Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-09-20

RIDGE as man. but was battling for principle he was
determined to exert all his humble endeavoTs 10 protec
the Constitution from the assaults OF reckless pol'oa
scheme rs. and keep it nvioate This government was
formed to protect property and Congress was created
nv the Sovereign States, with power to MAINTAIN the
government Congress has the control OF the coIlno
Territories under the Constitution, and can call efTi
toral Legislatures into existence put cannot cone
those Legislatures with powers which II does not lse!i
possess Congress has no power TO esaoisn or prom
bit slavery anywhere and Territorial Legislature mas
no power that is denied to Congress
Mr. Scales read an extract from Mr. Douglas free
mort speecb in which the latter gentleman emphaIcay
declared that Territorial Legislature had powers SUI
perior to those of Congress MIR. S. demanded OF lne
Douglas leaders if such position was IN accordance
with the Constitution and the rights OF the sovereign
States each one of which had equal interest IN the
common Territories. =
The sneaker was very severe upon Mr.. Douglas for
deserving the old party land marks and Tor now frater
nzing with the Opposition party which Is the nereday
| foe of Democracy He reminded his auditors now the
! Opposition press South condemned Mr. douglas Wheh
he first preached his Squater Sovereignty doctrlne-
With what wild burst of indignation was his heresy
received throughout every Southern State and no"
these very Opposition presses and leaders are declaring
for Bell first and Douglas next.
Mr. Scales here alluded to the fact that because we
are contending for rights called dsunionsts
IF it was dsunon to demand that Southern men should
be acknowledged the equals of Northern men, then ne
was disunionst. If it disuuion to demand that
Southern property should be protected as well as ORTIZ
ern property then be disunion2s Ii 1t was dis
union to love tie soil that gave him BIRTH then he
disunonist If it disunion to stand by the home
OF his childhood and defend it from the malignant sand-
ers of fanatics and madmen then he was dlsunonlst
If it was dsunion to stand up for the affairs and ire
sides of bis own sunny Southern land, then he was a
disunionist. II it disunion to cherish and defend
all that was just sacred and holy, then he was disu-
niOnist-and only then.
MIR. Scales asked the object Of the Douglas men in
endeavoring to get up ticket in North Carolina, when
they knew full well that MIR. Douglas could not possibly
be elected Was it to give the electoral vote OF the
State to John Bell? If not he beseeched them to pause
before they engaged in course which could only be sui
cda If so let them come out boldly and say so like
honorable foes and he would be prepared to meet them
with honorable weapons. The present was no time for
hesitancy. Principles were at stake, and those who
were not for against US.
The speaker closed with earnest appeal to those
who loved the Union better than faction, principles bet
ter than men, to rally around the only constitutional
banner now floating to flock to the support OF the tried
and rusty patriots who upheld it and to give their in
huence, and ALL to Breckenridge AMI Lane, and to
them only
The speech of Mr. Scales was forcibe and repete with
eloquence throughout. At its conclusion he was enthu
siasticay appauded by the delegates and spectators
who thronged the Court room.
Col. Jos. Masten moved that the proceedings of the
Convention be published in the Winston Sentinel and
that the other Democratic papers throughout the State
be requested to copy. Agreed to-
The Chairman appointed as Executive Committee
the following gentlemen Joseph Masten, DR.. j. @. A
Beasley, j. A. Waugh, Phillip Barrow, A j. Stafford
Mr.. A j. Boyd, OF Rockingham moved that the Gus
omary thanks be rendered to the Chairman and Secre
taries of the OCCASION after which the Convention ad
journed. j. Q. NORMAN, Chairman.
Gno o.: w. Ht Sites, Secretaries.