Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-07-02
RICHMOND HIG
DEMOCRATIC
NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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binary solctude by cingng TO the Democratic organza
ton We prefer noninterventiOn and union TO interve1
tiou and dsuniOn. Applause And in urging this
am confident speak the sentiments OF large majort
Of the people Of alabama Applause. We came her
prcpared To see the most desperate efforts to break
the Democratic party Shall that be doney lCries O
"nO" "nO Shall be said that in 1860. here, in Ba
timOre the grave Of this Union was dugg The Sta
Spanged Banner still us-shal il still contn
ue to wave! Applause and cries Of "yes, yes fo
will find response come up from the Gulf States-th
Cotton Sates-such before has been heard sine
this Republic was established. Applause. You hav
been told by distinguished gentlemen Of our State tha
we DO not speak the sentiments of our people. We ap
peal TO the verdict Of the baotbOx. We made the Is
sue with them in 1850 and in 1851 and We tell theTi
take warning FROM the result Of that ISSUE The strugg
for dsunon is putting forth its last efforts But the peo
pie will rally around US.
Such being the principles aud convictions we enter
tain in the depths OF our hearts We votes
unit-nine votes for Stephen A. Douglas Loud ap
clause
SPEECH oF HON. Mr.. sOULE.
When she State Of Louisiana called
Hon. Pierre Soule, Of louisiana rose and was re
ceyed with enthusiastic cheers aud applause. After 81
ence had been restored the gentleman proceeded fol
lows:
Mr. President am appalled,, truly appalled,, by the
expectations which the welcome which has just been
tended signify. am the last in thi:
convention from whom anything deserving these mani
esations could be expected aud il is at with deeI
feeling Of gratitude for what Of kindness there in
them and Of great ddence, that attempt TO address
YOU on this most solemn most mOmentous occasion BE
afraid however that shall respass long upon your
Kindness and your attention; but few remarks from
will lay the foundation for the vote which shall cast for
the noble State which have the honor in part to repre-
sent in this body.
! have not been at all discouraged by the emotion
which has been attempted be created in this BODY by
VIII ~ We q
South, prepared we had heard around us the ru.
mois which be intatOry OF the exit which
have witnessed on this day and knew that conspiracy
which had been broOding for months past would break
out this occasion, and for the purposes which are
obvious 10 every member. Ss there in political life
men who once honored by popular favor who con-
,der that the favor has become 10 them inaienabe
property and who cling 10 il to something that eau
longer be wrested from their hands-potca fossils
much encrusted in ocs that there hardly any pow
er tina. can extract them. Applause They saw that
the popular clearly nanliestng TO this gcri-
ous nation who was to be her next ruler More than
eight ten moHhs before this Convention assembled,
the Of that future ruler Of these States had been
thrown into the aud was before the people ln
stead Of bringing candidate TO oppose him. instead Of
creating before the people issues which the choice
of the nation could be enlightened; instead OF principles
discussed. what have seen; An unrelentiug war
against The individual presumed be the avOre Of the
nation applause "a Wagcd by an army OF uuprin-
cpled and uuscrupulouS politicians leagued with power
which could not be cxered on their side without dis
gracing itself and dsgrlcing the nation. Renewed ap-
p!ause.
When this convention assembled at Charleston the idea
had not yet struck their minds that movement Of the
nature of the which has been effected could he based
upon the doctrines of the distinguished gentleman from
Alabama Mr. lanCeyl Who has lathCrcd this secession.
Il presumed by those politics, iutriguers outside OF
the convention, who were marwIyreing the measures
through by which the destruction the Democratic par
" was TO be elected- was presumed by them that ii
would be in their power after raising the storm, TO mas
ter aud guide IT, But it will be folnd before Is hours
have elapsed that in that they bound eventu.
ally to sink aud disappear loud applause For il is
Idle for Southern disguise the Obec: OF that
ment Secession from the Democratic party be moth
ing else than disruption Of that party the very
ment when the hopes OF the whole nation are hanging
upon s continuity in power (Applause) Secession is
word intended 10 conceal another wCrl OF more signh
cancy.
If secession was to find an echo among the people Of
this eOuiedeacy, then no longer could this Republic
boast that the ructure which fathers erected with
much sacrifice and much toll, a noble expert
ment Secession must beget dsunion. Upon what pre-
has secession been predcated will not DO those
disui gushed gentlemen who stepped out Of this room
this morning the injustice 10 suppose that they uuy
parted from YOU because Of your having decided the
question Ot internal organization in manner that did
not agree with their views. They may give this as a
setOn from the partybut the truth cannot be dsguis
ed whether deluded not they tools in the hands
Of ntrguers and their must necessarily tend TO
disunion. Applause. Sir, lt j. said that they carry
with them out Of this convention the sympathies of :
Soath. Becv, it not Renewed applause Bel
i not. And have in M osr experience OF the past,
tain sire * reasons csunOt bring may mind TO
tn, 81 ,tiOn that the tn under present circCm.
ss resp, id to thst mt and will brief
l. M NG.
,IS.9 n 1850, y n ~lifornia was about being ad-
o.t Cd q is Union South rose against her ad-
iisson pass resolutiCrs upon resolutions and M
pressed upon the men he Norh that If the OUTRAGE
was perpetra' ed he secede from the Uuion Ma
ny Of who then u representatives Of the South
in the nation councils teying that the South was in
earnest aEd ,olsidernG ourselves bound to follow in
her footsteps fought the Oa.e not with the view OF Gre
ating the contingency contemplated but TO defend the
rights ct the South and oppose introduction Of Cali
fornia into the councils Of the nation. That at that time
to the South great wrong and creating great dan
ger. Because rot only CalifOrns coming into the
Union with constitution Oblerating the Missouri Com
promise not only she coming into the Union with
out having passed through the ordeal Of Territorial
steuee hot only she coming into the Union organ
lied by the military forces of the federal government
but her entrance into the Union going destroy
that power Of numbers which the last buwark OF
protection in the Senate the higher house of Congress
Ne fought against that wrong we engaged in the battle
tiOn came 10 the last Que after the other the
States Of the South receding from thslr position, dsOwn
Ing every effort we had made to maintain our rights
and let say with sorrow dragging into the very
gutter for the very devotion We had shown them
Aud why did the South do this There Is migrate
fu heart the South 1t could not be that she in
cned disc the services OF those who had stood by
her TO the last But il because she considered, and
truly considered, that even impending wrong was not
10 be put in the scale with the preservation Of this gor
Gus eonfederacy Great applause dive, in obedience
70 their wishes Of Difference TO their convictions
surrendered we considered that In duty bound
10 abide by decisions and perhaps il may not be
improper or here to refer TO the considerations upon
which those decisions predcated Til eonly compen
saton which the South could hnd in the gene
rally known as the GOmPr9isf measures, was the doc
trine of nOn-interyenticu thpn claimed Applause.
That was the only boon offered in THOSE days
compensation for the great sacrifice which asked at
our hands and the South accepted the compromise, and
the compromise became the law of the nat0n certainly
OF the party far the question OF slavery was con-
cerned.
am surprised at the extreme sensityeness exhibited
by Of the South at this day upon that question oil
nOn-inervention John G. Calhoun when the famous
compromise rendered by Mr.. Clayton, Of Delaware, was
being discussed in the United States Senate-John Q.
Calhoun considered that the proer 70 place in the hands
Of our federal tribunal the question OF the extent OF
power in the Territories 10 the South sufficient
guaranty W MAKE ACVeptaOie Nls Soup'Viso
and where Calhoun could stand Southern man need not
fear to stand. Applause,
| have said in the very uno0nnaced remarks ! have
had the honor TO submit 10 you that secession meant
disuHion and will 20 to show now, upon what
considerations that opinion OF mine predioated What
the question at ssneY On the one hand Northern alb
otonss claim Intervention for the purpose Of excluding
slavery from the territories On the other hand South
ern men claim Intervention the part OF Congress for
the purpose of protecting slavery in the terrores-
Now ask Southern gentlemen here and elsewhere, are
YOU serious when tho battle is thus drawn-When the
lines are thus drawn out-when tue whole strength Of
the North is combined with the great strength Oh the