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Show 106 .A POLITICAL TEXT- DOOK FOR 1860. me to proceed ln my line. That is not at all what I u.m / ~s he said, hnd. I'IT_ed n're th r.:-ugh ignorance than de. at. It has no r eference at. all to my Hue of argument. s rg11. 1\lr. BenJarnm tP.cn d~fended the Democratic Seun. I srty tin": I b;Ly th:Lt di~tincLiy appo8ite llttcrprtJI~· tor:J from the char~e of h_avrug undettaken to dictate to t a tion or dbtinctly op1,ositc:: principles, if you choose, 1n I tho Charleston Con ven t10!l .wha t sort of platform it relatio1; to S•mthcrtl r ig hts under the Co nstitution, were ::~.houlcl m;Lkc. When the ha.m;~s bi ll wa!l before the avowed a t Charles~o n, hy utcu profc:~:ii ng alii:\> be Ut:H IO· !:lenate, t1_1e ~enat or from llhno1.:~ called a caucus crnt . . aud tlt ;tt, 111 Hty judgmeut, i t is a brand upon the De t.nocrattc 'enators every rnorrH11g. to d ecide 01 011 their good faith of the J> eruocra tic party, it is :ur imputntiorr act1on for the day. 'I'll; late e11:~to~ raJ caucus had done upon their ltonot·, it is uz.worthy of them, and uuworthy n? more. than t_ha_t . . \ et f~r· lltlll 1 tt had bl'cn cha rged of u all, that we :-houlcl go IJe~ore the peopl~: of th rs wrth sec~mg_ to tllln 1n1sh tl_re. enator ::1 chance for succe s. country and lbk thei r ''oLe:> in favor of ooo party or an· 1\lr. Be nptntrn next c:::"armned 1\l r. J>ouglas'll charge that otht!r with rhe rwowPd r> urpose or presenting oppo!:litc seve!1tcen J>emocratr~ l:itates !tn<J. a<IOJ!leu a platfor·m mteq~retR.t ious or opposite ~;ets of principles in the two lookrng to the dr;.. o llltron of the Un w.n, anti hau placed section ' of li re Confedemcy, as bei ng the principles of <L tl~cur~el":ell un t~er, the katl o; 1\lr. 1 twcey, 11 n avoweJ common pa rty and fnrrniug a common party creed. 1 tlrllunronr:st. Hr.~ ._tate had vc.ed for that pl:ttfortn aurJ say th1tt 1 will 'never lJo :\ party to any such contest as he s ho ulu. vote fur the .'er~:lt~ rc.~olntious, anti he d~nied that. lf I go into an clectoml contest, I want to lcn ow that t!IC ::;cu:~LOI" fror;1 lllrnors had correctly stated the the principles of the party with which I act, and I waut, meanmg of en her·. N o~o<ly here wanted to make n slave befon~ the people or my J:ltate, before the p tlo ple of the code, n slang ter_rn whrch 1\lr. Dougla!l had picked up country to declare those priuciples, to stanLI by thcn1, to from the HcJmbl icans, nor to force Slavery on u. 1 un. find the r'n written in letters of light, so that no man can willing peopl e. The at tacks upon t he Democra t ic Sena. dare 111iscon t rue them, and by them to stand, allll with tors were "anton and unprovoked, an!l he shoulrl repel theru, if need ltc, fall. them. The !::ienator had defended h is consistency at 'I'uat I under tand to have been the position of the !lcle- g reat length, wltich was n ot the bsue between them. gation of Louisiltn;\ at Charleston, Ta king tlrnL positi~n, The is_sue WtlS that ~he ~.:!nator rr;omlllinois _had mrtde a determined that they would not palter to puhlrc J)l"t'Jil· ba rgam a n<l !tad vrolated it. 1 o prove th1 · he should d ices by u ·ing wortls in any double sense; that all Lh o:y not go furth er back than 1 57, up to which time the enadid ant! all tlrey sa itl liiUst go forth to tire country inca- tot· from I llinois wa~ looked upon by the Democratic pable of miscoHsLrucLion; when they found it inrpos~iblc t>arty with pride and favor. '~hy wns it that a 'enator to have the principles upon which alone they coul!l go who had thus been treated wtth favor should now be into the J>n:sideutial coute t., stat ed thus clearly nn<l thus separated from his former nssociat es? 'J'I1at he hall p lainly they wlt.h<.lrew, r ightly withdrew, honomuly with- passed over in h is spcecll, and he (Uenjamin) woult! sup. drew. 1 I applaud them; I approve them; 1 stand hy ply Lhe <.leficicncy . them. I think they did as became higlHuindetl and hnn· 1\Ir. Jlcnjamin then went into a h istory of the Kansa~ oraiJle citizeu~. I thiuk the State will show itself grateful a ct, J!"inting ou t thl! dilferences between Democrat~ and to them for their act. . . • . Hepubl icans and J>,ntgl:~s Democrats. At that time Now the ho nora.hlc o..:enator says he is willing to go the Democrat· ltcing unable to agree 11s to the power of with Democmts upon alruost any platfo rm ; that almost the people of t ht: Territories, it was agreed to rder the any one that we C!Ln elect would be preferable to the au· :subject Lo the C·•u rts and to abide hy the dcci~ion. He versaries agninst wllorn we arc to be oppo~ed. nt·v cr had attacl-.cd the euator 's con ·istenl~y. It was his Mr. Clingman.-! :tid nny of th o e proposed. I alluderl eonsrsten cy tha t con~titutetl !Jis great c rime-adhering to those propo1:-ed iu Lhe Convention. sti ll to vrtw~ which he had agreed to ab:~ntlon wltcn th~ Mr. Benjamin.-I ~:~uppose so. No,v, Mr. l)resirlcnt, I Cou r t del"ided tire questi on, and which the Court had am not willing to go for any man, I do not care whether d ecided against ldtrl. 'l'his he chnrgc<.l was bad faith. 'l'he 1113 name has lteen proposed or not, who is not willing to 8cnator· rro longer worshipped at the Domocmtic shrine. stand upon a platfo rm of principle, of con titutional prin· but had wande r ed f,lrth after strange gods. Tl11:: s~nator oiple. I am willing to go for any mao, whether· named frollllllinoio~ lwd ad111ittell tlrat he made this bargain, and or not, who will pledge hi~ honor to stand faithfully and yet he had ue .. rJ engaged si uce 1 57 in trying lo explain squarely upon :\ platform o f sound principles; and wh<;:u away, i11 conj unction wi th t11e Hepul.>lican::~, the decision n platform of sound constitutional priucipl l's shall lte of rhe Court, and to render 1t useles11 In case itshouhl be adopted by a Dernocmtic Convention, satisfactory to me, al1inncd. J lc quuterl from the J) red Scott decision to show with my views of consti tu t ional r igh t, and sati factory to that the princ iple of righ t to slave p roperty in the Ter· my peoplc--priuciplt.:s satisfactory to my p eople, I s:ry; r it .. rics was dl!cided lty it. On this point he 11rgueu at I care not for men-then y ou may put upon that plat form g reat leugr h to ~;how that Congress hatl full power over any mao who can stand upon it honorably, nnd I will Lite Territories within the limits of its constitut ional v ote for him; I will maintain him; I will canvass my power; that the Con titution fo rbid the prohibi tion or State in his behalf; I will spend all my time and all 01y l:5la very in the Te rritories l.>y Congress; and as the Territo· breath in his cause, wher~: ver, whenever, and however, I r ial Ouverument derived at! ils p owc t·s from Congress, the may be asked !Jy !tis frierHls. l'h a t far·, ir, I am willing Territorial Legislatur·e could not do more than Congress to go; but I have no stoma ch for a figh~ in which I am to could. No sooner was th is d ecision rnntle than it wa~ h ave my choice between a man who denie3 rne all my attacked by the Ut!publlcans;, and th e Chief.Justice rights openly aCid fatrlyand a man who acl.m it~ my ri ""IIL:I a~:sailetl a having colluded with the President ofthe but iotenus to .1.\lch them. I ha ve no choice th ere: o Un ited States. 'l'he Senator from Illinois got over his bar· DENJA~U~ gain hy saying that he did n ot agree to altide hy the 0:-f DOUGLAS. ll eci ion in the Dred Scott case ; but when the CllSC was After Mr. Dourrlas's famous speech of .May 1 5th carried up from the Terr itor ial Court~ to the Supreme and 16th, on these r csolulions , Mr. ]Jc njn.min Court , he woul<l obey that. This was an afterthought, d .l 1 r. S fi rst announced in tire canvass of 18~8, when pressed by a urcssct t L1e cnatc again, speaking o f :Mr. lHr. Lincoln for· a seat in the Senate. 'l'o save himself Douglas n s follows: from defeat, he introduced his theory as to the power of 1\I:-. Benjamm said, when we met here in Decem!Jer t lie people in the 'I.'erritorie~. (~Jr. Benjamin then rca~ the public mind was greatly <li~turlted by the it·rupt ion of from the r1 iscu,; ·ions bet ween l\Iess rs. Liucoln and Doug! a:; a band of fanatics into a tate of the Union with the to show that the former was much more candid In his ans· avowed intent to liberate the s laves. A large n'umlJer of wers than the latter and he confessed he was not such an t esolutions have beeu otTcrcd , all relating to the r e lation ultra Ant i·Slavery r~an as he suppo8c<l.] .M r. Dougl11.~ of the General G overnnrent to lavery in the State:; ancl t old u:~ here that he would nbi<.le the dcci!lion of the Coun, T erd tories. 'I.'he large number and variety o f these r e- ltut at h omo he turns his back on his prorui:se, repudiatea S')lutions, r equired that those who professed to belonoring Iris wor<.l~, ant! t el ls his people that he has so arr:wged th~ to Lhe same party should meet, in order to harmo~1ize Kan~a~ ltill that in spite of the decision the people or the and act in concert. A meeting of Democratic , cuators 'l'erritories can ke~:p slaves out. 'I.'o be twice deceived was therefore held to a ccomplish this purpose. 'l'he by the same man would be to mu.ke them dupes and fools. Senator from Illinois, in a speech occupying two dayll Bven 1\lr. Lincoln was shocked ut hi!l profl igacy, and had p resented tho cxtmor!linary spectacle of advocating charged llirn wi th bat! faith. 'J.'he election carne olf, and Ids own cla ims to the Presidency, and denouncing those th ough 1\lr. Douglas was successful by the ar!·angcmont who had dared to express their views on subjects be fot·e of the J,cgislative Distr ic ts, 1\lr. l.~incoln bent 1Hrn4,f,OOo~ the enate. The Senator frozu Illinois assumed that he the popular vote. Pir. Benjamin next r ead fro·n Mr. wa,s tho embodiment or the Democratic party and that Douglas's Harpe r's )Iagaz ine article, tc show that ltc hatl all who opposed him were r e be l:!. He anaig~erl other ab!lolutely copied Mr. Linc')ln':~ argument:~ of 13~ • fl!111 Senators, aud charged them and the representati ves o f c luirned them as discove rieR of hi~ own. 1\lr. n~nJII· sev~nte~n States at Cha!·lel:!ton as being on the high road min wametl l\Ir. Do uglal! that the tendencies of hi~ do~· te dtsunton. After havmg thus as~Sailed everybody he trines we re to drive h int back s tcplty step, to the Blllck a r_mour:ced that he ha~ ~nly spoken !n self-defense, ~nd j Republican camp.) W~: already find him usl ng th~:ar~u wrth pnocely magnanuruty agreed t• forgive those who, meut~ and quoting the languag~: of tho Hepuultcun patrY ED,VARD DATES TO 'l'IIE REPUDLICANS OF MIS O'C'RI. 107 On the 24 th ~fn.y, the vote was taken on t h e llrst of Mr. Davis's series of r esolutions, w hich was adopted, 3G to 19, the yca.s bci11g all D - ruocrats, e x cept Messr s . Crittcnllcn, of Ky., nnd K rllnctly, of Md. , A mericans. The nays were all R epuhli l.!ans. 'l'hc second r c::;olution was ~trn read, when Mt·. IIa r·la.n (Rep., of Iowa) o fl'c r c <l to n<lu the following as an amendment: nut th .. rrce rli~cu sion of the morali ty and expecl icncy 01 olavery 11ho1dd neve1· he intcrferecl wiLh by the l<Lw>~ uf. any ~tat·, or of the Unitl·d ~~~~ Le~ ; nud !.lac freedom. ot speech and of tlrc press, on tht ~ and every other suhJeCl of dome~t k and national policy, sll()ulu be maintained in· violtLtll tu Hll the StHteH, 'l'!ri' alllcndrn c nt was rejected, 2.0 to 36, as follows: YK .IS.-~f l'~Rr ·. llinghnm, Chancllor, Clark, Collarner, n 1xon, Dunlivk, l<'t·'l~etHlc n, Foot, J.t'o~te r, Grimes, Hale, !l 11ndi rt. !Larl:tn, King, ::;immon~, Sumner, Ten Eyck, 'l'rumhull, Wade, anrl \\'ilson-20. .t\AYS.- M r·~~rs. lkrajaan in, Brgler, Dr11gg, Bright, Brown, Cllc~r:ut, Cil•y, Clingruan, Criltenilen, D:t vl$, liitzpatrick, Gr ... en, (.; llltr, ll anllnOtHI, ll enaphill, Hunter, I verson, .J•\Jans· n of A1 kar . ,tL~, Joh n~o n of 'L'cnnessl'e, K ennedy, L:rnc LHt hn.na, ~lall ory, l\lason , Ni c· holson, Pearce, I'olk. Pt!IV•·ll, P ll~h, ltice, Sdm~tiau, ::ilidell, 'l'homsou, Toombs, Wtgf.dl, 11rtd Yuk•·-:lG. Y L•as all l~{·puulican;;; n:1.ys all D cm oct·nts, except Cril teuden and Kennedy, Americans. The second t'l·solulion was then adopted, 36 to 20, the nlt<' l>ein:; l'Xa tly the r·c v cr· e of that on Mr. Hadau's :tm ntlrnent.. The third r e::;olution of the series was adopted, 36 to l .', as follows: Y~:.IS.-i\l l'S~ t·:-:. Hcnjanril'l, lli~;l e r, Bragg, Bri~ht, Drown, Cho:~nut, Cl:ay, Clir.!{III<Lll, CrirtciHle_n, Davi , l!'itzpat.rick, G r~:t•n Gwil., J ' a tnlltond, ll etHJllllll, ll untcr, I verson, J ohn;r;n of ArkartHa~, J olin~on of Ttn nessec, Ke:wedy, L:1ne, Lathalll, ~lalit>r.v , l\J a~on, !liiclroJ,on , Pearce, P olk , l'c.wcll, Vuglt, Jtice, '-l·bastian , ..Jidt:ll, Thontsou , 'l'vontbs, Wrgfall, 1t11d Y ule~.-.......;J(j, NAY8.- ~ fei~t·s. Dlngham, Chandler, Cln rk, Coll!~mer, Oixon, Uoolittl•.-, 1-'cS•enrlcn, !t'oot, Fo,ter, ltalc, ttarnll n, Harlan, ~ilnnaon s, ~umner, Ten Jtyck, Trumbull, Wad!!, and Wils•m-1 . Y cas all DcmocmtA, e xcept C r ittenden and K ennedy; nays nil H epublicun 'J'hc fo urth r esolu tion W:ltl :uJopte<l, a.) to 21, the ncgntin:!.' being all R cpublit'an., except )fr. Pugh, D 'nt , of Ohio. Mr. Clinrrman offerrd nn amcnclrnrnt, in the form of tl~ fo l low ing resoluti o n, to fol low tire 1.th of illr. Dari::~'s series: R e. olved, That the ex i·ting condition of the 1'o: r :itorie!l of the United ' tate:~ doe not require the intl•rventron of Congres~ for the protection of proJ•erty in slave.~. T he amendment was debated at con i<lcrablc )en ,r rth I' but I ·without t n.kin 0rT the C)UC.'f ion, the Senate adjourned. On the following day, the amendment vras adopted, 2(i to 23, as follows: YI,AS.-1\fessr;,. Big-ler, Hin!{ham, Bms:;g, Chnn~!t:r. ClJrtk ClitiJ.pnan Colbunrr CriLlendcn, Dtxuu, Doolrttlt:, Foot 'orime.• ll1:lc Hamlir~ llarl•n, .John~on of '1\:nuc~- , I l J see, I<cnnedy, L;Uimm, P olk, l'u.~h, s imm~mR, ']' en J.t; ye k· , T oomh~, Trntn bull, \Vade, all! I W il~ nn -2G. N A vs.-J\1 c!l~rs. Benjamin, Bright, Jhown, Cltc~n ut, Clny, Davis, !t'itzpatritk, Green, Jlamnwnd, llunter, h ·cr· son, Lane, l\l allory, 1\Iason, N i chol~on, l'earct!, Powell, ltice, Saulsbury, Sebastian, Slluell, Wigfall, and Yulee- 23. Y cas all R epuulicnns, except Me, srs. Bigler, Brnrrrr Clin<Tman Crittenden, Johnso n ( 'l'enn. ), , b' o , T 1 , Kennedy, Latham, P o lk, l'ugh, ttnd oomus; .t\ar::~ all Democrat!<. i'hc fifth re,olution of the srries was then :t1lopte<l, 35 to ~, Hamlin arHl '!J:umbull, the Y ca.' being all J )cntocr·at!'l, except CnLtcnden a!1d K ennedy. 'l'hc . cventh an<l la~L of the sencs wa. then adopted, 3ti to 6, Mr. T enEyck, R e p ., of Kew Jersc,v, voting Y ea J U D G E B A T E S' S P L 1\. T F 0 1{ l\f . IMPORTANT CORRESPOXDE~CE. LF:rn:n l 'ItOM JUD G~: DATES ON Til}~ POLll'lC.Af, Qt:ESTIONS 0~' 1'JH; DA 1. · ST. Lours, .Jfa.r ch, 1 60. 1 refuse to auswoc the followlnp ioterroga~orles, which, in The no~. EnwAnn BATiffi-, 'ir: As .you may have , our juc!_g~rent, inyolve all the 1ssu~s pcud1ng between the earned from tit~ public prinl,'l, the Hcp nhhcan~:~ of 1\tis:;o~ri two poh ttcal parttes of the country. met in Convention in this city, on ~uturday, the lOth Ill· stunt t~ make a. <ldclaratiou of their principles, elect dele· gates' to the National Jtepul.Jlican Convention. nne; com· plete a State orgauizatiou. All of tlti:s tlte Conventton ex· ecuted in a manner wholly satillfactory to ite meml>er:J. It also 'commr'urled you, hy resolution, to the National He· pultlican party, 11s one well worthy to he th~ standtLrll· bearer of that party iu the corning P rcsitlentral e~cction. This fact the undersigned ha\·e p ride Hi1d pleasure t.n com· municating to you, knowing that t.hrough?~t your hfe you have carried out, as far as a prrvate crt.rzen might, the Bentiments contained in t!Je resolutions atlopted on Saturday, and a. copy of which we inrlosc. But as you have voluntarily remained in priv;tte life for many yean1, your poUllcal opinions ~tre consef1uont ly not so well under~tood by the ltcpultlican party at large ll!l lty the ltcpubhcans of Missouri. Inasmuch as the dclc~at.ion from thi · State to the Chi· cago Convention intend to prc!lent yom name to that bo~ly as a candidate for t he J.lresi1lency, we, lu common wrth many other Republicans of Mhlsoul'l, clesirc to procure rrom you an expositi0n or yom views on the engross.lng political questions of the time. We hope that notwlth· standing your well· k:nown reluct..'\ 1cc to a ppear bct~re the public ill the llgbt of a Pre::~idcniial aspirant 1 ro•t .,.ill not l-;1. An• yon opposed to the extension o~. hnry? 2·t. n ot•s the Constilnttou of tho t, nilc•l Stille!! carry Slavery Into tht• 1\~nitorles, and, ns rwb8ldtlu·y to t!lis, what Is the It· gal cO"C'cl of the decision of the ::>uprcmc Court lu the J>red l:i!'Olt eUStl f 3d. Arc you In f;wor of the oolonlzntion of tho free colored populalion In Ccntrnl America t 4th. Jlo you rccognlw any lncqunllly of rights among cltl· zrm!'l of tlw United States, and do you bold tbnt !tis the duty of tho Federal Uovornment to protect Amt•rlcan citizens at home nnd abroad In tho enjoyment of all their couslltuUooal and lcgl\l rlghtll, privileges, nnd immunlttes f /)lb. Aru you In ftLvor of the constr~tcUon of a railroad from lhc \' nlllly of thtl Ml:;siastppl to the 1 aclfic UceiLu, under thAt aus!Jic('l:l of tho Oenernl Government f 6L 1. A ro you !n fa.vor of llio n~easure known as tho llome· stcnd bill? r ~ 7th. Aro you In favor of the lmmc~IILto n.dml!!slou o Kansas, uouer th~ Goustltulion adopted at W ynndot f Yours, r espectfully, etc., PETI'R L. Fov, Crl.\S. L. BE n~ A YS, Hr.:NilY T. BLOW, JNO. M. RICIIAlll!SON, }'. A. DICK, 0. D. l!'ILLKY, STr,;rHE!'f IIovT, WM. 1\J cK ~;~:, 0. W. F •stiD.1.CK, D.u no.N Aou, J. B. SIT'NY. |
