, 1859-05-07

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ON Chester mud Delaware counties, Pa, made |
speech at the Anti -Lecompton State Conveu-
On recently held ut Harrisburg. Hickman,
ith Forncy, profess to train with Douglas, hut
lev arc mics in advance Of him. While they
= boldly leading the nisanre he is skulking in
Ne rear, among the straEslcrs, watching for
lance to desert his friends aud rcjoin the
avery propagandis,s.
We hare not space for 1hc whole of Hick1naus
eec1l, but 6 i've enough to show the metal ot tue
!. an 1t WIS vocfcrouslv cl,cered b. the 'nen'-
rs Of the Convention.
Ar. Hickman said;
Br the action Of tue Thirty fourth Congress,
compluiuts made By thc residents oi Kansas
ere asccrtaiucd to be true. Although tlc
,u,h, by the Legislation Of Isl, was Pledged
innintain the domestic sovereignty "f the
esritonies, Il portion Of their people IRON Mis-
,ufi entered upou the st,ll Of Kansas, and by
rec and fraud SEIZED the law-makin= power.
ied tue voice Of tl1r majority, and cn.cted
atutes disgraceful 10 the aEc and natlnn. Thi>
Er. when {cruly revealed, made Il deep impress
on upon the public mind, and Mr. Buchanan
: und /. necessary, in order to carry thc clrc-
on in his own Statc, to pledge himself distinct
to the maintenance Of tue doctrine vi roruiar
,yercirpty. and to defend the ri ghts Of 1hose
no had been thus ruthlcss}y despoilcd. WI!
ot pretend to indicate the particular weakness
his nature that induced lin tu turn the hand
:the suicide against his own ia,nc, as it matters
.ttle whether il arosr from tinlidity, 4 fear Ut
is enemies outwci.hing Il love of hls friends,
are1ess disregard Uf lair dealing, nr weak and
uerile vanity. 1t is enough to know thut he
eceived NIL our hopes, turned with blackcs1
,gratitude upon that >elf-sacrlticinS friendship
: which he reached the goal Of Ills 1cverI>il
nbition, und sought, by all the means within
&c reach Of drunken and staggering authority,
disgrace every man whom he could not DE-
auch. Suddenly, and Us By the touch Of tht
and Of the magician, he becansc transformed
ON the synlpa1hlzer with down trodden Free.
I'M, to the open and shameless defender oi
.gressive and law -defyng Slavery. Tue halls
the National Legislature were turned into
arts for conscience He published his inter-
'etutious Of party principles and platforms
ith the a.ro.uncr If i dictator, and command
his subordinatcs in utiice, AID his cowurd
nves, tn reiteratc u1d proclaim his bulls ri
Hty excommunlcat'on agalnsf all WHO we're
sh enough to follow an independent judgment.
hesc acts arc enough uf themselves to sever
leRiance. 1t would be Ill ill-silapen mauhond
hich could toIernte them ln silence But be-
use We denounce them, We arc Anathemu-
:ed as rebeIlious Sir, we will see where the
bellion viii end II will end in thu suprcn,.
y Of the luws; in the integrity Of the Con-
tuition; in the publication Of parties; in the
sorn loyalty Of Executives; nnd the VIGOROUS
owth, material greatness, and eternal dumi-
lnce Of tue North. That is where it will end.
,pula5 sovereignty, nv oked By the South, will
defended by Us, and it shall unfold the veifed
t d1nly discovered destiny Of this great Re-
bic. We are battling for tue right, for the
irii Of the institutions our fathers established.
r f.E i -. II,
comnlisl tie victory Of our century; not &
ere mixed triumph ut the polls, but tue great
,ccess aftcrwards-thc untrammeled scu-guy-
~'pent Of man the dedication OF continent
consistent liberty.
hose who stop to talk Of Cancellation and
b1pmises between us and tic sc!t-consti.u-
}rac1es uf the Democratic party can have
o. feeble appreciation Of the real condition
aincs, When you can harmonisc light and
mess, integrity ard corruption. the patriotic
,tion Of tue pirate citizen to the principles
ur Government, with Il tyranny y orsr tt!an
Of the middle ages, it will be time enough
ry.'peacc" Let this truth BE- made promi-
3, that there is an etcrnnl antagonisrn be.
m Freedom and Slavery. The constitution
he human mind aud the hunan heart
es it inevitable; and tilr one or the other
eventually gain the ascendancy. The
ggle between them, but just begun, is no"
y On in our midst, and be is but Il suptrii-
observer who docs not discover il. We
.acted Lonorably -bencyolentlv. For long
years, VIC have defended the chartered
ts Of our Southern brethren; we l'ave even
:eded their cxactions; we have Given iheH
be advantages springing from unequal aeig,
ion: W. have changed policy to suit shci,
,ns Of Interest; until, hAsing grown fnt,
demand as Il rrcrogullvc what VIZ grantee
favor, und l4uying found President with
affections, sworn officer not afraid Of per