The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-07-05

70 regret my taking part, In q late meetin
here, to nominate delegates 10 Donaldsonville
and ask, how It LIST We both condemn III
secession, but disagree about the remedy
When lhrst heard that our delegates had secede
irom the Charleston Convention and voted
Do % @ unit under instructions to All a.
unit, 60 that the voice Of the two remaininr 4,
legetes were stilied and nowerless to aot. an
asktng their action to be spread upon The nil
utes OF that convention, did not hesitate
teke grounds against such action without stor
ping 70 enquire who approved or disapproyet
/. AZ, believed taat they were delegated with sp,
people in, IA M outside, Of the Democrs ~
Convention aud Mat they had no other y noss
True, they were Instructed to make certain +
guests Or demands Of the Convention. bnt M
instructed to withdraw If this WAS denied. 3
Alabama had done and published. before or
Convention met at Baton Rouge.
Admitting that they had the right 10 resio,
the important trust conferred on them. in p
much AZ they had sought and gladly recieve.
the same, it was an outrage upon The Union
loving Democracy of our state, for them a
that extreme emergency, to throw up thei
commissions and leave their friends in The hot
test OF the fight But they did so-and left on
state unrepresented. The Charleston Conven
uon mad perfect right to 60 on and max,
nominations, which would have been bindin,
on US. But they magnapiaoualv aorssS 4,
sdjonrn, postpone, to siveus Aiss TO represen
Ourselves, and invited us toloeo.
II was hoped aud believed: thst the Erec,,;x<
Committee, (Which tie last Convention hsd
created mainly for that purpose) wonld cali.s
Convention. Instead Of that they called To-
gether the members Of the old conyention
from whom they held their appointment, to m.
semble 10 hear an account Of their stewar1stin
and to eadoyse their aelioH, and II need be re-an
point the same delegates, whose course wo,Id
be indicated by this endorsement send.
Ing them to Baltimore to take the same action
under Ike circumstances, and may be by ae-
ting % stool-pigeons, this time to decoy some
other OF the southern states Off I, for one.
wanted none oft. No matter what the object
the direct and palpable tendency was 10 dis
solution Of this Union, by breaking down the
Democratic party; the effect of which ia The
election Of Black Republican president whose
overt act might force US all to be disunionists
or Yancey or Glenn men.
Under these circumstances, on nv return
home after thirteen days absence, found two
democratic meetings called, one on the 26th,
Saturday, and the other on the 2Sth, Monday:
the former to appoint delegates to o convention
uncertain whether at New Orleans or not.l and
the other simply to endorse the course Of the
late depgates. proposed to adjourn the for
mer meeting over to the latter. To this our
Editor Of the Register, DR.. Saml. Bard, strenu.
'usly, vioiently op)ected. He drew on me his
p y containing the notice, and showed that
me latter meeting was for endorsement alone,
nc. none would be expected who did not en-
49,. 49, anc consequence was, that he did not
.Sa4 ~, y our meeung at aii: l made motion
r ,me esMocEsnc meeting Of Monday, 2sth.
Ln lll. eAAsa-doarth request from the distin-
ssiM Sa n 1an from CALDWELL. to be allow
~ sar H. :, waee ne opposed the motion in
!. oenunoissory peech and which is the mo-
ION !nst VI. bard said did not carry, and which
DeneVe was Withdrawn. It was not voted on.
! never hestated to declare at once that q
convention ought 70 ne called fresh FROM the
,eople, and did not ask If any distinguished
.san, ,hso =, ~. people nave anght to
III ~ ~ n,. naas laeeun9' witn Or without
~ o,;o"t l s..saas WY cails ume IS given and
II Tr"v, ~ sEvaIsS, ~ .ne people,answer to it.
por",a srs s aUJ,ng you VIII Judge that am
ac,orsa 1 sovereignty man, ! am IND have 90
JS.
nave said 90 much in answer to the ques-
ion how happened to be at that meeting,
nay 10 wrong IN my convictions, but if so, God
.hoWs IL 10 NOT irom any sympathy with any
NJ man or clique. Shall we abandon our most
onscientious convictions, in regard to any
req or policy, simply because some one nun
Clique, however odious to us, has in common
'itn us that same conviction? You know
ahno!, you reco!lect the time in 1873 or '34,
men eiecnoneered tor NJ. II. Dosson, whom /
'o9ld not then speak to, and against my friend,
:. Fnelps, Tor the legislature, simply because
g, Dosson' was OF my politics. In most of our
ollnclans, see much to admire, but some to |
oa;to Uu ot.en .ney procure, ny their
20 If n,i;c n,;n;om .h "sp"pers' .he iorestall-
Nose r = ,,aos Uo ~ mmen WY are ABOUT to
= and NJ rSnasr ~ t Rs.son VI much popular
11nonmlar n i;ttIa ~ a :e VI person oaious or
think in th;s malta. n;.o5; =, taer steps;
mt viii not hs at"Nad eaa ssnlel nas oeen done
MI, hareastor ~ "'1 rar .or ~ lHetme and
~ editors ''s. ~ '0' property q"ahhcation
~,
vel, wnat OF the great issue that has caused,
P's'e's"ea W nnVe caused, oil this flare up ? |
M, mon . question Of whether Congress
's,i upon !ae action Of slavery, or which
la ~ a ssI 70 protect mot destroyo
sa, aseo, when the opposition charged upon
y candidate for or against it. But have
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