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Show A POLl'fiCAL 'fEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. ( .\p p!:1m1·.) l am not in favo r ofh,re nklng up th:s Go,:~ cnllll t'rtt uport an iulp r!t!'ticahle JS:< ue, upon lL. me e tloct>r 1 1 locii\! l'e that th::! doctrine of protect1on to ,' Ill 1 ,;II ill the '1\:, rituriC:ll IS IL Iller('. theory, a mere ll.U- 1<! a l'ti;,11• ( \ J' plau~ e.) Pmctically, tt can l>e ?f no co~~ t·qu cll l'C to tl.l· :::outh, fur the reason that the wfanll.t,ls lo ~:t' ll ~tl'an~:,lt- 11 before it w;~s hom. (Lnught.cr.) ) ou ltan: ru t oil the supply or ~:'lares; you havt: cnppled ll.•c in,t itutin tJ of , la1·e:y in the ::;tntes b,r ~our unJust .la 11 ~, und it i~ ruere fo lly and macln e~:~ now to n~k for p rot cct: on for tL nonentity, for a thing wlri.~h i~ no.t there.. ~~ e ha1 e no l'I:Lvc to cal'l'y to these I erntones. '\ e can u~:: 1· 1•r 111ake a notht:r i:'hL ''e ~tate witlo our pr e~.cnl supply of tsla1 l' ~. Jlnt if we co uld, it would not l>e WISl', for the reason, that if you make another ::lhll'e l::itute ft·om our new 'l'c rri torie~ 11 ith t.hc pr e:~e nt supply of slaves, you will he ohliged to give up another :-\ta.t~", either flfar.\land, Delaware, or \'irginia, to l<'ree l'oll upon the North. Now 1woul<l deal with thi~ qu e~lio n . feliO I~ · Democ r :tt~, flij a 'pmcticul ouc. When 1 cuo ee no pos~1 hl c pr;.l(;tl.cal gooclto re~ult to the couutry from d c man~li.ng leg.slat1on 'Jpon tlr is thcor.r, I ;1m not prepared to dJS Hr. te~r:~t e anti obmemhcr tilt' great DemocratiC party of th .s l tnlon. I bclic\'e that the hopes of this coulltry cl epcud upon the maiutr IWilt'C of the great Democrat ic party 1\'orth. lt io no trouule for a man to be a sa;nt in H.!!l\'Cn. "Wilen lite flp,·il w1t~ sick. 'l'hc dc1ilrt mo11 l< ll'l!llld be. The tl1' 1il g-ot ll t·ll. .Uut devil u llhJII k was he." (Or eal lnug-ltt c1 .) We, lhe n emocmcy of the South, arc mere carpetkni~ ht~. lt. is no trouble for us to l>o Democrats (Ap· plau ~e nn<l laught er.) Wh<;n I look to the Northern Democra ts, l sec them standing up there and breasting the tide of farrat.ici '111 1 oppression, wro ng, and slander, with whi ch they have to cont end. I vi ew in these men typeR of the old ancient Homans; I view in tlJ C in. a~l that il' vatriotic ancl nohlc; and, for one, lam uot 11 1lltng to cut loo~c fron r thc111 tUreat chec rin)!.) I say, th en, that 1 11 ill l1old on to Ill." Dclllocr:rlic friends of the l'iorth to the l;., t day of tltc W<'ek-late in the evening. (Ureal. laught er.) I <llll not 11 ill ing to prc:!cnt to tl1em a half ib'>UC of thi sort. 1 am not willing to dhlinte~rat e, di~m emher, a n1l tul'll lh t•nt over to the ruthless hands of the thieving Black Hl')Hthliea ns of the North. 1 woulu n::lk my friend,. of th · ::<o111 h to come UJ' in a proper spirit, ask our North ern fri ends to give us all our rights, and t:d.e orr the rnt.ltlcss rc~ tri c ti o n::; which cut otr the su pply of slaves f1 om fo "eign land~. As o. matter of right <wd j ubt in: to tlr ~;: ::<outlt, I would ask the Democracy of the :'\orth to grant 11~ th is tiring-, and 1 beli e ve they ha ve the patriut i:;nJ aud h o ne~t y to uo it, because it is right in iiH:lf 1 tell you, fellow-Democra ts, t.hat the African :-\lav1·-trnder i.~ the tru • Cnion man (Ch eer · <Lilt! (:\U)!ht cr.J 1 I ell )'Oil that the :-\lave-trading 0( \'ir ginia I:; more immoral, more un('hristlan in every possihle point of vic11·, thau !hat African Slave-trade which goe:! to Afr·iea a nct l>ringR a hcath t•n and worthless tnan here, mak e~ him a the ful ma n, Christian izes hi111, and sends him and his poHcrity do11·n the stJ·e(LIIl of time to j oin in the b!t:s~ing-s of civiliza tion. (Cheers aurl laughter .) Now, fellow-Dcntoc at~, so far as any puhlic expre,;sion of the ~tate of Yirg• nia- the great Sla1•e-trading l::itate or \'lrginia- lras hee11 giv en, tl!cy arc all opposed t.o the Af1 ica.u 81 :tvct-r:r tle. Dr. Jtectl or lndia n:L.-1 am from Indiana and I am in (a VI) I' Of it. 1 Mr. (in.ulden-Now, g"l·ntl emen we nrc told upon h :l.{h aut ho rity, that. U~t·n· is a cert~tin class of m~n who at.r;.Lin a.t a g~•at and :-:wa.!low a enmcl. Now, Virginia, ~vhtch authon zes t.ho !tnylllg of Christian men, scpa.r attn/!" them fro1n the1r Wires and children from all therelations anrl associntionl! amid whom the'y have lived for y ea.rs, rolls up her eyes in holy horror when I would go to Afn.c:~ •. bu.~ a savage, ;~n~ i~troducc him to t11e l>lc~sings of CIVJllzatwn and ChnstJanJt.y. (Cheers and laughter.) ~~r. lly nclers of N. Y.- You cun get one or two recnuts frl!m New-York to join with you. The l'rc;iden t.-1'11e time of the gentleman has cxplrecl (Cn cs of 11 Go on I Go on I") The l'rc:<idcnt- stn.ted that If it wns the unanimous wL~h tlf ,the Cou venlion, the gent Ieman could proceed. ~lr. (,auldeu.-Now, l•'cllow-Demoerats the slave~: ut!O in Vi1:g.inia forms a mighty and po 1~ d ul reason Cor 118 op pos1tron to the African sl;Lve-trud .; nne! in this rl}lllark . t ~~~ not .}nt.cnd any d isrespect to' my friends from V11·gtnHL. \ Jrgmia, the J\lother of States ar.d of ltate~m(.'11, the Mtther of Presidents, I apprehend may ~rr a~ well as other mortals. I lllll afmid that her error m thlt~ reg:u·d li es in the promptings of the a lmighty dolt; u . It has l>c l:!n my fortune to go into that noble old i'itatc to buy/ few darkle , and I have had to pay from $1,000 to $:...,0011 a heau, wh~:n I could go to Africa and buy better negroes fu.r ~50 apiec.c . • ~ ?. ren t !:~u~ltter.) Now, unquestionahly, It IS to the 111lu t~ t of \11·gmlu to break down the African t-l:L\' e- tracle \1 hen K l~c can sen her neg1oes at $2,000. :::lie knowl:l that the Afncan slavetnde would break up her monopoly, ILnu hence hero)). j dct ion to it . Jf any of you l\'ortlic!·u J>emocrats-for 1 tm1·e more hil'l in you tlian.J ha ve 111 the ~· arpct- 1\n ighl Democl'llcy of tt; ~ o uth-wlll .go home 11 1th utc to my plantatiou in Georgia, but a l1ttle w :~y from here, I will :show ) ou Home d a rl.ics t ~1at 1 h o u~lit 111 l\1 :try land, some th a t. 1 hought iu Yirgi111a, SOT.nc 111 Dl'la11 .a r e, some In Florida some in North Carohlta, ll JI(( J Will abo show you tlie 1 pure Afri can, the nohlc;;t ltoman of Lhcm all (Ure:LL laught er.) !\'ow, Fcllo11 -D e m ocrat ~, . my fccl,le health and failing \'Oicc, uduJO IIr:--11 111c t ~ lmng the few rcmurk:! 1 hal'e to make to a cl o;;c. t C~·1e:; of'' Go on, ~0 on.") 1 am only son} tl1 1Lt 1 11 111 noL 111 a better con uilioll than J IIlli tO VlllliJCate b cfo ~·e .)'o\1 to·<lay the w o rd ~ of truth, of honesty, and of Jlgl1 t,. nnu. to 6how y ou the grol'~ in con!lis tcn ciliJ o ~ th ~ • o.uth. Jn llus regard. 1 cam!:! from the First Congr(!ssJOnal D1 s tn ~:t of the State of Geo rgia. l reprcs(!nt the African :--lave-trade Inter· es t.~ 0 f t hal ~crt ion. (Applause.) 1 am proud of the position 1 occupy in that r cs p cc~ .. J Ul'lleve that the .\frican s la,·c-tra der is a true HliHSIOn:Lry,. and a true Chrislinn (npplau ~e), n nd 1 h av~ P.lcaded Wi th Illy delegation from Ucorgia to puL tltli:l •~sue squarely to the Norll reru De111ocracy, allll say to th c111, Are you prepared to go back to Jln;~ pri nl'iplc:;, and _take o~ your unco n :~ tituti o nal r c· tri ctl o n::~ and leave tim qucst1on w IJc sctll cd by each ' tate? Now do this, fellow-citizen;, nnd you will have peace in the ~ot~nt~·y._ Hut so long II.! your I<'ctl eral Legis lature takes Jllrts llt ct 1o.n of this ques· tion, so long will there be war, so_lo11g 11.111 ll.lCJ'e b~ IJI. 'l>lood so long will there be stnfe, until llus glono~ Union' or ours shall be dis rupt ed a ncl go out in blood and night fore,·er. I advocate I he r cpeul of th~ Jnws prohibiting the African ~l av e-trad e , because I ~ehevell to l>e the true l.Jniou movement. I uo nol 'l>eheve thai l:iCctions whose iuterests arc so <lifl'crcnt ns tl1e :;outhern aud ~ o rtht'l'll tal es can c1·cr stand the shocks of fanat~ cism, unless th ey he equally balancc,l. I believe by re. opening thi:l trade, and giving us n egroes to po p~late the 'l'crritorics, that U1e cquilil>riulll of t.hc two. sect1ons will he maintained. Hut if the South l1es SllJ llllely by,, nnd all o w:~ th · people of the North to people a ll. the.'Icrri· torie:<, until we come to be a hop e les~> fract1on ~~the Government th en thut gallant ba nd of Democrats 1'\orth may in vain' att empt to stay the to rrent th!LL wil.l roll tlown upon us. lt will nol be in y our power to do 11. lt should he the object of the South uow to say to the North: Let. u :~ have al l our rights in this matter; let us take oil' these r estrictions uga inllt the Africn.n 'lave-trade, and leave It to cad1 ::\tate to seltle fo r itself. 'J'hen we would want no pro tection, :Lntl th en I woul.d he willing to lei you have a:~ much qunttet· ovcr e1gnty as :rou. wish. Gil·e U:! an equa l chance, and l tell you the mslltutlon of Hl;•ve1·y will take care of llself. We will glve.you aU the Squa tter ~o ve r eignty that the North can dcHJre, Mr. Douglas, or any body else, if you will ta ke olf the uncon· s titutional re~tl'i ct.ions ou the Slavc-tnlllc and let the ncgroeH come. Then, gentl emen, we should. proceed harm on i o u ~ ly, go on 1 o pro!< p er and pl'OSl~C n~g, un,lll the lal:lt trump of God should sound; until tunc li8J merged in Llre ocean of e ternity. (Applause.) I say, Fellow-Democrats, that I r emRincd hero because I have g reat faith in the Northern Democracy. If I am forced to part with you, lt will be with a bleeding heart. I know not exactly "hat position l occupy here (laughter), for the m:1jority of my d clegat ion have voted to secede. We came here instru cted to vote as ~ u~~~ Whether the minority are hound to go out w1th mujor ily is a questiou which I have not yet fully dete~ mined in my own mind, bul at nny rate, l told them t~ I morning, and I tell them now, 1 will not go out yet' int end to stay here; I intend to hold on to the gr~u Democratic !'arty of the Union so long a~ I can co~s•: enlly with hono1· and propriety, for I b ell e v~ th;t Jf or break up iu n row here and the Democratic I arty the country Is d estroyed' this Union fall:! n<! certainly as t.hc sun rises and sets. 'I warn y ou, sec·c1lel:s, if yo:rr action hero to-day should have the effect of dtsmcmb 1 • lng and destroying the great Democratic l'nrty o~ t \~ North Umt you destroy th is Government beyon a questi~n (applnu c); and the Union fall s, and ~ails ~or· ever I t'iow, I am not n disunionist. 1 love thrs Un!~~ for tho memorleH of the pa t and for the hopes of future. (Appl:tuRc. ) 'fhe bloo<l of my an cestors;~ poured out arouud this city and th roug!10ut t.h~ Soui rear aloft the proud banner of our glon ous Unton. '~ an l•umblc descendant of th eirs, feel boutHI to maint&ID this Union and the Constitution so long, and no longer than I can do it honora'l>ly and just ly to myself ~ncl:::! country. Dul I do not yet despair of hlle J{e,lubltc. NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND PLATFOR~lS. 41 •erta.ining as I do, such pt'ofound rc!lpect, n:ly, a I mos t ' 0 11 tl1 e :)'·u1 of' 7\tn.v, and the l Oth day of the venerat.io1\ for the juot Ice of r.he Dcmocrac~ of the scs~ion , :\-l r . Htt 'i::ll' 11, of V i rgi 11 ia, off~: red t he North, 1 will ycl stand by y ~u fOI' a t ime. 1 Will do all r !I . that In me lie::~ to heal th e e thfferenccs. l t.ru.st tl.lnt the 0 0 " 111g : r esult of our d cllh eration:! will be the nommat1011 of R eHobeed. 'fh 11 when th i~ Ctln venti on nrlj n ln·n~ to-r!:•.y such :L man ns will give peace to the country untl !!UC- lr )l •lj nurn to re- a ~• ernbl c a t n . .t~in H>r~ , fll d., ou l\lt)ltday c ei'IS t o the great Denlllcratic l\'ational l'arty o! the lhe 1 Lh clay of J une, n11d that 11 l>o n•il JWclfull~ r•:,;om· Uuio n. ~U re,tt applau::;c.) mended to the Democra tic pa r ty of the s~ vt'l:al N ·ttc ~ ."' Tit ('(Jill'<•lltion ha\·i 110r r d ecided to pro~:et>d to mak · pro v i~ion for 1111JlJliY11rg all v·•cllllt' I<·R 11 ~ tltt·•r ,,._ 1 ~ JlCl' t l ve delega tions 10 11li:> Oonv~: n t r o n when 11 '!tall re-balloL fo r l'rc~id t•nt., at 4. PM' Wn•. llowara, a~se ruhlw. ( Appl au:~c.) O f Tv1n1cs-11•e, 1110\'Cd t l1 aL two-th ird ( :!td ) of :t l full Co n 1·e11 t iOtl (ao:n h\· r e quire d to ltOIII ·t llat~ . After t h e f:til n r e of' al tCit l pL" 10 ch;ulgt: t tc 1 1 1 . whic h, :d 'tc r lllllCII dis clt.,dion an tl c o nfusion, was place of me •ti ug to N't~ w-Y ~ r k , l' ltil a l 1' P 11'1• 11 e tc., anti also to change the tune to a l;tt.('r (H' - adoptcd-! -tl toll~-;t~fo ows : riot! the r c:;olvewa:l adopt~~t! -J O.:i to 5.)- as Y~: • >~: - l\1 In c, 3 ; Ma~~n.~.: hu~et ts, l; Conn l:!clicut. 2i i ' New-York, :15; ;:--. ew-.1 ·r-cy bt; 1\·nn ~ylvan ill , IH i l>ehL- follows : wa re, i i ~I ;Lryl:L nd, (j i \' lrgr nr.•, 15 i Nortll Carullrnai}U i YKAS :- !lbinc, :5 : New·ll rtlllp•lllr •, f>; ~··· rnJ•~nt, l5 ; a ,>tllh C.t r•llin a, I·, i\( i,st) ll l'l , 4l i 'J'c nth!S~ec , I i \ ell- 1 l 1 1 1 • (' t c r ( · New ,;,, ) 'J J.tJ J\(aR:!IIChll ~C tl~, 10 j lt tOie .,;1111 ,, -t j J0 lll1 1 1:1' 1.'11 ,.J.'. ' tncky, 11; !\l inneso t11, li i Cal r l, rn i>~, 4 i < l'l').("n, '- : York .3~ . 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The re tidnrr delega tes 111ct at St. An d r e w'~ Jhll, and wcr~ wait ed on with 1;ta n il'estat io n.s o f :-;ympathy by a por tion of t he \\ ootl D t> l t'gatJ ~ n, from New-York, wh o, howcvt• r, Wl' l'C not ll l · viLcJ or a umi tteJ to seats 'l' ltc secl'de rs o r ganiz 'U by the appoin tJucnt, o ~ Se nawr J ames A. Baya.rtl,of Dclawat·c,_ a -:~ Cll:urn1an, a nt!., after IIllich a.uirnate tl uiSCUSSlOil, udoptCJ the follo wing Platform : 1 l 1 It 1 j Ir J' H 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1i R e8olived, 1'h:tl t.he Pla tform a d o p t er ~ by th~ Dur:•ocm tic party a l. Cincinn at i be uffinn cd, w1 th thl:! tollowrug explanat ory ltesolutious: , , . . jl'i rst, That the Uoverumenl of a l ~.: r n to ry orgnn 1zr.:d hy an a ct of Co n g re~ s, is pt·ovi:;ioual a nd tt:rnporary ; lLnu, during its ex istence, a ll cit.i z.;u~ ot: the Urntcd ~tat<:H have an equa l right to settle wult thc1r propl'rty 1n the Territory without their r ight :~, either of per~on or property, bei ng destroyed or imprli rcu by Co ngrc~::~ioual or 'l'crn to riaf J,egisla.tion. Second , That It ill the dut y of the l!'ccler:ll Government, In all it!! dcpa r trncn ls, 10 protect when ncee~~ary the l'ighiH of p e r~ o ns a nd . pr~per ty in lh.c Tc r r ilorie.s, atn.l \'l'lr cre ver dse it::~ Con 11tutwnal authon t.v e x lend ~ . 'l'hird 'l'lrat when tire flcttle rs 111 n 'l'errito ry lrnving an ndeq~wtc population form a Stat e Constit ution in pur~ uan cc of hw, ti re r ight of sovereignty co u uncncc::~ , and, bei ng consu rnma ted hy admiss ton iu 1o the Union, they ~ r. and on an equa l foo tin g with the people of ot.her StaLl:!:!· un<l the Stale tit us organizetl ought to he ndlllitteu int ~ tile .l+'etlcral Unio n, wltt::ther ils Constitution p rohi l>ili-1 or reco g ni zt~ s the instit ution of 'lavery. Jt'ottrth, 'J'Itat the Uemocrntic party art! in fa vor of the a cquisition of tl1e Island of Cuba, ? n such terr!1s liS shall l>c honorable to ou r oe lv c:~ anu JUSt to pa1n, nt the earliest pmct icable moment. . Jt'ift!t, 'l'hat the ena..:t.111ents of ~t ate. !-t·gl~ ln~u res to defent the Ca it hful t xecuLJon of the Fug1!1VtJ Sla1 e Law, are host ile in character, suhvel'sivc of the Oonslil utiou, and l't' volutionary in thei l' clfcct. Siooth, 'l'lt:tt Ote Deruocraey of th ~ Unil t•tl Sta te re· enl{nizc it a~ the !Jupcrati ve du.ty of th i:~ ~o vcl'nlllen L to pt'otect the nntural izt!d cit lz .. n 1n ull Iris n glrt s, whcth.er at home ot· in foreign lands, to the sulllt.: ex tent as 1t:1 - - nativ ,~- b o rn c it izl..'nll. - - JV!terea~. one of the g1·cntest necessities of the nge, In -- n Political, Comlller ciu l, Post al 111Hl l\lil itury point of - -/ view, is a ~<peedy communication between the Paci fic and -- At.l:tnlic ena ·HS. 1'her t'fo re, be It ResoZ.ood. That the Dcmocrntic p:Lrly do herehy pl ~dge th emselves to use every means in th eiJ· power to seclu'e the paS!tageof some bill to thecxtent of th.c Co n :>l itutio~ al aullwrity of Co ngre~s for t"e construction uf a Pacllic Railroad from the Missi!J8ipoi lti v ~r to the Paci flt; Ocean, aL the earllc~t practicable ll..- ;n, dL. |