The Van Buren press., 1860-08-17

he cotton 6k8teS into rvOiutlon, hnl
who boasts that he is not for or against the
Union. to be suffered by the South to de-
stroy its best and Oldest friends Such
ingratitude wouli be truly shocking to the
feelings Of every Just and honest patriot,
We cannot believe tina: the South can SO
treat an old political friend Time. alone.
will show. But let US put up our pen.
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Another Speech from Pierre Soule.
On the evening Of Saturdsy.sthc 2lst
.jnst.. shc1c was Douglns ratifcesion meet
ing q Noble, Hon. Pierre Souic was among
the speakers. After sketching the history
of the Conventions, and showing how.
step by step, Mr. Douglas had been forced
into the position which he now occupies,
Mr.. Soule spoke as follows
"W hat are the doctrines iiicil each of
the parties has inscribed on its banner?
Lincoln and Hamlin have" Intervention Of
Congress III the Territories, and by their
side, breckenridge and Lane have A" Inter-
vcntion OF Congress in the Territories Up
on one point they agree, but Lincoln is for
intervention to exclude slavery tho Breck-
enfIdSc men, as they say, to protect it,
The North will soon be two to one in the
House, and here the decision cannot be in
your favor. Suppose, which is hardly pro-
babie-that you obtain majority in the
Senate, still what becomes of the question
Who will loose the knot and put the aues-
tion at rest There is Que Iesource-to
, the Judiciary: This was anticipated BY
! MIR. Clayton, who proposed that the slavery
question should be left to the territories.
but the extent of their power should be ad-
Judged by the tribunals. Even John G.
Calhoun. in his speeches in February, ls47
approved of this Plan and cannot the
South be satisfied with what satisfied him
Yet we hear it said that Mr.. Calhoun was
rot against non-intervention 1t is enough
TO say that the statesman of nullifcatioh
would not be the partisan of Interference
But he was not all !; it beca me the universal
creed OF the Democratic party. Messrs.
Breckenridge, Lane, Dickinson whom the
secedcrs were willing to accept without q
platform, Cobb one Of the chief machina-
tors to defeat Douglas, have all avowed the
doctrine of non intervention. Dickinson
is the author of the resolution dec. II.
1917 which gave an official form to the
resolution. Here Mr.. s. proceeded to re.d
and comment upon this resolution, and ex.
tracts from MIR. Breckenridge's Lexington
and Iippecanoe speeches, and Gen. Lanes
\ speech at Concord in September or Octo-
Der, 1856
How, then, is the change in their VIEWS
TO be accounted for Their ONLY object ia
20 satisfy their reveng, against Douglas and
destroy the man whom the people had cho,-
en- to be the leader and their President ,b;s
being their only chance 10 become Prcs;.
dents themselves. But examine the char
aeter OF their hopes. DO they expect -
not breckenridge man, net even Breck.
enridSe, himself. expects to carry the cleo
ton Before the people Suppose he could
carry the South he knows he cannot en-
terthe Presidential halls, aud his partisans
know it but ah ! say they, we shall cheat
the people out of their choice and vote. and
carry the election intothe House Of Repre-.
scntatives. But. suppose they succeed in
this, 1T will prove impossible to affect an
election in the House by the 4th of March.
and then the Senate creates president from
the two highest aspirants for the Vice. Presi.
dency. From the present aspect of affairs
who are these likely to be? Lane cannot
be one; for sum up wha. his partisans claim
and you can never find more than five or six
States fer him. Douglas and johnson
must have not less than two-fifths of tho
electoral votes Lincoln, also claims States:
and neither the Bell nor the Breckenridge
ticket can so before the Senate, where the
two candidates must necessarily be Hanni-
bal Ha,n!n and Herschel " johnson so.
whatever the result. their doom is sealed.
But, though they have no power to effect
good for themselves. they will exert them
selves to destroy You !; and the only object
for which they are cnntending is to de:eat
you, as was done in 1924 and thus Breck-
enridge and his followers become actually
accompliccs Of Black Rcpublicanism. Many
of these, in good faith. deceive themselves.
but those who foresaw this state of things
from the beginning will try to deceive others.
But the result is inevitable the election
will not go into the House.
If it be asked how can it be that South.
ern Confederacy. Mr.. Yancey's mind may
have undergone a change, and he may not
now think it good policy it may be he.
or if not. his followers wish to sec the tri-
rmph o. Lincoln, to bring about crisis.
and precipitate a rev eve!ution But they do
not see that they are unwillingly and un-
consciously working III the cause Of Doug
las. If this movemcu: assumes serious
character, justfying the belief that this is
likely to be the result, you will see the con-
servatism of the North, grouping around
the doctrine Of Stephen \. Douglas.
He had said nothing. so far. about the
Union pGrty and its highly respectable cans
didates. There was this difference between
them and the Breckenridge party, that they
were fighting against the common enemy
for national principles against sectionalism
whilst these are fighting on the side of Lin
coin, The South may give Mr.. Bell, three
or four States, but he cannot get one at the
North. The extremists may get two or
three or four Southern States. but none at
the North. 1t is time to look the struggle
in the face and mark the true issue. Black
Republicanism will walk into power trium-
phant. but for Stephen A. Douglas. and tho
conservative spirit Of the land. Unite then
and fight side by side in order not to loose
a vote for Stephen \, Douglas.
r9S- The Louisville Democrat says: -
The accounts which reach Us from all
parts of tie South are cheering beyond our
most sanguinc hopes. Upon every hill
top the beacon lights Of Douglas and the
onion are blazing. The people arc rousing
up in their might. Ihey ara inst begin
ming to sse the ftartui abyss Of disunion
and civil war into ,.aich their trusted but
treacherous pClitics! leaderS have end syor.