The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-05-25

Abolition candidates, are concerned, the
party has unanimously decided, at Char
lesion, that they do not belong to the party.
The party decided at Charleston also, by
a majority of the whole electoral coll ege,
that l was the choice of the Democratic
party of America for the Presidency of the
United States, giving me majority of fifty
votes over all the other candidates combined:
and yet my Democracy is questioned.
Laughter. So far as | am individually
concerned, want no further or higher en-,
dorsement. l have arraigned no man.
have attempted to prescribe no man for diff
fering with me in opinion. | have at all
times said that was willing to appeal to
the grand council of the party assembled in
national convention, to decide these differ.
ences of opinion. They have decided them:
decided in my favor on all points-the plat
form, the organization, and, least of all, the
Individual. That is the least of ALL for nv
friends who know me best know that had
no personal desire or wish for the nominal
ton; know that my name never would have
been presented at Charleston, except for the
attempt to prescribe me as a hereto, too
unsOund to be the chairman of committee
ID this body, where l have held seat for so
many years without a suspicion resting on
my political fidelity.
was forced to allow my name to 90 there
in selfdefence and will now say that had
any gentleman, friend or foe, received
majority of that convention over me, the
lightning would have carried a message
withdrawing my name from the convention.
| have not lust enough for Office to desire to
be the nominee against the known wishes
aud first choice OF a majority of my party.
In 1852, the instant Franklin Pierce had
majority vote, the telegraph carried my
message, congratulating him as The choice
of the party and it was read in the con.
vention before the vote was announced. In
1856, the instant Mr. Buchanan received
majority vote, the lightning carried my
message, that James Buchanan, having
received a majority of the votes of the
party, in my opinion, was entitled to
the nomination, and that | hoped my
friends would give him the requisite
two thirds, and then make the vote
unanimous. Sir, l would scorn to be the
standard bearer of my party when | was
not the choice of the party. All the honors
that national convention can confer are
embraced in the declaration of their first
choice for their standard-bearer, repeated on
fifty-seven ballots. | ask nothing more.
The party will 60 on and do what its own
interest and its own integrity may require.
But, sir, do rejoice that this good old
Democratic party, the only organization
now left sufficiently national and conserva.
tive in its principles and great in its num-
bers to preserve this Union has determined
to adhere to the great principle of non-nter.
vention by the Federal Government with
the domestic affairs of the distant Terrific.
ries and provinces. 1t is pleasing duty to
me to defend this glorious old party against
those who would destroy it because the par.
ty will not change its platform to suit their
purposes. The leadership at Charleston, in
this attempt to divide and destroy the Dem
ocratic party, was intrusted TO appropriate
hands. No man possessed the ability or the
courage, or the sincerity in his object, for
such mission, in higher degree, than the
gifted Yancey. He has right to feel proud
OF his achievements at Charleston. In 1S48,
at Baltimore, he proclaimed the same doc.
trine, and failed to get state to stand by
him in seeding there his doctrine was re,
pudiated. Boldly and fearlessy be put bis
protest; on record against the doctrine of
non>intervention, and withheld his assent to
the support of the nominee, because be con-
scientiously believed that the South ought to
insist on the doctrine of intervention by
Congress in support of avery in the Ter
ritories when the people did not want it.
Overruled by five or ten to one in Baltimore
in l848, overruled unanimously at Baltimore
in 1852, in 1856 be concl uded that perhaps
be would make virtue of necessity, and
submit to on-intervention and be got up
instructions in favor of non Intervention, and
succeeded in putting it in the platform of
1856. But very soon be came to the con-
cusion that this great Democratic party was
not competent to preserve and maintain the
rights of the South under the Constitution
He came to the conclusion that it was time
for them to institute some other Organiza-
tion for the maintenance of southern rights.
That he was conscientious and sincere in
his views, l do not doubt but that they
lead directly, inevitably, to dissolution of
the Union, and the formation of southern
confederacy, if carried out, think is beyond
all question. Doubtless many Senators
have seen the letter of Mr.. Yancey to MIR.
Slaughter, of the date of June Is, 1858, up
| vi SuUJcCt vi 'fREClflTATING The COT.
TON STATES INTO REVOLUTION" In order
that the Senate and the country may see
that do Mr.. Yancey full justice, l shall
have the whole letter read.
MIR. Pugh read as follows:
monte oMERY, June Is, 1858.
DEAR SIR: Your kind letter of the 18th is
received.
hardly agree with you that general move
ment can be made that will clear out the Au-
gean stable. If the Democracy were over
thrown, it would result in giving place to
greater and hungrier swarm of flies.
The remedy OF the South is not in such a
process. 1t is in digent organization of her
true men for the prompt resistance to the next
aggression. 1t must come in the nature of
things. No national party can save us; no
sectional party can ever do it. But if we could
do as our fathers did-Organize COMMITTEES
of safety" all over the cotton States (and it is
only in them that we can hope for any effective
movement)-we shall fire the southern heart,
instruct the southern mind, give courage to
each other, and, at the proper moment, by one
organized, concerted action we can precipi-
tate the cotton States into revolution.
The idea has been Swallowed forth IN the
South by Mr.. Ruffin; has been taken up ana
recommended by the advertiser, under the
name of League of United Southerners,
who, keeping up their old party reiatlons on
all other questions, will hold the soutneTn issue