New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-06


to the best of our ability In orpotition 10 n"'n'I
ton believing that the ittertss Of both raloe ~ uo
Common wealth would be promoted by the oonS audueo
of tier present relations. AT the polls DR. Be'h;u
ridge voted against me ard / voted against nun
[cheers because were representing opposite pm
cples; ana Just ii would he again under siui,sr CIR
cDmstsI GEE. So much for that charge Bat nsye
pamphlets published and circulated all over .hs
Union fer the purpose of proving thst was hnow-
Nothing in the year 1855 in the State OF kentucky'
LOUD laughter have DO doubt that very consid-
cradle PROF otion of those listening to me were mem
bere Of that Order in that year; and if there msh
amorg YOU who belonged to the Order who ever saw
noe in ore OF your lodges, who did not know thai
was recogniz, as Of the mos, incorporating
opponents of the " Know Nothings, let bIm be good
enough TO say so now. la Voice" ne an
herer'1 / believe that ! was the first gentleman
in Congress who took position against the organzs
ton. When returned b, me in the Spring OF iSSo II
was mskr great prcgfees ID the common q eahh ana
although Withdrawn from public lie 70 attend
to nv private affairs opposed it in repeated speeches
all over Kentucky. This statement may not he very
acceptable gentlemen in the sound OF my voice,
but i do not wsOt TO drive any man. stand upon
nv principles, and willitg TO vie them withoat
the slightest regard TO cousequ' ncee am Represented
TO this day having said that would make political
diff, renee between of my own religious belief aud
ole of opposite belief and between natursbzed add
an unDatuIaized citizen. i never uttered such a
sentiment Grest applause The underlying princi Die
with HE that the condition Of citizenship being
once obtained question If either birth religion
should be allowed 70 commingIe with political consider
dstious IApplsuse.l 1 deem il only cesary 70
make thee statements here succinctly, and pass
because / am Ept aking TO assembled thousands who
know their Injustice. But ellowciiizsps n co to
more extended topics Ii has been asserted that and
the poli icsl organization with which am connected
have abandoned the ground on whi'b We stood in re-
gard to the Territorial question in 1854 and 1856 that
we then occupied POSITION hioh il now occupied by
the friends AID supporters Of Sir. Douglas AID that
eminent gentleman himself. l deny il. MIR. Il.
pded his nOanp Taferrinu a what
is called his "Iippecanoe Speech
Now, upon my own personal yiDdcaton, the doc
trines nouDced by in that speech Just such
Us have ever declared in the Commonwealth of Ken
tucky-such as have ever declared in every public
ADDRESS which have made 10 Ohio, Indiana Michi-
gan, and Pennsylvania. Afterward, when it was
deIstocd that had been charged with it, | was
Ported 10 have admit that hs power beougedto the
Territorial Legislature In the month of September,
1856 the editor OF The Kentucky Sta esmdn, pub
sbed in this city, abiding this charge made the fol-
Lowing staten ent, 10 which beg TO refer you Mark
you THE was before the Presidential election OF 1856
Mir. Becb nridge then resd from au editorial in Tie
Kentucky Statesman OF October 1856, in which it
was stated that during his tour through Indiana and
Ohio that he Bre 'kinridge) svowed the sentiments
be he'd often proclaimed 10 Kentucky. and which are
clearly embodied in the Cincinnati platform; that he
denied that the Democratic party was Ia lite Federal
relations Pro-Savery party that it neither such
parry Anti-Slavery party; that ii rejected the
interference Of the Federal Government either to in
troduce exclude Slavery that it LIT the territories
open 10 common settlement from all the Statrs; that
each State was entitled to form its Vi Constitution
and enter into the Union without discrimination by
Congress account Of ts allowance prohibition Of
Slavery, ard that the statement that he Breckinridge)
advocated SqUatter Sovereignty wss untrue.
Mr. Breckenridge continued: In the Autumn of the
same yesr, received Louisiana paper containing
marks made by Gen. Mills, who heard my speech, 10
which he denied that had admitted this doctrine Of
the Territorial power. He sent me a clip Containing
his speech IL the same month before the Presidential
election, answered him. saying hands off the whole
subject by the Federal Government except for one or
IN protective purp0s mentioned in the Constitution
the equal rights of all sections in the common terri
tories and the absolute power of ea,h new State
settle tie question in its Constitution. These my
doc Iines, ard those Of our platform; and what Is
more. the Constitution.
Now fellow citizens against the statements of that
dstr guished Senator in which he undertakes to prove
allegations against my self by himself and thus oppose
my own ststemeit. Next in proof | read to you from
my speech in ls4 in Congress the article in the Lex
Dgtou paper before the Presidential election the testi
mODy Of Gen. Mills who heard that speech in Tippe
canoe, and ny letter in answer to the latter gen
teplan. containing my opinion of the question at that
time, and what has ever eli &c been my opinion.
a Noiee-Now gou are talking.
Mr.. Brecknridge-l think | hsve proven as fdlly as
could be expected in the limitations Of speech that
the charge il unfounded In fact will add that the
portion ASSUMED was that taken by all the Southern
friends of the Nebraska bill and by portion of it,
Northern friends These were our private opinlDnsi
these the opinions ought all proper occasions
10 express. But We did not undertake TO force all
others 10 gree 10 them We bad agreed to reser that
o tie highest tribunal IL the Union.
Now, gentlemen, having viadicated myself and the
Constitutional Democracy from the charge Of hayiog
abandoned the position they took IN lS5l III 1879 and
il 1856 turn upon myaccussr and undertake 20 show
that he himself sbandoIe ed the agreement sOlennly
made at the tire ~ KaDsa' Nebraska bill passed toe
COnHe Of the United States tremendous cheeriDgl,
and will not take myself as witness against him 10
do II, but will prove it by himsef Voices: Good,
God" AT loud applause. On the second day OF
July, 1856 in debats upon bull to authorize the peo-
pie Of Kansas 10 form Constitution preparatory 10
adm s-icn into the Union State the question arose
ar to what was the true meaning Of the Kansas-Ne-
bIaka bill and the limitation Of the power Of tue Ter
ritoral Government Mr.. Tfum bull offered the follow
ing additional section to the bill
organize Territories Of Nebraska aud which declares
be the true Intent snd mssnins o. SAD ac MI ~ @
but leave the people thereof perfectly free to regulate their
OF the United States Wa intended aud doe. confer
upon leave TO the people o. the Territory Of hsn'a.
sayeIy from said Territory or to recognize it, and regulate
therein -,
All overwhelming majority Of the Senae voted lnclai-
ing Gen. Casa and Senator Douglas. LIST me- how
ever do Mr.. Douglas the justice 70 cay that ne was
agsiIs that amendment not because he dla not pseye
the Territorial Lit gs,aure bad the power to excl lde
Slavery from the Territory but because he dld not be
lie was consistent to decide the ones lon legsla
lively which they lad agreed to leave o The court
Gen. Case said Mr.. Breckenridge says: Here Mr.. Is.
quoted from speeches of Gen Cas- to show that the
North and the South differed about the powers tina.
might Le given Territorial Legislature, and that the
Kapsss bill left that to be sduoicated by he Court by
v hch alone the constitutional question could be settled
finally
Mr. BTeckiIridge continued Mr.. Douglas in the
sane debate Usd the following language in speaking
of the attempt of his colleague to GORGE IN opinion out
Of him upon the question, Whether Territorial
Tao had exclude gaye property
from Territory before it became State :" Mr. u.
here read from Mr Dongas speech declaration that