Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-09
position 81 Nm. YanceY..-

The followingis an extinct from O speech,
delivered in Morton County, Alabama, onthe
18th of May, bysthc iiEEetr. iWin. s. Yianccy:
!" In my humble opinion, we cannot so
back to Baltimorc--that Convention not hay
ingSrct,acted itsactiop, not hHving altered its
platform oifcringno olive banchiof peace, we
cannot 90 to il and ask to be admitted to its
councils, with digpity, sclf-rcslec aud honor
1t has deliberately t,s,mpled our principles un
der foot, and is engaged simply IN bilotipg
to nominate a man to put on its plnt.orm. -
That is squatter sovereignty, and the nominee
to be consistent should be an advocate of it.
At Richmond, the South and North, who are
opposed To sCIuattcr sovereignty Will meet the
true incorruptibc Democracy, freed from all
stain of Dnughsism. There they can nomin-
ate sound able, ,clIble, constitutional states
man. llIl nomination, have no doubt, will
receive the endorsement of the good men of
the Baltimore Convention, rs it Will receive
the votes of nearly, il not all, the Southern
States and OF California and Oregon.
al have sc2n an address put forth By cgh-
teen Southern congressman, holding forth u
hope that the Baltimore Convention may re-
consider its present platform and yield to the
demand of the Dcmocracya correct PLATFORM
and advising the seeding delegates to return
to Baltimore, greatly respect The gcntlcmem
who signed this call. But It is clear that this
plan cannot be accepted by Al0bama. The
delegates TO Charleston were instruccG to re-
tire from that Convention, in the event the
principle of protection by all tho departments
OF the General Government was voted down,
and in that event, n Convention of the Demo
cracy was to bc called "to consider what was
best to be done j. consequently, the trust
committed to the delegates to represent the
party has reverted back to the Dcmccracy.--
| They have no authority to rc-ccter the Balti-
moro Convention. The State Convention has
been called and will assemble, and will 'con-
slider what is best to be done"
1t will be seen by the above that, in the
true spirit of the resolution of the scccdina
Convention he will 90 prepared to meet at
/ Richmond, the South and the North, who
are opposed to sqnattcr sovereignty" 1t was
to that, that the South Carolina delegates to
the Charleston Convention were pledged
when shcy voted for the resolution under which
/ the call for Convention at Richmond OF
" the Democratic party of the United States
who favor the majority platform" When
therefore, Mr.. Rhctt, who had just proclaimed
| through n letter, that he favored the Rich
mnud Conventions, because it WAS " sectional. "
and that he regarded it as " certainly an OBJ
| jcctiomblc feature" that tho call was not
scctioml-was elected rs the Chairman ol
i the delegation to Richmond, and thus put for
ward with his other autcccdents ms its repre-
sentative man, the delegates who had voted
for thar call could not accept position under
him, without fnlsiiyng their own record and
placing themselves in an erroneous aud incon
Sistcnt position before the country. 1t Is We
Il -
delegation will not meet MIR. Yancey with the
actcr Of the Richmond Convention.
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