Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1861-03-08

Mr.. vandever. Then cannot give way
MIR. Rust. There is no objection on this
side to the gentleman having his time made up
The Speaker. Interruptions must come
out OF the gcntleman's time. fn f-ggs#
Mr.. Vandevcr. Then must decline, un.
fhss the gentleman thinks have misstatcd
the facts. t-r s. KS zelr rs tf.es att
Mr.. Clark, on Missouri. I only wish to
correct the gcntleman's statement as to mat.
ter of fact. b fa,5 ss .gts 4asgass IS 4rar1
Mr.. Vandevcr. Ialways give way for corrcc-
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Mr.. Clark, Of Missouri. Tho gentleman
has undertaken to state the question on which
the convention that nominated the Demo
cratic candidate for President divided. / was
in that convention, as a southern man. |
voted finally for the nomination of Judge
Douglas The question Of the protection Of
slavery in the Territories seems not to be we'll
understood by the gentleman from Iowa
1t was mootel question in that convention
whether the Constitution carried slavery into
the Territories, or whether slavery was 10.
cal institution. Those who supported Judge
Douglas preferred to leave that matter to the
people; some Of us holding that under the
Constitution, we had right to carry slaves
into the Territories, and some holding that
it depended on local legislation. The gen.
tleman, therefore, in in error when he sup
posses that this issue was made in that con-
vcntion. There was no such issue. As a
matter Of propr,cty, as matter of safety, a.
matter Of policy, we wanted protection by
the Constitution. The Crittenden PROPOSE.
ton is to give that protection, and to give
quiet to the country North and South ON that
great question. a ~ @
Mr.. vandever. do not think the gentle
man has varied the proposition materially
from what stated it to be. I think the
country is well satisfied to-day as to what was
the proposition of the minority at the Char
lcston convention. 1t was based on the res
olutions introduced by the Senator from Mis-
sissipp, in the Senate Of the United States
Mr.. Calhoun himself made the same demand
for specific protection and garantces for
slave property in the Territories, which no
otehr property had. My friend from Mis-
souri, says he was in favor Of leaving it to the
people of the Territory; but the majority Of
the Charleston convention would leave it
neither to the people nor to Congress; but
claimed it was guaranteed to them indcpen-
dent Of the people and Congress of the Unit
cd States. am justified, therefore, in max
ing the declaration, that the turning point in
that convention was on the question of pro.
tccting slavery in the Territories, regardless
OF the wishes Of the people of the Territory,
or the power Of Congress to exclude it.
now come back to the point at which I
was interrupted. The issue having been thus
fairly made to the country; having been deci-
dcd against slavery protcctionists in their own
section, in their own Democratic convention,
being in hopeless minority in the country,
these men now seek to present this question
again for our consideration. Since the elec-
ton they have been busily at work, by their
nsdious wilcs and Misrepresentation.
Mr.. Harris. Of Virginia. / ask, in all
courtesy, to interrupt the gentleman.
Mr.. Vandevcr. lcannot give way.
Mr.. Harris, Of Virginia want to ask
the gentleman one question.
Mr.. Vandcver. Objections has been made
to the extcntion Of my time.
Mr.. Harris, of Virginia. The gentleman
from Iowa states that large majority of the
Democratic party refused
Mr.. Eandevcr. cannot yield. I have
submitted the facts on which base my judg-
mcnt. The gentleman may not come to the
same conclusion that came to. This mi
nority, | say, having succeeded in breaking
up the Democratic convention, and shatter-
ing into fragment the Democratic party, now
turn their attention to breaking up the Gov
ernlnent. BY their most insidious wiles and
Misrepresentation. they have succeeded in
firing the Southern heart with enmity to the
people Of the North, and hostility to the
Government. And now what do they ask?
Why. only that the majority shall submit to
the minority. If that policy is to be pursued
they may, with just as much propriety, ask
that the joint action Of tho two Houses Of
Congress, had the day before yesterday, shall
be rcconsidercd, and that the name Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, Of Illinois, shall be stricken
from the record, and that Of John C. Brek-
inridge, Of Kentucky, inserted in its place,
as the choice Of the American people for
President Of the United States for four years
from the 4th Of March next For myself
have to say that If the Union is only to be
preserved on such terms it can never be pre-
served by my vote. never will consent to
have that flag which floats from the dome
above our heads-the stars and stripes
struck to the pitifnl flag Of secession minor
ity. Those with whom stand, the patriotic
Union.loving men of this country, planted on
the impregnablc position Of right, will stand
there though they should be but handful
against multitude, will look Sumter-like
defiance in the face Of their opponents, and
die, if need be, with the last yestige OF tho
American Union.
Mr., Maynard. Will the gentleman allow
me to ask Elm one question
Mr.. Aldrich. must object to those inter-
ruptions. There is but one gentleman who
has a prescriptive right to interrupt and ask
questions, and that is the gentleman from
Arkansas, (Mr. Hindman. will permit
him to doit. (Laughtcr.)
Mr. Hindman. have few questions to
PROFOUND to the gentleman.
Mr.. Vandcyer. Now. Mr.. Speaker, in re.
spect to the proposition made to amend
the Federal Constitution SO as to afford new
guarantees and protection to tho peculiar :n-
stitutions Of the South. / cannot, as they are
made under these circumstances, vote for any
Of them. Sir, under the circumstances. com
promise is out Of the question with me. If|
at future time convention should assem-.
bic upon the application Of the States Of this
Union, ~ prescribed BY the Constitution, in
that convention, for my part would meet
our brethren from the slayeholdinr States in