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Alr. AVERY continued:

seuls m&lOllLy OF lue states 81 the Union, winch
States represents lZ7 electoral votes every one Of
which viii be cast for the nominee Of the Democratic
representing the principle which thatre-
port presents TO the convention They had therefore,
no apology to make. They planted themselves upon
this mperishable principle, and appealed to the Wen
known devotion Of the Democratic party to fairness
honor and justice to stand by their side. Seventeen
States Of the Union had renowned the adoption OF
the report It had been remarked that IN the dlfl-
sion on the report, there were fifteen slave states
and two Northern States. He knew the gentleman
from Ohio meant no sectional allusion IN speaking
as he did for as far rs he knew there exists no sec
tional feeling in the bosom Of any gentleman wno
signed the majority report. But they came thsre
representing great prinelple-Dacksu py lue ne =.
mocracy of Virginia, which had never Ial'Sreu "A
the hour Of the darkest peril They came mere as
Representatives of the Southwestern o-ales Una. l
never cast where vital principles were lnv9iVeo'
any but a Democratic vote. Ihey came EeIe as Tel
reseLtatives Of the Central Southern states rom
whose minds the political deiuslohs u p"s1 800 ~
have been removed, and who have come lhIo 'ne
Democratic fold there to remain forever
Mr. CLARK, of Missouri, was one Oh 1le Hs4JOIt
tv who had endorsed the Platform. The gentleman
had alluded to lis State as one tnaJ stOou o. e re
mort He wanted to announce to the Convention
thai he did not approve wholly OF the report ana
ou5 not vote for the first resoldton IN the report
He had sgued the report only in order to enable tie
committee to report
Mn AVERY objected to the interruption. He had
remarked that the report Of the majority had 3eeh
sustained by the Southwestern States that had al
,vavs stood firm and mistaken and cast none other
than Democratic votes. He was proceeding to say
that the several States now newly taking thelr posi-
ton beneath the Democratic banner endorsed us
princi9les The far distant State Of CALIFORNIA pap
lied in Democracy. stood by the principles OF the
report The far-Off Oregon-stll younger put not
less pure-stood by them. These States could give,
combined one hundred and twenty-seyen electoral
votes for the Democratic candidate Tor the resi-
dencv and he asked if the settled principles OF these
States does not demand consideration at the hands
of the Convention He asked those whose names
were affixed to the minority report-and he salo Il
in no sectional or invidiOus sense-to bear IN MIND
that the States they represent cannot De uepGueu
on to cast q single Democratic electoral Vole; lDey
stood there then with III Democrauc electoral
votes representing great principle, while the gen
tlenen on the other side representing not one single
electoral vote stand in antagonlsm 10 TINS pflhc
He appealed to them if a respectful consideration
should not be paid to those VINO represeIiteu Tue
voting Democracy Of the United States. lie had
said that This report represents great principle
the principle of the equality OF the great states Oh
tbis LINTON in the Territory of the United states.
The committee regarding this principle as one OF
vital Importance to the interests they represent, s
DrncipIe not eecting the rights or interests OF the
free States have thought that whenthe alone were
interested in its enforcement, this should not De sac
rifced but that if the Convention was to settle a
question upon which difference exists, 1t ought Al
least TO be settled in favor Of the parties whose
/ rights and interests alone are involved.
/ Mr. LOWRY of Indiana endeayOred TO make III
o,irv hui was prevented by loud cries Of "Order
Mr. AVERY could not consent to yield the floor
! He was speaking not for himself, DuJ IN Dehin o
those whose right 1t was 10 De hearu' MI'liou
ruDtion They spoke the common sentiments
their constituents at home, and he intended no Re
Election upon those who entertained dinereil ppm
ion when they said that the effect to the o2uleI
States of the confirmation OF the doctrine oI POPu
! lar soveroiOnitv would be disastrous Ihatuoctflh
i e dsngarous and as subversive of Southern right
As was the doctrine of Congressman lnlef'
| for prohibition of slavery in the territories. AN
why? They say that 10 the contest Tor the OccuPSc
of the Territories of the United States, the SOuIner
States cannot compete with the emigration Oh Ia
Northern States. aided by the Societies thar eAiS
/ there. Those Societies can send VOC INTO VI
Territory for two hundred dollars, while II costs III
South one thousand five hundred dollars lhey sa
! that wherever this competition between tne sla'
States and the North occurs the latter Will AWAY
/ ob+aiD advantage over the slave States. when 1t
| said that the Territorial Legislature es1aolisilS
bv Congress in a Territory, has the right drecu.
or indirectly TO regulate the institution OF slaeeIy
a blow is given to exclude every slaYeholulh5 95ao
from the Territory, effective as could DC lnhc'
| ed bv the adoption Of the Nllm5t FrOV'so' ouI d"
| out. ,;.
There is no proposition contained IN the minorlt.
report that invades the Constitutional rights Oh IN
North no proposition that the North OF the proper
tv of the North shall be excluded from the Ierrltof
6f the limited States They were invited to come ant
settle in and improve that vast Territory when &c
mains unoccupied but the South asks that the
NAV be permitted go there, too, with their neSr
property that when they do so they may nnu pro
tection and when they sit down there beneatl lhGl
own vine and Jig tree, they may be covered Oy III
-Tgis Of the Constitution.
Tor should II be forgotten that the emigrants sen
into the Territories by the societies OF the Mort
| were not sent by the Democracy, but by the OPpO
sition: bv those who banded together TO deslfo
the institutions of the South It the south coul
sit down in the Territories with the CONSCIOUSNESS
/ that they should not be intertered with M III
State Constitution was adopted-lf they could lee
| that they were terms Of equalJys WIN rCsPSN
to their property with the citizens OF free oliIe'
and that if any attempt was made to interfere VII
their rights the Government was ready to lnterpos
| its strong arm TO protect and defend tneIl' une
would feel that they were ready ana Wiling 70 us
emigration into the Territories OF the Jhlteu oll
They would then leave it for the people OF the LEI
,,itories in Convention assembled, to say whethc
they would come into the Union WITH slave or IRE
Constitutions 1t wac in this light they regarded tn
question lie asked any Northern man II he o'
6eved that. under existing circumstances an
I Southern man who owned one slave, or nye, or te
slaves. would venture with them to settle IN an
Territory of the United States: 1t was SAID tina
| This was an abstraction. for that we have no Tel
ritorv to settle now; he would answer that II mlgl
be an abstraction, for that Democratic prlhcipl t
are all abstractiOns-they nothing else, at lea
until thew are made practical by legislation BJ
these distractions laid down principles winch sha
guide legislation the present or future eNlgencl'
, Of the country may require.
The Committe on both sides had reported a rest
luton favoring the speedy acquisition OF the islam
of Cuba They all said privately and publicly, tia
if the bonds OF the Union be preserved the nag
this great country must float over all the States
Central America-Over the whole Of Mexico, unles
that unfortunate country remOdes It's form OF GOV
| eminent There Is, then, new country Openln
before us which invites Southern labor; and yet tn
principle contained in that minority report-th
principle OF popular sOvereigrty-wOuld Nlrtuall
exclude the South with her slaves from the lelT
tory of Central America.
And what Is to be the destiny Of the people OF tn
South? With them, this is case Of life AID dealt
He regarded this principle as the most lmportar
| that ever agitated the minds of the people Oh IN
South: for. If you establish the doctrine OF Popua
I sovereignty 1t viii destroy the rights and safety
| the South as surely as would Congressional inter
| yention and prohibition. If we are 10 have COZ
1 don of free States binding US IN from the Atahu
to the Pacific coast, to what Territory are the pee
ple of the South to emigrate! Where Is the heSr
nopuIation when it becomes redundant TO De placel
Are YOU prepared TO bring on the TrepressloIe COZ
Hict the AGITATION Of which has received the mCl-
nant rebuke OF every Democrat IN the OIlUe
Statpsg That irrepressible conflict would come
the doctrine of popular sovereignty shouIu Pfe'a
and it was this COnNlCuOn lhal lOICSu A0SStA o' =
the minds OF the South, and made them more DlterI
hostile TO that doctrine than t. the dogma OF Con
rressional intervention itself This may be new I
tie North: but they must bear IN mind thaI a vas
pumberof the citizens of slaveholdlng states uesr
10 remain at home from their attachment to the so
of their birth and to their families grow u
around them. surrounded by the property they nav
acccumulated for them. Now, as the slave popuIa
ton increases if there be no outlet tor IT, uhli
home there is no labor to employ H. the result mus
be emancipation or the irrepressl0le CONNECT an
when emancipation comes, do we not know Una
tlan comes the contest between white ana hlack ia
bor. uDop an equality? That equality may be &C
l.noUledged at the North, but the poorest man IN
slave State scOrns it, and should emancipation COME
the strongest array that could be raised could no
prevent the expulsion Of the blacks, IN DIoOdsheo
beyond the borders of the State. He stated thes
convictions because he desired to show to the pee
nile of the North that the same sentiment animate
ali people of the South, whether they be the owner
! Of slaves OF not.
But they were told that in advocating the doc
trines now advanced by the majority they were VIC
lating the principles of the Cincinnati Platform
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