Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-05-05


70 YOU. sir. who have viii 50 much ability !
nrelded ov-aear dellbsfahonss and msted out
iuslice with - even hand, Ne part Win sor-
lew. hoping hat the cloud which nov bang,
over our beloved coantfF nay e disPeAed, ana
her c~ounscls directed By some Statesman ike
yourseif-abls, honest iusi snd tne- IL,
francis A. Terry, wee Hesiaenei ;
.Johnson. Chairmzn o. uelegauQni n
Hosdiey, sscretsry from ARENAS.
CAar51alon, s. c. Nay ], lhp1
Mr. Ewing. Of Tennessee, had intended this
morning 70 Be beard On he present condition
q the party. Bat BE- understood there vas
oroposiean Il Be Submitted 20 this coagcnilon
which might rsroncle the present dihealties
He delegation desired 70 retire noE 70 consult
On the proper eou.s @ pafsle
vas A. he present tine occeplsi IN consider
! ing the important events which were trans
piriug around them, They would take tesir
eoufse deliberately and hrmiy, and when taken
ID would Be fonnd co4aisiont Hith The honor OF
The STATE, and wouId b arnly malntatnea. ~
NJ mesntime b. moved a recess for one hour.
lrcrIeso on aNo,n aNo."l &C. then asked leave
Tor The Virginia delegation 70 withdraw TOT
consultation.
NJ President he chair will understand
that The delegates have leave 70 retire.
M. Caldwell, q Kentucky, said hat the
Kentucky delegation asked leave to retire a
few minutes FOR c0nsullaticn. i
The President. The chair viii understand
thai lsavs l. granted.
A Kentueky delegate, from HE seat. 0nlya
portion, cir. some 40 not desire 70 retire.
ere DELEGATION az North DaTolua also asked
and obtained leave % retire for consultation.
Mr.. Stevens, frcn Masachaseits, moved
that The rsfiriug dsiegates have leave 70 occu-
pY setts en- the hoor IN order that they may
~vitnees the conpietion 81 the duties In which
hey have partially shared. and for which
this CONVENTION vas assembled lcries Of
nNof1 eNoH11
M. Stevens withdrew bis motion.
Mr.. Cohen, Of Georgia, said he stood here
, In an anomalous position They had met here
FOR high and holy purposes and should bring
+, with them that ealmness Of purpose, that
, amcnitvof conduct. that chariy for hose who
2 differ with them, Whichaisns could bring Us 70
: he had been from bis early youth The con-
pauion and friend Of the great statesman Of
. the South, Justly called the great Carollnian.
? He had seen him IN al that was pure and pat
B rioffc In purpose and high In Intellect. He vas,
D therefore, a strict -eonstuctionist o. States
e rights vet he stood here 10 a minority, rep
D r~esentlns his STATE, a majority OF whom had
b thought ftto retire fromth couventlcn-
e ne MARYLAND delegation here asked leave
n 10 withdraw Tor consultation
Mr.. Cohen continued. h called 20 bis
northern friends not 20 be deserved. he vas
temptsd 10 stsv here IN the hope (prsy God u
be lot q false one D that the spirit o. love and
o patriotism might ystrest upon Us Be not de-
esiEed, he said 70 the North, for though be
n was With those who bad retired In hearNand
y nrincibie, be had remained here In the nope
y that a reconciliation might yet be made. He
n called on the North, FOR The sake Of their COM
& try. 70 pause ere they proceeded too far. Inas
J. there was a deem and terrible galf charging
- t---- -. N~-fh a~N GnuFh was evident IA
7, sn, and il was the duty OF all patriots By con
Citation and . walton, to endsavoI 70 bar,
I. monte exisuui lhealties and keep the bond
Of union inViolAe
Ie Was there no platform Of common prinei'
~ pies on which they might meetY They think
"a perhaps, that The South is not in earnest, be-
cause a few delegates had remained that
he Gscrgia was not a unit. Re bad been engaged
D. in : contest On two States, and be could say
ie the onlv question Of difference 10 the south
le Jras a. to time. Could they believe Tint IL
he spirit which now Is rife m the lRnd had
le settled on hose who famed the Coastitr tenl
b that that Union gould ever have been FORMED:
10 few years since, when a southerner veal
20 the North FOR a fugitive slave, be was mel
n bv no local teehnieahties, but as soon as b
a identified bis chattel, It was delivered lPt
n hin. Bat now the abolition spirit, wlich.
small at first, was now spreading over the en-
tire North, rendered It impossible that the
. South should obtain Der rights. The spirit Of
fanataeism was saPPRg the foundations OK th'
e Union. There wer be believed, but wv
le churches in Tie UnioU Who had not separated
70 on the slavery question. Tn let northern
Y men look az the picture he Nad given them
colored By no false c%oloTs, and say whether tn
be South was not justified In asking the guar
le1 anty Sc had asked for a Few years past. He
N would again be told, perhaps. that their homo
Of forbid themto yield their principle OF popular
- - - ah--n Nf~h~wrm IN nrr
= tecting their brethren OF the South Wa
Of there dishonor In consolidation There wal
ut no dishonor in an act Of that kind. He be
lived ire door OF reconciliation was still
% omen. He would stay here until tle door wal
re ciose9-until the last hair was placed on tn
ls tack Of tie camel-until the last hope wa
20 DESTROYED. And Il that time should arrive, b.
would bid the convention farewell, and say tC
b. them, 20 your way, AID We will 90 our way
sn The convention must excuse him for the re
o. marx. Il had escaped him In The ardor Of dis
Cd ruszion. and be only desired to impress upOl
be be house the importance Of harmony andeon
az cession.
ts Mr. Flournoy desired to be indulgtd in on
ul remark. HIS cry was, never give up N
shiprg though the storm ragged around them
b and they had lost some spars, be eXhortei
them 70 remain firm By the ship. He was
I'd sou'h-rn man. He had been reared amid th
I'd Institution. An be had was the pfoluce o
w slave labor. He believed the institution va
a patriarchal one, and blessed the master an
n the slave. TIE bread that fed bis believe
III wife and his dear children zane from slsv
labor. He was, therefore, like CGsaT's wife
above suspicion. He believed the South Ia
g, acted wrong IN this matter. IL they la
D. adopted their own old national platform, an
nominated on It a true Democrat, and le
nt their northern brethren 20 home and hight ID
at I battle Of the South and he constitution the
al If the numerical power Of the Abolition part
q the north had overcome them, be wsud No
al have followed, but have lead u a s~eyerenc
n- from the North. II a. that time any arm ha
struck a harder blow than bis it Woui6 hsv
as been because it had more physical power.
lv they had done that, then they would have ia
q. friends 10 the North to stand b. hem-gallar
in hearts IN Illinois, Ohio, and IN all tie IRE
ng States, snd the battle would have been tough
o. there. LAPplause.l
O. Mr.. Montgomery was sorry 70 interrupt To
gentleman from Arkansas; but he woul
1T rather interrupt him than one who thought dill
is ferently with himself. He raised the point {
order that no business was before the housI
be and be thought {. quite needless to waste ID
10. the time OF The house in these side issues an
a discussions.
he Mr. Gauldsn, Of Georgia, rose to a qusstiO
Id Mr.. MeCOok. VIII the gentleman frol
to Georgia state his question Of privilege q
ut once2
"a Mr. Gaulden had been conhnedt to The hous,
e. BY iudisposition, for several DAYS, and Whs
he returned to the convention be found ths
lV TIE great majority of the delegates from hi
ss s ate had Withdrawn or bolted from the cor
re vention. 10 the COMMITTEES rooms bis vote ha
Of been cast against that action on the CONVEX
nd ton, and ia acrordaLce with that vote he wa
ID here. He desired to know IL he bad liberty
I'd explain his position, az others bad donef
b. Mr.. MeCook objected 10 The debate, thei
IL being no bushes before the nouse.
~ The president decided that il the qusstio
It related 10 the right Of the membership Of n
ty delegate, the remarks were in order.
Mr.. Montgomery thought It was singuls
MT that every uember who rose had a right, /
be the judgment Of the chair, TO make a Ion
II speech before any question was started.
dei.
Mr.. Montgomery. Wen, sir, I think It
idle 10 waste the time OF the convention in d
h, bate. The mind o. this convection is mad
4 up-its action is determined upon and eannC
be changed. loud sppiause.l
d Mr.. Camden. Tue gentleman from Penn
s~yivania, will not benefit Tie great Democrat
e ic party Of the Union By applying the gag
Law 70 ne. fCries Of q Hear himl hear hinii
Mr.. Camden took the platform. Ashehs
stated to the convention, be had been eonfne
70 his bed by indispssition- Hearing Of Il
I EAeAlrMELA anu NlAlAN-4aM AAAA EANaleAs y
felt 1t bis duty to drag himself down, feeble a
~ be was, 10 the coHvention. He found a nun
ber Of the delegates voting to seeede or bolt a
once from this convection. He differed wit
n then, n Oh as be regretted 10 differ with III
y southern brethren at any time. Strange {
n say. he was behind the music at this tinl
~ he was a slavery extension, slave trade man
He believed the Institution 90 be right, "a
ciallg, politically, morally and reiigiousiy
% He believed that il the institution Of SLAYER
"a were to be abolished, civilization would E
u back two hundred years. He believed 90
government was formed without any power {
interfere in any Of TIE questions srisinE out q
". slavery. He believed 10 the principle that n
E government has no right 20 interfere In n
q States or Territories with tie Institution, ~
cept for the rendition Of fugit:ves. He be
q lisved this cry Of protection in the Territorie
y was an abstraction, and that the p~rincipll
u were it adopted, could be OK no real benefit I
- he South. The prohibition Of the slave trad
had put an end 70 all hope Of extending II
~ area Of slavery at the present tine. Their
- was but one remedy a. present for the evil
y the south complained Of, and that was to Re
- open the African slave trade. lChsers an
oud IsuEhtsr.l In this be looked to n