Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-05-09

IN support of the majority report His -
have already appeared II, the Standard III ,1@lA'
followed by Mr. Payne of Ohio, in support ~ was "a
minority report He read sk tracts from the .D. .ae
es Of hessrs Cobb Or. Brsckipridse, Stephens
Hunter, Badge. and Others to show that nor.ino
vefitoh had thiiohpf been he doerins of The n
ocratic party and that the nnderstandnc a. :,
KansasN Nebraska bill was that the neonss 7,ne
Territories should have the right to decide tS 'ne
ton Of slavery for themselves We give tbe 4u.''
ding portion Of Mr.. Payne,s remarks, ''u'
sNeei he accumulate these ext-.c,s
not single Statesman who has figured IN GCtnAt
of late years, but has taken this high pronnJ
foi the Nofth-the Northern mind Is tbn-,.1a, ana
imbued with the principle of popular soye,s;.y
You cannot tear it out of the peoples hearts
tearing away the heart-strngs themselves W .uOut
nothing for the people of the Territories In. ask
the Constitution allows them; for we saw We . St
by the decision Of the Courts, who are the Sn sUde
terpreters OF the Constitution By their decision l'
VIII ao,de-We Will carry them out in good fab
From that position cannot in honor recojo :,
alluded TO the resolutions of the Ohio S,te ~ lie
ton, to show that the Democracy of that STAT
endorses the Cincinnati Platform. July
Now, we say, that this question of slavar, :; :,
Territories is to be settled by the Supreme T .ne
the United States We say this doctrine O ~ Of
gressiona intervention has been fruitful
mischief, separation and heartburnings. We w. u
the doctrine of non-interyention and popular sasI
eighty VIC are committed and that we cannot rsoo5
from it without personal dishonor. and 50 hue
God, we never aoW recede from It He t neip US
would not be thought that he was threateninGt
The South says this is a surrender of her ns,..
al rights He was bound to believe them F;.'On'
and honest, but he Thought them greatly mist.IeS
lie asked them to believe him equally sincp.o ~
he said that consistency and selrespect wa. as Io.a
NO Northern Democrat as to their own warn ".5
generous Southern hearts, and when he said .I.o
that the surrender of the doctrine of popular
regnty would be the signal for the overthrow Of tho
Democrats OF the Northern States he said in al 60
emnity that if the first resolution of the a;n,.
report is accepted they could expect no aid fom Ho
North in the electoral vote for their nominee H.
argued, in reply to the remarks of Mr.. Avery tb,t
few years since 1t was to the North the Dempcr.cT
looked for success.
lie hoped to God they never chDuH get ALONG with
out Southern States; but he reminded them tbat
Mr.. Pierce coiild have been elected had no Southern
State voted for him. Take his own State. where al
clifton RACES and then talk about fighting the enemy
When the Missouri Compromise Eas repealed the
State was carried by the enemy by $4,000 majority
and the Democracy had not single Representative
in Congress.
In 1856, on the Cincinnati Platform, they had 70.
duced the majority. 1t was now nearly wiped ont
and with the minority platform now, they Gould
carry the State for the Democratic nominee He
held that the South far more interested in tbe
result of the next election than the North We can
live, we can stay in the Union under Republican
President and Republican Supreme Court. twas
for the South to say whether they could do so.
He desired to impress the South with a sense of
the difficulties the Democracy of the North have to
encounter. We cannot carry the elections, for we
cannot enter into the contest with any heart il Won
take away from us those cherished principles with
which alone we can hope for success. He told them
the solemn truth. And what would the South do
if the whole government like the present House of
Representatives, is yielded into the hands of this
party Of the irrepressIble conflict? They are the
men who would surround you with Gordon of free
States so that slavery might sting itself to death
within IT'S confines. They are the men that under
take to the Courts, so as to nuIlfy the law
for the rendition of slaves. We have been fighting
your battles, not our own. All ask of you is not
to tie our hands
Then what position do we take? No aggression
is made on your rights. We do not ask you to
abandon the position you took in 1856, and under
which you have lived for four years You have not
suffered under that Platform-you have not lost
your slaves or your political standing-you have not
1leIueu TlBUC OF DeeH lowered N Inc pOlI-
cal scale Are you for very abstraction going to
yield the chance of success2 Is there any DISPOSE
ton TO rob you of your political influence on the
part of your Northern brethren?
We say we 1ciH abide by the decision of the
Courts. The bred Scott decision having been rem
dered since the Cincinnati Platform was adopted
renders this proper. We will take that decision,
and abide by it like loyal steadfast true-hearted
men. Is not that enough? But you ask us to break
IL I L 4
and can triumph in 1860. Can that Platform defeat
you in this State? OF what party you afraid of?
The Know-Nothing party, or whati You have no
black Republicans here, for you would not tolerate
them among you. Why, then, should you fear?
Or, do you stand for mere abstraction, when such
danger surrounds US and the country!
He would appeal to the South to put no weights
upon the North-to let them run this race unfetter-
ed and unhampered. Ifthe appeal is answered, the
North will do her duty in the struggle Should the
Platform of the majority be adopted, he would go
home and do his best, but hopeless of success But
he would ask, in that case that his gallant Southern
friends who desire to spend their summer farther
North would visit the State of Ohio and join in the
battle on the Western reserve. Laughter and loud
cheers.
Mr.. Butler also addressed the Convention in sup
port of his report.
element, the resolutions were re-committed to the
Committee, with instructions to report by four, p
NJ. The vote on re-committing was very close
being 152 for and 15l against recommitiDg. North
Carolina voted to re-commit
At four O'clock P. NJ, Mr.. Avery, on behalf OF
the majority, submitted another report, as follows;
"Resolred, That the Platform adopted by the Dem
ocratic party at Cincinnati be affirmed with the fol-
lowing explanatory resolutions:
/. That the government of,a Territory organized
by an act of Congress, IS provisional and tempo
rary; and during its existence all citizens of the
United States have an equal right TO settle with
their property in the Territory without their rights
either of person or property being destroyed or I'M
paired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
9 That il is the duty Of the Federal Government
in all its departments to protect when necessary
the rights of persons and property in the Terrific
ries and wherever else its constitutional authority
extends. Z. ses.s,s So, -
g. That when the settlers in a Territory having