The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-30

Convcnsion Il Charleston. THIS ought surely q
rive mo 4 right TO be heard before you and
though have not joined NY fortunes in the
State Or <seorgta either u IT, Heuse Of YORK Or
IN House of Lancaster, i Seei that have >
right here 70 speak 10 the great Democratic party
Of the Unised States. In seeing the elements Of
disruption md dia0rganization which seem -
Sseva.l In the midst " this mort intelligent ~
sembly. have felt tiiat the experiment Of the
..sn.h;Iity III man f3r selfgoyernusns vas about
"a prove failure here and that the genius Of lib
erty was ai10ut shrieking 70 leave the world. but
i trust this may be thc darkest hour just before
the day. and that from these elements Of discord,
Tie representatives Of the intelligent American
people here assembled may be able 70 devise
s,lar upon which the great Democratic party Of
the United states may b. united !; and that -
viii yet add another victory To the many We hare
already achieved. ~
DEMOCRATIC INTEGRITY.
am an advocate for maintaining The integrity
OF the national Democratic party. a
An ExrnEME MAN. ~ asgf
I belong 10 the extreme South am Pro
Slavery man IN every sense or the word-sye,
and nm African slave trade man. lAppaause and
laughte-.] m 5S Agar.
WHAT SLAVERY HAS DONE. 49,
This institution of Slavery, a. have said else
where, has done more 70 advance the prosperity
and intelligence Of the white race and at the hu-
man race than all else together. ! believe u TO
be founded upon the law Of Nature and upon thc
law of God; I believe il would be a blessing to
an tNees: believe thstsliberty would not truly
exist in this Western w GRID except by maintain
ing the integrity of the great national Democratic
party, [Applauscl As for this ;rrep-essible
conflict party with their scrried ranks now ready
to march down upon ns, | have no faith in il, be-
cause IL Is foundedin anarchy, in everything anti
republican, in everything that il opposed to hu-
man progress; while | understand the idea Of
the great National Democratic party 10 be nom
intervention in its broadcast sense [AppIause.
a CANNOT no MICH IN GEORGIA. ~
Now, my Northern fricads, do not know that
can do anything In Georgia to reconcile these
matters, but whatever eando will. [Applause.l
say that onr friends in Georgia who are cry
ing out for protection TO slavery in the Terrific
rics arc advocating mere theory, mere alb
straction, a thing that il not aud cannot be !,
they would do much better if they would de-
maud protection from the general Government,
and have line of police established along the
borders Of the Slave States TO catch and hang
the thieving AbalitioHists who are stealing our
niggers. Applause and laughter.
That il means Of protection, and why Be
cause il ispractical. Renewed laughter and APP
plause. El5
SLAVE BRkEDfNG. "
Here is my old native State of Virginia, Tic
slave trading and slave breeding State Of Vir-
ginia. laughter
Delegate from Val call the gentleman TO
order. lie casts an imputation upon Virginia BY
ealing her the slave breeding State OF Virgins.
Mr.. Goulden-Well, will say the slave breed
ing State Of Georgia then. / glory in being q
shave breeder myself. Loud laughter will
face the music myself. ard hsve as many re-
groes any man from Virginia. As invited
the gentlemen Of this Convention ut Charleston
10 visit my plantation, viii say again, that If
they will come to SIC me. | will show them W.
fine lot Of negroes. and the pure African TOO,
as they can lind anywhere; and viii shew them
as handsome set Of little children there a. can
be seen, laughter and any quantity Of them
too; renewed lau1 liter, and wish that vir-
ginia may be - good slave trading and slave
breeding State as Georges, and in saying that,
do not mean to be disrespectiul to Virginia, hut
do not mean to dodge the question at all.
NoNlNTERvENTIoS.S
Now, wa no Office. i never asked any,
did not ask the State Convention to spndme here;
but am here to tell the truth 70 YOU ALL and this
is nv ides of non-intervention: / want the State
Of Virginia, ii she has negroes, 70 have as many
she pleases; if you want Slavery in Massachu-
SETS want you to have it; if you want il in
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, in
Gods name have it, 1t il your right to have
slaves, and just as many or as few a. you please
will never join party which desiFcs to force
slavery anywhere or keep it from any place
Applause. IbeIieve that il il regulated BY the
law Of God, of natures God, and all history
proves that to be so. All that ash il, hands off
---eave it TO the people OF the States and Terri
tories 10 settle that matter tor themselves under
the Constitution Of the United States. ZAP
MA ApJ MN ME
my veto upon one thing. know that am not
going to be nppiauded in what say, but SEED
sown in good time will bring forth fruit, and tho
you may say now that am wrong, vet l think
shall live to see the day when the doctrines adj
vocate tonight will be the doctrines OF Massach,I.
sets and of the North, for
Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years Of God are hers
While error, wounded, wrshes in pain,
And dies amid her worshippers!
WANTS TIE SLAVE TRADE.
say 20 for non intervention in the broadcast
sense Of the term. say that this whole thing
should he taken out Of the hands Of the General |
Cove nmcnt. say il is all wrong to he spend |
ing two or three millions OF dollars annually |
from our pockets, and sacrificing thousands Of |
lives upon the coast Of Africa, in that terrible
cline, to prevent our going there to get few /
negroes. II il II right for to 60 to Virginia
and buy negro and pay $4,000 for him, it il
equally right for us to 60 to Africa, where we
Here is the condition we are placed in. and you
NAV as well come to your senses and face the
music.
There are 1000 ct Cur negroes now down al
Key West, begging and pleading not to be sent
Jack. TX they should be sent back what would
Dc the result. One halt OF them would die be.
ore they got there, and the other half would be
urnc upon the coast Of Atrica-npon the coast
II Liberia, among strangers, 10 be eaten up BY
tannibais, or be caught and sold again, or die
y starvation, and this ,oa call humanity. / say
: Is piracy; ! say that our Governments acting
gainst right and reason In this natter; and If
he Southern mon had the spunk and spirit 10
'ome right up and face the North, believe the
Northern Democracy at K at would come TO the
rue doctrine Of popular sovereignty and non-n-
ervention. Applause and laughter
Think Of IT: two Thousand OF these poor har-
,afians from Africa, caught within tho east four
weeks, and kept upon the miserable Island OF
Key West, dying there from disease and starva-
on; and what do not die are 70 be sent back by
,nr Government, at an expense of one or two
niilions though they arr begging net To be sent
back and landed upon the coast Of Africa It
: cruel, lnhuman, wra.g AVID ! appeal 10 the
5ood sense Of the American nation against It'll
Look at John hull, he has bound IA 10 catch ALL
We Can, and VIC send them back at an expense
,t twenty-five dollars per head. We send them
back, but what does John Bull do when he nets
hcms He apprentices them ont, and makes
'aves o. them. That is the hypocfitical treaty
hat you are bound by, and yet Theag no South
IN voice, or Aoftaffn voice, raised against this
aggression upon the law Of nature and ofna turc's
tod, hut intend 70 raise my voice against ii,
humble as it IL
Naw, this may be secondary question before
= % aisht. The great po.nt j. harmnay and
iniol N III great Democratic party. Let Us
whip the Bltck Republicans, let IL v in the t;ebi.
md when We have settled these things, LEI US
'et together and III will 10 right
sori.SLEErrRs. This is 9 new religious or
least, new TO us,--that in now
,omhs INTO notice. What they believe in We
'ont know, unless il il that the soul slccps On IN
'fcfn'fy We have an absolute contempt for
hese patentright religions thar are hawkcd
'hout by these Lastly cusses, who could serve God
ND man = great deal better than they do. If
hey would turn their attention III so,na Il mae.