The Feliciana Democrat., 1857-10-03
NO. 23.
Cbt tfcIitiana !lrmotrat.
spgnen or non. D. 5. DICKINSON.


Prior to tha organization or the late democratic
slate Convention Of New York. Hon. D. S. Dickinson
catered dn hall and was received with hearty APP
p,ano. II response to an enthusiastic call, Mr.. D.ck-
.u-ou spoke "a, follows
~ hC bs0l sa'd tiorc was n statute in the State
a-'l.' i -tarh ag T. * Gus IN citing. and he would
IUl y rhut,. u4r.d -turud this one had he not come
81 d -,o HaH taa1 .Rtn- look 4 wlta assembled to-
.ai,u.r.a.d IT, -u frtud. 4 would mol BE- right
.,.o. MN ".Haeri. ~ with mlt,r- hr.. but the
m rns hatl -. yti ull,au u -.ut . ~ gllt be cScus
gl ,-le ta4 " word I lurl iur tin K .dlc,- OF
G. n...d#. II npI-riuIHrd ill. Convention on the
hllrp ~ ur.s,ry d ,m. Tar. a,d trusted it would be
,olrug'l aad would lead to The nom ant."n Of the
r,,l lhat uoiid h' ir umpHant IN the Slai". lh'y
N, +, u tl.r .t.d IA tlru,ting nom power ID" party
N -calI drapubl can with IL s,ct.onalrm and haau-
csm He allnd TO the Presidents reply 20 Ir9les-
sor S II man and the forty 1.-TWO other grnt men ol Con-
ncctcut aud cartd II the greatest pap ever sub
IN tied to Tire people OF State slncc the days Of JET
rrson. 1t was rebuke to doctrine that had donc
more mischief tlan any o,herdocrine on earth They
who had addressed the President through the Sillman
lyttCr had r,eeY,d reply clul atid dgni' d. but
penetrating to the very bones and marrow of ianat-
4 c an Tho President would be sustained by the voice
Of The coahy lie had gwen an answer which rebu-
k,d 81 tn tii ring force, not only those who initia-
! It'd llc act. but all who sought by the false cry Of
philanthropy undermine The rights Of the people Of
all thr States IN the regu.a on OF thef domestic al
iu.rs II called upoi the Democratic party to emu
late the example OF the prcsd,at. and pluck down
that power which observed no rights and sought by
false prcttnsios Of philanthropy TO cover up The acts
OF thor opposition. II wcil kaown that New
York was once slave State and that they had abol-
Tshrd The Institution hpr5 without nter, renee from
abroad. H. d5nicd tla right of thr party ~ this
N lc. which he signaird heptrty ofStanprd House
morality, to interfere with the institutions of other
States All that thc mncrs a- Il for the people Of
every Safe i that a. III shall be left the govern
mcnt O their aia r.. dtmDcratc prime pie Is. that
man Is capable of stl.-goycrmtnt That prime pie is
not tbeoret cal but practical II yields To all other
States lhe ght to DO as they ,hak prop in regard
to slavery n regard oall other subjects. This Is what
the 20 c.dlld protlavry party N I'D but our OPP
polcnts say We VII throw stones into olr own neigh
bor States We VIII throw missiles of Z ath AID
Il siructinl" among th N. But Trey do not 20 there,
as would be the mot mlnly course, but stald aloot
rom dangers. AID make the attack from alr. IL Is
IpaOugt nov. how +. to look To the ala rs Of the
State. III re fad abuses enough 10 remedy. The
ibusncss OF the Convention was 10 nom nate ticket
ihnt would II IN dy the abuses ut our own door. Let
it be a ticket mocrac all over the top and bot
tom, ins de aid ont, hor zontaliv aud dagonay. =
1t be- ticket that best shows its detrm nat oI to
ignore all fict oashy coglzng all factions. Unless
i was such a elk. Il would AOt be worth eecthg.-
The propp ct before Tho democracy now is victory !;
or i ~ a. dent that the rrpubl on tlc point
OF eyacaalinR pDw,r. /, was the custom OF armies
when cyacuating 10 steal everything tiny could lay
their hands or This the publican parry had done
Mr. ID ckMson coac.ud, d by apolog Zhg Tor his lniru-
: Oh upol the convention, whose President had now
taken The char