The State guard., 1848-06-20
SUBSTANCE
 OF THE Hon. w. F.. Yanccy's

w AAs
 Remarkg deiirered n he Council Room ia the CHy of IVetUmpka at Lhc raiiGca-
 lion meeting held oa Saturday Inc l7lh
 of June.
 B. 5 Griffin informed the meeting thai the Hon. w. l.. Yancey, delegate for the !. State at large 10 the recent Baltimore Con. vention was present; and moved that he be heard.
 Mir YanceY responded in an animated address ot an hours length. We ca.i only give the points made by him. He said he had endtavored faithfully 10 carry out in the Convention the rigid instructions which had been imposed upon him. He then read the resolutions of the State Couven- lion, declaring all interference by Congress 10 prevent the establishment of Slavery in the Territories of the United States 10 be unconstitutional and called particular at i. teniion to the Huh, 18th and l4th resolu- tons. That the opihio. advanced and maintained by some, that the people of a Territory, acquired by lhe common toll S,e ol the people of all the States, can. in other event than Tn framing Consttu- tion, preparatory to aGmitance as a State into the Union, lawfully or consttutonally prevent any citizen of any such States from removing to, or settling in such Territory with his property, be it Slave property or otherwise, is restriction as lndefeasibe ! in prime pie and as dangerous-pracice, IS if such restriction were imposed by act ot l Congress-"
 "Thal this Convention pledges itself to the country, and it's members pledge them selves to each other, under ao poihcaL I necessity qchaierer, to support for the olli- 1 ces ol President and Vice President of the United States, any rersons who shall not openly and avowedly be opposed to either of the forms of excluding slavery from the territories of the United States, mentioned in these resolutions"
 "That these resolutions be considered as instructions to our delegates to the Balti more Convention, 10 guide them in their votes in that body and that they vote for no man for President or Vice President, who will not unequivocalIy avow them selves to be opposed to either ol the forms of restricting slavery, which are described in theso resolutions
 Mr. Yahcey said that he had used his l best exertions to secure the nomination for V. 1 That Judge Wood5urry, as he had hereto fore slated x on reliable autho,ity." Gan authority which Judge Woodburry would never deny, tho the newspapers of tle day had circulated rumors to the contrary) en- tertained the opinions called for by the State resolutions-viZ:
 1st. That Congress had no right to pre- vent the territories from being settled by shareholders.
 2d. That the people oi a territory can : not do so, "in other event than in the framing a Constitution preparatory 10 ad- mi,lance into the Union" In this course, MT. Y. said he was sustained by the dele gates from the districts of Gen. Houston, Mr Inge. Mir. Bowden and Mr. Hilliard. His colleague. for ihe Staiei iat taree, and the { delegates from the district of Mir. Harris, | (except c M. Jackson. overruled,) Mir Cobb, and Gov. Gayle, voted for Mr. Bu- chsnan.
 Mr. Y. said as he had been charged with being "lhe very first 10 violate" his iE l slructions, by the Dallas Gazette (and he imagined that Il the editorialicond pc lrac ed, judging from is vulgarilv and person al bitterness. it would be fouud 10 emanate from a lount ol grievances Mle older than the Baltimore ConventlonD 1t night be well to compare the opinion of Judge Woodburry with the resolutions olinsiruc- | tion-and also with those entertained bY | Mr. Buchanan--Who besides being one of the two great pillars of the Tariff of 1S42, has declared that "lhe people of q territory. can, in other events than Tn the framing a constitution, preparatory 10 admitlance as a Stae into the Union, lawfully and con stitutionally prevent any citizen of any such States from removing to, or settling in such territory with his 'slaye property."
 Mir, Y said, that when Gen. Cass re- celved the nomination, the States were called upon to make it unanimous When Alabama was called, he had said in cons venton, that he, as delegate with in- struclions was not prepared 10 pledge ihe State to Gen. .Cass-(as that gentleman entertained opinions at variance with his Dslfuctions) until he had seen the prInci- pies upon which the Convention designed 10 place it's nominations before the country. If the Convention should adopt correct principles, he would checriuliy pledge tue State 10 it's nomination.
 Mir. Y. challenged the friends of Gen Cass 10 point cut the errors of that course. 1 The opinions of Gen. Cass were 10 be found in his letter to MT. Nicholson, which Mr. Y. produced, and read from. Among other extracts he called especial attention to the following: But certain il is that the principle ol interference (ty Govern ment in the Territories) should not be carried beyond the necessary implication, which produces il. IL should be limited to the creation of proper Governments for new countries. acquired or set!led,an 10 the necessary provision for their erentuatadmis- sion into the Union 1; leaving, in Me medn' lime. to tie people inhabaiag hena to regu- late ther internal concerns in their own way"
 It is thus clearly seen, said MT. r., that Gen. Cass entertains the oplnon-thai until "their eventual admission into the Union," as States--'hat is, "in other events than in the framing as Constitution preparatory to admiitance as State into the Union,''-" the people inhabiting them (the territories) can regulate their internal concerns in their own wav'-thai is, in the language ol the Alabama resolutions, they s'can lawfully and constilutionally prevent any citizen of any such States from re- moving to, or settling in such terrllory with hls property, be it slave property, or | oth pruispD D