New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-25

wifes ont If defersnce n thor co " ctiope surren
dfred We considered that we were in duty bound 70
abGe BY your own decisions, and perhaps II may not
~ 10 PROPER for me here 10 ref r 'o The co
upon which tbest decisions predicated Inc only
conpen saion which the South coul tnd 10 the mea
sures generally known as the Compromise measures,
wa- lie Go tlIpe Of noi'Irr e"licii rae" Lame
That the only boon Offered 10 III J" th"fe d1Y ~
compensation for the great sacrifice which was asked
nj our hands and the South accepted the compromise
and the compromise became the law OF the
batiOn certainly OF tue pany, AS lar az
tn question of Slavery VS. concerned; ! am
surprised nj the extreme sensltiveness exmoteh Dy
men Of the South st this day upon that question OF non
Intervention. John G. Calhoun, when the famous
COMPROMISE rendered BY Mr.. Clayton of Delaware
WIS being discussed in the United States Sena'e-JoNn
Calhoun considered that the prefer to place IN the
bands of cur Federal tribunal the qnrslo of the ex-
tent of power in the Territories to the South sut
fci,Lt guaranty 10 make accessible the compromise
t.nder,d, and where Mr. Calhoun could stand
southern race need not fear TO stand Applause.
have said in the very uneOnDected remarks that |
have had the honor to submit to you that secession
meant disunion, and will 60 on a w to show upon
what cObsiderai that opinion OF mine Is predlcated
What u the question at Issue On the one hand
Northern Alb, onists claim intervention for the Pr
pose OF excluding Slavery from the Terrfores on the
other hand. Southern claim lnerv' nJloo on the
part Of Congress for the purpose OF protecting Slavery
in the Territories. Now, | ark Southern gentlemen
here and elsew here, are you serious When the
battle j. thus drawn, when The lines are TINS drawn
out ben the whole strength of the North Ii combined
ih the QIeat strength the part of the West 70
Glade Slavery from the Territories ere you. my
FRI Dds of the South, in earnest when you ask 10 sub
u.it the protection Of your properly TO tie keeping of
such en- as may be sent from the North and West TO
constitute the majority in YOUR Congress
There il not paper IN the South which
is not tee ming with denunciations that Congress has
become a rotten body-tbat the MAJOR in boIh Houses
is. in heart, 10 al ipents and PURPOSES opposed to
Slavery aud vet these men, who set up the preten-oL
Of being the exclusive friends of Slavery at the South.
ask that the protection Of Slavery shall be put in the
keeping of that very power which ID rePrese ated as
icing bent upon lie destruction. Applause. | say,
whatever lie the views they take Of the manner III
which that power might eventually be exerted, from
the moment that the power il recognized as existing IN
Congress from u al moment there Is not Southern
heart which does not beat to The conviction that
Slavery is gone. And If that should be the umatum
Of the issue is the South now ready for II Have
they prepared their armoT ? Are they ready for the
battle SIZE. they not, and the reasons are very
obvious. The gentlemen who have 'eeeded from this
Convention know tuat the manners OF their people
al home will not respond 10 the call which they nave
made upon them and the best proof Of It is that IN DO
State hose delegations have seeded did the seceders
call isr Convention OF the people TO put to the test
the innovation which they have attempted APP
plause. perceive that have detained the Cenven-
non ger than have intended-lcries Of - Go on,
L" Go on aid nv own strength Is nearly exhausted.
Mr. President, though Louisiana ls mindful OF what
she 10 her sisters OF the South, ana u ever ready
10 act in concert with them when actual oppression
shaI call for actual resistance, sill Louisiana is
INV Hing to risk her future, aud the future OF
this Union upon unavoidable issues and purely theo
retcal distractions Applause. She cannot be 80 far
oblyous of the and recent services 10 dsown that
fearless and indomitabe champion of popular rights
and of State equality him who, 10 that great and mem
Orabe struggle which in hls own state Initiated that
war which has been waged against him unreenting
y-him who Las vindicied the rights of the South 80
victoIioufly agant his in'uriaed opponents, him who
will vet enable triumph over the enemies OF the
South the Black Republicans who arrayed against
Ms Louisiana casts her entire vote for Stephen
Douglas Of Illinois. Yociferous cheers aud applause.