Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-05-09
AS, From the Raleigh Stando-s

naue Ihe HIST speech VI me campaign in Stokes cur
Rockingham. friend who was present has fsqq.a Of
with statement of some OF Mr. Gmer,s" 'ofet
tons; and all we ask of Mr.. Gmer is, to coni posi-
to occupy the ground he assumed in Stokes m 4ue
day of election. "tAG
We learn that he commenced with b,t,,
the Missouri compromise, and OF the comprom;! &
1850, and the effect of the latter in brine;nm
the platforms of the two great parties in 1883 "O
ter deyoting about an hour and half to tL, Al
conclusion in his own words was, that in tho nl' 4
sas- Nebraska act Wings and Democrats had br nan
the bonds of peace-were responsible for all tba'
tation in the country; and that, as remedv w.
proposed to go back to 1852. Mr.. Settle, in b.Ia'
ply, charged this home upon him with much fI
and effect. showing that ii nothing more norTN
than proposition to restore the Missouri line AN
Gilmer interrupted Mr.. Settle, and said be van wi
explain his language In his reply; but he did uu
touch the point again.
Mr. Gilmer next discussed State politics
that he was opposed 10 Free Suffrage; but Nr ~he
asked whether, if member of the next Lepisa,ea
he would vote for the Free Suffrage ac now penS;.
before the country, he said that ecas not suppo,nSf
case, and qrould not ansoccr He was then asks
he would recommend its passage, if elected Govern
He could not say this was not supposable cav.
and so he declined to GnSlSer. e
| On the subject of the basis, he planted himseIf
the resolution of the Greensborough Convention wv
IDENTIFY not wishing to '' trammel" the paramOna
principles of his party with this vexed State onas
ton" He said the Western Address" had acoN
plshed it's purpose, in obtaining from the East I
eral appropriations for internal Improvements a,S
especially the Central Railroad.
Mr.. Gimer was asked, among other question, :,
he had taken the Know-Nolhing oaths but h. -.
fused to ansmer, saying that 1Uas personal
We learn from correspondents that Mr. Sptlo,
reply was highly creditable 10 himself, and sa{sFac
tory to his friends. He occupied broad State and
national grounds upon every question, and main.
tanned them with much force. Mr.. Gilmer, pracjopd
and able he is in debate, was much troubled and en-
barrassed by the reply, and by the questions pro-
pounded He evaded, lodged, told some characte
stic anecdotes, and evidently lost ground By his effort
Mr.. Gllmer sets out in the campaign with the DE-
claraton that the Kansas Nebraska act is violation
of the compromise of 1850. In endorsing as he
does, the Philadelphia platform of the K. N party
he holds that the repeal of the Missouri restriction
was reckless and unwiSe act +" In this Mr. Gil.
mer differs radically with MIR. Badger and other dis,
lngulshed Southern Wings In his speech delivered
in the Senate, in February, 1854, in favor of the Kan
sas Nebraska act, Mr.. Badger after tracing at some
length the history of the Missouri compromise and
of the compromise of 1850, thus refers to the "com
promise legislation of 1850:
Now, sir, what was the result of these various
votes! Here was the territory of New Mexico, all
of which, except very small fraction, not worth
mentioning, lay south of Sc deg. 80 mn., and vet
the Senator who now invokes US to support the Mis-
souri, compromise, [Mr Chase, moved to apply the
Wimot provso to that territory, and voted in every
instance, upon the yeas and nays except in one case
where his does not appear al all, against the
recognition or the application of the Missouri Com.
promise in any form whatever What then, is the
actual result Here were those of US who were on
the floor representing southern constituencies not
only arguing, but may almost say begging, for the
! recognition of the Missouri compromise line. We
could not obtain it. The Missouri compromise line
IVES raoctad-;f ronndotnd-it a. in oHaot
declared rot to be applicable 10 those territories and
that the principle of it should not extend to them
What, under these circumstances did Congress do
hey passed two bills for territorial governments
one for Utah, lying north of sc deg, 30 mn and
for New Mexico, nearly all of which was south Of
Sc deg. 80 min, in precisely the same words in re.
spect to this whole subject-matter, putting them
actly upon the footing and comforting upon
, each of them the amount of legislative power
and treating the line of So deg. 80 min if it had
politically, no existence"
e Here Mr.. Badger emphatcalIy declares that the
. legislation OF 1850 on this subject, " treated the
line Of 80 deg. 80 MIN # 1t had, politically no
: eTlStence; and he then shows in the same speech
that the legislation of 1850 1vas founded upon
distinct population of the idea of making any diff
! ference between the condition Of people lying or
one sde'of line Of latitude, and the condition o
people lying on the other sde.' He then goes or
argue that the Missouri restriction was in sub
stance and to all ntens and purposes, repealed By tn
compromise of 1850, and he declares with. reference
to The Kansas Nebraska act, then under considera
tion that, " 1t IS, therefore, it seems to me- 1Ce an
just to pursue the principles indicated an, and out
echich sprang the legislation of 1850 1t is unjust
t no section # the country" [See Appendix 10 Con
gressional Globe vol. o. 1st session 33d Congress
We shall publish in FULL as soon as can MAKE
room for it, Mr.. Badgers speech the subject
and if the K n presses disposed to set the who
matter in its true light before their readers they vii
do tho XUbn he
was made, to express our qualification at Mr.. Badg
ers course and to characterize the speech itself a
the most tervld, the most impressive, and the abies
effort of his life. We are entirely willing 10 leay
it to the people to decide who is right this sub
. ect, Mr.. Gilner or Mr.. Badger.
On the subject of Free Suffrage and the basis Nh
r GlImcr's course is Just what we expected it would
| be He lodges on Free Suffrage, yet he says he il
for it in the abstract while his friend Gen Bynum
| pronounces it "bugaboo," and the Raleigh Regis
ter one of his organs, declares it, to say the beS
of .t,' 'equiuocaI good" He says he would not
/ Legisature,-that the "Western Address " has &C
complshed its purpose; yet Gen. Bynum, one Q
his leading friends and the author of the document
declares that he is prepared to defend the prlnc
pies there enuncated at all times and in all places
and that Mr. Gltnaer stands upon the principles
that address," The Greensborough Patriot, Mr.. I'll
mer's home organ, speaks of this Address in tern
OF the highest praise declaring: among other thing
that to the principles contained in it, q" in diferer
degrees of development, mankind owes the gree
constellation of American republics and the MOI
completely they are carried out an practice, the mo-
perfect mil these republics become" Mr.. Gilmer say
in that Address, to the people of the State, three
ffths Of the negroes are represented an the House
Commons and all the negroes between the ages aboV
designated are represented in the Senate; but you
! aUives and children haze political rights" In
burden Of his complaint them and that of Gen. Bynun
Lo11 b0a,n foO