Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-15

in terms of oulogy, he speaks of his fellow
citizen in this language -
MIR. Breckenridge here quoted the refer
ence to himself and continued as follows
l thank my venerable and distinguished
friend for the hope he yet entertained that
! am not q disunionist. Laughter and
applause] Like n humane lawyer, he
gives mo the benefit Of doubt, and for
this l thank him. (Renewod cheers) As
to my connection with party whose prin-
ciples tend that way / may speak of that
presently My object is to relieve myself
from the imputation of being disunionist
and on this would prefer to receive di-
rect blow than to have 1t sound like the re-
luctant confession of a sorroful friend
Applause and laughter
I MIR. B., in passing, paid an eloquent
tribute to Gen. Lane, and continued to
speak Of the charge against himself Of be-
ing disunionst.
Born within sight Of this spct, known tc
you for near forty years, your representa-.
tive in the Legislature, in congress, and
having held othcr situations of trust, in
vite any one to point to anything in my
character or antecedents which would sane.
ton such charge or such an imputatlon
| (Cheers.) Twill not degrade the dignity
of my declaration by epthets; but l proud
ly challenge my bitterest enemy to point tc
an act, to disclose an utterance or to re.
veal thought of mine hostile to the Con.
sttution or the union of the States. Loud
cheers.)
The man does not live who has the pow.
er to couple my name successfully with
the slightest taint of disloyality to the
Constitution and the Union. applause,
But if there be nothing in my character
to justify this accusation, what is there in
the platform and principles upon which j
stand AS it must, if anywhere, be in the
resolutions as to property in the Terrific
ries, will read them, and you can jndge
whether they accord with the position Of
the Supreme Court and the governments ,as
| have shown it to day.
After reading the resolutions, he contin-
ued-That is the platform and these are
the principles avowed. If they are con-
stitutional they are not sectional, for the
Constitution is broad enough to cover the
whole Union. (Cheers.) He who stands
upon the Constitution can neither be sec
tional nor disunonist Those principles
are taken almost verbatim from the opinio 1
of the Supreme Court. They are support.
ed by the precedents and practice Of the
Government. They are the principles up.
on which we may well live and by which
we may well be willing to die. Cheers
They are vital, important, and concern the
rights of persons and property. They
cannot be abstract and unimportant for
they concern the honor and equality of
the States. What has been the position
of Kentucky upon that platform The
candidates for Governor of this State last
year, both held that territorial Legislatures
have no power to exclude our property.
and each contendcd that every department
of the government must protect it when it
becomes necessary. Mr.. Joshua Bell, l
believe, went a step further by expressing
the opinion that the time had now arrived
when the government shall interfere
Your Conventions endorsed these princi-
pies, and the Senate and Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky by the unan-
imous vote of both parties, endorsed them
as being constitutional and true, by the
following resolution, which l must read, it
is so apt, so pertinent,so conclusive. (The
resolution OF the last Legislature of Ken
tucky were here ready That is word for
word, the opinion of the Supreme Court,
and the platform of National Democratic
Convention on which l stand to day
Both parties in Kentucky ,at the polls and
by the unanimous votes of their represen-
tativcs in the Legislature, have declare d
tn at these principles are those of the Con.
stitution. might pause here, but in sup-
port Of these principles | want the author
ity of Mr.. Crittenden himself. (Applause. }
Whatever doubts he may have as to my
! fidelity to the Constitution and the Union
do not hesitate to say that eminent
gentleman is devoted to the Union. / do
not believe he would advocate principles
which he believed were unconstitutional or
calculated to destroy the union of this
country, and if can have his sanction
and endorsement for the principles / adj
vocate, it will 60 great way in proving
that they are constitutional, and not tend
ing to disunion.
Mr.. b., here read the Sd, 4th and 5th
of Senator Davis resolutions, and referred
to Mr.. Crittenden's s vote for them.
There | have the vote of my distinguish
ed friend, declaring that these question are
not minute nor unimportant-that the un-
ion of the States rests upon the equality
of rights among them-that neither Con-
gress nor the Territorial Legislature has a
right to infringe the constitutional rights
of any citizen, and that if any right be as.
sailed by the Territorial Legislature, it be-
comes necessary for Congress to interfere
to protect that right-preeisely the prin-
eiples upon which we stand today. Cheers
My distinguished friend followed these res.
olutions by speech, which l find in the
DAILY Globe.
1t is true he expressed hope that the
time might never come when it would be
necessary for Congress to intervene to pro
tect those rights. trust that the time