Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-07-11
SPEECH OIL HON. A. s. HEBRON.

Ata large and enthusiastic meeting Of
the friends Of the Douglas ticket, In Phil
adelphis, on the sOth ulto., the Hon. A.
4. Heron, being present, was called on,
and said
Fsilow Ctizens--I come before you TO
add my voice to yours tonight In hearty
approval Of the nominations made at Bal
timore. Proud Of our candidates, and
prouder still Of the glorious principles OF
which they are the representatives., we
throw our national colors to the breeze,
prepared TO do battle against every foe
IRON the North, as well as every foe from
the South Applause prepared alike to
wage war against Southern secessionists
and Northern fanatics and aboltionists.
Fellow citizens, why IL u that after the
nominations at Baltimore there is not one
voice Of accord arising all over the land
from Maine to louisiana why Is IL that
there are seceders from our ranksf Why
Is 1t that men who have reaped the reward
due to party services, are now rebels from
the camp Of the Democratic party How
can we explain il Are we TO be told that
| these men have quit the ranks because,
f-rsooth, the Con invention adopted that
platform which In 1856 was accepted as the
best platform ever given to our party Are
we TO be told that these gentleman are
| willing. in order to save the South, TO
break up the Democratic party Are we
| to he told. fellow citizens. that seriously
| these gentlemen were acting from the mo
| tives which originally lay at the bottom Of
their adhesion TO Democracy We must
ellow-citixeus, look further and more
narrowly in order to discover the true mo
lives which sctuated them.
Do not understand me as imputing
wrong motives 10 all these gentlemen, but
by their history shall they be judged. We
recolect that nearly two years ago the
leader, yes, the leader par excellence, Of this
movement at Charleston, the guiding
spirit which has raised this storm, but
whom I think cannot ride it-this man,
two years ago held position not slong-
side the rank and file Of the Democratic
party. He wrote celebrated letter. in
which he spoke Of cleaning out the Demo
cratic Party M cleaning ont the Hgean
stables. Are you, Pennsyl vsnians, pre-
pared TO follow in the lead Of one whose
dearly cherished object ever has been TO
precipitste one portion Of the country into
disunion.
You have this secession movement now
10 ombat. On the other hand you have
another party to combat, whose aims are
~ fraught with evil TO the Union OF these
States. The results Of their triumph would
in all probability. be the same rs II the
Southern seces.ionists would prevail. 10
either case we are threatened with dis
union.
The Constitution Of the United State,
was adopted by compromise on the part
Of the North and a compromise of the
South. Compared in an humble point oi
view, the Democratic party now hold tt
the same doctrines held by the patriots Of
earlier times. In the doctrine Of Inter
vention we have an instance Of compro
mise. u is the doctrine upon which IL
founded the right Of the people Of the Ter
ritories TO govern themselves in their own
way. IL is none OF our business whether
another State has slavery or not. Tb'
people themselves shall govern their owl
affairs. Whether Congress has power Owe
the subject il n matter TO be decided by thu
3 Courts, and when the Courts mako do
, oision, IL must be met with Difference
(Applsuse. IL 10 an abstract question
that can have no influence in doing al
, injury either 10 the North or the South.
why, then, for that question. should vi
destroy our glorious party Why, unles
there Is some real injury done TO the South
. should we stand up for am abstraction
, why, in the name Of God, should you en-
= | OehNOr 70 OTthh up DoOh"ro viz W !"
) iority carries out ono Of its greatest doc
: trinesi JoBs G. BREoKEsRIDeE, a. well a
n JAMES BUCHANAN, have expressed them
selves unequivocslly upon this subject
! They thought Congress had no right 10 de
!, eide in reference to slavery in the Terrific
!. riep. They believed, as wo now do, tina
the Courts only can decide. Has II We
J. been decided by the Courtl We say ths
J, 1t has not.
lat this stage of the proceedings, th
President announced that he had receive
l. a telegraphIc despatch from Wilmington
stating that at 10 o'clock Judge DoUeLA
u would DO in Philadelphia. Cheers 70
\ Douglas.
ID The speaker proceeded to say that tn
@ secession candidates were not represents
tives Of the Democracy. The speake
e came from Louisiana-a slave Stato-y,
he was not willing to leave the protectio
'' Of hrs slaves to any such man as Gale
v Cushing. Who Is this man, Caleb Cush
ingi r. no TO be the representative of u
10 old keystone State Shall we allow hi
:, TO be tho guardian Of Southern rights
~ loud cries Of "No.") Are you, gontl,
3. men, prepared TO vote for such men ,
. Breckenridge, Lane or Cushing Can 20
Oh do so, and call yourselves Democrats
@ What do you propose to do by suPportin
q in this State, John.C. Breckenridge Wi
DR. YOU give him the electoral vote Of yo'
State know you will never do it. Th
20 would be folly OF q very gross nature. L
M not do It, IL yor have ut heart the success
yopr party.
,e In conclusion, the Speaker thanked u
!, assemblage for the attention they had Ri'
III en- HIM during the delivery Of his spcec
m lie was followed by Hon. JonN Fol
." sYTp, of Alabama.
w pdr Letters from Denver City an
IT Nebraska City state that the emigr
to ton to the Pixies Peak gold min
~ was undiminished, although lar
~ numbers were returning home disgu