The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-28
Speech OF senator Doae las az Troy, Juiy



Mr. MAYOR FKILow CInzsss or TROY OrID Res
telAER;-lhis AgLnoent leceplJu trOu you ny ar
rival In the native city OF my father, AID VI grand
tathers hIs my heart with JOY aud creates feelings ~ lea
cahnot aaequateiy express sou M worus. la Ga
county for more than hundred yras my an estor,
nweit, aud have perhaps larger nunber ot relatives
within its limits than any Otacr county ,he
world Therefore | greet you irieals, vino, without
distinction party nave CONC ,at {, give me
em glad 20 meet this vast audsencevast IN numbers
aud vigorous 10 ITS enthusiasm. And au glad GO learn,
~ 90 IRON tie remarks OF your Mayor mat You have
come hee 70 endorse those principles winch u hAs been
me labor Of my political ie 10 defend ihr tones Of his
speech are hghy gratifying Tor tlcre can be 40
reward TO public man So grateful, attor tho aPpro
va OF nus own conscieuce, rs the apploo N.9H OF
hh fellow citizens, whom IL Is his ch1r ~ serve
~ was true, rs was SAD by your Mayor ~ ,as
course @ his remarks, that lay FIRST speech ia INC
council hGIs OF this nation, was made ~ y'nd'cI'
Zion 81 the old hero oi Ne~ oriSsns. t'r ths pr
lornance OF that noble act by which he saved ms c1
nom The approach OF The invader ic't u my uIJ' -
wei ~ 10y pleasure, Ia deienu that od here rom 'uo
saults which had been heap~ ul0n him ~ Consequence
OF that act and could 20 procure "m re''ei
from the Jesktcs OF sruioacc pronounced ON account
OF it, performance Aad VIII SAY now that 10 act ~
nv lie has Riven me more p!uisHre lrit Oehod II
si0cercr qualification. Ny ooiy regret nov Is III tuNe
DAYS o, ,,rno, Of dqDF,T when the elements OF rua
threaten the happiness al own beloved country hcca
is another 'Oil HcHOry 10 put doSu, not Only ADO
ltOIsn the North, ngI nG!acat.on aud dsdolou at
the S4tlC repress tie clements q; cI5corG and avu
whcrcvo they exist and give peace Ia loved
uyto pour OIL upon tbs troubled waters and Dad tho
rOaSinE, swayttg waves, peace be stiN' For, my
iFehGs Il ls San and ninsl 20 attempt TO coocca the
fact that the institutions and TIE happnCs OF this
ny ere ncw IN greater Danger, m more absolute iiru
than they have been at any other period IN its history
"heUeSer our institution nave been put danger from
civil cHtnnotors III the last, il has aiTays bcon from
rue tHfne disturbing cause 10 has always Occn %
Cause the federal gov ought o. rtorso 60 ef
some powers that were hOt delegated 80 IS ~ sac coa
stitutoc We should ever bear IN MUD, my frieUds,
Our complex system uf government our federal All
minEtrAtloD entrusted wltb powers oll fGch as
were rurpy fencr, aud rppcrt.iu e. th. control &c
tionsl lutcuss. an %hch Gre c1rt1ei ia their
operauou TO peculiar es, to eco, the cocl"str 10
s,ltutions Of the people il isolated coumtniuss. ine
hderG! government hAs powers but such ~ are de
gated O. under the Coustitut"n aud Is especially IA
nieiis iTcn exercising any bot these Iha', whatever
qUestious domestic their character, add do not
htVo national appllcatoh-of INSTANCE, soch ~ apper
tam tbs relations 90 husband acd wife, nr"ut aud
chic and eerysnt not belong IA the federal
oNtsautbt, Out are by tue terms u Tue great 'aoda-
nentr instrument removed from t, aud lett tor rcgua
tion arc settlement 10 tie people IN their sovereign
cSpacty All the tur noi', dtssensioD aud contGss ~
wLci low prevail " this cOGRtr! All the dangs tnat
thr,-Itn Che very fabric OF our Uulon--Arose irou
the atteIapt Of the federal government ignorc
tbes Great principles arogate itsc powers that
r0t vested ia rs by th- Constitution
tto the domestic relations ia the Tcrrorios al the
country, where they should be left g. the untlstlrbrI
contrui az the peope. We find to-day Norttcrn
tooa pr1yectiouS in IT, organization, sectional IN To-
hdnorentE sectional Ia is calculates and scCtouGl It's
platform oi princtyos, which ASSUMES eide of tnis
question and says tust the Federal Government should
leep slavery ou Of all The territories ofthc tuitca States
~h'ne' t9e ieope went There or moi And We uAd on
the ether hand Southern sectional p2rtysr Il; lual IN
its platform and sectional IN its prircp,which takes
Tue cter gFanch al the ISSUE, ana contends that all the
powe a. the fedora decentralization and beth EJcss5 OF
torir O. The nation whether the people want 1t there or
ne republican party clam that they should b. put
in Tts'on OF tao federal government, for the purpose
Of wctons us whole power and bfiuSing al ats ma
chirery TO bear srangt the institution Of slavery
in che .TurTtcries. They Claim that 10y positive
actJneTt the federal government shall prohiot
slave, where the people desire 20 nave It, The sec.
CART, az the South demands that all TIE power aud
pats, age government shall be put into their
hsaGs to enable them 20 force the usatiou upon the
people Of the tcrritcrivs VIM DO iot ~ Neither pro-
p1se tEs the Principe sha! be determined with any re
fka uaha If al al -
leaving 10 their Interpretation. The republicans tel you
that slavery must be prevented forever and everywhere
T,-ritofies. Ard the nudctttoa party teal you
that slavery must be mSiuained every where sut forever
the TrrritoSs. Both would gcttc the matter without
spy reference whatever u tho wishes OF he people FOR
the people 90 tot ~ant ssvery they would prevent ia
exitepcC by unfriendiy lcgsiatiOn thcy need
not have H. and Intervention 10 Keep them fiom having
II entirely Unnecessary On tne oencr hsod, Tue
southern party pro tn crowd slavery whore Size po
PIE VII; rot have H. tor they do wat II, as7ac0y
Corgrceona legislation h required e. fogcc tt upon
then both scchLg 20 sstcn upon tho people OF
The territories +, stem OF avs which is unnecessary ant
uhtc they 30 rot want There is d,gcrcucc Ia this
rec -ot between the Northern sbolton.st party and
tAe sCutbern sectional party. They both ssnf Ii IA
yor O. iLg 20 the federal government ppecr which NJ
toge.L the object Of ~ creation and N tni7 regard
the principles OF bJth are subvcgsSc OF tac constitution.
Thc ore would muster 81 tie prccdes aud passions OF
sItou Of the SovIh lie other would rally southern
ps,c aud prejudice under southern banner, and weld
tte hoc Io~ur ~ Tho government against the ircrtts
~ tbe North On either hand, the prcs,ntyd. is
Lhht &. sectional lost. Thus you find "irrcrress
be ct hereby ragnC between Tho d.s
tHct'c sections o th cuntrys couriet that cS1 only
be tfuct 81 two ways, either b. the dscut.on OF
tho g. CO. or by the adoption Of the principle oi rc1 N
tcrVrntor WITH slavery or Other douest nsttCion
a ttc federal rigcss-uou into yvutoa u0w, and
non intervention every Whercesyng the people o. tue
Ttsrto- perfectly free torn rcru7is thcir DO
n,~tC %. utUtons ~ tucl oSn way, sgltc D. ~ cut
side Control Or ntcrfrr whatever. Tho Gcmocrac
parts f,sads plcdgcd 70 tbs princr, nos a. IL ha
st-d ard Il VII n0t dcscTt u while tic Union
ets o. defended. Il maintains that the people OF
the F.toros are perfectly able 70 control tier oEn
F.a "A Al In fnfrI tla
tausl ID tie states free ~ 90 H. Itsy ucw ard here
have aWa)s sand that H. democratic party
OF Icsstervcut,oa. In tc gsos, contest q ISIS add
lsse tie noble Clay stood firmly consistently rpn
tie uud, .sayibg The quiet shades q coyces retire
NIT and cOniipg iof = ag IN ht fevcr,d ca age, -
pou ou upon tho troubled waters o. hiticrncss ard
strie. Cay Was ue leader Ct all uSioud laicn ara -
t4St cat sht heroic strusc, aod ne feir W
boil toe Wig und Democratic parties r!cd about i'm
s9t rt,r Hm ther earnest support For eight or rlne
m0u-s Se ass.nibcd together 10 u, cc-cil rooa NJ
clock e each day, corsat upon uTes for
Lea Tho existing bitterness and rivig peace " the
courUy rer wHs thc gouls. CiaJ tn tither and the
lea. o. . The usovrmrrt. AID there WIS thc noci'
Nebsicc ucn h ri,nt, snd TIC venerable cas- u0on his
Ten. ga ar,,und them tic fgon uI aU la-.ics
untf, for common rurpoae u The thrCal,1iug
Cri-l.-aA turning cur PARTY strife unth We could
nc Wa, Wa Grst ant uost tupCgtsct-ort, ~ could
ttJ to- country. GOu all know thc result q; t1st Great
stFJ FiC bow lengt peace was stur with The St0o
ticr q t3c ootnpculso measures Of $50. ths 0ond
OF s'ccIlent which stipulated that there s40ud bs ~
WunOt ptcvso the Que baad. sBf no slave o. "a on
the Ctbtr: 10 Cougrlas EQUAL ntarvCut0n siSSery
~ RAd TO ilbci euOn Tor 10 AZ
the S"gtb bot WHICH, Ia cousnnanCe wtta tho Irfer
theory u government, delegated tue whole
tJht,t % the reufc of tlc future sttof tr sovc
rgf capacity, u Dc dHcrm.rei ~ them without into-
fcrettc sid subject Ony " the constitution O toe unct
stAi That iuiicy, thus cnticlatcd So thc eeupoo,so
res' re, gst The J,int EcrS 81 tie patriot nstlon
uen ~ both political parties Gay snd webster Of thc
whg itgiyt auVoy4tcd n, aud Mr. FILLMORE, Nbg IRE
sdt sgped The bu j. ls2 the wig party, Ia t.ir
Nsi',ga OayvGtcn 81 lsloi rcS Fmct tho pfinc pes
VI Cas- clnriOssc measures as tao tue r1r q
Tor al good wings Ia al fDturc tr1e. The zane ar
the hSire principle rcsiirmod by TIE icugpCr~tU
part, M thv Guvvruulctt ui all go ccpocra-8 IN 81 IN.
t1tc t,uc, Tnus, suite vhga and democrats c1nturc1
60 disr upon Other subjects, AL srcci bsuhlnC tn
slavery question irutu t.C uf urtiouN pltc.
<lerI % Alarm Of IRE car ID distu3g 90 tue
Border e tue crowd, ~. Dcugas rsuset and fs.t--
600 that 10 Ouly OF tick & thc cucmy u mako mis-
Cheg bit Il VIII bot eucCtec. aoiu..r4tic M ~
mec,i1s not b he broken w IN thr WAY" tn, COS
fuscn scbsldnE he prOcccde1 ~ rvrnctltnr tN n
Trcsldeou1l CAM aigu q lst2 the vhig were 10 tlc
hsbn q claiming the principle % non ntcTycntH PEI