Year: 1860

| adequate protection to Constitutional rights il


a territory, and if the TERRITORIAL Government


should fail or refuse to provide the necessar,


remedies for that purpose, it will be the dut,


OF Congress to supply such deficiency.
| .. ResotUed, That the inhabitants Of territor,
| OF the United States, when they rightfully
form Constitution to be admitted as Stat,


into the Union, may then, for the first time
| like the people of q state when forming new
| Constitution decide for themselves whether


slavery, as domestic institution, shall b


maintained or prohibited within their jurisdic


ton, and "they shall be received into the
U mon with or without slavery, as their Con
stitution may prescribe at the time of theil
admission"


tuition, for the rendition of fugitiyes from
service or labor, without the adoption o


which the Union could not have been formed, "


and the laws of 1898 and 1850, which were


enacted to secure its execution, and the main


features of which, being similar bear the i'm


press of pearly seventy years asS2netioe BY


the highest judicial authority, should be


honestly and faithfully observed and maintain


ed by all who enjoy the benefits of our COM


pact of Union, and that all the acts Of indiyi-


duals or of State Legislatures to defeat the


purpose or nullify the requirements of that


provision, and the laws made in pursuance


thereof are hostile in character, subyersive of


the Constitution and revolutionary in their


effect.


William L. Yancey was loudly called upon


for speech, and addressed the audience He
said it was well known where he stood and


how he regarded the action of the State Con-
vention. He had no idea what was going to


be. the result at Charleston. The political
horizon looked cloudy, but he hoped that with
a united Democracy they would be able to
defeat the Black Republicans. The union of
the Democracy must be accomplished under
the Constitution. The cohesive power of
plunder and love of the spoils alone would
never answer. Then there should be no
ofour Constitutional rights 1t
was said that the delegation from Alabama
were too urgent in their demands they were
not any more urgent than the Douglasites
were in their demands. We only demand our
Constitutional rights be recognized as they
have been at Cincinnati and on other occasions. !
Are we to be trammelled with the squatter |
sovereignty doctrine in the person of Stephen |
Il. Douglas Decidedly not His doctrine |
IN regard to slavery in the terTit -ries is hostile
to the South, and etremely obnoxious to all |
rue democrats. For the South to give her
support to such man would be sheer suicide.
Better that a Black Republican should be
elected than such man as Douglas; for with
| Black Republican President we should be
Ib!e to meet the issue at once. | noticed an
extract from the New York Times the other
lay IN which it was stated that Governor
ancey and the bogus delegation of which he
vas member were set of disunionists and
llsruptlonlsts, not representing the voice of
he people Of the State" All he had to say
o this sweeping charge was that there was
lot word of truth in it. They were not
lisunioniSts per Sc they were not a bogus
delegation, and he felt certain they did not
ack the support of til, people. With one or
wo exceptions the press of New York took
reat pleasure in misrepresenting the con-
lition of public affairs and public opinion in
ne South. Douglas knows very well that
he people of Alabama are opposed to him,
nd hence his organ the New York Times,
eeks the opportunity to make the people in
he North believe that we are split up into
actions in this State, and that it is only the
ancey clique who are opposed to Mr. Doug
As. You all know how ridiculous are these
tatements Of Us being cut up into factions,
tc. Never was the Democratic party of the
tate of Alabama so united; never was it
acre determined to stand by the Constitution
han it is to-day. cloud applause) The
peaker then went on to say that the course
4IrSs.aa hv the NcL-:ia
arow cold water on the action Of the State
convention was very contemplate. The
'egster was the Douglas organ of this State,
owever, and what more could be expected i?
Laughter.) The Democracy of Alabama
Tould survive all the ISLANDERS and machi-
ations Of the Douglastes in the State, no
natter how strenuous were the efforts made
} bring the delegates to Charleston into dis
epute with the delegates from the North.


After some further remarks from the gentle
IAN, the question on the adoption of DR..
rants resolutions was put and agreed to.
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