Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-15


gentlemen upon platforms not so constitu.
tional and desirable as mine. Cheers
What is the chargel Merely that the
entire delegations OF some States, suppor-
ted by the mass of the Democracy in al
the Southern States, made this nomina !
ton. Do they say the whole of this mas
were disunionists ! Why, gentlemen, the
country is in bad way if this be so. But
the charge is reckless one. How is it
with the State Of Kentucky, which is CO.
ing to vote in accordance with that princi-
plel Is the State of Kentucky a dis.
union State 7 The delegations from Cal
ifornia and Oregon were in the Conven-
ton. They reside thousands Of miles
away from our private strfes. What
have they said that would lead any man
to suppose that they would break up the
Union of the Statesv They are imparti-
] al arbitrators Of this dispute, and they tell
our Northern brethren they must do jus.
tice and give equality in the Union. and
that on such principles they can maintain
the Constitution and the Union. That is
what Oregon and California say-as well
as large maioritcs of the delegations from
other States of the Union. Senators and
members of the House, Representatives
from both sections of the Union, men who
have filed the highest stations in the pub
lie councils, but have now withdrawn from
public life,-all concur in declaring that
these are the principles of the Constitu.
tioH, and they are not afraid to execute
them. [Cheers.]
Gentlemen, the charge of disunion is
baseless. Advantage has been taken of
the cordial loyalty of the people of Ken
lucky, To the surprise and delight of the
gentlemen who engaged in it, the scheme
took better than they expected but ] am
satisfied that the sober second thought Of
the people will recall them to the asscr.
tion OF their principles. Kentucky will
never abandon a principle which she has
declared to be the principle of the Consti-
tuition and the Union. Loud applause.
l will not answer the newspaper accu-
sations that this gentleman and the other
gentleman who have held extreme opin-
ions, support me--gentlemen of far more
extreme opinions support both the other
candidates. What if b. g. and D., whose
opinions you do not like, think better of a
certain set of principles than they do of a
certain other set of principles, or, if you
please, no principles at all, chose to vote
for us, are you going to put the stigma of
disunion upon one half the empire. There
are disunionists all over the country work
ing to overthrow the Union. There are
those who deny Constitutional rights
who are engaged to-day in trampling un-
der foot the piainest rights guaranteed to
us by the Constitution. The Governor of
Ohio refuses to restore man indicted
for felony because he says it is no crime
under the laws of Ohio to steal a negro.
In the State of Wisconsin, man who was
indicted for rescuing party forcibly from
the hands of the Marshal, is protected by
an armed mob. Where in the North can
the Fugitive Slave law be executed How
many States at the North have passed
laws making it an offence, to be punished
by fine and imprisonment, to aid the Off
GERS of the United States in executing the
l law!
In regard to the return of a fugitive
slave, look at the concentration of public
opinion, look at the cncroachmcnis year
after year, look how you are cnvironed
and closed in upon, State after State ma
king it penal in the people to help the
officers of the United States, the anti
slavery spirit spreading and making in
roads in every direction, at Hsrpcr's Fer