Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-09-22

America had the sole and exclusive right I
manage and control their own domestic affair
| TO suit themselves through their Legislature
without the interference Of the British Paria
ment. (Cheers) This right was distinct
set forth by the first Continental Congress
that ever assembled, at Philadelphia, in ia
The British Government would not acknow
edge the right of their colonies in a merica Il
control their own Institutions, slavery inclu
ded, and for that reason the colonies declare
their independence as means Of achieving
it. (Cheers.) Hence when Mr.. Buchanan
in his letter accepting the nomination Of th
Cincinnati Convention, declared that ".h
people of Territory, like those Of State
shall decide for themselves whether SLAYER
shall or shall not exist within their limits" b.
was only asserting what our fathers asserted
and maintaEed against the Tories Of th,
Revolution. The Democratic party Of da.
stands where Mr. Buchanan, Mr.. BreckiD
ridge, and the party stood four years ago
saying that Congress has no right to interfere
with the locul and domestic concerns of tn,
people Of the Territories. ! renew the uues
ton: What excuse had Mr. Breckinridgt
and bis friends for their attempt to break ~
the Charleston and the Baltimore Conven
tion? voice, "None whatever")
Mr.. Breckinridge, three days ago, made q
stump speech at Lexington, Kentucky, il
which he is represented as stating that :ht
Justlfcation for breaking up the party con
sisted in the fact that the Convention insisted
! upon dogma in its platform, and demanded
the representative of that dogma as the
candidate. Since Mr.. Breckenridge regards
political dogma incorporated iu the Char
lesion and Baltimore Platform as sufficient
excuse for destroying the party let inquire
! what that dogma is. The only doqma which
the Democratic National Convention demap
ded was the Cincinnati platform. aud al
my hiends we're utterly opposed to any change
in the platform. We did not desire any ex
press recognition OF approval of any peculiar
theory that or any other member of the
party might favor we only asked that the
! tlme-nonored principles, the ancient platform
OF the party should be affirmed and main
tanned by the Democratic organization. On
the other hand, Mr.. Breckenridge and bis
friends took the ground that the old creed Of
the Democracy, the Cincinnati platform, on
which be was elected, contained dogma
hostile to reason and the Constitution Why
did he not tell US in 1856 when he pledged
bis honor to sustain that same dogma. that il
was hostile to reason and the Constitution
Tremendous applanse.) Old Berks county
/
President and Vice President, between six
and seven thousand majority OF this very
dogma which MIR. Breckenridge now scorns
and repudates Noices-"That's true" and
cheers- He now informs you that the mar
who holds to the principle which he, and you
and ], pledged our joint honor to maintain
iour years ago, is no better than an a boil
zionist (Laughter) Were you no better
! than Abolitionists when you voted for Bu
chanan and Breckenridge? Is not the Demo
cratic platform as sound TO day as it was
then Noices-"Yes, indeed more So"
And yet the only reason the Breckinrdge
men give for breaking up the party is that
the party would not change its platform
daughter and cbeers.) They demanded that
it should be changed. They demanded that
the principle of non intervention should be
abandoned. They claimed that the doctrine
OF Congressional protection for slavery in the
Territories, when necessary; should be car.
! ried out and because the Democratic party
by vote of nearly two to one, rejected their
new article of faith, aud stood by the old
jackson creed, they bolted, and tried 10
break up the party. (Cries of jackson,
Jackson")
Now, ask you, my friends to bear in mind
what took place IN this city OF Reading IL
March last, when you appointed your delega
ties TO the Charleston Convention | read
the Reading platform at that time, aud came
I the conclusion that the Democracy o
! Pennsylvania were sound now, as they baC
been in former days. Cheers In order
that l might not be mistaken | have reaC
again, since my arrival in this city to-day, the
Reading platform, upon which General Foster
was nominated for Governor. and the Penn
aud Baltimore, and find that in your State
Convention affirmed the Cincinnati platform
without dottibg an or crossing It. Three
chers am informed that those resolutions
endorsing and reassertiDg the Cincinnati plat
form, were adopted by the unanimous vote o.
every delegate from every county in the
State. You will observe, therefore, that the
Charleston Convention simply reaflirned the
same platform which the Democracy of Penn,
sylvania had adopted in this city only few
weeks previous aud, Notwithstanding this
leading politicians in this State, who repre-.
sented yon at Charleston, there denounced
and are still denounciug, the very platform
which they were selected to represent aud
defend. Cheers Some very sudden change
must have come Ger the spirit OF their dream.
Laughter aud applause,
| stand to day before the Democracy OF
Berks county in support and defence of the
principles set forth by the Reading Conven.
tion, SO far as the question of slavery is con.
cerned, which are the time. honored principles
OF the Democratic party as proclaimed in oil
its National Conventions. Cheers
How, ! ask, can Breckenridge man vote
for General Foster on the Reading platform.
and object to me on the Charleston platform ?
Three Cheers for Doug las. General Foster
was nominated Ht Reading on the Identical
principle that was nominated upon at Balti-
more, cheers, and he is thus pledged by his
nomination to the Identical principle to which
| am irrevocably committed. How con man
vote for the one without supporting the other
if be processes to be governed by principle 3?
Three cheers trust that every Democrat
in Pennsylvania will rally zeslously. cordially,
and heartily around the banner of Foster aud
non-intervehtion. three tremendous cheers, |
aud when you shall have done that, how can
YOU refuse to sustain me, on the same plat.
form? Voices-"We can't" "We are for
you all the time" &c. True, Mr. Breckn.
ridge tells you that the National Convention
adopted dogma contrary to reason aud the
Constitution. II what he tells you is the
truth, the Reading Convention adopted the
same dogma, equally hostile to reason and the
Constitution. Cheers am very free to
say to you that in my opinion, the national
platform and the Pennsy ylvsnia State platform
are both harmony with reason aud the Con-
stitution. Immense applause.
But l find that Mr.. Brecknridge has de.
clared, in bis Kentucky stump speech, that
was not nominated according to the usages Of