The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-05-22
MIR LANDER's SPEECH.

one ofthe delegates from this District to the Char
the citizens of Mecklenburg at the Court House
in this place, on Wednesday last
The meeting was called to order by appointing
T N Alexander, Esq, chairman, and d. B. Rea,
Esq Secretary.
When Mr. Lander commenced speaking Cat l
o'clock, about dinner time,) there were about one
hundred persons in the Court House, are
Informed by gentleman who counted; but in
few minutes the crowd increased to tn number of
three hundred, at least.
Mr. Lander rehearsed, briefly, the action of the
Charleston Convention, and sustained the course of
the North Carolina delegation in remaining in the
Convention, fully convincing the audience, we
have no doubt, that our delegates acted properly
and with commendable discretion. lie thought
the seceders ought to have remained and stood by
Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Maryland,
Kentucky. Missouri and Delaware The border
States had the brunt Of the battle to bear in the
conflict with abolitionsm and the enemies of slav-
ery, while the States that seeded were far re-
moved from the immediate influence and depreda-
tions of northern fanatics. If the Union dis
solved, which he (Mr H. hoped would never be
the case the States that remained in the Convention
would have to meet the first shock of civil war,
and it was natural that their citizens should be
disposed to do all in their power to prevent such
calamity; but they were as firm il their devotion
to Southern rights any men in the country, and
were as ready to maintain their rights those who
withdrew from the Convention at Charleston.
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ty of those who withdrew patriotic gentlemen
and desired to the Union preserved, but he
knew there many among the seceder3 who
favored dissolution of the Union and the forma-
ton of a Southern Contederacy. He thought
they all should have remained in the Convention
and acted united Southern pcople--the States
that did remain had more at stake than those that
withdrew, for their interests would be more i'm
medistely affected and injured by dissolution.
Mr. Lander declared that while he was opposed
to the doctrine that Congress or a Territorial Leg
islatwe had the power right to lcgislate against
slavery in the Territories, he also opposed to
demanding this time slave code for the Terri
tories--he in favor Of nOn-intervention; for if
the right of Congress to interfere one side was
acknowledged, then the right would be
claimcd by the enemies of southern institutions to
intervene the other side. Some of the seceders
demanded that the Convention should acknowledge
the right of Intervention; but northern gentlemen
-men who have been fighting for southern rights
all their lives-denied it, and Il large majority of
the Southern people also deny it, deemng it i'm
prudent to spring question of that kind at present
lie did not abuse or denounce the seceders, but
merely pointed out the they committed in
Withdrawing from the Convention
In conclusion, Mr. Lander said he had no doubt
but that an acceptable nomination would be made
at Baltimore on the 18th of June and platform
adopted to the entire satisfaction of all true south
ern, UniOu-loving men,
We have not attempted anything like synopsis
of the speech-we took no notes, and rely entirely
upon memory. All agree that it was an able effort.
and that it met the appreciation of the people Gall
who desire the success of the great democratic
partly the frequent and :apturous applause with
which the speaker was greeted, is sufficient evil
dence
The following resolution was adopted by the
meeting:
ReSo|red, That approve the course pursued
by the North Carolina delegation in the Charles
ton Convention, believing that it was eminently
national aud proper.
Since writing the above notice of Mr. LIS speech we
have seen letter published in the Columbia Caronian
from b. r Perry Esq of the S. C. delegates which
confirms Mr. LanderS statements and conclusions show
ing that Mr. Perry considers the withdrawal of the
southern delegations premature and impolitic and
only calculated to dsOrganizc and divide the democra
tic party at the South This is the reason the oppos
mart in 1, -.
Fe'SsonlStS though they themselves failed obtain
Acknowledgment of southern rights at Baltimore
CENSUS TAKERS -Mr j. c. Flow has been