Newbern weekly progress., 1860-05-15
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The Refinement Of Scees%so n HStH = rec speech
and Free Action Esc:sTca at Charleston!
The follwing is from the last Standard whose
editor was witness to all the doings in the
Charleston Convention:
Charleston is a noble Southern City. The in
habitants are intelligent, spirited and hospitable.
But notwithstanding this, it is to be regretted
that the National Convention was held in Charles
ton The outside pressure on the delegates was
against the Union, against the nationality of the
Democratic party, and therefore unfavorahle to
calm deliberation and fortunate results. The dis
unionst, Mr.. Yancey, was at home in Charles
tom Night after night large crowds assembled
to hear speeches from delegates and others, Mr..
Yancey and his followers being conspicuous
among the speakers Nearly all the speeches
which heard were ultra Southern IN their
tone and denunciatory of Mr. Douglas. Northern
Democrats could scarcely obtain a hearing
Men who have stood by the Constitution and the
Union in the hotbeds of Northern treason and
dsunion. and who have contended for years face
to face and hand to hand with black Republican,
ism in its most odious shapes, were either Kissed
or their voices drowned by the hootings of the
crowd. And enven in the Convention Maj. Per-
ry, who refused to secede, but remained for a
time and cast one vote for Mr.. Hunter as dele
gate from South Carolina, was Kissed by persons
on the floor and in the galleries Free speech
and free action were, therefore, virtually denied
to those delegates who regarded denunciatons of
the star spangled banner as unpatriotic and trea-
sonable, 1--WE heard the American flag bitterly de-
nounced in one of the crowds which assembled
at night in front of the Charleston Hotel) and
who were determined to stand by the Nation
al Democratic party the great hope of the
Union and to rebuke the spirit of disunoin which
threatened to divide and destroy it.
Northern Democrats of course felt acutely this
condition of things, but they bore themselves
like patriots and gentlemen. They complained,
but not bitterly, of the outside pressure brought
to bear upon them It had no effect on them but
to confirm them their devotion TO their candi-
date, Mr.. Douglas. They had voted for the fu-
gitive-slave laW-they had voted to repeal the
Missouri restriction-they had voted to annex
Texas, and add thereby three hundred thous-
and square miles of slaveholding Territory to the
Union-they had voted against protective tariff
laws, of which South Carolina complained
so bitterly, and on account of which she was
about to leave the Union-they had struggled in
their respective States to prevent the enactment
of laws to shield and protect fugitive slaves and
they had recently honored one of South Cafsli
mas prominet sons with the Speakership of the
House of Representatives. Under these circum-
stances, not to mention others. these gallant men
deserved better treatment than they received at
the hands of South Carolinians. For our part,
we have no hesitation in saying that will not
go with South Carolina with William L. Yam
cey and his followers in their attempts dissolve
the Union The star-spangled banner is not yet
odious in our sight, nor do we by any means des-
pair of the Republic. We still have confidence
III the National Democratic party We look to
Baltimore for confirmation of that confidence,
and for ticket which will triumph in November
next. Meanwhile zoe are for the Constitution and
the Union, and against all who would trample on
. the one or dissolve the other. AS for Mr.. Yam
cey, we leave him to the tender mercles of
9he Alabama Democracy. They will dispose OF
) him.