The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-11

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whole subject Of slavery should be Withdrawn nom CON
sona action Understand them to hold shat il is not
proper 10 make slavery the subject OF national political dis
eussoni and understand them to say they said hon
ey In 1852 and rterate now that ave win resist the ag
toh OF the slavery question in out Of Congress under
whatever color or pretcxt that may be had ZAP
plause To these resolutions cordially subscribe re-
gard them covenant made by the members Of the par
W North South East and West TO which they should
adhere OF the incidents 10 membership In the dem
ocIatc party regard them as the platform laid down In
1852 by both the great political parties Of the country
understand that as the platform upon which took my po-
sition at Tammany Hail. at the time at which il laid
down at the first meeting Of the democracy to ray the
nomination of President Pierce announced then that
believed the State of New York would stand upon it, She
did stand upon IT. and the people Of the whole country
with insignificant exceptions stood upon it. II
platform OF peace-it Was platform OF affection and
ove-it was platform OF mutual respect and honor and
II was platform of the constitution essential TO the pres
eryaton Of this Union should be glad to know what
excuse democrat OF the State OF New York who stood
upon this platform in 1852 has for standing upon
now. APPLAUSE The only practical application of this
platform TO the present day in regard to the Territory Of
Kansas do not propose detan you by discussing
sas. attach some importance to the United States.
attach some importance to the other countries of the
world. ! attach some Importance to the white peo-
pie OF our own country. APPLAUSE In regard to
Kansas think proper TO say that while greatly dsap-
prove the repeal of the prohibition Of slavery in that Ter
rtory yet constitutional act Congress had right to
repeal ii they chose SO to do They had the power to do
It. There not one hundred people in the Territory
when it done They threw open the settlement of the
now some 10000 10000 people there invited under
constitutional act to exercise the right OF
The people who there the people who deter
mine the destnies of that State They have right to do
under the Kansas act and they have right do it in
dependent of the Kansas act perhaps, Again law has
been introduced by Senator Douglas which provides
the election Of members to convention to determine
whether Kansas shall come into this confederacy form a
State constitution, not and IL they then determine that
she SHALL then provides that they shall form State
stuton. This election is to be held in November The bill
is drawn up with extraordinary 1t aboshes all those
laws which have been the subject of so much declama
ton in this State 1t abolishes all the oaths that are re-
qured TO support the gye-save law of Kansas and it
aboshes all the special qualifications in regard voters
1t abolishes not only all these things but it aboshes all
the laws that interfere with the freedom of the press and
prohibits the Kansas legislature from reenacng them 1t
provides also that the people who have been driven
the Territory any such there shall be- SHALL their
turn and proof of the fact be allowed to vote The bill
provides for the appointment of commissioners whose
duty sha be to ascertain the vote say that the bill
is just and reasonable one No who is in favor of
the paccaon OF Kansas would be opposed to It, and the
great OBJ ion urged against is that it would make
Kansas a slaveholdng State. For moment will con-
slider that question You are well aware that national
publicity is given to my remarks, when speak in this
confidential way laughter it is quite well that
should say what would not inure Mr.. Buchanan at the
South and what would not injure him at the North, and
therefore, in the present state of the subject do deem
necessary to consider the question whether II would
make slave free State But say ths-that if II
would make,a slave State the opponents of Buchanan
admit Kansas now into the Union with State constitu
tion under in defiance of which the people of Kansas
if it adopted, might next November do exactly what
Douglass bill authorizes them to do by law. The
State of New York. any other State in the conederacy
has unquesopable right by alteration Of the con-
stituton to establish slavery If chooses II Kansas were
admitted under the Topeka constitution it might establish
slavery in November next. Nothing in my Judgment
could be fatal to the of freedom than the ad
mission Of n State with free constitution to be changed
to slavery in four months after such admission. Will any
honest just deny that the people who in
have much right to take part in the formation
months ago. Shall those who took snap judgment in
Topeka have special privilege to make constitution for
the people that ardy in getting to Kansas from Mas
sachusetts Connecticut South Carolina New York. any
other State Mol 1t is but act of common justice and
fairness to allow the actual settlers of the Territory to
frame the State constitutions and the bill Of Mr. Douglas
in my humble opinion guards the privileges of the actual
seters with great care and satisfies everybody except
the persons who make trade of the slavery ag
taton Applause ] have thus adverted, gentlemen, to
of the resolutions and the platform of the democratic
party"