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.s;spsEcH oFs oFsHon.swsI:sYaNcEY,

A very:aBle spsesis. sna pnssw6rthy, of the
great lradef0 r. lie sotifk iioy erneht, was
that of Mr.. YANcEy, deIiversd in,tl,e Baltimore
Convention, "fter the ann"ubce,neqt ofthe non,-
nations Of RREcKINRIpcE and LANE. ThrbGgh
ont that. moy ement frorfN,he sedesson at Char
lesion, to the separate actiop2at 1T Baltimore, Mr.
! fANcEY he's exhibited tiiep isJom, tact. and
practical sng"ci'y of thegreat party lralcrs
and to his wise fo bsaranee and correct nppre
cinton of the exigences of the hour in n
great measure owe the present union Of the
South. its manly and persistent vindica,on Of
its rights, and its present ndepenlrn, attitude.
The characteristics Of TINT great NOV cnent in
behalf Of Constitutional right, are fully sand
ably set forth in that .speec-the motives of
lie clicf prom oters fully justified. and the Sc
cession party relieved from the odium Of any
thing like .factious opposition. 1t was a con-
test for principle throughout by The Southern
lraders-nnd the sin Of the disrup,ure of the
Democracy must rest with those, who. sought
to contravene its princi Piles and settled usages
. Mr.. YANcEy rcpudintes the idea. Tint he is
1isun ionisi. or that the cause in whc;, he is
NOW engaged has any tendency to iha, end.
Nine or ten years ago. he had urged separate
secession upon the people Of Alabama, in view
Of what he believed to he gross violation of
constitutional right, by Congress. But difler-
ing from ma iority Of the people Of his State
he had quietly and submissivcly ac9uicsccd in
the popular will, ard was ready now to uwait
the progress Of events, and nbilr the day when
IL gross wrong should he prrpetrnted to his see
q -. a..
the Union. but wiling to ahile by the
terms of the compact. as long as the Govern
mcnt was not coufesse1ly failure in its ina
hiIity tofprotcct the rights and equality Of the
States.
rhc speech sets forth the iriusticc Of the
adoption by the Douglas faction at Charleston
of the unit rule, which embed u minority of
the Democratic party to control the votes If II
majority Of those present by means Of this
rule the principles of the majority PLATFORM
were voted down hy lG5 to l3s. while in fac,
that platform was the choice Of so to I4i In
the same category Of party trucks. aud fuci"us
shifts is to he reckonel, the election of the
scceders and the admission Of the bogus del,
ti"ns from Alabama and Lonis:
speech exposes to just riJiculc. the
Of the mongrcl crew, who profrssed -
Iosed Of
Black spirits and white
Blue spirits and gray"
had 1carcely a sentiment in common. but tina,
OF hostility 10 the principles of the party, whic.
they now pretendedto represent
he apoecb .1nnx oe fLa ;no,,,;,to,.,.
EoUGlAs' present position with his former
pledges. on the subject Of intervention. At
one time he declared his willingness to abide the
dec son Of the Supreme Court, but now hat the
Cour, has decided, he rcpnda,es tlei opini ,n,
and nffirms the right the people Of Kansas un
der the Territorial net. to make il sl,, G or free
without regnrdsto the decision of the Supreme
Court
On the subject Of on.intervention, the
speech sets forth the true doctrine, which seems
TO have been first clearly announced in Senator
Benjamirs great speech in reply to Judge Douo-
LAS. These are Dir. YANcEY's words:
''Dnt conte' That since the delivery of
the opinion in the bred Scott case, the non.in-
tervenion clause in the Kansas act hns been
superseded 10y the rrinc pies Of that opinion
Non. Intervention wns agreed upon because orr
frlendi could not agree NJ TO squa:ter sOver-
seignty. They lei: that difference Ia be d.ci
ded by the Court, and when decided they
agreed the "pini"n should prevail aud each
and oil should submit and accept it. In the
meantime Congress was not 10 intervene. But
the Court having decided that Congress hnd
the power. coupled with the duty, to protect
rights Of persons and property lis the Terrific
rira, this doctrine of non.in,rrventiun became
null and ysid, and the doctrine Of protection
louk its pfGce much ms if written out in
the Kansas aot. The South has The benefit OF
the ol inIon Of the Court, md is not wrong in
insisting on receiving a full acknowe,l alignment
of its decided onstitut ionaI right in this pnr.
ticular. If there are any trailors-auy i,h-
less 10 the Kansas act and Cincinnati platfv:m
they are not to be found in our ranks.
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