Year: 1860

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make no threats not authorized to do so and it
would be unbecoming in any to do will state to
you though my earnest belief that such is the condition of
the public mind at the South that it cannot bear any longer
any doubt regards what the position of this party
this great issue GCheers We determined, lam
guage of threat or of compuson that must bring
the Democratic party to the great issue Of loyalty to the
it's members and ask that their feelings Of loyalty to the
Government shall override their principle of loyalty
to party success If need be- accept defeat upon
great truths with cheerfulness rather than rejoice
tory obtained upon error or double dealing Tremendous
cheering In 184O what did this Democracy do when
must think it was prouder and purer party than it
now In that great financial issue when the people de-
cded against it, and Martin Van Buren, was the chair
he to the grandeur and the full proportion of states
man when his message to the Congress of the United
States that next met he said he appealed to the sober
second thought Of the people" Loud cheers The De.
mocracy went into Convention They fearessE planted
themselves upon the constitutional principle Of the divorce
Of Bank and State they met the cohorts Of log cabin
over whose banner embazoned, without why
whereors simply for turning out the Democracy
defeat on principle the Opposition accepted victory on the
very principle on which wsh to have 1t noWhe ig
hofn Of an that would make you unpopular in the
canvass. No had they got the power Congress
that met for the first time with the eloquent and mighty
CLAY at the head of them and he proposed the great
sures of the Wing party which had been kept out of the





thousand fragments the rail rotten and unseaworthy
barque falls upon the rocks which the pillows have toss
ed her. and the Democratic party upon the returning tide
came overwhelmingly into power upon principle, Tire
mendous cheers.


commend to you my countrymen this bit Of history,
and the lesson it teaches stands firmly constitutional
basis Go before your Northern people and appeal to their
loyalty to the Union and their loyalty to the Constitution
Make it question of Union Dunion between you and
Sewardism Tell them they pressing the South to the
wall matter of mere sentiment and an abstraction
with yOu but practical thing with the South Tell them
that the South cannot exist the when dis
honored and will but respect your of honor
pause Tell them all this and you give backbone to that
wishy washy vaclatng policy upon which you have been
going down for SO many years.. until you now number
practically on this question but three in the Northern


States, and cannot rightly claim Northern State this side
OF the Pacific Take this issue by the horns throttle anti
slavery in the very heart of its power the question of
the constitutional right of the stakeholder to constitutional
protection Let them see that there will be dsunion Do
you urge upon them that there will be disunon if
defeated and if your proPe are what believe they
when the truth told them you will reach beneath the
scum which politicians have kept boiling up for years
the deeper and stronger and purer elements of their
tnre you will rise to the top upon the loyalty Of your peo


pie to the Government to the Constitution, and to the
Union; you will rise once more, the tabled Greek did,
when overcome by superior prayed to his mother
earth to give him strength and when thrown violently to
earth received from the bosom of his mother that renewed
vitality and virtue which enabled him to rise once more
and to become victorious in the struggle Great APP
pause Go to the wall upon this issue if events demand
it. Accept defeat upon it, Let the threatened thunders
roll and the lightning flash through the sky and let the
dark cloud be pointed out by you, now resting the
Southern horizon. Let them know that people
earnest and in accepting defeat upon that ISSUE my
trymen you are bound to rise if there virtue in the
Constitution.


But if we accept of your policy, where are wei We
will then have assented to the great fact involved adopt
ing your platform, that the Government failure SO far
the protection of the South in the Territories is con-
cerned We would be estepped forever after from assert


ing principle by your simply pointing to the record that
had asseed to the fact that the Government could not
be administered clear assertion of rights Is that
true gentlemen of the Northwest Is it true, gentlemen
of the Northwest and of the whole country that Gov
ornment is failure 80 far the plain and uneqnyocal
rights of the South concerned It's failure
are not patriots snless we go to ork at the very ounda
ton-s0ne of this and reconstruct this
proper basis If tits flure do not ask us, who
the injured pares to affiliate in building up party by the
on part that we dare not assert our
such basis and at the end of four years ask
you to reconsider what will you say You will
when the question was made you gave your consents
and do you ask go back and be defeated
again. when you have admitted that could not maintain
your prncples The effect of such policy will not be
merely to give your assent to failure of the Government
and of the Democratic party to protect you but will be to
place this party power, with its of camp follow
ers turn adrift all its discordant elements the sub
ject of slavery to affiliate and act with the Black Republ
Congress propositions hostile to peace and
safety leaving to the South and the party check upon
them-not even the power OF indignant protest Having
no sound and common article of party faith by which to
prevent this, shall become prey to our members
The opposite of all this may be expected from the adoption
of the majority report That involves great constu


ona quesonan appeal to the ancient brothery love of
our people for each other 1t will too bring the country
face to face with the living issue of the age and will de-
mand its solution at the hands Of the people will
able the Democracy to appeal to the loyalty of all sectors
to the Constitution 1t win inaugurae healthy state of
public opinion at the North well at the South 1t
viii enable the South to maintain high public spirit
among its people, 1t will bring about once
munity of public feeling and public opinion and public
sentiment running like great artery throughout the body
of the Democracy and in time will enable it to save the
Government from becoming war of factions, will
save the Constitution the basis of Government
To my coumrymen of the South have few words to
say Be true your constitutional duties and rights Be


true to of right Accept of defeat here, if
defeat is to attend the assertion of the right order that
you may permanent victory in whatever contest
you carry constitutional banner Yield nothing of prn-
cpe for mere party you will die by the hands
your associates surely by the hand of your avowed
enemy Permit party, in lieu Of feay to the written
compact Of the Constitution to put the fiat of its allie


glance and ealty upon you, which will forever after be
used to prevent your rising when you think the proper


time o0es to assert your reserved rights Do not demo-
alze yourselves do not demoraize your people by
admitting that you ready to affiliate in of fac


0ns merely for the sake of keeping party in power
its nobest is an organized body that pledges
itself to the people to administer the Government
sutiona basis The people have no interest in parties,
except to have them pledged to administer the Government
for the protection of their rights The leaders of the masses
brilliant men, great statesmen, may by ever ignoring the
peoples rights still have brilliant destiny the rewards
office and the distribution of the eighty millions annualy


but when those leaders, those statesmen become untrue to-
the people and ask the people to vote for party that g
their rights and dares not acknowledge hem in
der to put and keep them in ONCE they ought to be strung
upon political gaows higher than that erected for
| Haman. Vehement and continued applause 'ati
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On the 18th of April the Japanese Ambassadors paid
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