The southern press., 1851-06-27

adjourn 70 the stfest immediately In ftont of ti,s
Courthouse, TO lsten Id speech from The
Govetnor. Agreed to~--when dense mass q
persons WAS immediately collected in the avenue,
leading to the Courthouse Governor John
ston then took the platform in front cf ths
building, aud was received with loud huzzas.
la the course OF his address, which was listen
ed to with profound attention, he enlarged upor
the disastrous operation of the tariff of 1886, and
his efforts for better system; but all his re-
Communications to the Legislature had been ne
elected, and now the sheriff is sweeping amcna
some OF our most prosperous manufacturing es
tablishmcnts When the existing law went into
operation he pledged himself if elected to pur
sue the policy which his experience had proved
to DO the most beneficial to the people. The
tariff was a leading subject in his speech, and he
urged the policy ofhome protection as indispen.
sbe to the prosperity Of Pennsylvania to re-
deem her from the present prostated condition
Of her great manufacturing interests. He spoke
frankly and freely on the Compromise measure
He should never have voted for the Texas boun-
Diary bill nor the Fugitive slave law, but the
Compromise bills are disposed Of the questions
are settled-the controversy on those vexed sub-
jects has been adusted-the Fugitive slave law
is the law of the land it demands nm obedience,
and no honest or right-mnded man will resist
| it. But the law is still within reach Of amend
ment it is not necessarily mn absolute and per-
feet law; it is just as open to discussion and
modification as the tariff act OF 846. The law
requires our allegiance. The Wing party has
always been party of law and order While
the law remains on the statute books we will
abide by It, but if this law could be amended
and made perfect, he would. if called upon to
10 4 In tbo
pie were told not to ask for this amendment for
fear of dsunion, but he did not think that any
one act of Congress could dissolve the Union
II would take long years to poison the public
mind to such an extent, which would entertain
the idea of dissolution, and he esteemed il the
duty of every man to teach his neighbor the i'm
possibility of disunon In whatever situation
he might be placed, he should ever preach such
doctrines, even at the fire-side to his children
He said the Union was not worth preserving, if
the organic laws which gave existence to that
Union were violated--the immunities granted
by the Constitution must be preserved, and if he
erred in his political course, it was not designed
but an error of Judgment
He said the Democratic party would attempt
to make the coming campaign question of
Union or Disunon He deprecated the position
Of the Democratic party MS national party--it
was entirely assumed, and their action would
tend, if anything could tend, to dissolution
He alluded to the repeal of the section in the
Kidnapping law of l847, and ridculed the i'm
portance which was attached to it by the Dem
ocratc party He said the act had remained
upon the statute book for four years, and in the
session of 1850 it was yet discovered to be of
no Importance until the last hour of the session,
when it was hastily repealed and sent to him
for approval He said he would stand up for
complained and asserted his right to examine
and carefully weigh all measures which were
presented for his appreciation. Left speaking.
The convention will meet at 8 o'clock to-mor-
row morning for balloting.