Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-09-24
REMARKS OF
HON JOHN &, BRECKENRIDGE

REMARKS OF
Hon. JOHN {. BRECk1NKlDt.E
aipps. snoe a1aSsls a.sGNnd aSns~n.
After beng introduced to the vest Is
ssmblsge By the President OF The Con-
vsntion, Hon. John Petit, Mr. Brsckio-
ridge spoke in substance a. follows
He ssid be never, 10 the whole course
OF bis life, Eel: more regret at beng IN
able, upon this oocasioD, 10 address MS
fellow citizens, Who had met 10 friendly
communion for the Union upon ground
| 90 sacred. On bis way hither, he had
been called upon 81 frequently to address
| the people, that tbs voice had been rem
dersd extremely Loarss. lie vas totally
| incompetent TO make himself heard by
the vast sssemblsgs present, and could
not DO more than to address those with
! in the sound Of his voice, intending 10
few earnest xords, TO speak Of our com
mon country and its interests
He said there we're present ~ day
thousands OF Kentuckisns, who felt that
they had the right to assemble upon shat
blood bought ground, where their faith
ers had united before with their Indian
brothers, in defence Of our country from
q foreign and savage foe. That man
must be blind, indeed, who did DOT con
slider this Confedracy in danger The
animosity. vindictivensss and 'll-will
shown towards the Southern portion Of
It and its people by new party, might
one On other, but az between brethren OF
our common country ii was reprehensi
bic, and If persisted in would lead to die
union. The geographical line feared by
Washington had beeo drown, and it was
a portentioas omen OF evil.
The Inference vas oOt betWees ,uji-
yiduals but q differ ence between one
community Of men against another al
array Of States against States. This vas
no time to deceive. lie would express
his convictions that fifteen State. believe
that the Republican party was making
most persistent etfor 8 to create vindic-
tive feeling ID the minds OF the people
OF the other portion u tho lnion,
against the South To create this al
nAtural prejudice, It had been charged
that Il was tn, design of the Sanlh 10 De
aggressive upon the Nnrth To use she
federal powers II the government TO
propagate slavery tb's va, hot rue.
10 whatever extern, he might be author,
zsd TO sp-uA fui the southern states he
pronouncei " untrue. lie Was connect
ed with no political organization which
desired to extend slavery; nor was he con
nected with one that opposed the free
expression Of the voice Of new commu0,.
ties upon this and ell other dom site
quest .ous. The Democratic party bad
e endorsed the principle Of leaving The
people OF the Territories free to cay tor
themselves whether they should have
slavery or not. He was IN c ougrsss whsI
the Kansas Nebrs asks bill became . law
and il it bad prescribed the North, b,
would not have sanctioned it,
The Democratic party 10 endorsing
the principle OF the Kansas Nebrssk,
bill, nsd, from its gerry nature, 20 taxi
: that position. 1t wac not pro slsver,
e cor anti slavery party, but Conetitu
tionsl party. One reason Why the Dem
8 oorstio party had renamed united par
IS ty, wac because Of its adherence to q fes
!, plain, simple truths, embodied 10 th'
Constitution OF our co untry. The Dem
e oorsts adhere to the plain precepts o
% the common bond Of union, had bee
:, compell ed, in justice to itself to oppos
- United States Bank, Q Protective Tar
l. if, and when the new organization cali
a cd American. or Know Nothing, arose
It wss likewise compelled to oppose il
10 il true to its principles. But those cues
X tions had past, and be had no motive !
4 bring up what we gone. 10 rsferenc
= to the organisation OF which be bad spo
lie ken, be would only cay that the feve
), had sbated, the delirium was over, an
= the patient wss came again.
:" The Democratic party had oot 90
IN undertaken to legislste slavery into Tel
o. ritories no G ore than it did who's Ne
Mexico aud Utah we're made territories
II the came principle governed in boil
its that Of leaving the people thereof Pc
feotly free to establish their domestic il
stitutions, 10 their own way, subject o.
ly to the Constitution Of the Union. T
spoke Of the Democratic party 10 its fs'
~ erai relations. II the oitizens Of lnj
he sns ought to abolish capital puoishmeI
in their State, the oitisens OF Kentucl
AZ had no right to oppose them. and 90
ip- the question Of slavery and ell other !
he cal questions. This Was the Demoora
ic principle, aud the difference bstws'
10 Democracy and 90 called Republicsoi.'
ed was that the former refuse to smpl
H. The Federal Government to propags
~ any local question or sny faoatioism
on the day. These were meters to bs d
~. tsrmined BY the internsl regulations
each State, by thsmsslves. The beau
'et Of the American system Of governme
We thst in externsl sasirs we presents
. uoit, whilst 10 loesl af5airs We were
Id community governed By the inserel
Nv Of dissioet localities. To the world
N oation, 70 ourselves sonfslsrsey. Pc
A. Tee, equality was given 70 I'll Who eel
pess The petiou. Il We 20 betrayal
Die psiasipls, 10 practice, II outsae
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