Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-05-09
W. Averv tban .ddressed the Convention AT ,.n.,

l0NOWeO Dy mi. xAylss y INV, AZ support OF Tho
minority report He read extracts from the speech
es Of Messrs. Cobb, Orr, Breckenridge, Stephen,
Hunter, Badger, and Others to show that non.ine,
vention had uniformly been the doctrine Of the Dem
ocratic party, and that the understanding of IL.
Kansas. Nebraska bill was that the people Of fl.
Territories should have the right to decide the CUES
ton Of slavery for themselves We give the concln
ding portion of Mr.. Payne's remarks:
"Need he accumulate these extracts to show ,h,.
not single statesman who has figured in Conoroaa''
of late years, but has taken this high ground ANY
for the North-the Northern mind is thorouohI1uu
imbued with the principle Of popular sovereign!
You cannot tear it out Of the peoples hearts wthoy,
tearing away the heartstrings themselves. WeasI
nothing for the people of the Territories but what
the Constitution allows them; for we say we ahS.
terpreters Of the Constitution By their decision NJ.
will abide-we will carry them out in good faith '
From that position We cannot, in honor, recede n.
alluded to the resolutions of the Ohio State Consn
tion to show that the Democracy of that State flr
endorses the Cincinpati Platform.
Now, we say, that this question Of slavery in fl.
Territories is to be settled by the Supreme Court
the United States We say this doctrine of Cou
grcssional Intervention has been fruitful source
mischief separation and heartburnings We savta
the doctrine Of non-intervention and popular soys
eighty We are committed, and that we cannot reced.
from it without personal dishonor and so helm nv
God, we never piU recede from it He hoped
would not be thought that he was Threatening
The South says this is a surrender of her person.
al rights He was bound to believe them SINGER
| and honest, but he thought them greatly mistaken
He asked them to believe him equally sincere when
he said that consistency and sefrespect was as de,
| to a Northern Democrat as to their own warm and
kgenerous Southern hearts, and when he said aN
That the surrender of the doctrine of popular sove
reignty would be the signal for the overthrow of The
Democrats of the Northern States, he said, in all So
lemnity that if the first resolution of the majority
report is accepted they could expect and from the
North in the electoral vote for their nominee. He
argued, in reply to the reharks of Mr. Avery, that
few years since it was to the North the Democracy
looked for success. i
He hoped to God they never should get along with
out Southern States but he reminded them that
Mr.. Pierce could have been elected had no Southern
State voted for him. Take his own State, where ah
clifton RACES and then talk about fighting the enemv
When the Missouri Compromise was repealed the
State was carried by the enemy by $4,000 majority
and the Democracy had not single representaive
in Congress. sss -ssI
In 1856, on the Cincinnati Platform, they had re
duced the majority. 1t was now nearly wiped out
and with the minority platform now, they could
carry the State for the Democratic nominee. I'LL
held that the South was far more interested in t
result of the next election than the North. We can
live, we can stay in the Union, under Repubicu
President and Republican Supreme Court 1t wal
for the South to say whether they could do So
He desired to impress the South with a sense
the difficulties the Democracy of the North have ii
encounter. We cannot carry the elections, for WtI
cannot enter into the contest with any heart yo
take away from us those cherished principles will
which alone can hope for success. He told them
the solemn truth. And what would the South dt
If the whole government like the present House oil
Representatives is yielded into the hands of this
party of the irrepressible conflict? They are the.
men who would surround you with Gordon of fsi
States, so that slavery might sting itself to DEATH
within its confines They are the men that under
take to overawe the Courts rs to nullify the law
for the rendition Of slaves We have been fightin.
+ your battles, not our own. All We AK of you is nd
to tie our hands. 49,. 49, ...l3.ss -
Then what position do We takee No aggressn
is made on your rights We do not ask you D.
abandon the position you took in 1866, and undg
which you have lived for four years. You haveneS
suffered under that Platform-you have not loss
your slaves or your political standing-you havemA
yielded single right or been lowered in the poHd
cal scale. Are you for very abstraction going n
yield the chance, of success Is there any dspodf
ton 10 rob you Of your political influence on tht
| part of your Northern brethrenp
We say we WiU abide by the decision of thS,
Courts. The bred Scott decision having been ra
dered since the Cincinnati Platform was adopted
renderssthis proper. We will take that decisG
and abide by it like loyal, steadfast true-heas
men: Is not that enough9 But you ask us to brss 4
| up the Platform upon which we triumphed in lSi
and can triumph in 1860. Can that Platform defai
you in this Slater OF what party are you afraid
The Know Nothing party, or what? You have
black Republicans here, for you would not toless
them among you. Why, then, should you taI )
Or, do you stand for mere abstraction when SUD-
danger surrounds Us and the country2
He would appeal to the South to put no weis
upon the North-to let them run this race unfeHts
ed and nnhampered If the appeal is answered
North will do her duty in the struggle Should
Platform of the majority be adopted he would
home and do his best, but hopeless Of success
he would ask in that case, that his gallant Souts
1 friends who desire to spend their summer hrd
North, would visit the State of Ohio, and join in
battle on the Western reserve Laughter andlH
cheers rt.5 4 - gs'e.i =
Mr.. Butler also addressed the Convention in
port of his report
On Saturday, the 2sth, after some debate and
ClscsHciit, Tie TSsOauClOnS were RECOMMENDED "
Committee, with instructions to report by four
M. The vote on re-committing was very d'
being 152 for and 15l against secommiting. MOI
Carolina voted to re-commit
At four o'clock, P. NJ, Mr. Avery, on beha
the majority, submitted another report as folbf
"Resolotd, That the Platform adopted by thelS
ocratic party at Cincinnati be affirmed, with The
lowing explanatory resolutions: rss
]. That the government of . Territory organ
by an act Of Congress, IS provisional and ta
rary; and, during its existence, an citizens
United States have an equsl right to settle
Their properly in the Territory without their ri
either Of person or property, being destroyedd
paired by Congressional or Territorial legislats
9. That 1t is the duty Of the Federal Governp
IN all its departments, 70 protect, when neces
the rights Of persons and property in the Te
; RES and whsreser else ia constitutional aub'
u extends.
9, That when the settlers in . Territory b
an adequate population, form State Constip
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