Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-05-23
mr.. Yanccy,s Opinion OF the Tenne,-


SIR YAScEY. TIL fead-r7oi the Alab N
csder-. made a spe' ca at NJ n gpm ry os
h l5th inS.., ia which be took oeca ion To
We iisop nj e. tn. HowAxD resolution
IL airri.,ut : its birth to The n W York DEF
g.tion, -ad al i ...sas a dec ,ptian- :. cb at.
q s.@' u. aid .'>p c'aiiy should u be
guard. against. coming from such a corrupt
onrce-the Albany RegeDcy-for it wa
tatrd To the facs of the delegatcs in Con
seaiioE, that considering the evidfncs
brought LIEF re the credential COMMITTEE
no one could fail 10 conclude that anything
could be proved i'y the o6idapits of plei.ty of
men that were called respectable in New York;
That's pretty plain talk. The Tenncsses
delegation must have been in peculiarly
obliging mood to adopt the bantling o.
scurvy set of fellows such thus de-
scrib d. But, Mr. YANcEr added. the iplat
firm adopted cannot he changed. ''The
Squatter Sovereignty Platform is the plat
form of the Baltimore Convention beyond
the power of change. for just after it, adop-
ton, mo, ion was made 10y a Douglas dele
gate to reconsider, and this motion was laid
on the taile. thus driving in the last nail
By ell parliamentary rule. the platform i
not in a condition that admits of the ppssi-
billy Of altering it. The platform then is
settled, and that The issue of soustter heresy.
against which she has always fought, and to
yield which is 10 give up the whole slavery
question"
Mr. YAscEY opposed the idea CT returning
to the Convention hen it assemblies at Bal
timore. giving, among other reasons, tie fol
lowing
Again. no reasonable. well-a1vised man
could indulge any hope of securing the nom
natinn at Baltimore. of any safe. true Con
siitutional candidate, even if all the S, ceding
delegations are supplied. The ballots al
Charleston showed that ID jugIss had clear
majority OF a full Convention. and his fri~nds
were perfectly united. possessing the induce
ments. the courage, indomitable will an! eh
durancr. Is If reasonable 10 e1pect that dt Bhti
more they lrIH r-ifiiGra,D heir fdUorde and allow
the nomination OF Hunter. Whose whole rc-
cord is against the doctrine Of SquatIer
Sovereignty? or Lane, tire plain, honest Ore
gOn Statesman, who stands IN the Ss-nate dia-
me really OpEos d to Douglas uPOn this
great question or OF Davis, OF Mississippi.
who is ever III. first of his peers to lay hs
band upon douglas! or Oh Gnlhrie, VINO Is
doubtless AS true upon The principle Of pro-
lection to slavery as any other public man al
the country! There rs cln1riy no Other prospect
than a Tepstition of The bollo'ugs at Charleston.
for the Douglas men ring a minority. and '0ih
all The GdUGntGges lciH sand by their chiJ 10 The
J2Gr end IL was his conviction Ibat no NOM
inali0n would br effected at Baltimore. the
Convention would b. adjourned sine die. and
Mr.. Douglas would go before the country
represented by his partlsans as the nominee
who, by faciious minority, had been de-
priyed of the necessary two-third vote. The
precedent of other candidates being with
drawn, when one of them attained maj "rty
vote, he would charge was di-regarded In
order to prevent Lin from obtaining tile cuS-
tumary Endorsement. He and bis friend
would make b"ld. lard fight before The
people, and, even in the South. there would
be men 10 urge his claim- as the nominee OF
the ID mocraIic party. He himself could not
see how Alabama and the other seeding
States could be repre- enied in The Convention
at Baltimore. and al the same time preserve
Their honor untarnished. and not have their
present high moral position demoralized and
degraded"