The State guard., 1848-06-27
.Sa4 For the State Guard. Mir. YaMcey aud his Hnsirlcfi0ns.

Mr. Editof; In the ratification meet ing, at Wetumpka, MT. Y. held up his in- structions as hischart and shield against the Democracy, if they would not follow him in opposing the nominee of the Baltimore Convention. He labored in his speech 10 prove Gen. Cass to be unsound on the slavery question. But stated. substantial ly, that he would have given his vote for him, had the Convention gratifed him in the adoption of two words. in it's restrictive article on slavery. He wished s'or terri. tories," to be added to States. The req. son why they would not is clear. They had already said, in the 7th article--"and all efforts of the abolitionists, or others. made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences" This platform, like the Constitution of the United States. was compromise, and was not to he altered in its phraseology to suit any small number of States, much less few individuaIs.-- Onthis the North and West had, in glorious harmony with the South, battled trium- phantly in A. X saveholder had been elected and sustained in his administra. ton as faithfully, by the democracry of the free, as the slaveholding States. Upon what then could demand for change be based! But ask, would anything have been gained to the South by it? am free to confess l cannot see what it would have been. Add Cor territories" to States, where MT. Yancey wanted it, and it is true, ii the grammatical structure of the article IS to be preserved, it would com pletely overturn a very essential part of MT. Y's. instructions It would then read Tor control the domestic institutions of the several States Or territories, and that such States or territories are the sole and prop. CT judges of eperwhing apperaining to their own affairs. not prohibited by the Tons'l'u''om' J,,i n,, See the predicament Mir. Editor. The doctrine that the territories mad not the Tight to legislate on this sub- !ect was sPrung, expressly it would seem, 10 reform the democratic creed, and was the basis Of his instructions. It is fur. ther true, that the Convention and Gen. Cass would have still harmonized. He puts Tn territories, and gives up all to them. Leaves tnem as the "parties interested to legislate on their own domestic policy. showing conclusively that Congress could not interfere. Then this much good might have resulted. This anti-democra- tic doctrine would have been directly and forever reprobated in the democratic creed as it has been in MT. Cass' letter. But did MT. Y. aim at that And if he did, was ms instructions obeyed? About as much as they were, when afier this move he reject. ee MT. Cass, who he told the Convention had in his letter adopted the very words he wished added to the Platform. The instruction did not refer to the creed of the Convention, but they did directly to the persons seeking the Presidency and Vice Presidency:
 The fact is, MT. Editor, if am rightly informed, this new doctrine and these rig id instructions have never been before the mass of the democracy in the State, only os they have foated about in the papers since the action of the Convention. The opportunity has not offered before for them to get in judgment upon them. We have already seen, by fair implication, that MT. Y, in his course at Baltimore, was not governed by the one or the other, and therefore cannot use them in his defence. The question now to be settled by the de- mocracy is, under the broad banner of the constitution can we ralIyto the support of the nomineess of the Convention !? If Mir. Y. can show that in so doing we vio. late the principles of the party, we will fall with him under the wreck of republi- canism, rather than ride upon the proud