, 1859-12-17

with the North, resptng the advantages Of Ill,
q far II aha could, and then rio1ating teuy on<
md elsewhere, and the South had got to uasA
eGes.
The South had rights guaranteed BY the Cor
stitntfon, ut Ah South had not all tAs rigAts:
om sas soutt @ any ono 1 of it, rshts. @ IL Wouid
treat her Ike younger slster, and give her
mora than aha il entitled to; but when shs de-
-manded Of ths North As her right that 10 which
ahe haa no claim, he would deny her, That be
understood to be the prevailing sentiment Of
ne d.y for y. eonntEg bad d. no Roiis. but
shall slsrery follow the sun, aud traTel into Ill
tho Territories, and that would be the great
question in the NEXT Presidential contest. If
he xss oonstrsiued to choose between that par
ty that say slavery shall 60 erery1caeve dgaintt
11ght, md that which says it shall 60 nowhere
his chair, nor could my Northern man with
spark Of patriotism in his bosom.
f. Loud applause broke from the floor and gal
ieries, mixed with Southern hisses, at the enun-
ciation Of these bold and telling sentiments.
Bot the climax was not jet reached. He went
on to say:
BE WAS satisfied thst the Democratic party
bad been bankrupted by the administration Of
James Bcchauzn, for there was to-day not 4
Northern State, and scarcely Northern county,
that could Be carried on the doctrines upon
which MF. Buchanan bases himself. he wanted
the party to put itself right At Charleston, aud
ii It would not put itself right, he wanted it to
pnt itself plainly wrong: He Wanted neither
Noita nor South to be deceived, and no plat
form like that made at Cincinnati with a North
ezn and Southern Interpretation would answer
again. If it WAS the sentiment Of the Demo
cratic party that slavery should travel with the
column Of our advancing civilization, then ex-
upon it.
If the existing state of things should lead to
IN attempted dissolution Of the Union, he had
neFer seen the Northern man who doubted that
The North would be able to take care Of tie
Union and preserve it unbroken. If BY disso-
int10n OF tho Union was meant dividing line
q sentiment and virtual non-intercourse, the
Union was already dissolved: for it was known
t6at Northern men cannot now travel at the
South, in pursuit Of their private business, and
any Southern postmaster at the South night
open and burn, as incendiary, letters or papers
bearing his frank but II it meant division Of
Territory by Mason and Dixon's or any other
line, the North would never tolerate anything
it. tApplause.l
At this juncture. Gartrell, Of Ga. sprang up,
flashed, snd red in the face as boiled lobster,
and yelled out at the top Of his voice, "Td like
~ Ano" 10" you "ooid prevent III:
With the most admirable sang froid
and be looking the hotspur square in the
q5es' te2neo . "eu' s's ~ let you Know
oeAe'e tne1e Ii as muea person@l cou'-
aae @iaons tne people Of tne North ns among
'uoss u @ae ooatn. ana s's' believe, that
s'gH1e<n m'll'ons OIL Tree "nite men reared to
se'-fea'aos 'naas'F5' ono With moral habits of
ne t'eo' 1'na 70 mee1 emergenc'es' would al
"4,s ue perfectly ao1e aoo "i!ang 10 cope sue
sess'uns WILL e.9"s nnlons Of people destitute
VI mese sn Important au11lnaf'eS' Are you nn'
s"efeu'
s'oF" oi applause mingled "1ta hisses from
VIC nie ea'efa 1oAo"eo tn1s oeclafa1'on. ihe
nepooas'ns anea aoJontneo 'ne ho"se 70 gese
.oe ooutnetne1s '1tnc 10 oleest Tue tfu1hs and
1n1ormaton contained IN hlckman's speech. 1t
seemed 10 hase mad COOLING effect on them, as
they were moderate and "consersatiSe' tthat
Is the favof'te term no"-a-days) all day yester-
aay.
flity thousand copies OF Hickman's speech
haTe been subscribed for BY members to send
into their districts for the Democrats to read.
The Illinois Republicans ordered ] 900 each, for
the benefit Of the Anti-Leeompton voters Of
their Stats. But the i've pretended Popular
Sovereignty members subscribed for not a copy;
but seemed nervous, 6gity and unhsppy dur.
ing its delivery. Hickman ma-e himself M
tional reputation BY his speech. The people of
his district cannot afford to dispense with his