Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-09-22

ARRIVAL OF Hon. ". l.. Y.scKY-sxRKyApx,
sPEEch, Sc-Last evening the Hon. Mr.. Van.
cey arrived In this city about O'Clock, from An
44aPo, aho on invitation, repaired to the resi-
MS affivai hccoming known steps were imrnes
Sussy D2en to tender him a serenade. Accord.
Insy, about O'Clock, an immense crowd, ac-
COP, panied by full band of music, proceed sd
rom the Breckenridge Headquarters on Four-
anc-a-half street, to the residence Of Mr. Hoover.
when' after one or two stirring airs from the
Saa1 ana in Ie;PSnse 70 numerous calls, Mr.
after being Justify cheered, spoke as follows:
SPEECH OF MR. YANcEr
feuow-cltZens-la am no party an and do not
nadress You as such te-nght Strange as IL NAV
s8m 70 you, AFTER what you have heard from
sosne quarters, come before you this evening as
tse friend OF the Constitution, lgood I and the
Union under the Constitution, IgoOd; and better 1
and as the enemy Of any other Union, coming
rom what sonrce it may. (vociferous cheering !;
mats right. During my brief political career,
my cOunirymen-- Just here the speaker was
interrupted by some drunken individual
voice Put him out.
Mr. aRcey --Oh, no; let him alone. No harm
can oe uOhe 70 me by any men, any party here
VINO listens to me. ( A voice.-Thatsso I have
NO sehument to conceal from any man or any
party i hope representatives. of all parties are
mere, with the exec ptiOn of that party which is
the common enemy Of the Consti tution-the black
Republican party. loud and enthusiastic ap-
NV friends, there Is but one issue before Won.
but that issue has two sides The slavery question
Is but one OF the symbols Of that issue as the
1nesuon IS me other but the only issue before this
country in this canvass is the inte rity and safety
OF the Constitution. (Cries OF "good;D and an
PlauseI lie Is a true Union man who intends TO
stand by that Constitution with all its checks and
balances He Is a disunion man who means 10
destroy one single letter Of that saered instrument
tGood ] IL has been said that the south sseks IN
sggrardise Itself at the expense Of other sections:
tnat we want this governme mt to carry slavery nd
moi Ui,I
all proper respect for those who say this, I, az a
southsrn man, say that in every iota OF its utter
ance IL Is false lGood The South has aggressed
upon no section, nor does she propose apgrcs-
SION upon any sectioR. She asks no section To
yield anything that Is hers for her safety or nv
her protection. All that the South has ever asked
and let the Constitution work its own wav fAn,
Plause The south has been agpresseds unon.
her soil has been respassed upon four tbs or ~
.eIrisery In which she has equal rights, has been
torn nom ner ana by the acts Of government she
has been excluded from IL. Revenues are ai,ed
at the rate Of three dollars In the South 3, one
rom any other section, for the support of this
80. gosefnInehti out the South makes no CON-
paint OF mere dollars and cents Touch not the
honor OF my section Of the country and She will
not complain Of almost anything else YOU do: but
touch her honor and authority and she will stand
up in defence II necessary in arms. IApp!ause
All, then, that the South asks in this Contest Is
taat you shall observe the constitutional checks
ana balances with reference to her She Ia mot
VIII t1at ner rights shall be submitted to the
VIII OF mere numerical majorities For her
idihefs, her ancestors, her great patriots we can
NOT agree tnat II should be otherwise IL wa. the
~rlnen compact Of our fathers that the minority
"a Nv, ,seese protection from the Constitution
ana not the mere selfish and avaricious will of =
PePoboerant majority. Parties divided them
selves originally in this country upon that great
principle, One desired that the ms jority should
RUE In all things, while the other-the States
nights party Of the country--desired n should he
dlnerent- This latter party carried day i'm the
formation OF the Constitution, and placed chez n.
upon the advancement Of the majority And this
written Constitution was the compact by which
maJorities should restrain themselves with refer
ence 10 the rights Of minorities. Majorities need
no projection save their own power. Hence II is
easy for the North to cry out for the Union at all
hazards ahd under all circumstances. IL il easy
for the North, with It's nsjorties OF millions, 10
say, "tnis Union anyhow No matter wbo NAV
De elected, no matter what may be done. still
stand TO the Union az the great cause of their
prosperity. Why! Because with no Constitntion
at al, the North can protect themselves by Their
predominant vote in the country But boyv Is n
WIN the south? How Is 10 with the minority Of
Tue conntiy-the minority States Of the Govern
menU III they leave IL to the mere win. that will
as In all other cases will seek its ad vancensnt of
power, will seek its own selfish aggrandizement.
anu VIII uIsuIoute Ihe money Of the Government
among themselves, raise az much as they please
ana do all for their own advancement 1T the
expense OF minorities. Minorities gentlemen afs
the true friends Of our Constitution, because that
against the unchecked and unlicensed will of a
majority. lApplause.
Hence IL Is that my section Of the South stands
oy tna' Oonaltution- You do not hear so much
sald there on such hippant tongues about the
Inion as You do here az the North; but you hear
much said there about the Constitution. sbout its
sulct constructions about the rigid enforcement
or in checks, and Its balances in favor of thee
minoritee, because to them il is a thing Of life
and death. Within this government that Consti
tuition must prevail, or the minority will he
MA aDd gl.-, n. 81
be shorn.p But let that Constitution be obseryed
the rights OF all sections under that Con on
observed, and the South is content To All de IN.
rate under the workings Of that instrument. The
North may well cry out Union! Union !! Upionr,I
at all hazards, and TO the last extremity And the
North, even now, understand at u,idniobt n.
arming itself and training Its midnight bands for
tns purpose OF forcing the Union Of a mere ma
1ofiy upon the South. I understand these are
sWlde Awakes," as they call themselves-thst
is tney think themselves rery s.wide awake >, hut
oney Viii ma some men In the Southern States,
them on the battle field. [''That's sou An
PtsseI brave people and true people, gen
uemen, VIII fear no Vide Awakes. 70
No man 10 more wide awake than he vho Love.
his own hrsside, his own wife his own Child
and aggresses on nobody, but Determines n. f,r =,
God gives him power that nobody shall agrees
90 Slm. !APplause As distinguished friend
luton was fought with shot-guns' Our peopl,
were not furnished with the great armament ~
uiouern warfare then, but being armed with the
right, they were enabled TO meet the POWERFUL
array Of the then greatest nation of the esytb
wipe out the British lion from out of the country
IAPplause --.-.- .--.- :
Now, l desire simply to say to YOU tonight.
That the South, standing on nothing but the Con,
sutution, fears no aggression, fears no section:
ana that Constitution the South intends 10 sta nd
oy. IT. In me ,pfogfess Of party division, party
dissensions, aud party elections that
shall be trampled under foot If the Gove,nmsnt
ar ashington 10 usurped-ifthis temple of ihe,tu'
based upon that Constitution, shall be subvertsS
ana imeao Of unconstitutional a 90 hiphe,-law,,
government shall be esta blished, YOU will ana
gentlemen, that the Constitution will have fr,end.
even In that hour; and II driven from ali Other
lions OF the country, and there no other spot
the ARR OF the covenant Of safety can rest ADD
De protected, IL Will be on southern soil, where
he nisnds OF the Constitution live loud APP
!. We do not desire, at the South, disunion. I
, know OF but Few advocates at the South OF n I.
measure. can point TO hundreds Of distingni.h.d
northern men who are far In advance OF snv men
at the south upon the Question Of disunion
know In the Northern States men who want !
higher law, I" who want different CONSTITUTED.
who want another Bfole-aye, and who, in reli.
glon, even call for another Jesus Christ IIaugh.
ter aud uuUl1uoe 4 Diouu az -.