, 1860-09-07

there il spmehody stronger Or ml&nhef s1ao
the Constitution that car ta8s away tosf
which the Constttution saJs you nsy hold
Just vhat Mr.. Douglas s'serts, snd which, Il
not recognized, be will rand and destroy - he
goes, f1pplapse.] derive some 9atissetion
from the fsct that the Hon. John J. Crtttenden,
nhese 1sme nd .aeoh p ~ s eo Ieeoa
MED by lis oath as ssnator, the principles
upon which vc stand a. the princlples OF the |
Consultation, fCheersl 1.caunot enlarge; l
appeal to you il have not With rtaaon.hla cer-
tan.y, may ssy eoncl1a1sly, repsnssa sne es
it is neither !, nor the party which nominated
me-, bat Nr. Douglas, who has broken faith; |
that by the auree ent at the time Of the passage
Of The Kansas Nebraska bill, the constitutional
point was to be left to the Supreme Court, naVe
not shown that the Supreme court susSnneq4
our construction of the ConslitutlonF hAVe
nat shoxn that the agreement thus made has
been yiolated by the declaration that 3: bordi-
nate authority may have the oconstitutlonalt12hs
aud exclude slave property when tte Court
SAYS it has not the poHerf Who has abandoned
the ground or violated The agreement
have shown that the principles upon which
wa atand haIe been sanctioned BY the practice
Of the Goye.pment, affirmed BY The highestju-
dicint trihnnal in the world voted to be true
bY two political parties in 1852; unanimously
asserted by both branches Of the Legislature,
and by an Overwhelming mnloFty o. sne "ap'e hs
Mr. Critsenden 10 be sound aud true. [CbeerA
think have piled up a pyramid OF fact ana
argument in support Of these principles, which
oupht to commend itself to the grave c3nslderh'
tion Of every intelligent man- Lave tflea 10
do it By legitimate facts and arguments. an
not conscious Of having appealed to any preju.
dice. g., ,..,
Fellow citizens-can you bear with me httle
lonRers
/ know Of but one political organization be-
fore the United Sta.es which asserts the prlnci-
ples have undertaken to expound. The Re-
publ;cau organization have taxi en- precise 7 opro-
4, principles. They ray We have no rights in
The Territories with cur property They say
Congress- has right to exclude II, and 1t is lis
duty to do 80, and they are willing to see the
Territorial Legislature do it if Congress DOS
not.
In regard to the Platform adopted By the Con-
yention which nominated Mr. Bell Of Tenn,
| and Mr. Everett Of Mass, have only to Say,
| that certainly it announced no priaciple at all
| upon the subject. none whatever.
Gentlemen tell Us they are advocating the
claims Of these distinguished gentlemen upon
| and the enforcement Of the laws.
1presune that thero ia scarcely man in this
| assembly, perhaps no one North or South, who
will admit that he is against the Union, the
ConstlIntlon, ana ne en- ofcement OF me laws;
ont yet tney msintaln sne NOS. aise.se I ana op'
ing the Constitution and the character If the
| laws to be enforced. Mr Seward, Ar. Burlin-
game and Nr. Giddings, will tell you that they
sre for the Union; but it is their own sort of
Union that they Want. They say they are for
ihe Constr taop: nntt tney coneksue ne constl-
tuition 80 as TO take away III our f'ghts.
| of the laws bnt thew are for lava which would
take away our properly" lChseIs, For the
Urlou, the Consshut'on ana the laws, theJ
saoke hands with you on that, but you cannot
agree On 9 tlogle tolnE unaef heaven, alter
wa'ds. lLaughter and cheers !heIe' thus
pla'lorm. eentienen, osc.siSs Ptac'lcanJ no'n
lng, and nave 1othnE 1uttner 10 eay ABOUT 1t.
t'Kooo; Rooo, GUT Ins ptauofm nase req
10 Joa ooes contain a's.!nct enuacla'ion o.
certain principles "h1ch toucn me rights Of
property ana persons IN Inc tei!Hol1es, and
What we regard 10 oe 19e eqoal f12hss OF the
states, ana We want 10 Know II tne people Of
hentncky are 1eaoy 10 ueet LIE Es"e. "
appeal 70 y?o, noI IN oenau Q! any !nolv1dual,
but to stand " onr own prlnciples, founded on
the constitution OF tne country. lCfles Of
"good."]
Now II be true that l AN not dlsunlonlst,
and it it be true that the political principles
advocate are not dlsnnlon principles, but are
the principles Of the Constitution IL it not right
hard to establish disu lion on sound men With
Constitutional principles? TCries Of "that's
so."] That, gentlemen, would SEEM to exhaust
tbs suhjsct. Sound m.n with Constitutional
principles, which principles hare announced
in the form recognized in American politics,
to be ASSERTED By the means Of the ballot box.
But word on another subject 1t is said
although am rot disunionist, and the prin'
cptes assert are not, yet tho obi ject Of the or.
ganiza:ion by which hare been nominated Is
to break up this confederacy and suppose they
hare selected me as the tool with which 10 exc
cute that schernei A voice-'a bad instru
ment."-Cheersl
hare no DOUBT q great many gentlemen il
the Southern States Of the Unio1 think tbei,
constitutional rights will never be recocpized d
4 few are perlats 8 or se disuntou,sts. though
doubt il there are tifty such in the Union. In.
doubtedlY number Of gentlemen who were
dissatsted with the comprouise measures o
1850, now D, efer me for the Presidency and sus
tain me On this platform, and if we're disposed
to count noses, doubt not there are many o.
the same character, who sustain other eentle.
men upon platforms not 10 constitutional and
desirable IS mine. [Cheera]
Whist il the charge1 Nearly entire delega
tiops Of some Northern States. supported b.
the mass Of the Democracy IN all the Southern
States, m de the nomination. Do they say The
whole Of this mass were disunionists7 Why
, | gentlemen, the country is in bad way if thi