The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-12-18
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are N .aoye with your peculiar institutions Now, the
Senator from Texas told ~ thAt COTTON wac nns aaa
could oycrrule ~ Influence, do cut use ms worGsl
and compel men - come do"@-that 4. aa SUBJECTS VI
knrope vii say to 'ea sr els ey ' ~
their kiug They tcA you they synpathize Win thlas
Won cal .lagk sepaoa9eas lheFeiores nope W shan
aupc - o .errUe an nations and bring them IN Ter is
soosioo never will be done But have our southern
friepes aay complaints TO make ~ the PLATFORM TIL
you frankly that did lay down the principle that
would pselbt VI We lad the power, slavery from inv I'D
No. Ose nch " ree soil Territory " ths government
stand there to-day have argued y 20 hall million
p,0ple probably and they stand there-and they have
ssoas! mo 70 stand there forever and, 30 help
Gnd VIII say 70 you, while We hold this doctrine 70
Che end there Ks republican, convention OF repub-
cans, paper that pretend have any right in your
states 70 interfere with Your peculiar Institutions Ga the
other hand, orr platform repudiatcs the idea that
have any right, OF intention even, 70 invade your
constitution N your own states. Now, what do sou
vermont You are going 70 involve u "a war and
blood out Of mere suspicion that we shall transcend
that which we stand here = yndicate How would you
De- justified IN the eyes Of the civilized world 20 take so
monsrous pos on, and predicate IL on mere snspl
.ionY We don't Ike slavery. Didn't You know I before
iocay2 Every hing remains as IL did year ago But
all at once when we meet here ind all gloom, and gen
ucmen rise m 70 say We are ON the eve Of breaking
this government Sycn eight States going 70
mp hostile goyernment-and they look mporngy over
70 us ana say, you can prevent IT." what can we
you want done Ii should give mp tho verdict Of the
people and take up your PLATFORM don't know bnt you
would be satisfied, andi tank tie senator from iaNAs
Georgia (Mr iyerson) rather more imam ntlmated at
G re would take what Is eyaty the Charleston platform
which Mr. Breckinrdgo placed, and give up that
vhich our victory you would grutgingy and
laes, 2tngy he satited
Cir Iyl1soS said he wished the Senator would read bis
speech before he quoted - much from H. lie had not sli
rfey would he satisfied with any such thing
nr WAnr read from MIR Iversone speech, reported in
The cole that he supposed there would be no overt act
a part Of Mr. Lincoln, but the power Of the govern
meat would be 80 executed against slavery that 1t would
ne. lac. ten years. aud contnued:-The you not
q To IA
upon the suspicion that probably he roght. have dis
ayoHcd my intention on the part Of tho republican party
trine ina can possibly work you any inconve-
nfnce We have been faithful TO al the laws.
not then, that Mr.. Lincoln Ia expected to do any
overt act ~ which you may be injured. You won't
wait FOR any But anticipating that the government may
work you az injury you VIII put an end 70 ~ which
means simply this-that we intend 70 rule or ruin this
government There IL where Il comes. We DO not like
your Institutions, You say. But we never liked them any
better and yag might well have dissolved tho Union
lt any othor time We stand precisely where
stood repudatng your institution as matter of morals,
nave no hold upon Il and no designs upon t. Is there
thing in the character u tho President elect Of which
yoa complaint HIS he net lived blameless life,
ncyc violated any lew; has he committed any viola
bon Of dutyy Why, then are you suspicious that he
willie Now slcn have shown that having the govern
me-a in your hands 81 tie time, you have brought
70 tie verge Of distinctions and the people believing
tine the sceptre should depart from your hands,
have paced il IN more competent hands II this i 50
Won have no constitutional right TO complain,
when all disavow any intention so TO make use
Of that victory have now, - njurc you at
all This brings here 70 the question Of compromise
resolution g inquire INTO the evils between different
sections and 10 ascertain what could be done to settle
che difficulty, I tell tlat Senator | know Of no dill
Guilty as 10 compromise, ! suppose We had agreed
that the day OF compromises was At an end. The most
solemn have made have been violated and where
are theyf since ] have bad scat IA this Senate
one OF considerable antiquity was swept away from
our statute book; aud when in the minority stood
up here and asked you 10 withhold your hands
that II was sacred compact between sections
VIVA; was the cryy That il was nothing but an act
OF Congress, and could te swept away by the same
majority that passed H. That was true in fact
and law. and II showed the weakness % compro
mis,s. Now. only speak for myself, tia, in view %
The name in which compromises have been treated,
should think hardly any two members " the demo
cratic party could look each other 10 the face aud say
=. compromise without smile. compromise to be
Brought about after he experience we have had Is alb
solutey ridiculous. What are we % cosnpromiser
Hm one q those who went win zeal 10 maintain the
principles Of the republican party, IN a constitutional
way we met and nominated our candidates. Ioa did
the same The issue was made AMI We went
10 the people with II, and, although usually IN the mi
nority, usually beaten the justice Of principles and
the bad administration OF the government convinced the
peope that change ugh to be brought about aud after
irving your utmost aud We our utmost, We beat you.
We beat You The planest aud most papabc issue
presented @ the American people and one they under
tell you that our candidates must be in1ugursted and
the government precisely as their preeccs
sors have done. II would 10 humliang aud iishonor-
able 20 ~ II We listened 70 a compromise hy which
We should lay aside the verdict OF the people When
u comes 70 that you have 10 government, but anarchy
rtervenes aud civil may follow, and all tho Cvi
that human imagination can raise may be consequent
upon such a course as that, The American people
would lose tho sheet anchor OF liberty whenever L Z
denied IN TITS loor hat majority fairly given shln
not rule ! know 10. what others may 30, bal 1 ton
you that with that yer ct 81 tie people 10 my pocket
AMI standing on the platform On which these candidates
were elected would suffer anything before would CON.
promise N any way. deem i " no case where We
aaNe right TO extend courtesy Generosity III abso
ie right the most sacred that iroe people can best0s
npon any man their verdict that gives him Fun title