Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-06-16
politiral.
Speech of Hon. B. F. Butler.


f. Du'ier' Deiegate TO the charleston Oon-
v'ntion, was introduced. After brief
Introduction, returning thanks to the citi-
zeps of Charleston for their hospitslities,
..1 h;.h,,. o,,,o.;n;n NJ. C,.L;na ,ho
+n' "e' =,
reSi'o"' u 'he Oon'en'ioh' "r' Du'i''
proceeded =
The first most important duty after its
organization was for the Convention to
agrcc upon n nlatform Of nrinciplcs. Asa
member of the committee to construct such
platform felt that | had but one course
to nnrsue. and I held that with unwayer.
inp tenacity of purpose. i aeos 10 obtai,a
me odfrmance OF uose Democratic pyinc,-
y es j id dorm al ,nci0,,at,, tcith wAich
ue hat outrode the storm of secttona,asm
il ls56-un DIR thut banner qrc Men a.
ch,eved utctoyg. If auvtroubls hare come
D7,9n o,,y Dortu s,nre, ii is because of a
wu,k of q true inferpretotion and consist
ltat c,ryuaug out OF Mose doct, ines. They
accord to every section of the Union their
| constitutional rights They discountenance
sectional AGITATION upon topics with which
sections of the country have nothing to
r do. They form common creed of a ma
A tional party, to which every Democrat in
Z the country has been solemnly pledged
4 Under them we have prospered Under
them we can again triumnh. If they are
unaltercd no section can claim that any
other section has obtained apy advantage
E over another, or made any concession to
j.. another section. The eternal cry of the
4, ~ I
much to the demand of the South, must
cease or be disrcgardcl, if we stand solely
bv the principles of that platform. They
= are alike opposed to the rampant abolition
ism OF the North, and the fire eating dis
+, unionSm Of the South They are the links
;, OF the golden oh lin that bind the Dcmocra-
cy together, They are therefore, tue
: hooks OF steel that ta'lcn the states OF the
{ / mon in the bonds OF common brother
hood. With these views L proposed IN
Committee the following resolutions -
e hGmoed. mat We, the Democracy oi
tn" onioh III Convention assembled, mere
by declare our afiirmance OF the Democrat,
J. lc resolutions unanimously adopted, and
declared as Platform OF PrinGlpIeS at
Cincinnati III the yearl S56, without addi'
ton or alienation; believing thnt Demo
cratic principles are Interchangeable III thelf
" nature when applied to the same SUBJECT
IN matter.
lc After long and animated dl'cuSSlon'
,e this was rejected by vote OF II states
j. to 10, young Oregon giving the casting
vote against the Cincinnati Platform, tc
D. which and the Democracy she owed he'
ly independent existence as sovereign state
ne There was but one additional resolution
q which it was proposed should be added
:, and that is as follows
~ Rtsowd, That it is the duty of the Uni
he ted States to extend its protection alik,
I'd over all its citizens whether native or nat
,e. uralized
,t. This was to meet the case Of the contra
- dietary i,tcrnretation of the rirhts of for
" cign horn citizen when abroad, made b.
.ul the State Department To this, YOU vii
as r,m,mber had pledced myself when tn
,is case arose II il but lust to add. howcye
,or that to this resolution no opposition wa
made. All agreed upon this. Its iustic
was acknowledged by all. Unon thi
nd Maine answered to OREGON and Slinne,o-
all IA r,spondpd to Texas. The proposition
IL. the committo, divided. lG free States on,
ho way. and Is slave States, with Calitoruii
~, ana OREGON the other, and the difference
=. was apparently irreconciable. Withou
IS impurning, however, the motives, or to,
all closely criticising the acts of any mcmbe
rk of the committee, | saw, or thought saw
the disagreement was rather about me,
than principlcs. 1t seemed to me tina
@ gentlemen Of the extreme South wer
making demands or cxpo.itons of princi
pies which they did not consider vital t
re- ne pressed, lest man should be nomina
ted dstasteful to them, and men from tn
,et North were willing to make concession
- not desired by the South and which woul
u not be justified by either Democratic prin
at o;nIou or +b.ir y nrtbarn con.+;,uonc;cs i