The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-01

hereSy as to furnish sufficient cause tor dis.
rupting the Democratic party, much less for
the American Union. They
voted for General Cass with knowledge Of
his opinions on this question and he was
their first choice. Old Virginia did not
take him then as choice of evils. She
had the opportunity of voting for q, south
ern man, illustrious for his talents, public
services, and devotion to southern rights.
She had the opportunity of voting at that
time for Mr.. Calhoun, of South Carolina,
on his platform. Old Virginia then be.
lieved that intervention on the subject of
slavery meant disunion. Hence she rejected
Intervention, and gave her vote first, last,
aud all the time, for General Cass, the ex-
FOUNDER, the embodiment of non-interven.
tion. The same remark is true of Mssis-
sippi, represented so ably by the senator
who arraigned me the other day. He tells
us that he always fought this doctrine of
non>intervention. So he has; but at that
time he had not the same power in the
State of Mississippi he had not made the
same impress on that people, by his eminent
talents and great public services, as he has
since and hence he was then unable to Sc.
duce Mississippi away from the doctrine
of non-intervention. Louisiana, too, then
true to the Democratic creed A; true to the
doctrine of Intervention true to the
maintenance of the Union hostile to inter-
vention-because Intervention led directly
to disunion-rallied around General Cass
as the standard bearer in 1848, first, last,
and all the time. So of the other States
which have named.
On the fourth ballot, (which was the last
one, and the one on which General Cass
was nominated by a two-thirds vote) in the
slaveholding States, General Cass received,
"a votes Mr.. Buchanan, votes; Mr..
Woodbury., IL votes; General Worth,
General Butler, 3. The Southern States
voting for General Cass were: Delaware,
3; Maryland, 6; Virginia, II; North
Carolina, IL South Carolina, 9; Georgia
10; Mississippi, g.; Louisiana, 6 Texas,
4 Arkansas, 3; Tennessee, 7 Kentucky,
Z; Missouri, 7. Even South Carolina,
when she found that her own favorite had
no chance of a nomination-so soon as she
found that General Cass was the choice of
a majority of the party-wheeled into line,
surrendered her preference, and declared the
champion of non intervention as her next
choice for the presidency. Then she did
not think the doctrine was sufficient cause
either to dissolve the Union or disrupt the
Democratic party.
On the first ballot, the northern States
gave Cass SO; Woodbury. 49,; Buchanan
80; showing that Gen. Cass received only
SO out of 40 northern votes cast, New
York not voting in consequence of her dou-
BILE delegation and in all the slaveholding
States he received, on the first ballot, 66
ont of 118 votes, being majority of the
whole number. These facts show that Gen.
Cass was not the choice ola majority of the
northern Democracy at that time, but was
the choice Of a majority of the southern
Democracy.
Mr.. DOUGLAS here refers to the fact, very
pertinent now in view of Mr.. CALEB CUsH-
1NG's decision at Charleston, that Gen.
CAss, in 1848, was nominated by vote of
two.thirds Of the delegates present and
voting, and not by two thirds of the whole
electoral college, New York not voting on
the nomination, on account of divisions in
her delegation.
Mr.. DOUGLAS then quotes the following
proceedings of the convention, on the ques-
ton of making Gen. CAss' nomination
unanimous
Mr.. Yancey, of Alabama, stated that he de-.
sired to have the platform-on which they in
tend to place the candidate erected before he
would pledge his support.
Mr.. Winston, of Alabama, pledged the PEG.
pie of Alabama to sustain the nominee.
Messrs. King, ]. E. Morse, Syndenham, Scott
and Bowden, each united in the pledge given
by Mr.. Winston.
And comments as as follows
Some eminent names in those DAYS are
here who did not think the doctrine of non
Intervention was such fatal hersey as to
form sufficient justification for disrupting
the Democratic party, even at the hazard Of
a dissolution of the Union. Gov. Winston,
1 believe, is we'll known in Alabama-an
eminent citizen. He pledged Alabama for
General Cass on his doctrine of non>inter-
vention, carrying the Nicholson letter in bis
hand as the compass by which his political
ection was to be governed. Syndenham
Moore is not name unknown to fame {"
"a most worthy man, eminent in ability,
and standing we'll in Alabama, and now
represents that State with ability and zeal
in the House of Representatives. He did
not regard this doctrine of non.intervention
as fatal blow at Southern rights, and be
felt authorized to pledge Alabama to the
support of General Cass. "Mr. Avant, of
Tennessee, and Mr.. Magofin, of Kentucky,
spoke in favor of the nominee, pledging the
support of their respective States" and
the next day the platform was adopted, in
which the doctrine of non.intervention was
affirmed in the seventh resolution, which is
so familiar that, perhaps, it is unnecessary
to read it. [" Let us hear it'll Let it be
read.
Mr.. Pugh read, as follows:
Z. That Congress has no power under the
Constitution to interfere with or control domes.
tic institutions of the several States, and that
such States are the sole and proper Judge of
everything appertaining to their own affairs.
not prohibited by the Constitution; that all eff.
forts of the Abolitionists or others, made to in.
duce Congress to interfere with questions of
slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation
thereto, are CALCULATED to lead to the most
that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency
to diminish the happiness of the people, and
endanger the stability and permanency of the
Union, and ought not to be commenced bv any
friend of our political institutions.
Mr.. Douglas-In l84S. the Democratic
Convention were of opinion that, to coun-