Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-17
A DOUGLAS DELEGATE.
E,trl speech un ihe slave Trade
EEAE N0I-INTERVENTI0N

full the speech Of Mr.. GoULDEy 0.
Georgia, IN the Baltimore Conven
ton. Mr.. G. was one of the most
earnest Of Mr.. Douglas friends. and
remained in the Convention to vote
for him on both ballots. 1t is this
speech 10 which Mr. Butler. of Massa,
c-gSat:S. alluded when he said that he
could not act with a Convention in
which The re-opcnin- Of the Slave
Trade was advocated.
sTEECH OF III. GOULUEN.
Mr.. President, and Gentlemen OF
The Convention ! come from the
STATE Of Georgia, indorsed Ly that
state Convention and ny the Conycn-
Iiou Of Charleston. This ought sure
y TO give me q right 10 be heard be
fore YOU: and though | have not
joined my fortunes in the State of
Georgia either to the House Of York
or the House Of Lancaster, | feel that
have right here 10 speak TO the
great Democratic party Of the United
states. In seeing the clements Of
disruption and dI>organiZation which
seem 10 prevail in the midst Of this
most intelligent assembly, l have felt
that tie experiment Of the capabi!ily
O.. man for sc,.--Oyerumeut was about
10 prove q failure here. and that the
genius Of liberty was about. shriehin-.
t. leave the world but trust that
ta-, NAV he the darkest hour lust be.
fore the dsv. and that from these Gle
,aerts Of d:scord. the representatives
of the INTELLIGENT American reonlc
here assembled NAV be able to devise
q r,an uroQ which the great Democ.
cratic p5r.y Of The United States NAV
l.. uni;cd: and that we will add
another victory 10 the MANY We have
a!-,aiv achieved.
| am an advocate for maintaining
Il, jute-ri,v q The national Demo.
cratic party.
Lifelong 10 the extreme South
a,u a pro-Slavery man in every sense
Of the word-ave. and an African
-lave-,rade man. IApplause ana
l.u-Ltcr.}
The institution Of Slavery. as /
have SAID elsewhere. has done more
TO advance the pro-peritr and intelh.
-eucc Of the white race. and of the
human race than all else together.
believe it to be founded on the law of
Nature, and upon the law Of God |
believe 1t would Uc blessing 10 all
races believe that liberty would
not truly cHIstln tA.s " ostern World
cNc'ptmamialnug the integrity OF the
great national Democratic party.
LArp!ause.l ~ Tor tins lr7epressible
conflict party. Win :AeiT serried ranks
no" 'eaty 10 iAaIc4 aoEn upon Us
nave no -Ail4 III H. oecau,e t II Is loun-
dca IN anarchy, IN everything that IS
opposed 10 human progress while l
understand the l4ea o; the great Ma
tonaI bcmocraUc party to be non
intervention II Us bFoadest sense.
/ -Arp.alse,I
Now. Ay Northern friends, | do
not know that l can 90 anything IN
Georgia 10 reconcile these matters,
iri whatever can DO W.A. Jap
p.auSe.J
Our friends IN Georgia who are
crying out ioT protection OF slavery
N tie Territories are advocating a
mere theory, mere abstraction, a
hing that Is not anu can not be +;
hey would 90 much better II they ;
F9a.d demand protectlon from the !
Iencral GoYernment, and nave a line !
II r9l.ce established along the Dor,
,-rs OF the slave states 10 eaten ana /
.ang the theEing AOoLltio4lsts who !
re stealing our A!5geFs' Laughter {
nj a?p.alSe-J =
lat !, means o. pFoIccuon, ana '
Ay b-cause II Is pFacuca!; IKE I
tWel -al=A'er ana app!ause:J q
Here Is my Ola naive state OF
IrG.nla' the slave trading ana slave
reedlns state OF lTgiAla. Laugh Z, =
er. 7
DELEGATE FROM ' IRGlNIA.-l call o.
le gentleman 10 order. lie casts an
ar the slave breeding State OF Ilr- "
mia. Il