Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-10-17


I Is the stale al Kentucky hsmion
Slattf
The delegations fiom California
aud Oregon were in the Convention,
They reside thousands OF miles
away ilnn ear private sirif.s,-
What have They said that would
lead any man Ia suppose that they
would lgoak up the Union of the
Statesy They are impartial arbi,
traitors of this dispute, and they tell
our Northcan brethren they mus,
do justice aud give equality in The
Union and That on such principles
they can maintain the Constitution
aud the Union. That is what o'e'
gon and California say, NJ Ncll aS
large majoritics of the dciegations
from other States Of tho Union
Senators and membcrs OF the fioa G.,
Representatives from both sections
of the Union. hcn who have iil'oi
the hi.ho.' stations in the qnhtic
councils hut have now wiihdr VII
from siblic liia-all concur in lie
cls.ing that these are the principles
~ tho Constitution, and they tre
not afraid To- execute them
(ChocrS,)
Gentlemen, the charge Of disun.
ion Is basclcss. Advantage has boon
OF the cordial loyalty Of the poo.
plo Of Kentucky. To the surprise
and delight Of the gentlemen who
engaged in ii, the scheme tooD better
than they expected; but ] u salts
fed tina; tho sober second Mought
Of the people will recall them u
the assertion of their principles
kentucky will never abandon II,
principle which she has declared to
be the principle Of the Consi tuition
and the Union. Cloud apleausc.)
! will not answer the newspaper
accusations, that this gentleman and
the other gentleman who hold OK.
trcmc opinions support me. Cen
men or ihr moro extreme opinions
support both the other candidates,
What IL b. C. and d., whose opinions
you do not like, think better of II
certain set of principles than they
do of u certain other set of princi-
pies, or if no principles ut all, choose
to vote for us, are you going to put
the stigm of disunion upon onc-half
the empire. There are disunionists
all over the country, working to
overthrow the Union. They are
those who deny constitutional rights
who arc engaged to-day in tramp
ling under foot the plaincst rights
guaranteed to lis by tho Constitution
The Governor of Ohio refuses to re-
store n man indicted for felony, be-
cause, he says, it is no crime under
the laws Of Ohio to steal q negro in
the State of Wisconsin. A man who
was indicted for roscuing party for
chilly from tho hands Of the Marshal,
is protected by an armed mob
Whore in the North can the Fugitive
Slaveaaw be executod2 How many
States at the North have passed laws
making it nm offence to be punished
by fine and Imprisonment to aid the
officers of the United States in exc
cutting the law in regard to the re-
turn of a fugitive slave? Please
look at the concentration Of public
opinion; look at the encroachmcnts
year after year; look how you are
cnvironcd and enclosed in upon,
State after State making it penal in
the people TO help officers Of the
United Statcs-the anti-slavery spir-
it spreading inroads in every direc-
tivii--at Iiarper's Terry, arson In
Texas, the South environed and the
constitution thrown with contempt
into our faces; the purpose avowed
to exclude the South from all the
common domain of tho Union. and
thus to begin the irrepressble con-
.fict. Yet when political organiza-
ton ventures to ask for constitution
al rights, you turn with clamorous
cries of "disunion" upon your own
fellow citizens who work for your
own rights.
Mr.. breckenridge then rcV1n"ou
the course of Mr.. Douglas, TO Sh1"
that his design wab to disorganize the
democratic party in the South as well
as at the North and stated that if the
efforts to defeat Lincoln in Now York
Pennsylvania and New Jersey should
prove unsuccessful, it was to DC
charged to the rule or ruin policy
pursued by the Senator from Illinois.
Mr.. breckenridge concluded by an
eloquent and fcrvid appeal to the de-
mocracy of Kentucky not to iorsakc
the constitutional principles on
which they stood. lie retired in q
state of great physical exhaustion,
having to omit several topics -, on
which he intended to speak. The
conclusion Of his speech was greeted
with thnnders of applause,