The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-12

that 1t MT the slave home TO his MASTER where he owed
sevcef II that be the objection what docs the consu
tion Of the United states say hat point says
that sry person owrg service labor In any Stats
Gaping INTO smother snail released by any law or
r-gu stion therein, bur shall be dsive-ea up Every
therefore, who ia opposed 20 the Fugitive Slave Ia
upon ihe ground that il sends the Slave back HIS
teI, is pposed to the constitution of ctuntty, as
Wsshir gtOn and our Revolutionary fathers made it.
Such 60 to the Senate Of the United STATES and
will ob'y constitution, With that
they will viola not only the constitution and their
coun ~ that they will be faithful it, If there
hoe in the Fugitive Slave big enough to let every
Iego would not 'hese black Republicans that
II the host that any Legislative body ever enacted?
Qtuahter) There black republicans no! only prssch
rebel ior saar the Law in Kansas but they the
stxncsrd of rebson here In the a,es Of the Union
WhA, he dstirc feature between our glorious re-
pubic thu monlrchies OF Earops Ia rot tho cifsr
encs owing TO the sct that In the arbitrary goveru
merts Cf Europeu tho win Of the prince tie law Of
the land Eere, the win of tho people, expressed,
sccoiirg TO the forms OF the luton, in the su.
ycu preieivs that CREST OTIS motive festuve Of our
r,'nton except by sriot obedience to the Law the
p~opIs htve made 1t through their La Sisature2 l
tea therefore that the remscy of the law is the
great conservative eature oi,the democratic PLATFORM
proclaimed hy the Cincinnati Convention. (Grest ap-
paote) Ny friends find that these black repu olican
rs,ors black republican newspapers already
begun to shed oEecodile tears over my ewn hymbe fac
-Osusbte, J-hecause they say that the Convention
erected Douglas clstform and then put Brcasnss
it. (Aprlsuse). wish to invite your attention for =
EcmeDt To this point aud rec whether that p.a-,rn Is
not Bncbbran platform 81 well asa Douglas platform.
(Cries Of .Yes" yps). They say that Il, is Douglas
PLATFORM because It has endorsed every position nat
Rave taken, net only upon the slavery c, and the
Kansas ana Nebraska question: bu. upon she ques
ttn OF our foreign policy. "a yoice''Gooi for you)
That true, because 1t is true entered tn
Iaen with heart aud SOUL rea3y to devote all my
glen 10 the succes of the platform and the Candidates
who s'apo It, GREAT c5eiing and pplsuss.) Nov,
my frsLof II you win ibten for a nonenf To brief his
torical recital will show you that James Buchanan and
occoped or years past since came into
pubic life precisely the position pon this slavery
que.tien from the beginning to the eu6 Bsar IN mrd
mat in lsi5 passed act for the ,on Of
Texas 10 thin repu llc and you will look st the jour
Ut Congress will bnd tDat offered tho proposi-
ten 70 exterd the Missouri compromiss hns through
Texas indefinitely he Territory should extend
That act passed WIN thsS provision in IT, And Mr
Buehansn, Who was IL Nh. Poiks Cabinet 1T the tme
approved oti: (Arplaaae.) 10 the course OF events
n, the justice OF which Ar. Buchanan asserted,
Der cf slr Po,k'a Cabinet; maintained House
Rep eesntatves, ny my votes and roy speech. my
every nc, ss sensitive Ct my State (Grest ap
pause When there came PROBABILITY that by that
Pennsy lvsra the 9th OF August, 1896 offered pro-
position TO prohibit slavery in al the territory might
acquire from Hexcc that proposition had been adopt
there would hsve been territory acquired 1t
position to cisgrace this country by forcing
wthdraS armies from Mexico and make peace with
her without getting juce for wrongs Do you sup
pese that . Southern would have been craven
enough to have voted to rAty . treaty con tanning
clause insulting his own sectlo his own people and his
Slate rights, It was maze insult to them?
And yet tho treaty could not have been approved without
two thirds vote, at time when the saveholdng and
that the objec Of Mr. Wimot in Offering The prop oson
TO force to nslorious and ignominious peace
with fol eign power resisted it with all my might
and offered lieu OF il amendment to extend the Mis-
souri, comprome line of SO deg 80 min. to the Pacific
cceAn in the same sense and with the rame understand
iIg with which 1t Was originally adopted In October,
1S47 James Buchanan addressed lester to the Harvest
Hcme Celebration Of Bucks county, Pennsyivsnia
whoa be urged the extension Of that line OF deg
so min, called the Missouri compromise the Pacific
ocesn, in the ssne manner as had proposed.
Here the speaker was again in errupted by the loud
lrru AnnlQu ph tas a. fh0 0QpaAn
spce Of he Teeth Ward Buchanan and Breckenridge
Cub, preceded by band of music, aud banner bearing
front Of the plstorm they unfured the stars aud
stripes amicst the cheers OF ths crowd Hardly had the
solid phalarx, pressed its way through the crowd.
which proved to be delegation from the Bn-
chansn and Breckenridge Club. , Their banner, as it
the infcrp'ion, 1--WE have Polk.ed them, we have
Paerce.d them, and now We have Bucted them,"
greeted with The most raprurous cheering
Orc berg again restored Mr. DOUGLAS resumed amid
great teriIg, his remarks, as flogs:-When was in
say ing that in October 1s47 James his
cebIa ed eHalvest Home" letter. in which ne declared
In favor Of the exersio OF the Missouri compromise
line to The Pacifs dividing line between free
and slave ieriitoTy.
At ihis point The cry tina. there q child lost,
passed over the heads OF front OF the
platform, where he was held up by Mr.. Douglas, who
said, "HeIe is Young America" daughter and
cbeers.)
Arer this little episode Mr.. DOUGLAS again resumed-
In The monh of August introduced in the Senate OF the
United States endment to the Oregon BILL to carry
out The propo stion of Mr.. Buchanan in the Harvest
h letter, to extend the compromise line to the Pa
cic ocean, in the and with the under
standing with which /. originally adopted. That
proposition was passed by the Senate. went TO the
House, and rejected there by asolion and free soil
votes Tbree groans here called for and given for
the free soiers Dsnt groan, friepds thar sounds
tco much like Know Nothing rusc (Lsughrsr.) The
almost sectional vote by Northern voes composed Of
abo ionis.s and free soilerp MA OF abolition pro-
clives, and aIrsyed agsinst the true national demo-
crscy II was the jectcn of that opposition to extend
the Missouri line to tire Pacific ocean, proposed by
Mr. Buchanan snd introduced by myself. which
led te the turmoil, strife tectiona hatred ard hostility
from 1sa8 10 1885, To such extent did that sectional
strife go, the South arrayed against the North and the
North sgsnst the South that the purest and devo
ted patriots the land feared safety and perpe
tui,y Of the republic Even that gallant and immortal
sAesnan the great Henry Cay, who had retired irem
there prepare hmse for better stale OF existence
sgan took his place In The Senate the theatre OF his
greatest scheveu sns AZ his most pa rioc trumphs
he could not do something to auell the storm
calm the troubled and restore to distract
ed ccun.ry. From the moment Clay arrived among u.s.
he pnzea the great leader and champion Of
the Union men OF all parties In Congress-. The
voice Of tscten was hushsd, and the voice
Ct The patriot queed for time the storm.
Cay was cur leader Csss WAS right hand man, Web
stsr stood BY bis eide, and your Dicknsons, Coobs,
Kings ard the other true men, wings and democrats,
alike rallied around the stsnoard bearer OF the Union,
prepared TO ahe sacrifice for the peace and harmony
Of the republic.
Club preceded by music and banners here made their
appearance and the spesker again interrupted BY
cheering and ay plause OF the crowd.
The CHAIRMAN cried outlet them 20 outside Of the
crowd, # cuisice be found. Great laughter and
cheerr ~ The cry Is "Sil they Gomez
Mr. IorcI AS For fve lorg months ths Union mem
vi ds!nocrsRtorgot past c,fferepces and, AMI
mated by nnon object, assembled in the Senate
ctsmter with Clay IN the chair, to sevise means BY
which 1t republic from the consequences which
the sboiitionis free sellers and actonisls bring
ing upon he country BY this sectona strife AT the
~ M n hriU b.
lic and glorious day presented to our view Tbs
mise OF 1850 passed nd the joyful
all the land that strife had ceased
that sectional controversy bad been qnelled faction re-
bnk. D. that patriotism had irunphed In the laud.
Al me az these great meetings James Buchanan then in
private lite tho are OF Whsatland, wro.e his let
Ter cor gra, plstrg the country upon the great
pI,rcipts established In these measures - the
equality Of The sates, the right of self 60.
ysipr ent in the Tei ritcries in obedience to the
cor short tho principles which It my
torture at subsequent PERIOD to embody In the Kansas
spd Nebrasks bill. (Applause.) Thus you find that
Bucl snsu and myself we're together in lS45 on the
Texas question in 1s47 the qu stion of the Missoor