Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-27

Read the following verbatim report Of Mr.
Gouldens speech in the Convention just be.
fore Mr.. Douglas was nominated, taken from
the Baltimore American, and band it to the
first Dragging supporter of the 4" Little Giant
you meet. II his stomach be not stronger
even than Ben. Halletts, the author of the
Cincinnati platform, he too win hurry to take
position scout in-the cold.
SPEECH OF Mr.. soULDES.
=" Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Con-
vention come here from the State of
Georgia, indorsed by that State Convention
and by the Convention at Charleston. This
ought surely to give me right to be heard
before YOU; and though have not Joined my
fortunes in the State Of Georgia either to the
House of York or the House Of Lancaster
leel that have a right here to speak 10 the
gn'at Democratic party Of the United States.
Ia seeing the elements of disruption and
disorganization which seem to prevail in the
midst of this most intelligent assembly, have
felt that the experiment of the capability of
man for self-government was about to prove
a failure here, and that the genius of liberty
was about shrieking 10 leave the world but
| trust this may be the darkest hour Just
before the day, and that from these elements
of discord, the representatives Of the intelli-
gent American people here assembled may be
able to devise plan upon which the Great
Democratic party ofthe United States may be
united and that we will yet add another
victory to the many we have already achieved.
nr,rocp ,Tro INTrap1rv
am an advocate for maintaining the integ-
rity of the national Democratic party.
AN ExrRENE NAN.
belong 10 the extreme South; am a Pro-
Slavery man ia every sense of the wOrd-aye,
and an African slave-trade man. Applause
and laughter.
WHAT SLAVERY HAS DONE.
This institution of Slavery, as have said
elsewhere, has done more TO advance the
prosperity and intelligence of the white race
and Of the human race than all else together.
I believe it to be founded upon the law of
Nature and upon the law of God; believe it
would be blessing to ali races; believe that
liberty would not truly exist in this Western
World except by maintaining the integrity of
the great national Democratic party. Ap-
plause As for this irrepressible conflict
party with their serried ranks now ready to
march down upon u.s. have no faith in it,
because it is founded in anarchy, in every
thing anti-republican, in everything that is
opposed to human progress; while | under
stand the idea of. the great National Demo-
cratic party to be non-interyentiOn in its
broadest sense. Applause.
CANNOT DO MUCH IN GEORGIA.
Now, my Northern friends, l do not know
that can do anything in Georgia to recon-
Gle these matters, but whatever / can do 7
will. Applause.
| say that cur friends in Georgia who are
crying out for protection to Slavery in the
Territories are advocating mere theory, q
mere abstraction, a thing that is not and can
not be; they would do much better if they
would demand protection from the General
Government, and have line Of police estab-
lished along the borders of the Slave States to
catch and hang the thieving AbOlitionists who
are stealing our niggers. Laughter and ap-
plause.
That is means Of protection, and why
Because it is practical. lReuewed laughter
and applause.
SLAVE BREEDING.
Here is my old native State of Virginia, the
slave trading and slave breeding State fVir-
ginia. Laughter.
Delegate from Val cali the gentleman to
order. He casts an imputstion upon Virginia
by calling her the slave breeding State of Yir-
ginia.
MIR. Goulden-Well, l will say the slave
breeding State of Georgia then. I glory in
being a slave breeder myself Loud laugh
ter. ] will face the music myself and
have as many negroes as any man from Vir-
ginia. As 1 invited the gentlemen of this
Convention at Charleston to visit my planta-
ton, l will say again, that ifthey will come
to see me, will show them as fine lot of
negroes, and the pure African too, as they can
find anywhere; and I will show them as
handsome a set of little children there as can
be seen, laughter, land any quantity ofthem,
too; Trenewed laughter, and I wish that
Virginia may be as good slave trading and
slave breeding State as Georgia, and in saying
that, do not mean to be disrespectful to
Virginia, but ! do not mean to dodge the
question at all.
EON-IETERyENTIoN.
NOW, want no ONCE never asked any }
did not ask the State Convention to send me
here; but l am here to tell the truth to you
all, and this is my idea of non-intervention :
l want the State Of Virginia, ifshe has negroes,
to have as many as she pleases; if you want
Slavery in Massachusetts,, want you to have
/ it; if yon want it in Indiana, Ohio, Wiscon-
sin, and Minnesota in Gods name have it,
It is your right to have slaves, and just as
many or as few as you please. I will never
Join a party which desires to force slavery
anywhere or keep ii from any place. Ap-
plause.7 believe that it is regulated by the
law Of God, of natures God, and all history
proves that to be so. All that Task is hands
of-leave it to the people Of the States and
Territories to settle that matter for themselves,
under the Constitution of the United States.
( applause. And now while am up want
TO put my veto upon one thing. l know that
l am not going to be applauded in what
say, but seed sown in good time viii bring
forth fruit, and though you may say now
that am wrong yet I think shall live to
see the day when the doctrines advocate to-
night will be the doctrines Of Massachusetts,
and of the North, for