The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-26
Preparations for Disuniou,

The Washington Union, while protesting
10 give a full report of the proceedings OF
tbs late Cincinnati Convention, disposss OF
Mr.. Blacks speech thus briefly:
"Colonel Samuel Black, Of Pennsylvania,
in an eloquent manner returned the thanks
| OF the Penusylvania delegation to the Con-
| ~yention Tor the honor conferred upon their
State"
Why is This speech thus slipped over with
= simple tribute to its eloquences Its elo-
quence was not its feature The feature Of
| that speech--and it marks an era in our ma
tionsl history-was the pledge that in case
| of Z dissolution of the Union, Mr.. Buchanan
and his administration would take their lot
with the South.
The history Of this speech 10 worth ma
king a note Of. Dawson, Of Pennsylvania,
was the person selected to cast the vote OF
HE State, and in doing 30, on the last ballot,
| following the example OF other delegations,
he returned thanks to the Convention for
the compliment il had paid to a citizen of
his Stuie. Immediately after he sat down
there was an unexpected call from different
parts Of TIE Convention for Mr.. Black. II
was difficult to understand the interest
which seemed all at once to be felt in Mr..
Blacks communication, but when he had
finished the mystery was solved. Taken in
connection with the sudden change Of vote
and feeling from Douglas to Buchanan,
there was no longer room to doubt that Mr..
Blacks pledge tor Mr.. Buchanan and the
State of Pennsylvania. in case of a separa-
ton of the States, had removed the final OBJ
lection to his nomination. Quoting the
language Of Ruth to Naomi, he said;
"Entreat me not to leave thee, or to re-
turn from following after thee; for whittier
thou goes,, | will 60, and where thou lodg-
est, | will lodge; thy people shall be my
people, and thy God my God. Where thou
diest, will | die, and there will | be buried;
the Lord do 90 to me, and more also, iaught
but death part thee and me-"
The nulli6ers have never been able to
obtain such = pledge as that before from any
Northern candidate, and il is precisely what
they nave most needed, They have de.
sired q dissolution Of the Union, or the na-
tionziization of slavery, for several years,
but have never been able to make their
people take the chances of 4 struggle with
the General Government Tor either. Now
they have at last got . man from the North
who, if they can elect him, promises not
only that he will never "returr from fol
lowing the South, but who 10 ready to use
the army and navy of the United States, if
nscessary, to make other Northern States
follow the example OF Pennsy lvania.
The shouts with which this pledge from
Mr.. Black was received bs the Southern
/ delegates testified TO the new confidence
with which they were animated, and their
next step was to call their next National
Convention at the very metropolis Of nulli-
f~casion-in the very city which General
Jackson threatened TO destroy, and would
have destroyed, If i,s authorities had not
abandoned t.ieir reasonable plans and
Welded obedience TO the laws OF the coun-
try. The bearing and importance of this
step-the selection Of Charleston 40 the
place in which to hold the next convention
will be more fully disclosed hereafter.
Should the nullifers succeed in placing
the Government in the hands of Mr.. Bu-
chanan, they will have nothing further to
fear. They will b ready to set up their
EXTREMIST doctrines, and press them upon
the country at the c%annon's mouth, if nee
essary; and, our word for il, before the fret
year Of Mr.. Buchansns administration
would expire, his Pfrty in Congress would
(insist not only upon the nationalization Of
slavery, but upon the removal Of all restric'
tions from the African slave trafhc, az party
messures.-N. Y. Eu. Post. ei,sa