East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-03-01
Democratic state convention.

| luc ptdbO COMMUNION ~ ~
troit, Feb. %, 1860.
Loud and repeated calls being made
for Hon. Charles Il. Stuart, that gentle
man sook the platform, and spoke sub
stantiarY as follows:
To saythat he was exceedingly CRATE
ful for the expressions of confidence mani
tested toward him by the convention, was
but feebly to express his emotions There
are times when language is impotent to
express the feelings of man. When he
reflected that TWENTY-FIVE years ago he
came into this Territory, now State,
with nothing but determination tomake
for himself an honorable name, and then
found himself, to-day, surrounded by such
eminent men as comprised the conven-
ton, rnd receiving their unrestricted con
fidence, his heart conld feel, but his lips
could not utter those feelings. Zap
plause. There are times, he said, in
the country, when the public mind seems
irresistibly directed towards hr great
men. In the midst OF those trias and
expressions which surrounded our faJiers
in the revolution the public eye looked
to General Washington for deliverance,
and nobly did he respond to the call of
his country. Sensation.] The result
was that the tree of civil liberty was
planted deep in American soil, and water
ed by the blood and nurtured by the wis
dom of our fathers, its branches have ex-
panded till they now cover continent.
Applause. subsequently, in our second
war with England, when free trade and
sailors rights was the watch-word and
principle for which we contended, the
great heart Of the nation beat in solci-
tude for the Hero of the Hermitage, and
Andrew jackson, at New Orleans, drove
the enemy from our soil, aud brought
peace and happiness upon the country
Applause. At still latter period
when the cOrruptions of great moneyed
institution had grown to such proper.
tons as to endanger the liberties of the
people, the same great head and giant
arm were called into requistion to throt-
tie the monster, and eXtermnate the
danger [Applause. And now, at this
) day, when the public heart seems appalled,
before impending danger-when treason
10 ram pont--when sister State has been
ruthlessly invaded and her innocent and
patriotic citizens murdered at night in
cold blood, and when this confederated
Republic trembles from its centre to its
circumference, the great heart of our
people is again in agitation, and the pub
lie eye, never faltcring and ever certain
is directed unmstakably toward the
Giant of Illinois. Prolonged applause.
His creed, which is that the people OF
each State and Tereitory shall manage
their own domestic affairs in their own
way, without Intervention from any quar-.
ter is that creed, and that rule of action,
on which alone this Confederacy can be
y perpetuated. The signs of the times are
unmistakable. Go where you will-in
the cottage or in the city-there is but
one voice among the people, and that is
the voice of popular sovereignty. [Ap-
pause. 1t is but the expression of the
Christian rule, "Do unto others as you
; ,V',ld .l..S .Lv. sio,.ii do INTO you."-
Is there man in this convention who is
willing that Ohio or any other State
should dictate to us our internal policy:
Not one. Then let Ohio, and every 9th
er State, manage their domestic matters
> without interference from us. Is there
a man who does not sympathize with
Virginia, and rejoice that she has defend
ell her own soil against reasonable in
vasion, though he may lament that mis-
guided fanatics have paid the penalty OF
such deeds by death upon the scaifold:
, This Union should be eternal; the Con
7 federacy must and shall be preserved
Let us not do injustice to any. By their
fruits shall we know them, is, however, a
maxim of eternal truth. When that
, great and distinguished man, Edward
Everett, stood up in Boston, aud address
ed to his countrymen patriotic advice,
in such terms as no other man living can
equal, the republican press of the country
sought to stigmatize his effort by ridicu-
, ling him as "Union-saver." DO we see
: anywhere disposition on the part of this
republican party to relax their efforts
: when they see the torch of the incendiary
applied to the fabric, and innocent men,
women and children about to destroyed
in the conhagration? Do they seem APP
: palled? DO they seek to stop the tide of
fanaticism? Not at all; but everywhere
are seeking to roll it on to increased des-
truction Applause But, gentlemen,
, he continued, this is not time for talk;
it is emphatically time for action which
shall be unmistakable. Ii the gentlemen
; you have selected this day shall express
your views, as the speaker had no doubt
they would, when the Charleston conveD-
ton adjourns Douglas of Illinois will be
the nominee. prolonged applause. i
Once fairly nominated, his election is be-
yond doubt, and his administration will
bring peace to the country by restoring
fraternal feeling between the States.-
Applause.
Pardon me, gentlemen, he said, for an
allusion to myself, made necessary by re-
, cent events. When, during the great
controversy growing out of the Lecomp-
ton constitution, stood side by side with
the Senator from Illinois, we were both
fully aware that we had reputation to
J lose, but we felt that we had a country
to save. And now, when the crisis has
passed, and when the great doctrine OF
State and Territorial rights, for which we
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