The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-04-23

SOIL Areiecon of slave State and "rePeAl q the fagi
tiFe-slave law
AboHuoaisln il lis sggressions upon the South has
made these under cover Of the Nebraska bin ard e
South should demand decision upon them " shs %
il viii she aequescs in evasion and suppsenesst hoy
she lift the Issue above evasion She oElT Dc 4
by platform which shall specially contain The issIs AMI
putting upon thar platform special representative Of the
issue Win any other course be petoggng Ruhter-
fugey A platform alons EpsH d FOR keen dialsctes
and slippery evasion wl make ID hertsies not
treaehery No. m6st have the platform and thea the
representative Of the issue aria As smoke II bas around
Aia must be upon H. Establish sound platform,
and put oAy than representative upon ii ard What
decided Noihingabsolutely nothing TOR true nea
will stand upon the paor and the Afpits Of the golden
feast viii hOpo around the bile The Tag s upon
the perous ridge Of the battle tie South afford to
parley, and juggle, and compromise sir e9nFroRfe
Why with those who have f@accd her character assaed
her rights and denied her equality and In is oomPFo-
mise she Is 10 gtpe the sfotls and get lip sE5fegG
Why the democratic party the North heea broken
down Because Of s support Of the Nebraska bill And
that the bill is in issue will the South those
who led the northern column shot down, and then greet
with cordial welcome the JanIssaries who did the deed
do not that men bo were ont Of range e this shot
not and uusty but do say that this Is no tne
for such bear your banner The South must fight
for her rights and her honor and the she makes the
fight the better Had made wears ago II wonld have
been better far She has trusted long elastic plat
forms and plant leaders sbe has stood too often pa
forms which crowded with those who only stroye 10
guard the baggage train that they might punder H.
Sir the democratic party the North has down
in the fight Ii has passed through fire and water, but
like MozarH Zaaberf6 it has with ceansed and
whitened garments II is strong enough to do battle
for the constitution Win You swell II for the spells with
motley horde wearing soed and tattered robes Eyou
will give the platform 10 the South and the to the
Nort6 Give pledge Of principle 10 one section and
representative to the otheravaabe because be lures
himself free-soi sympathy In this struggle i makes 70
difference whether treeso support levied through the
sentiments Of your hannerbearer his absence from the
field of fight Aboliiionism is the foe of the South and
there should be parey with il in any Of its phases
Sir by comfy the South is entitled the nomination
You recognise this comfy when you select candidate for
the presidency from section and for the presidency
from the Other The South has true and tried, and dis
trguished statesmen and she might claim in the next
election the right of comfy But in view OF the struggle
in which she about engagen view of the great
about 10 be redshe may waive her ela she may accept
the present federal Executive for he stood firm in the hour
of trial. and looked only to the constitution Black rpub
lcanm has arragned him in The Senate and the storm o.
fanaticism howls around him. If the South looks
the North for presidential candidate will she abandon
tinguished from the West Judge DoCsIAs who,
with heroic courage and splendid eloquence led The col
in the Nebraska fight VIII the Sou tn turn her back
upon him because he has been Scared in that conflict and
select another, upon the plea of availability 7
SIR the contest win be momentous II viii
turn upon the question of slavery and the constitutional
rights Of the South The South should establish in the
platform the principle that the right Of southern
his slave equal its length and BREADTH to the right OF
northern his horse She should make the recog-
nition Of the right fun complete aad indisputable She
should leave for sickly sentmentaty 10 mouth
and upon, for keen disectcs TO quibbe about
Then she may accept representative man from the North.
II she then let her claim her right Of
comfy Let Old Virginia bring forward her Distinguish
ed son TMr HUsTEn and claim for him the place Of Ajax
the feast of Agsmemnon let the young but gallant
State OF the West which her Independence and then
oased into galaxy offer her distinguished senator
General RUEE Sir let have evasion in uis str1g-
gle Let administration OF doucenrs Of etiquette
to and opates 10 principles Let US have no political
free-soers into places To make the Nebraska bll The
issue and then take who il the embodiment
Of the principle is TO make mockery Of the issue IL isto
lower your flag in the face Of the enemy.
N a
article Of faith which n proposed introduce into the
democratic creed viz the oneerm principle is II congo
niK TO the theory practice of The governrentf The
constitution of the United States is treaty between the
several States and intended especially to be the
guardian Of your foreign relations and commercial in
teruourse The President Of the United States Is the
representative of the sover-igncs Of the several States
aud is ntrusted with especial cogniance Of their ie-
egn relations In domestic affairs be - endowed EIia
the power, 10 check sggressions and unjust or
unwise legislation. VIII you fuller kDowl-
edge Of your foreign affairs more liberal wisdom in
the conduct Of domestic interests BY the adoption Of the
oneterm principle not bow, then does i conform 70
the theory of your government Is il consonant TO s
practice Was IL adopted by the founders Of the repub
lie sanctioned by those later statesmen and pa
who crsdled amid the thunders Of the rcvolu
toni No; il an ercrescence upon these latter days i
il one Of the etd issues which spring up rank
and rife like mushrooms upon rotten trunk y has been
swollen into holesome proportions through TIE poison
influence OF your naonaoon venton stn No matter
hv or wherefore these conventions have sprung into
stsnce thsy fast hardening into relentless and dom
uating despotsm- They have substituted iEeir pat
Executive the puppe, Of party As the Roman crown
was sold in the Pretorfan camp, in these camps
party rival interests barganed WITH and avail
ability installed monarch This system is inangura-
ting dynasty of trickery and mediocriiy lbs arm
ed tread ascending the throne Of the constitution and
its mailed hand Is wrencbing the scepre from iis grpe
Uttering its edcs dispensing its Absoiution and moving
In its with relentless unity and identity Of pur
pose viii become through i influence insects,
burzing in its sunshine and dying in the FIRST frost o is
own the plague le ts spots upon the walls q every
house which IL passed and touched, too The moral
smoom which has swept this structure has left its
stains from capsione foundation Under this systr
the lightning Of the public mind viii not be from the
hesvensit will be suberranean; II will burst upward
from the esr,h and viii seldom strike The taest towers Of
the republic
But where the danger of making the President accoEsi
BILE denomination II II from the patronage of the
government the corrupahiity Of the ofcori II The
former then the has swollen into leg nmate
power and innence and IL corrupng your people IBen
central despotism has been reared upon The ruins Of
pabican simplicity and is corruptng the people through
the appliances Of power and abe sppings of Office. IL
this true ron cleanse the fountain, and not The
urid waters below H. Bring back the government 20 ts
original principles IL from the grasp Of eugs
Of associated inrresx and reduce IL 10 republican Empc
ty, and the remedy is applied
II the danger in the corruptbity OF the officer tis
arises from the perverted snd sgxrandzd functions ot he
Office Restore IL to its primitive pNrposes No. s lear
IL founded upon the pervgrson of The Office and the cor
rupabiiy Of the people the fear s vel founded your
system is a failure.
I have nov, Mr. Chairman, examined The condition of
the republic and the policy Of the democratic party Ia
the nert sec,ion win strike with it. because i
nearest TO ny standard Of the right; but after Il l. i
umphsnt IL its purity, orfeits its pledges as
i ofIlth I rauUgH