Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-06-07

minded of its present Shortcomings, and rcproved
for its past hypocritical action, by some of its
strongest and most eloquent Southern supporters.
Below are extracts from couple Of speeches, of
which 1t can be said. they are candid and honest
qualities which the speeches of Northern dough
faces in the Convention did not possess.
or the first of these speeches. the reporter OBJ
serves: "Itwas delivered with the greatest possible
solemnity, and heard with breathless interest BY
the vast crowd, which filed every inch of space in
the hall, nine men out OF ten present thinking the
dessinics OF the country were then and there
poised"
MR.. GLENN, OF MISSISSIPPI.
"A1r. President and gentlemen of this
Convention : For the first time. for the
only time. for the last time. in the name OF
the State that / have the honor in part to
represent here. desire to say but few
words. hold in my hand the solemn act
of her delegation upon this floor. and | say
to you. gentlemen. that it is not one con
ceived in passion, or carried out in caprice
or disappointment. 1t is the firm resolve
of the great body of the people whom we
represent, which was expressed in the Con-
vention that sent us here, and that resolve,
the people and we. their representatives
will maintain at all costs, at all hazards
| loud cheers.
1--WE came here not to dictate TO the
representatives of other sovereign States
Since we have been here our intercourse
has been courteous, so Ear as personalities
are concerned. We have all sought, and
| believe have all been able to conduct
ourselves as gentlemen. Bat we did not
come here to exercise the courtesies of life
alone. We came to settle the principles
npon which the. party must rest aud must
stand. We came here, gentlemen of the
North. not to ask you to adopt principle
which you could say was opposed to your
consciences and your principles. We did
not believe it to be so. We came as equal
members of common confederacy.-
lICheers. Sir, at Cincinnati we adopted
a platform on which we alfagreed Now,
answer me, ye men Of the North, Of the
East. of the South. and of the West
what was the construction placed upon
that platform in different sections of the
Union9 You at the West said it mean,
one thing we at the South said 1t meant
another. Either we were right or you
were right we were wrong or you were
wrong. We came here to ask you which
was right and which was wrong You
have maintained your position. You say
that ycu cannot give us an acknowledg
ment of that right. which | tell you now
in coming time will be your only safety ir
your contests with the Black Republican:
of Ohio and of the North. FCheers
. "Why, sir. turn back to the history o.
your own leading men. There sits dis
tinguished gentleman, (Stuart. Of Michi
gan, once representative of one of tho
sovereign States of the Union in the Sen.
ate, who then voted that Congress had tn,
constitutional power to pass the Nilmo
Proviso, and to exclude slavery from tht
Territories and now, when the Supreme
Court has said that it has not that power
he comes forward and tells Mssissippian,
that that same Congress is impotent t.
protect that same species Of property
There sits my distinguished friend, tn,
Senator from Ohio 3lr. Pugh.) who bu
. few nights since, told us from that stand
THAT, if a territorial government total,
misused their powers or absued them
|, Congress would wipe ont that territorial
government altogether. And yet. wher
we come here and ask him 10 give III
protection in case that territorial gov
/; crnment robs ms of our property an,
strikes the star which answers to the nam,
of Mississippi from the flag of the Union
so far as the Constitution gives her protec
ton, he tells us with his hand upon hi
heart-as Governor Payne. of Ohio. .ha,
before done--they will part with tlei
G lives before they will acknowledge tn
principles which we contend for.
e "Gentlemen. in such situation o
+ things in the Convention of our great par
: ty, ais rigAt that ,ce should part. 60 you
( ,coy and sce wW ours. The South leave
you-not like Hagar. driven into the vii
: derness, ffiendless and alone-but I tel
s Southern men here. and for them / tel
1 the North, that in less than sixty days
! you will find united South standing sid
f by side with MS. prolonged and enthusi
: astic cheeTing.) -
g 1--WE stand firm and inmovabIe, an
> while we respect you we must respect our
J. selves. And. gentlemen. let me say to yo
of the North now, that the time may com
e when you will need us more than we nee
! you. speak to those who represent eth
9 green hills Of New England" | speak t
q the "impcrial centre" of the Union Their
S slun.ber in your midst latent spark
$ not Of political sectionalism, but of socia
= ldiscord-which may yet require the con
( servative principles Of the South to saw
|your country from anarchy and confusion
b We need not your protection. The powe
e Of the Black Republicans is nothing to us
q We are safe in our own strength and secu
rity, so long as we maintain our rights.
4 GOV. NoUroS. OF LOUISIANA.
al "Heretofore. we have been in the hab
J, of saying that the Democracy of the coun
. try was harmonious. Laughter Can "
y say so to-day with any truth Are W
O not divided, and divided in such a Inanne
n that we can never be rcconciled, becaus
le we are divided upon principle? Can "
If agree to the platform ioptcd by the ms
le jority of the Convention, and then. &
D. home to our constituents and put one col
struction on it, while Northern Democrat
put another? No, Mr. President, thin