The State guard., 1848-08-29
i'd to convey.

 my first address, that We voted for the re- solution although we slid not consider it essential. Yet Mir. Y. says "who would have supposed so, after reading the ad- dresses of Messrs. Solomon, Winston and Sanford" This is very candid m Mir. Yancey.
 In the matter of the Vice Presidency, Mr. I. continues the idea that a sacrifice of principle was made to obtain votes for the different aspirants. presume all of the delegates who wished to observe the re recommendation of the Convention in ta- vor of Col. King would bayesyoted for candidate they believed to be sound, who would have prompted his nomlnation.-I Tn is resolution did not run with Mir. Y.'s personal wishes, consequently they are no instructions. When called on by MT. Porter King, and myselfto knowi if he had authorised Col. King to be dropped after the first ballot, he said he sincerely desir- ed to carry out the wishes of tho Alabama Convention, but that he had great choice between Butler and Quitman. and as Mir. Wray had cast his vote for Quitman to let it go so. Mir. Y. would do well to inform the public whether he had made any en- deavors to carry out the will of the Con. vention, "r had endeavored to promote his ,s"uo nvi..,n,s,.,irl q man over Col. King who had only for few years acted with the democratic party. In the Alabama Convention, or the meeting calling the Convention, he said he was for Woodbury and Quitman, he now suys he was for Col. Davis.
 Mir. fancey intends to be very severe on my remarks in the Convention on the nomination of Gen. Class. |, first said that the Alabama delegation had come in. to the Convention and participated in all its proceedings, we were honorably bound to abide the decision of the Conventions The object of holding Convention was that on consultation we should surrender our personal preference to the wishes of a majority, and we should concentrate our votes on the man most acceptable to the greatest number, unless the customs and usages of party were departed from in some important matter. It must be apra. rent to every one unless we met under some such obligations it would be absurd to go into Convention. MT. Yancey's code of morals would authorize him 10 20 into Convention and if he could carry all his points and his man too he was bound to abide the decision if not he would op. pose the Nominee. This is high toned candor and honesty surely. 1 said further that as Virginia, Louisiana, Miss, and other States equally interested with Ala. hama were satisfied with the soundness of Gen. Cass' views, Alabama would not factiously oppose the nomination which had been made; that being 'born and raised, amongst tie people of Alabama l felt fully authorised to say that the State would in Nov. next cast her vote for the nominee. had no idea that the State would rediculously let the vote be cast for the whig nominee or refuse to vote at all 10 honor the factious caprices of ". l.. Yaneey. He can answer now whether my conclusions were correct or not. I also said that the time might cotae upon us when to sustain our right and honor she might be forced not only out of the demo-
 cratic party, but out of the Union itself, but that she would never be found endor- sing the fanatic of the North nor the fac. tionist of the South whose course was calculated to bring such result to pass. have never yet placed the two on terms of equaity, though looked upon both as political hypocrtes, they are by means equally worthy of our condemnation, but that they would bring about the same re- 1. suit still believe. As proof witness Mfr. Yancey's stillbon attempt io raise a Southern Convention, just what tho aboli- tionist would have him to do. Let us organize geographical party, it will ena. ble them 10 do ihe same thing, and the dis. oluton of this Union is the inevitable con- sequence.
 Mir. Yanccy seems greatly annoyed. that Mr. Porter King should have said (according to my ecollection) playlnlly, that JHo. 4. Winston was one of the fl- thcrs of the democracy of Alabama, and that he was one of the boys and that he endorsed my opinions in regard to the vote of the democracy of Alabama. Whether pSsohS3 to tiC ldtuCio UT SouS, dfll one of that numerous class in Alabama who think and act for themselves, and need no schooling on the subject of our vote from MT. Yancey or any of his kidney no mat ter how high the estimate they place on themselves. Again he dislites my use oi the expression born and raised which used first to show that 1 had as good an opportunity of knowing public sentiment at home as any one else had, and secondly that preferred the people of my own con stituancy to approve or condemn my course to any action the people of Charles ton might be pleased to have on the mat ter. l hope this will be sufficient ex- cuse for the use of the term. am not singular in the opinion that men are fre- queutly influenced by the fact of being 'born and raised'' in particular locality and some are of the opinion that W. l.. . Yancey presents living example of the fact, and that he considered the approba. tion of the political sarants about Charles. tn. <,fr tto,. th,.