The State guard., 1848-06-27

nu0uS OppOsltlon- III ta0'' u ID piio 'Se that its apparent concession had deceived many good patriots. Some, however, thought that they saw in this move lar more dangerous thrust at the South, be- cause more insidious, His own State had taken the lead in denouncing the here- sy in clear, decided, and unambiguous terms. The resolutions now before the meeting have noticed the Alabama move ment in terms. of appreciation. In thai convention of the party in Alabama was n more full representation of intelligence and Democracy of the State than in any previous assembly he had ever witnessed in that State. The resolutions were adop- ted by it, after unrestricted discussion, without dissenting voice. He hoped, for the honor and good of the beloved State of his adoption, that those noble principles would be adhered to by it's De- mocracy, and that the portion of her dele gates who had alJoned them would be taught hereafter to have more confidence in her intelligence, firmness, and patriot ism. Florida then reiterated those prn- ciplcs; and afterwards Virginia endorsed them as her own, and spoke of them as sthc noble resolutions of the State oi Ala bama."
 Judging by the past, the South had a right to expect that her interest would be acknowledged and be protected by the De- mocratic National Convention, in which she was about to join. Fearing, howev- CT, to trust her rights entirely to a self-con- stituted body, the three States mentioned had made it condition of entering into that body, that they would be bound by no decision not made in conformity with the principles they avowcd.
 In this instance, however, no effect was produced, Northern Democratic Statesmen, who had advanced opinions hostile to us, refused to alter their position or to reconsider their opinions. They re- mained firm, and the Northern Democra- cy sustained them in doing so. And why was the result less propitious to our hopes than when they had rcconsidered their views upon the power of Congress to in terlere with Slavery! Was the position that the laborers from non -slayeholding States in our Territories could make such rules and regulations therein as to exclude slave. holders from immigrating there more tenable than that Congress could do so |! Certainly not. The one princi- pic is as untenable as the other-as un- constitutional as the other. Why, then, was our petition not recognised, and both of these unconstitutional means of ex- cluding Slavery from the territories repudi- ated by the Northern wing of our party What req son can be assigned why they rejected the oue, and adhered to tse other Simply because, on the one point, the South presented united front in opposi- ton, and forced respect for her position :; on the other but four of the Southern States, including South Carolina, made remonstrance. United, we could and did controlthc great Democratic party. Di- vded, we became powcrless
 In the Convention that assembled at Baltimore, (Mr. Yancey continued,) the South did not even maintain the two points gained by her demonstration against the proviso politicians. They yielded to us that Congres, could not enteriere with S!a- very either in the States or in the Territo- rics. But in the Convention of the party, as soon as it was ascertained that there were Southern men, representing the South, eager, to join in the game which would be the surest to result in a distribu- ton of office that the delegation from Virginia was prepared to abandon the high position assumed by the Virginia Conven,ion--,hat there were delegates even from Alabama who made the Vice. Presidency even paramount to the Presi- dency, and held both paramount to their tives from Louisiana and Tennessee sided with the North against the view taken by the Alabama, Florida and Virginia Con. ventions--in fine. that nomination was held by perhaps a majority of the South as of more importance than any guaran- tee of principles, as soon as all this was known, and it was all quickly ascertaincd, the spirit of the North developed itself in all its antagonism and hatred of the South. and with insulting arrogance refused even to sanction the principle, admitted by Cass and Buchanan to be. correct, that Con- gress could not interfere with the question in the Territories--and would consent only to say that Congress could not inter- ferc with it in the States! Thus, what we had won by union We in part lost by disunion. Another great truth is taught us--that what wiring from fear, will be lost to Us when we become weak.
 Mir. Yancey said that he had thus en- deavorcd, though he feared much at the expense of their ease and comfort, to show that the North had no real regard for us--that it did not base its support, heretofore rendered to us, on consttu- tional and immutable basis, but upon a fear lest the South would not aid it in its party schemes and pursuit of power-that when united, the South nevertheless hac been able to prevent any aggression upon her rights, and that as soon as dissensior appeared in our ranks, and above all a' soon as we entered eagerly into the Presidential scramble, we lost the charm and became powerless, and the sport o our natural enemies-show by too clea