Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-10-14
DICKINSON ON PARTIES IN N. YoR

Ex-senator DICKINSON, while attending Court 1L
Delhi, New York, ON Friday, the 29th ultmo, w&E
invited by his friends of that place and neigh
borhood to address them on public affairs. ME-
Dickinson complied with the request, and spoil
over an hour. His address is frank, witty, an
bold. He endorsed the g Hard Shell" nominek
Judge BRONSON, for Governor, whom he describe
as the individual who, some time since, had Il
honor Of holding correspondence with Mr. GuTHRI
the distinguished Secretary of the Federal Treasur
correspondence which his hearers probably remember
sed, and which, he presumed, the honorable Secreta
had not forgotten" After further remarks eul
CYSTIC Bronson Mr. D. said that he had not
presented as candidate for any personal purpose,
as the representative Of great principles upon which
National Democratic organization rePosed." III
MIR. DICKINSON then gave the Wing party passid3 n
thrust In regard to prominent public measures and
facetously upon the Soft-shes" or antagonist
branch OF the Democratic party in New York We quot
without abridgement Ta Nj
"As to the organization called Softs-and he usei
terms only designationsthere had been considerable
anxiety manifested to know whether Gov Seymour the
candidate for renewed honors would consent 70 r. HI
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the moment he heard Of the nomination, and at
last report although they pursued him with the tele
graph they had not yet caught him, and IL fair to
presume that the skirts Of his yet standing
in horizontal position in his fight He could not
but congratulate his Soft friends having candidate
who thus far has run well. The Soft organization
could not long exist and he invoked the rank and e who
mised by the pretensons of interested leaders, to
return to the Democratic standard The organization
based upon loer pretenson than the support of
on Administration which had future than
katy-did Its Convention in Syracuse, though contain
ing worthy men, under the control Of the Govern
apponteestenants of the New York custom house.
who there crammed like Christmas turkeys with
Government bread and butter to sing hosannas to the
wisdom Of the Administration who fed thcm-a memo
Of his truth nj the
knoweth its owner and the his masters crib He
said their resolution the subject of Nebraska condemn
ed the and congratulated the country its
passages and portion of the party expressed high
of qualification that the infamous Nebraska fraud
was condemned by the resolution, end another portion
exceedingly pleased that in the resolution the
Nebraska policy Of the Administration sustained.
He thought in its adoption the Convention must have
treated the Nebraska question celebrated hunter did
his game. The hunter animal which he supposed
to be deer, and fired at and missed it. The animal
proved to be calf. His friends jesting him upon his
want Of skill in missing domestic animal Of that size,
he said he had doubts whether it deer not
and he aimed to hit it if it deer and miss it
it was calf Their views of the Nebraska policy were
about clear those of Jack Bunsby concerning the
missing vessel He said if that vessel had gone down,
why so and if it had not gone down. why then, aso
The National Democracy (r D. said) had enlisted for
the war, and would not be driven purchased off, He
then explained his the subject Of slavery
well known to the country:
g 1t conceded Che said) that we have no right
to interfere with slavery in the States If not let
it entirely alone II was much violation Of the true
spirit and intent of the Constitution and far less honor
able and manly, to annoy them constantly with every
species of reproach and vexaion from the security
our own homes, as it would be to march armed men
among them and attempt to put it down by force If
they entitled security in this regard they were
entitled to It fully, and not by halves" F
The remarks Of Mr. DICKINSON upon the legislation Of
the last session and the probable effects Of it deserve to
be quoted at length He decidedly opinion that all
the practical results win be favorable to the North
eat the last session Of Congress further question
the organization of the Nebraska and Kansas
Territories, which part of the Louisiana posses
sions 1t had been by many treated of and regarded
question, whereas it merely old question in
form. 1t whether in the organization Of these
Territories the Missouri compromise line should be re-
peaed? In 1920 the State Of Missouri had presented
herself for admission into the Union with constitution
authorizing slavery Her admission resisted because
of that clause and the country deeply and danger
ousy convulsed by sectional agitation and controversy
1t finally compromised by provision in substance
that Missouri should be admitted with saveryand she
admited-but that slave States should after
wards be admitted above thirtysx degrees and thirty
minutes of north latitude This disposed of the question
for that time and, although for long time afterwards
ranked and seemed element in the politics of the day.
1t disturbed until its repeal the last session
Of Congress With all respectful Difference those who
may think otherwise-and there were many-he thought
had in its consequences been mostly overrated for
practically he regarded it of little consequence As
legislative act he had never since he gave it con-
sideration, believed he Missouri COMPROMISED had any
binding force for he could find any power delegated
to Congress by the Constitution authorize such legisa
ton. It's whole force in his Judgment consisted in it's
having been employed by the patriotic of both sections
by mutual consent to allay disturbing excitement and
quiet angry controversy and in the respect with which
had since been acquesced in by the people and by Con-
gess until most of the actors upon the theatre the time
of its adoption had passed away.
In view of the purposes for which it originally
employed and the ends it had answered. he did not be-
eve that either section Of the Union should have sought
and especially of the section protected by for the
that it supposed to separate two great interests
that although it enacted mainly to prevent the slave
States from coming north Of the lne the process of
time events had changed the affairs that
could no other practical purpose than to prevent
free States from going south of it, according the i'm
piled of the provision authorizing the line Of dy
sion. His views them that although it had legal
force act of Congress- because Of the lack Of const
tutonal power in Congress to pass it. yet that in comfy
and good faith obligatory, in moral sense until
it had discharged its Office until both parties and
especially the supposed to be protected by it, should
assist to its obiteraon Beyond this he regarded it of
substantial Importance whatsoever; and, the South
having with great unanimy desired its repeal the North
might well assent to it.
g In speaking Of the question he spoke only Of that
principle Of the bill which had much engaged the pub
lie atentionhe repeal Of the Missouri line 1t was not
his business his purpose the details of eps
aton to weigh the expedency Of the introduction Of
another; for he here to discuss
matters Of expedencH-whch must always more or less
depend upon surrounding circumstances and be left to
those who had them in chargbut to enforce great prn
cipes, which could change. Non-nervention as
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