Year: 1860




spars and mass though she may have cracked ribs
STILL is the part of wisdom to abandon the noble ship to
the mercy of the winds and wayes1 No. 1t is duty to


face the Storm to call the and order hemt rescue
and the gallant ship and do conceive that 1t is not
too late Sir for myself will be of that gallant
who though the storm RACES, though the spars and
mass gone, though ribs be broken, will, until the
noble vessel be swallowed by the devouring waves con-


nue to unite with them in the reiterated cry OF ive live
| the Republic J" lGreat applause.


Mr.. President am Southern man. Yes sir, have
been reared amidst the institution All have the pro-
duct of slave labor believe the institution patrarchal
and beneficial alike to master and slave The bread
which supports my wife and tender babe is the product
of slave labor. trust then that like Caesars wife, am
| " above suspicion"


to say that our Southern friends have placed in the
wrong My programme would have been that this whole
Convention should have remained together that should
have adopted national platform and then placed ma
tonal upon it, Then would have sent all my bre-
thren home from here to do battle for national fag for
that national platform, and for our national nominee
supported by u.s. Northern brethren would be able to
90 home and be enabled to breast the storm of abolition
and to rights Then, sir you would have


experimenting the election of an abolition President BY
abolition party which proposes to administer the Gov
ernment higher law than the Constitution. And
that party were triumphant, would have had
made out upon which all Southern could unite Then
Alabama could with good have called upon her
Southern friends to forth to battle, and in that confict
if any struck harder than it would be because he
had strength If any struck faster than J. it
would be because his did not describe the same space
We should then have had the aid, not only of united
South, but of all Northern friends who council
with to-day We should have had the aid of gallant
Illinois, not only by the baot-box but when the time
assistance through the baotbox had passed. by the rifle
| and cartridge-box.


Mr.. GAULDEN of Georgia, said he had been confined
to his bed by ndsposton Hearing of the excitement and
commoon that existed he felt his duty drag himself
down, feeble he was, to the Convention. He found
number of the delegates voting to recede bolt at
from this Convention. He differed with them, much he
regretted to differ from his Southern brethren any time
Strange to say he was behind the music at this tme He
was slavery extension, slayetrade He believed the
institution to be right socially, politically, morally, and
lgiously He believed that if the institution of slavery
were to be abolished civilization would go back hum
i dred years. He believed Government was formed
without any power to interfere in any of the questions
arising out of slavery He believed in the principle that
the has right to interfere in the States
Territories with the institution except for the rendition
fugtyes He believed this cry of protection in the Terri
tories abstraction, and that the principle, it
adopted, could be of real benefit to the South The
prohibition of the trade had put end to all hope
extending the of slavery at the present time There
was but remedy at present for the evils the South
planned of and that to reopen the African slave trade


Chees and loud laughter In this he looked to the North
ern Democracy to aid them. Renewed laughter and
cheers It trouble to be saint in heaven The
Democrats of the South carpet knights but when he
looked at the Democrats of the North, who fought the
battle of nacsm bfavey in the Northern States he