Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-23
AY, SEPTEMBER 90, 1858.

the Tariff, and placed it upon a. revenue
basis-thas wiped cut the bankrupt and dis
tribution acts. 1t annexed Texas; and here
let me say, that important as was its acquisi-
tiou to the whole country, to the South it
was indispensable for. her safety foreign and
domestic, and yet the elections which result.
ed in the triumph ofthat policy, when Polk
and Clay we're the candidates, showed q
larger relative vote in favor of annexation by
the North and the South. Mr. Clay, who
was opposed to it, received larger pro rata
vote in the South than he did in the North,
and Mr.. Polk received larger pro rata
vote in the North than the South The is
sue was made in the piatform-of 1874, and
the Northern Democracy maintained it With
noble energy that crowned our common
efforts with success 1t annexed California,
Utah and New Mexico. Itstrangled the Viii
mot Proviso-adopted the policy of non-in.
tervention in organizing Territorial govern,
ments repealed the odious Missouri restric.
ton, and restored us to our rights in the ter
ritories-planted itself upon the doctrine
that slave States had equal rights to ad-
mission in the Union with free States, and
as party voted to admit Kansas asa slave
State, under the Constitution. It passed
the Fugitive Slave Law, and will acquire
Cuba for US at the earliest practicable day.
Every measure detrimental to your rights
and violative of your Interpretation of the
Constitution that has been defeated, has been
defeated BY the Democraticparty. In say
ing what have said for that party with re,
ference,t to slavery, do not intend to con,
vey to you the impression that it is pro-
slavery party. It does not profess any such
thing-many, perhaps most of its members,
are opposed to slavery in the abstract, and
opposed to introducing it in their respective
States; but what Intend to assert and main.
tain is, that as party in its platform Tand
votes it recognizes all our Constitutional
rights on the slavery question, and the North.
ern portion Of it, Notwithstanding their ab-
stract opinions, with manly courage and
catholic patronism, sustain and enforce those
rights by their votes 10 the State and Feder-
al councils. We have never asked more of
them-we have never asked the Government
to use its power to extend slavery. All we
have claimed has been that the guarantees
which the Constitution gives US shall not be
broken, and the Democratic party have
steadily maintained them, and will continue
to maintain them. It is the only party that
meets and combats the sectionalism of Re-
publicauism, and the only hope Of keeping it
PROSTATE, is the Democratic party Of the
Union, North and South. We have true,
brave gallant friends in the North-men
who have barred their bosoms in many hard
fought battle when the issue was the defence
Of your Constitutional rights Will you give
them your sympathy-will you cheerfully
and cordially affiliate with them in their or
ganisation {? Will you give them aid and
comfort in their war upon abolition? /? Itisin
my judgment matter Of auty for every
Southern man to sustain the only party that
sustains our Interpretation of the Constitu-
ton.
Nor should our confidence be destroyed
in the fidelity of our associates in the North
because some may falter and others desert.
You might as we'll repudiate religion, be-
cause the churches oftentimes cherish in
their bosom hypocrites, or eschew all friend
ship, because occasionally base ingratitude
follows kindness. The course of distin-
guished Senator from Illinois, Judge Doug.
lass, on the admission of Kansas, excited
surprise and regret. The hostile attitude
he assumed towards the Administration and
the body of the party, created an apprehen-.
sion that he was paving the way into the
Republican camp; but his late speeches in
Illinois show that be is combating with all
his energy and his great talents the danger.
GUS doctrines of the Republicans, and now
believe that it is his purpose to return to
the Democratic fold. He will find that "con.
6dence is plant of slow growth" and that
his alteration will cost him many years of
faithful service before he is reinstated in the
high position from which heso suddenly and
unexpectedly descended. All my sympa-
thies, however, are with him in bis contest
with Lincoln. 1 would infinitely prefer to
see Douglass Senator rather than Lincoln,
his opponent, who proelaims the equality of
the negro with the white man, and who avows
his purpose to overthrow the Supreme Court
of the United States, because the bred Scott
decision is distastefdl to him.
But to return to the Democratic party
Have I exaggerated its services in defence
of the Constitution and the Union2 If I
have, furnish the incident and the evidence,
and I will recant. Approaching it as l did,
I was in favor of seeing the State represent.
ed in the National Convention at Cincinnati
in 1856. I am in favor of the Democrats of
this State sending delegation to similar
Convention. desire that South. Carolina
shall have her voice heard in determining
what principles are to govern the party
This can only be done with effect in the
body that makes the platform. I desire that
her voice shall be heard in determining the
nominee. I know the State will vote for
the nominee, however Objectionable he may
be, because I know he will be safer man
for us than the nominee of the Republican
or Know Nothing parties For the same
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