n ot'gh·c -not like il a.ga r, clriv•H Into the wi lderue•fl, fri<'ndlcq~ !O ta kt: .a vot~· liJH~~~ Jt,t•~~ ' ,'·~c e;1litkd to under th t· and ;dune-hut I tell Ollt iH'rn IJJtll lten·, and fo r tlll'm, I ~~~ th~~e .J.Cnatatll~c".~,.''cl;rlwl~·~~e bc('n re·ld to rio wltat lt·ll the Nor th , that, in 1c.~!l t han si x ty day•, y on v•tll Oud WCnenHsrtt••tfuitiJwIYn,tlltlliHii·Kn. w:l'l I cotl'l·• t tf<,l r lll wlt 't•v• lt tilc~n·' tJ'ority of a united Sou• th lll:tul diH·g s)id e by :,id • with us. ( l'•·olonged thl ~ c1,11 v,· nti on has <LI Iopt .. d d ocs not give us th o~,. ~11a r- an rl_ enthusta~tic c tl't'l' tng . . . . Q •• . · , · ·I .... , t'tl •d 10 fo r lht• IJI"Otcct io 11 of our We t~tanrl finn 11nd iiiJtnov,Lhlc, :Lntl wh tle we I C. r>tt ~ .tn let•s W•• •c 1 Wt .11 c c 11 1 ~ · , .. , inth •'l't•tTitorieo 'Ye wl~h lo wea rnntwu faces y ou, " 'C mu~ 1 t.es.pe•c · t out·s ~· lv c·s. . And , gr•n.t l •mt•tJ , ll't 1111· P 1 <:\ ~ 1 ~ t ·tc w. wish to meet !he ll 'a ck ltt· puhlicanR ~ay to you (I f the North u ow, that til•! tnnc may COlli(' lll 1 1 ~ (.O il cs · . e · . 11 . 1 if . f .·, 1. wht:"n ynu will need uA m()rc than wt• n t•ed y o u. I ~peak with lh d r llho ulnt ablc rlnctnncs bol< y' anc . o_ut I te n t Rj to tho~c who r l' prescnt ,, t he· g reen hii1H of New l~ngl;ttHI ·" ftlh •eh tl >wt•intHhw 1r1 ~u ts fr olll the l<'rec Stat es, t·:tJilllOt, Jy' ' '" us ll lltl 1 A)H:t~k to the,, lt;tpt• rhl c enter" o r the Uni ()n. 'fhe;·c Wl' lllllSL fl ~l•tour own hatt ,. t'Hre rene Y ' ' f li i l-. · 1 · ' · · 1 \l the Hh rl· H·t·pnhlkan~ l ike s lumbe rs in your midst a latent ~;park-not o p o ten.1 to tlll'l't t te 1 ~811 • 1 t ~!talll' mhaat(t iee fuYr wha t w· e ' ronccivc to b· e tlte ·ec t t· ona1 ·• sm, 1H I t. o.f s <>c· i·· '.I t li ~ cord - which ut·•t y yet rt•- ~1~ c:',• ~~~ lw~ot fo~r profit . F or t ht·sc rt·n~ou~, I 11111 aullto- q ui re the con serva t•ve pr tuclples of the I)Utlt to s.avc u 1 • ' 1111 r iz ed hy nty tll'le~a t•. on to annot~nce t1.l at. ltl<•Y -11 1 .. y o ur regio n of count ry fro111 ll narchy nnd cou fnqton. WI It';"~ We need uot our ' r ott•ct lon. 'J'hc p ower of the Olack from the Cnnve:t.tion. At 1t~l;ll~~:~~l<: 1::;>~· !o~::o~!(~~~tt't,'i~ Rl·pub1icnns fs n otl.ing to U'l. We art! snf.: in our own the fa cL th at(tlwo ol f tiiiC <!c )cg.At t ile ~·tttle' ~.111\C I. shoulii ~trength nnd s<>cttrlty, so long :Ls we rnaintnln our t·ight~. tnOVCiliCIII .one c ICI'I s. -• ' • ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bt ·ttc lint those who senL us h r rc in~tructetl us to v ote a~ Gentlemen, I HLve t eta net y o_u too ong. f\' '· n ' ' t : 1 .~ co 1tencl therefore th·tt W<' a rc e ntitl ed to conc lusion, that the few wo rd!! winch nrc here wnttcn~- tii JJt,i ,Jn~l "1• 0 1 1e o f j he 'tate ~~~~ that 110 one else is words of courte~y, but word'! o f truth. ~o far a'! m~ glo rt· gtv? tlte" 1 ent.ttlc t o g?tv ce ~'.' or t o c1 .J V.t l 1 e 1. t . ' ous Stat e is couccJued-111ay be read 111 y our hcartng. .Mr. M o nton made Rome acl<litional r e mnrkR, but owin g- to the confu s ion wlrielt p revail e d in the hall, the r cpottc r was unable to be:u· th e m . Jllr. Gl enn, of 1\fiss issi ppi.-Mr. P resident and g e ntl emen or tllif! C o nv~::n t ion : F or the Or~t, t ime, for the only time, for the last time, in the n :unc o f the Stt~tc tha t 1 h :tvc the h on ot· in JHlrt to rc prcscnL h er e, I d estrc to I!A.y hut a few words to th is Con ve ntion. I hold in rny hnnd the solemn a cL of hct· delegati on upon litis floo1·, nnd I Litty to y ou, geutlent en, t hn.t i.t is not a. h~L!lty tl.C~ Ion; t ~:~t it ill n ot o ne concd vcd in p a~s ton, or carn ctl outtn ca.pnce or cl isnppointutent. It is the finn r esol ve o f Ute great b o(ly o f the people whom we represent, which was expressed in the Convcnt.ion that sc•.tt us her e , nn < ~ that r.csolve, tl 11tt peopl,·, a.nrl we, tl• e•r r e presentatives, wtll maintain :Lt. all cost and ;tL :Ll1 h az;Lrds. (Lout! cheers.) Mr. Ma t h e "'~, of Mississippi, then read tbc following doelllliCllt. To the P,·esident of the .Democratic Convention : Sm: As Chairman of the cl cleg:Ltion , which h:Ls I ltv honor to represent the f'tate o f 1\l is:;i:<:lippi upon tlti!l floor, I desire to bu heard by you and hy th~ Convention. In common con:<u ltati on we IHtve met h ere, the r e presentatives of si:<ter States, to rcsolvf.l the principles of a great p a r ty. While ma in taining prlnciplc':J, we profess 110 spi r iL save that of ltannony, conciliati on , the succcl!!! of our party, aud the safety o f o ur organization, llut t.o the fonncr the latter m ust y ield-for no o rgauiz:ttiou i · valuahlc without it, anu no succes':J i11 honoraule w1dcll d oc~ not c rown II. We Clune h e re simply asking n. recngnition of the <'((ll!Ll rights o f ou r late under the luws n.nd Con ·titution or our common Gover nment; that out· rl~-:ht. to property shoultl be a !'sert.ecl, n.nd the protecti on of that JH'Ope t·ty, when n cce~l;l\ry, Should be yi elded \.ly the ClOVCI'Illllent wh ich ci;Li•ns onr nllcgiunce. We hnd r egarded govt•ntn te n t and protect ion 1\ij correlative ltl ea~, :tnd th;tt :so long ns the one wns malnt11ined the ot her Htill endured . We came hl' re noL to d ictat e to the rcprmwntntives o f otht:'r sovereign tate~. 'ince we hn.vc been he re .•. our int ercourse lm1:1 hccn court eous so fa r 11s p e rs0na!Jttes :1rc concern e d . We have a ll Roug-ht, anti! bcllcvo h a ve all been abl e , to cond uct o urselves nil gentlemen. Jl ut we rlid n ot come he re to rxer<"ise the COlll't.f!Sies o f li fe a lone. 'Ve canH· to "ettle the princ iples upon which ou r part.y must rc~t. tLnd m u ~;t ~tan d . \\'e came her e, gentlt:mt"n o f the North, noL to a1:1k you to adopt a principle wh ich y ou could ~ay waH op p o~cd to y our consciences and to y our p r i n<' i pll· ~. We did not bl'!icve it to be so. We came as equal llll'mbcr!'< of a common confederacy, ~imply lo n.sk y ou to :tcknowl<·dge our cqnn l r ights within that eonfecler acy. (Chct"t·~.) 8 ir, a.t C t n c inr~ ttl.i we adopted n Plutf" rm on wltidt we all :tgrcerl. N <~ w answer me , ye men of the Nort l1, o r !IJc E•tst, o f the South, and of the West, what. w11H ti t(~ const r uction pln <"ed n pon that. Platform In different. ~l·ctionc; of lite Union? Yon n.t. the WeHt said it mcnnL one thing. we o f the nuth said it meaut nnot lt c r . l~ithcr we we re r igh t or ynu we re r ight. ; we were wrong or y ou Wl're wrott g. 'Vu cnme !Jere to U.8k Y•JU which was ri ght a.nd which was wro ug. You hn.vo main tained y our p oslt.ion. You 1-111y that you cannot gi ve us an a cknowledgme nt of that r ight, which I It> II y ou h l•n· n ow, in coming time will be y our only ~afc ty in y our contest!~ with tho Black Republicans of Ohio anu o f t.hc No rth. (Cheers.) Why, sir, turn bnck to the h istory of your own lt•atlinr.: me n . There Rits :t di sti ngui~h ed gentleman, (ICon . Chu rle• E. Stuart, o r Michigan,) once a r cpre!lent at ive of o ne of the sovcrci~n States o f the Union in tlte Senate, who then v o lcrl that. Congress had the consti tutional p ower to p:L!t!l the Wilmot Provilw, anti t.o ex clutle Slave•·y from t.hc Tenito ries ; nnd now, when the Supreme Court hns said lhat lt. Ita'! n ot t.hat power, lie comes forwan.l nn<l tells Mississippians that thnt sn.me Congress is impo tent to rrot.cct that same species o f properly. T he re sits my distlngnl~h etl fri end, the Sen:Lto r ft·om Ohio, (Mr. P ugh,) who, but a few nights since, told ns from that sLand th stt if a 'J'enit.o1·inl Go~ vemm cnt t otally mi suRecl their p owe rs or abuse1l t.hern, Cong•·ess could wipe out that 'l'cnitoria l Govc rnmcrtt. nllogethcr. And yet, wltcn we c ome h e re nnrl rt~k him to gi ve u11 p rotecti on in cnse that Territorial G overnment rubs us of our prnperty ant! ~trikes the star whkh a nswe1·s to the name of l\fississippl fr om the Oag of the U11lo n, Ro fur as the Consti t ution g ives hot· prott·ctlon, lte tells u~. with !tis ltand upon hl8 hea rt-a!~ Gov. Payue, of Ohio, l1ud befure done-that they will part with tht>i· After a deliberation o f lllflDy duy , it h :ts hce:n ann ou nced to us by a cont rolling mnjorir.y o f Repre~en t ativcs of nearly one-h1df the tates of tltiM Union, and thnt t oo, ln the mo,t solemn nne! Impressive tuanner, that our d elll:totl cn.nnot lJe met an<l ou1· r ights cannot be recognized. While It ill grantee! that the capacity of the l<'cdl•ral Goverumctlt h; ample to p roteet all ulher p r operty within its jurisdi ction, it. iH clahned to he impot ent when call ·d upon to act in fav o1· of a specie~ of pro perty r ecognized in fifteen sovereign tnte~. Within ti1o~e Rtat es, e ven Black Ltcpubli can~ adutit it to he guaranttl·d hy tht.: CnnHtitution, and to L1e on ly assai led by a lligher I.a w; without them, they c laim the p ower to proldlli~ or dest r ny it. 'l'he con t r oling 111uj or ity Of Nor thern reprtl ~ cnt.:lliVl's on this fl oor, while they d eny all p ower to dc~t roy, equally dcuy ull p owc •· to protect ; nntl tid~, they a~~ ure uq, is, 1111d must, nnd s h a ll l.Je thu condition of ou r t:uiipc ru tton in the next Presidential election . l u litis <~tat~ of a ffairs, our duty Is plain and obvious. 'I'IJt• Stall' which !ICJ.L 11'1 here, announc11d to Ui her pl'incip'c~. In common with seventeen of her si~t e r .. tates, ~<ht: h 1tS nsked a r ecogn ition of her Constirutionlll rlg lltM. These have been pl ,ilnly and e xplicitly clcnit•d io hor . We have o ffer ed to yie ld everything ex cept nn abandonment of Iter r i~h ls-e v c ryth i u ~ e xcept hc1· ltonor-aud it has nvail c(l u:; n oth ing. As the lt•:prcsentrtti vc~ or Mississippi, knowing IH·r wishes-as honorable men, regarding lwr co mmant1~-we withrlraw front tbe Co nv.:nti o n , a nd , ns far as uur a cliou is concerned , a.u:-;olve lte t· ft' Ollt all c onnection with Lh ls body, anc..lltllrcspo nslhility fot· Its nctlon. 'l'o y o u, s it·, as p rc~ lding ntlieer or the Convenll •''' whl1e It has e xisted in Its int r gritr, v;e d esire, c ollecll1cl_v as 11 deleg ati on, 1tnd in c..l ividually as men, to t e nder th \J llil{hllllt assurance.~ of our profo uutl r .. spect nnd considerntion. Signet!: D. C. G1.:u, Cltuirmau of the 1\Ii-;si~,;tppi rltll~JI! atlon; George II. Oordou , James D rouc, Jll'vt~rly Mat hew' . • J. T. ::linlln'l, J owph R. Davi.;, W. ·. W il ~on, I~:w c En loe, Charll·s l~dwart l ll c)l'ker, W. U. H. l'ison , J<;Lhcluert U a rk ~d:tlc, W. ::-1. llarr.v, J . M. l'ho lli~ O n . .M r . . \Ja thcws then illl no unccd tbut a ntcrting |