The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-12

party. At te Very Time WLIn TIC
Convention met in Baltimore in May, 1852, and laid down
article OF democratic faith that we the democratic
party approved the compromise measures OF 1850, the
Senator himself was amongst the opponents OF the demo
cratic party.
Mr.. hr1.soS, (dem) of Ca, said he bad opposed the
compr omse measures OF 1850 but in December s that
year convention in his decided what action
SHOULD be taken and he had acquicsced In that decision
Mr. PrGH rejoinsd that every body asquicsced They
could not help ii The question did the Senator stand
upon the platform Of 1882 lie had shown that he (Mr
Kerson) did not upon his statement. More Than
that the Senator had not boon unison with the demo-
party Of Georgia. with the people OF Georgia.
He read the other day the resolutions Of the very Iegsa
igre by which the Senator chosen and the preamble
TO these resolutions unms,akeabe upon this subject
The State Of Georgia, in solemn convention had firmly
fixed themselves upon the compromise measures OF 1880
ana the form and expression decided and cytraor
binary that he wondered the Senator did not have his at
tention drawn to it, lie said, by the Senator's own
fcssion he outside the democratic party and OF the
democratic platform and in open array against tho views
Of his own people in solemn convention assembled.
Mr. IyERscy said Mr. Push was mistaken about the in
depreciation Of the Intention OF the democratic party OF
Georgia. Neither the democratic any other party in
Georgia admitted, intended to express the opinion that
Their object vas to express The opinion that they had
power when they come 10 form State constitution 10
decide but al no other time, This was the language Of the
resolution.
Mr. PrGn-I have read the lnnruagc
Mr.. IvrRsoy-You put two interpretations upon t.
Dir. PrGH (contnuog) said that what Georgia and the
whole democratic party he should by and by have
occasion to inquire. What he wished to show now was.
that the Senator undertook exclude one hundred and
seventy thousand democratic voters in the State Of
Ohio pronounce upon their souncness when he had
not merely occasion TO rccant his OPT
nionz entertained for ten yesrs, but had been
for all these ten years outside the democratic
party Bu, what other experience had induced
the Senator to change his opinion as expressed in 1sls
Where all those Territorial ourages committed upon
the institution of slavery and the rights Of shareholders
In New Mexico? Had not, by Territorial legislature,
enacted laws the most stringent for the Establishment OF
slavery and ia prossctisrs Utah protected property in
slaves. Bot slavery bad been excluded from Minnesota
Oregon and Washington not by the people, but By Con-
gycs II was NO. Nebraska and Kansas must be the
case What were the wrongs OF the South as regarded
sIayesS Had not her fret Legislature passed body OF
laws protecting encouraging and chershng slavery the
provisions of which wort far as thosc Of any Other
State Of the unionS These statutes were yet in forcc
| with the simple exception OF two or three sec
tens repealed by the Territorial legislature 1t hat
net been for the lack Of legislation that the south mad 20
had slaves Into Kansas, New Mexico and Tue othc
Territories, but the lack Of slaves They had not save
enough and the prices were too high The labor q u
slave ZOO valuable and nasuiuch as they had no
been able furnish them slaves whereby to popu
late the Territories the Senator called upon them
soye hocus pocus TO make more slave states IN ac
the Senator idea Of soundness seemed TO be that th
North only TO wait upon the south as an obedsr
ambassador and permit Spators to PROFOUND some nc'
doct. inc with regard TO slavery, which was to become
test whha. presum'ug IN dictate 70 the people o. Geo