Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-06-26

Louisiana; nos. FiOuFhoS, u ~ h"uSa",
james Craig, of Missouri; e. Knox Walker,
of Tennessee; Henry c. Harrison, of Ken
lucky; Hugh j. Jewett, OF Ohio; II. ". Har.
rington, of Indiana Murray Mcconnell, OF
Illinois; Benjamin Foilett, OF Michigan; Jno.
K Sharpstein, of Wisconsin; VIM. II. Mer-
rick, Of Iowa; Henry II. Slley, Of Mnneso-
"a; James A. McDougal, of California.
Perhaps the mostreDarkable circumstance
in the upheaying Of Democratic elements
during the past week has been that the
Southern leaders of either party, Mr.. Soule
and Yancey, are men who ten years ago
fought side by side, declaring for dis
union in the event of the admission OF
California. Both by their own admission
have become converts since. The speeches
of these gentlemen before the Conventions in
which they were distinguished and honored
leaders show, perhaps, more clearly than any
other statements put forth at Baltimore, the
anintHs of the divisions OF the democracy at
| the South.
In the Front street Theatre, Mr.. Soule took
OCCASION to say;
| "When this Convention assembled at
| Charleston the idea had not vat struck their
minds that a movement of the nature of the
| one which has been effected could be based
! upon the doctrines of the distinguished gen
tleman from Alabama Mr.. Yanccy), who has
| fathered this secession. For it is idle for
Southern men to disguise the true object Of
that movement. Secession from the Demo-
cratic party can be nothing else than dis
ruptlon Of that party at the very moment
when the hopes Of the whole nation are hang
ing upon its continuity IN power. Secession
| is word intended to conceal another word oil
more signifcancy. If secession was to find
an echo among the people OF this great
confederacy, then no longer could this
! Republic boast that the structure which
our fathers erected with So much sa-
crifce and so much toll, was a noble ex-
| pertinent. Secession must beget dlSunlon.
| Upon what protence has secession been pre-
| Dictated? | will not do those distinguished
gentlemen who stepped OUT of this room this
morning, the injustice to suppose that they
truly parted from you because OF your hav-
| ing decided the question OF internal organl-
zaton in Il manner that did not agree with
their views They may give tins as Il pre-
| tence-they may use 1t as cloak to cover
| their desertion from the purty--but the truth
cannot be disguised; whether deluded or not
thew are tools in the hands Of intriguers, and
their course must necessarily tend to dis
union"
10 which indictment at the hands Of his
former associate, MIR. Iancey, responded as
follows, in his speech at the Maryland lnstl-
| tute on the evening Of the same day i'll which
Mr.. Suule had addressed the Douglas con
vention:
In 1881, | went before the people Of the
State Of Alabama, and asked oil them II they
would secede from Il Union that had thus Tor
gotten to observe It's pledges. She thought
| lit in her wisdom to decline, and voted down
the seeding party. From that day to this
have ursed no measure Of dissolution, but |
have bowed in submission to the will OF my
State, to whom | owe my allegiance. From
| that day to this, under all these wrongs,
! have not urged them as Il sufficient cause
why the Union shall be dissolved-and though
| Injustice and wrong has since been done to
my section, yet they are not OF that charac-
| ter which, of themselves, call for dlSumon.
And when it has Leen stated, tor the purpose
| Of iniurnr the cause with which l am con
| nectcd that am urging my friends to dis
union. and to the disruption Of the the Dem
| ocratic party, that has been stated that Is
self. There is nothing that have done or
| said in the progress OF measures leading TO
| organization for this canvass, nothing that
actuates me, no motive oi mine that can, with
| fairness, be 50 construed. Whenever the
time comes in which Il wrong shall be done
to the section in which | livc-which IS pal
pablv and clearly done with IL view Of wrong
ing that sectional wrong that shall affect It's
honor and equality, ! shall cndcavor to lie,
as was in 1851, among the first to raise the
banner OF State secession. Until cause -:
that event occurs, here and elsewhere snail
| rally under the hammer Of the Democracy
and Of the Constitution
! Both seem to remember the lesson taught
by the defeat Of the opponents OF the com
| promise Of 1850. The lesson tamcs Mr..
Soule into submission. to destiny he seems
to regard as memorable. 1t teaches Mr..
Yancey only the necessity of caution.
The quiet which has come down upon the
| city with the Sabbath, contrasts most strange
| " with the turmoil Of last night. Many OF
the delegates have already left, and the
public attention turned from Baltimore.
waits for the news Of how the States receive
those who return to give an account OF their
stewardship. Nous rcrFoHs.