The State guard., 1848-06-13

1 iJ "caPoh Cdsi aSiue WHICH pIfes me an undue advantage. Loud applause.[ But l will not detain the convention. I do not, let me assure the gentleman from Georgia, desire to hear myself talk al- though. if l speak more inteIligently than some, should prefer listening to myself
 Mir. Forman made remark, which was not heard at the reporters desk.
 MT. Yancey. If the gentleman wishes to address me, he can make his commu- nication elsewhere.
 Mir. Forman. You are not the first man that has got out that way. [Cries of "order."]
 MT. Yancey. When you get in, my friend, he that gets. out may laugh }Re- newed cries of "order.'
 The Chair called both gentlemen to order. and they resumed their seats.
 MT. Bedinger. most heartily unite with the gentleman from Alabama in the congratulations upon the vote which has been just given. 1 rejoice that the gag has not been put upon this question; but must, at the same time, beg leave to differ with him upon the question as to the conduct of the committee. The sim pie question is, whether the committee had the power to propose the test. How stands the question: The assembled dele gates of this whole land are the judges in this matter. Will the gentleman from , Alabama, or any other gentleman who takes his view of the question, tell me that this convention have not the right before these delegations can take part in our deliberations--to propose this pledge to them ? If the convention has the right to decide this question, will any gentle man say that this committee. selected by the convention to act Tn the matter, have not the right to propose the same test :? Can any one doubt that if the resolution offered by the gentlemen from Indiana had not been premature, it would have passed here by acclimation
 If the convention, as body of men, have right to decide who shall enter these walls, and to impose this pledge be- fore any delegation can enter these doors
 surely their agents, the men appointed upon the committee, have that right also. These gentlemen come here with their own peculiar differences differences which have nothing at all to do with us. They come here and bog to settle these diff culties. We do not choose to settle their claims ourselves, and consequently depute one from every State to examine into
 their merits. and to sayto these delegates |; Gentlemen, will you have confidence in our decision will you vote with us when the nominee is proclained--give us your aid, and assist us to eect him Is this I request unreasonable; The gentlemen i ask us to settle their dffcrcnces-we re-
 ply, that we will do it, and do it instantly, , if they will but abide by our decision, and stand by and firmly support our nomina-
 tion. How do you know, sir, that after we admit these gentlemen, and after we have received and accepted their credcn- tials, they will not forsalle the nomina- tions, and refuse their support How do you know that they will not, afier having
 their documents and papers fully cndoiscd as delegates, button up their coats, and turn their backs upon you? When men ask to be heard in this matter, they ought to abide by the laws of the tribunal at which they stand; and that tao tribunal is the Democratic Convention. What is the position of this delegation, called the Utica and Herkimer delegation Why, they say they will give no pledge, and demand to come in uncommonly? What entities them to unconditional privileges What gives them the right to step in here over the heads of their brother democrats, and protest against every condition that is necessarily required to be imposed Are we not all democrats, and as such, bound to aid each other, and unite as democrats
 You, gentlemen, as convention here, have delegated to this committee powers to act in your place; and, therefore, if these gentlemen deny the right of the committee to interrogatc them concerning this test, they deny the right of the con- vention. They come here, seeking to be heard but they will not be heard unless internationally. This convention is a court the committee is the jury; and "Hen e1o Jury ueciueu Nhdt itre lue fueS which shall govern the course of these gentlemen. they button up their coats, and
 say we must be heard internationally or not tall 1 do not desire at present to refer to the merits of the claims of these delegates, but I cannot refrain from reply. ing in few words to the gentleman from
 Connecticut, when he spoke of the ac- tion of the convention of lS44, and ol the man who offered himself as sacri- flee to the cause--who offered himself up as a willing sacrifice upon the altar of his party. A sacrifice sacrifice to be elected chief magistrate of the Empire State of the Union! A sacrifice God bless my soul, would make thousand such sacrifice Laughter and applause. l No gentlemen it was no sacritice.- 1 The democracy of that State called for the willing services of an able champion who could be elected, and sustain their principles. And is ita sacrifice to step forward in behalf of his party when it was strugg'eing for existence, and be- come crowned with the laurels of his own I fellow-citizens who loved and almost wor. eh al