Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-11

passed BY Congress, and as the courts ezpourd
Them (Cheers.) And 7, rs in duty bound by
! nv oath Of fidelity TO the Constitution, would
| do all in my power to aid the government Of
the United States in maintaining the suprcma.
cy Of the laws against all resistance TO them,
come from what quarter it might (Good.l Ia
other words, think the President OF the Uni.
ted States, whoever he may be, should treat all
attempts to break up the Union by resistance
to its laws as Old Hickory treated the nulIi'
fiers in 1882. (Applause.) The laws must Be
enforced but at the same time, be II re-
membcred, it is the duty Of every Cit zen
Of every State, and every public function.
ary, to preserve, maintain nnd vndicate tho
rights of every citizen and the rights Of every
State in the Union hold that the Con.
stitution has remedy for every grler.
ancc that may arise within the limits OF
the Union. l am very frank III answering
these questions am not in favor OF any pol.
icy which would tend TO give rise TO complaints
or murmurings much less TO such aS w"G'd
call for resistance from any quarter. ! ac'
knowledge the inherent and inalienabIe right
to revolution whenever grievance becomes
TOO burdensome TO be borne. | acknowledge
the right Of every lnun to rcpel and change the
form Of government under which he lives,
whenever it proves destructive to the cNtS Tor
which it was established. That is r:Sht,
however. never TO be resorted to until the "pe'
rations Of the government become more erc".
Gus than the consequences Of revolution. And
therefore | say that the mere Inauguration o q
President of the United States whose political
opinions were, in my judgment. hostile 10 tho
Constitution and safety OF the Union, without
an overt act on his pAr.. without striking
blow at our Constitution or our rights. IS hct
such q grievance as would justify 'evo!",''n or
secession. (Cheers.) Hence | say, whoever
may be elected President Of the United STATES,
he must be sustained in the exercise ot "lI !.!i
just constitutional prerosativeS and powers
Mr.. Douglas-Lncoln has no hope oi beng
elected except through the efforts OF the Sec's-
sionist>, who have divided the Democratic par
1y-suppoSing that Breckenridge would carry
every Southern State-thoush it now seems Ec
is not going to carry single one by the peo.
pie Still. by dividing the North. he gives cv.
erv one Of the States to Lincoln, thus allowing
him to be elected by the popular vote. Why,
what was the true aspect of the contest beorc'he
secession Lincoln had no show whatever for
more than two States till the Breckenridge d:v:'
sion took place. anil woud have beatcn HIM
in every State but Vermont and Massachusetts,.
AS it is, think will beat him in almost all Of
them yet (ChcerS) But should Lincoln hc
elected, the scccssioniStS, who nominated ard
now support Breckenridge. will be entitled 10
the credit Of it, and upon them will rest the
responsibility Of having adopted the f'tn!
policy and dreading the result Of their
own rash and unpatrotic acts which gives 10
Lincoln a chance Of success, they come forward
and ask me if will help them 10 dissolve tho
Onion in the event of Lincoln being raised 10
the Presidential chair. tell them, no-ncver
on earth. Cheers and cries OF Good } am
for putting down Northern AholitioniSm. but
am also for putting down Southern Secession
Isl, and that, too by the exercise OF IN" same
constitutional power. ("Good') ! believe
tha, the peace, harmony and the safety of tins
country Depend upon destroying both factions.
(Chcers) Both parties they can be called,
are allies in common cause; for however
hostile they may be TO each other, however
opposed in purposes and objects, yet th"ir
course OF action tends 10 the sam. ccpl"rah.e
result; and without meaning any dis'Spcct
or personal unkindness, believe that,
in the event OF the success Of either par.
tv, the success of the Northern abolition
lists or that Of Southern secessionlsts. ITO
Union and our glorious Constitution
are alike put in peril and danger. Northern
abolitionism could not exist for any length OF
time except there was colntcrpoiSe demand
ing the Intervention of tho South. The Re.
publicans demand Congressional interference
against slavery, while the secessionists demand
that Congress shall interfere to protect and eI
tend slavery This is the pivot upon which
both parties turn; this, my friends, is the whole
state Of the case; those are the dangers to DC
auprehended, und thus it devolvcs upon you 10
rally to the rescne, and By voting the National
Democratic ticket placed before the Country
by the Baltimore Convention, to preserve Ibis
glorious Union.