The Van Buren press., 1860-06-01
Gov. Winston at Montgomery, AL;

SfoV. winston at montgomery, ala
HE FAvoRs SENDING DELEGATES TO
BALTIMORE.
We learn from the Confederation, says
the Memphis appeal, that the largest gath
eIing of the people ever held on a similar
occasion at Montgomery, assembled at Es-
telle Hall, on Saturday night. to listen to al
address from Ex-Governor Winston, who
had been requested by a large number of cit
liens to stop and address them upon the
novel and exciting questions growing out oi
the dissentions at Charleston. The Con
federation publishes pretty full synopsis
of the speech, which is bold, direct and ex-
plicit enough for everybody to understand.
1t embodies the same IDEAS contained in his
Charleston speech, which we published q
day or two since, but addressing an Alaba-
ma audience, it goes further and gives coun-
sci as to the future as well as animadvert
upon the transactions just past
The Governor. we are told, dissectetl
thoroughly and artistically the various plat
forms proposed at Charleston. showing that
none of them came up TO the standard fixed
by the Alabama convention, and in support
of his positions. he read from a memoran
dun Of the remarks of Messrs.YAxcEY,
LYON and others at the sittingS of the dele
CATION in Charleston. Upon the question
of protection" demanded as sine qua
non by the seeding delegates, he is report
ed to have said
1t is true thai as a pr::s.ciip1e. we of the
South have the right to demand protection
TO slavery in the Territories Bat lrinci
PIES Themselves are only valuable for the
benefits that result from their assertion
We have, as a principle. the right to shear
the wolves of the forest, but the pract:coI
rot"e of the principle is but little. The
whole country is committed to the doctrine
that, when the people of Territory meet
In convention to frame State constitution
they can determine for or against the insti-
tIOn of slavery AMI decide its fate. Ii is
settled beyond question. that wherever free
or rhtte tabor desires TO go into these Terri
tories, that the facilities with which that la
Dor is moved over to these Territories gives
the South, with her slow moving and SEN
sitive slave population, about as much
chance in a race for occupancy of these Ter
ritories with the North as the snail has
with the hare. If We could get thousand
laws passed by Congress, even securing to
as an entrance into these Territories, with
these two facts starring It's in the face, what
shareholder Is going to move his slave prop
erty INFO these Territories, when the great
est length sf time wherein he could hold
them under Cons Srcssionai protection would
be the two or three v,,srs OF Territorial con
ditiop. with the certainty If losing them
when it became State.
The Governor then paid his respects to
Mr.. Yancey and Others of the Alabama del
CATION, after the following style:
To his surprise he found that gentlemen
who had been the most rabid fire. eaters In
the politics Of this State for the past few
years, and who had often exponnded this
doctrine as he understood it, and who had
been chiefly instrumental in instructing the
delegates Of the late State convention to de-
mand of the Charleston convention a COM
plianee with the resolutions of the Ala.
bama convention, did not seem SO to under
stand it. 80
THAT is, that the doctrine of the Alaba-
ms resolutions meant practical protection
to slave propertyl
he insisted that such recognition of the
right. as was contained in the majority re-
port alluded to. was valucless o the South,
and was concession upon the part OF gem
tlemen who were willing 10 accept it as a
compliance, lii substance, with the Alaba-
ma resolutions, that the whole doctrine was
an Impracticable humbug, and the excite
ment got up by Politicians on the subject
was fraud upon the people for the mere
purpose, by one set of men, of getting up
an Issue upon another set to bear them out
of othce- He said the resolutions of the |
majority rrport of the Charleston conven- |
tIon let the question under the worst sort
"f congressional sovereignty That it lett |
1t with Congress TO determine when it was
necessary to protect slavery in the Terrific |
IieS' and ireesoil Congress would be apt to |
determine that it nerer rras necessary
After giving brief review ofthe procee-
dinSS of the national convention at and pre- |
cciing the withdrawal. he said that the re- !
;'rIn; delegations, after several days of !
resorted TO the previous question |
on the majority platform to Sc cut of debate /
for fear that II debate wus permitted, they |
,could break mp IN a ro,c =" He next refer
red to the Adjournment of the conventions |
one 10 Richmond. the other to Baltimore
and gave in his adhesion to the latter ir the |
following remarks
The Governor said that durin. the long |
.soia!ca! experience of hiS life, be bad a. no !