Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-06-28

ing and delivering letters TO box holders prior in point
of time the distribution and delivery ofetters to
bOxhoder and whether the practice exis of neglect
ing deliver letters to the persons to whose they
are directed and if does the OF such practice
Mr. Yulee oljectiug, the resolution lies over.
Mr. Mason offered resolution looking to the dispatch
of busness; reappoiung the late standing committees
aud also ordering that all business of executive chat
acer be referred them with the like power possessed
heretofore; adopted,
The Seuate then proceeded to the consideration of ex
ecutiye business.
After several hours spent in secret session. the Senate
adjourned.
SPEECH OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE yICE-PRE-
SiDENCY
The following is the speech Of the Hon Herschel V
Johnson of Georgia, delivered on Monday night at the
National Ho e. in Washington, accepting the nOm
nation for the NcePgesidercy on the ticket with Hon
Stephen A. Douglas vice Senator Fitzpatrick declined
! Mr. Chairman aud Gentlemen Of the Executive Com
mittee of the National Democratic Party and Feow-cit-
izeus II taken boy surprise when received elc-
graphic ,plch in Baltimore at three O'Clock this day
| announcing that the Hon Benjamin Fitzpatrick had de-
c.ined the nomination rendered him by the Democratic
Convention and that it demanded Of to accept
it, Il is known to many Of YOU that my was free
y mentioned ia Baltimore in connection with this nom-
nation and that persi-teuy refused to countenlnce
IT, but invariably urged that if Georgia we're 10 be hoa-
/ Ored it due to another OF her sons distinguished
/ for his talents aud great public services.
Thswas my earnest desire, and the desire of the del
egatiOn of which was a member. But the convention.
in us wisdom decrecd it best 10 nominate statesman OF
| Alabama 1t was entirely satisfactory. Alabama is the
child OF Georgia and the mother cordially responds to
auy compliment bestowed upon her daughter These are
the circumstance under which have been assigned this
distinguished position and which demand that di,iuciua-
ton should yield TO the voice Of duty. The National
Democratic party a peculiar condition Il is asss!ed
in the house Of It's proiesed friends and threatened with
overthrow.
The country is in peculiar condition 1t is on the
eve o. a sectional conflict which may sweep down all
political parties and terminate in dissolution of the
Union IL is The duty Of patriots and statesmen to unite
| in aver,ing hese-tlreheued caamit;es.
Il may not DC Inappropriate refer 20 the circumstan-
ces which imperil the National Democracy. The Aaba-
ma delegation TO Charleston instructed to demand
the incorporation into the platform Of the party the pre-
position that Congress should intervene for the pre-
lection Of slavery ir the Territories, and TO withdraw if
IN. demand should be refused. Il was refused and
| think prop riy refused. That delegation did re-
tire and with them large portion of the deegaes from
the Cotton States. Why should they have retired?
The record shows that if they had remained at their
post the had the power to have prevented the nominal
/ ton Of any candidate who might be obnoxious the
South Thus reduced by secession, the convention adj
olrned 10 Baltimore and requested the States to fill the
vacancies in their resp ctiye delegations The
reassemblyd on the Ism instant The seeding deega-
tons were returned, some accredited Richmond and
Others to Baltimore by way of Richmond instructed
refused.
Delegates we're appointed in Louisiana Alabama ard
Georgia by the national democrats OF those States I'll
the vacant o: the seceders Tuose OF Alabama aud
/ Louisiana admitted aud the seeding delegations
rejected The seeding delegates from Georgia were adj
mjtted to seats but they all took uubage at he deci-
sous ofhe convention touching the various for
seats. They retired, organized new convention, and
nominated candidate for the Presidency and Vice Presi-
deucy and they claim 10 be the national democracy OF
the United States. Now they were actuated by prn-
cipeift their purpose in good faith, obtain the
recognition OF the principle OF Congressional protection
for slavery the territories why wait until the pro-
per time 10 bring that subject before the conventions
aud then according TO their Instructions Withdraw from
! that body The Ieson IS pa'pabe-they were waging
war against a distinguished man. not for the minte-
nance OF the principle They willing to jeopardy
the integrity OF the democratic party and he trumphs
OF its cherished principles rather than its will pro-
| claimed IN the nomination of It's iavoric.
Admitting for the sake Of argument Mr. Douglas to
be as obnoxious they aege be Is vet there never
time when the South united could not have delcstedhs
nomination. Why, them should they have seeded -
by not remain 60 their post: why seek TO dlSmember
lAd destroy the party? question rot the patriotism of
any, but the people will hold them responsible sooner or
later for all the ills that may flow from their errors
said the demand for congressional intervention
properly rejected at Charleston. Ard why do say
Because the agreement between the North aud The
south that the slavery agitation should be removed from
the halls Of Congress- aud the people of the Territories
be left perfectly tree to regulate their domestic insu
tons in their own way, subject to the constitution OF the
United States. This the principle OF the compro
mise measures OF 1880 and practically applied in the Ne
braska and Kansas act in 1854 1t adopted by both
the great political parties of the United States in 1852
Il rumphed in the election OF Franklin Pierce, in that
year. and Of James Buchanan in 1856 1t is, perhaps
the last ground o. compromise between the North and
the South which human ingenuity devise 1t is
dersood by the people Of all sections and by the dem
ocrac party at least Of all sections, should be willing
abide gives advantage to neither section the
other because it refers all questions OF dispute between
them either to congressional or territorial power
the subject Of slavery TO the final arbrament of the Su
preme Court of the United States is therefore, safe
for the North and safe for the South Its practical work
ing is not without satisfactory results.
Let US maintain it firmly and faithfully. We are
bound TO it by every consideration OF interest and obi
CATION of compact its abandonment will prove fatal to
the National Democratic party, and ultimately to the
Mon itself il will drive the South into intense
tOuasm and the North into the ranks of Black Repub
canism. do not say every man of the North, for
know that the great body Of the Northern Democracy
will remain true the Constitution despite the over
whemng flood Of its relentless cohorts but mean that
the freelabor States would be controlled by Black Re-
publicauism and would not be able to a single
member to either House Of Congress friendly to the
/ stitutional rights OF the South
trust that such condition of things may exist
but if it should know Of way by which the Union
can be saved Hence the doctrine Of Congressional in
teryeuton advocated by this newborn sectional par
", is fraught with peril to the country.
The question is distinctly presented to the people
whether they will adhere the doctrine Of nonnterven-
ton or whether they will abandon it, whether they will
reopen the slavery agitation, by requiring Congress
take jurisdiction over it, whether they will give re-
pose to the public mind and security 10 the Union by
leaving it where the compromise leaves ito the free
action of the people Of the Territories under the Const.
tuition Of the United States
The issue is fairly made up-it is Intervention
intervention Its decision involves the d, s'ny Of this
great Republic and the highest interests of the civilized
world Compared with it, the aspirations of men and
the fate of political parties sink into utter ingnicauce
Where shall we look for deyeauce frcm these threat
ened evils? 1t has been the mission of the Democratic
party of the Union in thousand perils to our
country from impending calamities Its past career
abounds with heroic passages, and Is illustrated with the
most glorious achievemen in the of constitutional
liberty. 1t is the party of Jefferson aud Madison, and
Jackson and Polk, whose administrations constitute grand
epochs in our national liberty Ii is the party of the
Constitution look to it with confidence. Where else
shall the patriot look in these times Of political defecticn
and secons agiaton Let its integrity be permanently
DESTROYED and the doctrine of non-n erYention over