New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-20
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, ISIS

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IN. cost Of would BE- repaid ,nd {he Stat
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whore the expense q e. rrvng wa, IN. a.eJ T. ,'r'
portion TO the quantity ear .;t They must co., n
compete for freight When it cease, 10 nav the ..ynor
oflapsport,iou. There culd be no dolljt ahoi, -
| wisdom q this pohcy-cenainy o. to the po,i
'on occupied By he Democrat c parts. The speakr-
then threw ont loving invitation 20 the Free-SoI
DemoCacy 10 reigTn 70 tie ranks, the ground n, y,
Kansas was now free aud the Republican party dead.
The President then introduced the Hon Jrrrrrsos
DAVIS, WHO mede brief speech. He ssid tina, he
regarded the meeting indication of tie progress
OF line reaction from the movement agaius those who
We're BIS brethren. He denied that the South had anv
desire to aggross upon the North but he'd alwayo re-
ma led true TO The teachings ani instincts Of their
fathers. ny abstainDg from inteImeidlins with the
pliyaie afs e Of others. Ticking M the question Of
Kepsas The spe sker argued that each community had
tbe rgbt 10 de eide Ter Itself what Institutions il would
lave. and that il bernged to them 10 decide what
should be prop ty ana what not. Congress had no
power to decide what siruld be property any
where, and applying the argument 10 Kansas the
speaker contC aided that within the limits Of Territories
all were equal, and that anybody oond hold what
property they pie: scd, provided i was recognized
under tie CONSTITUTIONS and when the Territory became
a State the people could decide what should be prop
eIy ard what not He conendcd, also, that the inter
ference by Congress in the matter if decided adversely
to by the Supreme Court. would be of no value
Leaving this pant Of The subject the speaker alluded
10 he value of the Union, and contrased the beauties
OF the States being united in the bQgd of fraternity
with the results Of dsunion, and said that with the
Union sundered by the present Ant Slavery agitation
now encouraged by British Ab0ltiCnlss, Great Britain
being commercial rival Of the North, would leave
the North and 20 al once 10 the South where she got
the staples necessary to her national success. In
clusion, Mr. DAVIS criticised the principles OF the /
AmeIiG party
The Hon. ELIJAH WARD wss next introduced. VI, |,
commended the State Democratic nominations alluded
in complimentary terms toJudge Parker, and predicted
the success OF Ire ticket. He admitted that they hal
Lad dscorre us news from other States, but he cor
tended that il not discourIgng. He rcyorcd tins
but Temporary escendancy. occa-ioned by the nien
who opposed III. Buchanans Lccowpton policy going
over TO their enemies. He believed they would ses /
the error Of their ways and return TO their first love
end particularly he had found that when prominent
left the Democratic party, they were heard of no
more. The present criticisms against Nj. Buchanan
he compared to the abuse "a Jefferson aud Jackson
by their oppon nts, and woe administrations !
were now looked back upon as br ght examples, and
when this Administration became history, tie world /
would smile az the abuse that was now heapei upon IT,
He challenged single act of the present Adm nis |
traion which had been characterized by the high
est patriotism, and which had not redounded to IT.
honor. Even the Kansas question was no exception
to this II question which had not originated |
with Mr.. Buchanan, but which had come down 20 him
to settle. lie denied that tie Administration had
abandoned Popular Sovereignty but had held
to IT, lie denied that Congress could direct
the submission Of Constitution to the peo-
pie, ard held that the decision of this |
matter rested with the people alone. The Presidents
position on the question Of the rgh, Of search and the
itch Expedition was Il matter which commended it.
SELF to the admiration OF the citizens And as t. the
Paraguay expedition, he favored law Of repnsel to
irncmrily ouf citizens for losses at the hands OF the
petty Rel ubcs of South America.
Mr.. GroRGr +. Bo.DrcK q Ulster County ec-
dressed the meeting in German.
Tie concluding speech was mace by the Hon. join
Kelly.