The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, October 8, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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TO L ltl tiZ,
S2,5© theeFederajj (rovtiiwiimu , >■ jv« *« ¡ -
| examine the Federal Constitution you i facts o order to
w H find tbjat the Federal Government vestigation as to
JPP^ has tb*? po<j er to regulate,eommerce, | which ought now to
coin monear,ito decíate War, to make fder to restore a friat
nares or inmrrwi*#: . peace, t\ nMntaip qrmtes, to establish, twecu (the different^
C*« S/m*'*, /*<■ m*t navies, and to db! those things which Union., 1 hold that 1
•^ÍSLfr^'^ I^rS}«7.0O *?e federal'!and nut local, hot the Fed- ance iii this co¿
one , J*- 4 ¿toicK> eral Go&ren nent has no power to reg-.;.OotwrHtatioii. has
ni&enl xiitevni Will w a) '! f««« «lato the ifjelaHoos [ between ho* ban ^ 1 remedy i na ide o
r***>, i«r jhíT#rtWt*ifit of tinta oo« «kitt re. arKj wjftí^ j^rent arjd cliiid, gnardian t t l*
! and, ward, jmaater and servant, or an| which
other dumiesti |s reliaron; whatever.— J [ A v
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cat líjate f^r the
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Tity JIj-H portico
nig'ht. a vast concotí
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on; la?
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PiHIglaS,
ey, would
Iv ffijrm the
?atuidc*y
je ;'|ile from
tins city and the sci|roilndit|r country'
assembled to heac liinii;u|At «osrí
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ta
Jtemxratii
pleasant doty tcHttjgrjht
\ o i o ír 4> t Jng0 ^si w$
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{4 voiée, '^hát's «4-fí ^ hat power, we
iberefor<e, lias Cuagre^s over thésé #Bb* (
I jceís in the States, in the territories j*d at
; or any where else, outside of the Dis- and
federal ptiweis plac« d in Oongrets.r:-', ttitiitlbft . , v _
Alt that Í font end for now is that the ties of the coafttf^j'. ^Clyf^wu}
' people oftljje Ameticán Territories are it*£ uscertsined iirc^ ^^el^e^ise to
entitled to ;the san>e rights wliieh our ! p<tHtical facts that the ¿reai^struggW
fathers clalnod f ?r the Hr^tÜÍb colonies < f the Kevolution took place in de-
f t ef. to thi? f *v« liitiun, ¿M iftt be trne | t«&e of the right qf l^cal self gov^ru-
thil' American citij^ns. liring! under | nsent in the colonies, so far as the if do
the Const it fet ion in Territories are ? domestic concerns we involved, let ns
< not cntHk^ri to as ceany r ghts and *ce what was tiie example of our fath
1^1 prieilvges las :heV were fcofore the'cb after the Reyoluti^n had been
lic^ídntion ¡t<w k pi cej, what hate we ' achieved. The first territory ever
gained'hy jhat Revolution;? J owned by the United Slate , .was ae
friel of Odjijia?>ia ami' the navy-yards quired lr( a the Slate of Virginia by
and dook*yfrdt , and
to the ceuejfal prinéipl
i'onstftutioí (Vtiiees
hy that< i : I deny th«
hey are sa1 ject cession which took place on the first
< s of the Federal day of March, Hi4. in pursuance of
r good, weabide i resolution of Congress of 1180. Look
right of the f *d. ;'ííttc^that deed of c^fsioa sad you will
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s
to ihíiijduce t«>
iriÉi-tor,!1 into
wnose hands a giea,tf;il p«Hj*pie have
j.;accd the standard <F tjhb National
IK"nifw^J«ítc party of th< r|iiou. This
standard Ijam always moved triumph
rttuJjr in the past, m*d +re Will crow o
it so the present Oootest with souther
viutrory.' 1 intro^ljice to yon ia man
win i .itties f >r tW' just jan¡l f ^nal
r; •th'? of the Wh< !e t'ni tn-^ilo* .No« th,
.rhe-^^mh, the 'E*st and I'-'tflie tVest—
who etHoes here tonight tai proel a i oj
the same d >ctrine tha , a fevr days
*■£ \ jit jmM'Uimed jo-n i^e banks of the .
i ?i*,? f; <t, ind wlMcí he is | r«*paretl to
j r^;Uitu anywhere.!" - ['cheers j U s
in <l ry uaiiiOiH15, ^iis m tto' rs t- e
..rt atid its.ooftseirvijijisrs^ and'his
w iteUWor.i is vicloky.
I piv sent t i you Str ;•
l * dislinguisltC'd pen
nois. i¡., •
On taky." the akSnd,
i as Was :receive<l with chfler$.
ss^Ij: ' | ■- ;.'i:
Air CA ñnn tfyy -j I re nm to vni^sir.
m^sinceer thanHs fur "
i 'Hiplimentare terms
^ave pftmonteil m¿ to
>ari
* eral gioverrtlinent to interfere with the disc>ver that Virginia cedtd the North-
|and-4'mwsiic institutions of the «est Territory for the purpose of hav
s in the terr- i"g it erected into new Stated. On
Cries of good,1 j the very day that céssion was made
by l>iigrfc$a ! Thomas Jt flergon, of Virginia, offered
iuHttóuti« na of the a resolution, appointing a committee
tal principle not to draftn f )nn of goverornent for the
systems hut in inhalitiints of the Territory ceded or
declared in to be cedí d to the U«.ited States, and
with he d4mrati<|
people is a Ihndamet:
onty in < ur political
lili- I|eáiocíHtic creii;
oar Natii liaiii Convelí
This principie of n«ft
the féd* rai ita^h -n v \^ith the doineatic tants.
«• • : !i i . " • i . . .5 . i„.. '
añairs «;f toe
gi Vri r ineot r
prtn'cipW lióm
cestui s« '1 l'-v<
r< ry *4' $**v4 cs
the U«L*Vidwt||ioi
lirist caüéc of| í
betwe> u tht| Hi
govei soocot of
the s«tl-j« ct t.f
rnure iU«n Si,v
rov .¡Ujtionapy
•L.\^jKrause -- . KUji;A i ^' M <
a A.I I bti¡ríu«, «"¡r. rfalute ; li
.M fratn' i]],., '"'r.-rr, an,I -I
i i> fj : from njiy .e.«i|l:e
¿, ' y. t ducatjed in tin
n^to* Douff-i • ¿
* ■ i tics, in con Its
sachaijietts*|bj
: ix>astsi lie
t.ece, and I mn^t re^
the kind and
jti tvhicfe you
ihtH vast audi.
Irn to ^frJa, gentle
W^is
revr>nis li
iitptory
Were i
meu, my acknoWhMjemvnti for tlfe Süpd and pn|te
cordial manner in wf|icl| y«>ei havo re ai,<^ rV-trulatdl the cond
eeived me. ' i f and sluve. In the coin
1 have accepted: the invitation of the ancestors Nci me ¿hi
Democratic State Cpinrnktf|e hf Virgin-' iatrodjjiciug too
ia¡ to riiEt this glorious áííl common- Africans in view of the
wei Ithjfl>r the purpose of ascertaining ^ « hites sipd the Ui
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>eop!e, ¡i
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Virgin
á.süneit^ n
<it, in vi"
taught
rst iiisp
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♦ t,rod u Ce
ett lerst
lopiial legls
i'teil the
set.
t'Atr
¡rntn«nt
,m¡¿
Indo
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frontier Míe va that tbs
i his own affairs
HÜi^
¡* ill-Ti
0|IÍS «tvl« «s ahlé ^
h ib«w who vsr hava Usa eipoasd t the
htfdshlps and áange^t whkh h« encountered,
«ndl we only clarm. t| erefor«. for the people
l - - ^ olá Salteá is the Ter-
ritories, tha tama Hfhta íshich I bey poaaaa-
sed at Kíwe. and whteh ear anchor* claim-
ed for the people of ithe colonies i^fore the
revelation, j Bal l am told chat the feopla
ol a Territory have so rkhU except th #e
'feM&JFi Congrrsa :'(3elemtes to thes*. We
are mformifl th*t a Territory fa tin mere
creature of Congres*, cun eqarntty the ffea-
tsre eawgot havv more r%hta tbs* tha crea-
tor. avid inasmuch fa Ceng ras*. < an «4 regá-
late the afTaita of parent and ohiM. husband
and Wt^*. guardian and ward; master and ser-
va t, therefore the people of the Territories
cant o; du it., That \va< he pr« r i>e argt^paent
Which was used tú the revolutionary war
to Northern
t the Southern propio, sad Sottttk-
era Kacttonahata «rere appealing to .Southern
pasaion; Southern arabttion and Southern
pride sgatast the Nwihero- people. Thus
we found thst the country waa to he rent
saimder by thia strife, it not only earned
itself into the political assemblages of the
people sod into the State Legislaturas and
into Congress, hut entered tha House of God
and. separated Brethren of the sane church
at the communion table. Even that good
old ehuroh in which I wa boro, and for
which! have much affvetton, was rent asun-
der. and reorganised into the Metbodiet
church North and the Methodist church
Sjuth by this tell spirit of sastional malig-
nity. Can we espoct that the peace of the
country <^iú be presarved, that the political
bond 4>f uniotj can bu maintained, when
brethren of the same church cannot sit in
peace at the communion table it the hoove
of:(xod. This sectional Mrnfv# was carried
tata {**«
mmHRMIHM __
Look! lato the 14th ssetlea sf
brasas billar^yes
all ||M laws of tl _
ritory winch are not
<v-pt th« 8ih section
whícíf being;
of nos^tarssntion
slavery in ths States an^
affirmed in the eoa.preoisa i
was thereby declared null
every tu*n who voted for
decMrs ;SS oath that tha
mtse «ras repiialM heeause it was
tent wiih thai principle oí noo-tmerveotion
as affirmed in thé compromise measures of
1850.1 1 kno# it was s totter p#i |
in 1850, to such a point th t the widest and | S mthern Secessionist, who, tc«ethcf with
purest patriots of the Ian 1 beca n« alarmed i S«Ward. Chase ami «íídiliags, utf' -
fo# the fate of the republic. The great the measures of 1^50, to ¡corns
Clay wlto had perlormcd his g oii ius mis- ] «rid vote " *" **
gra^t#|PR, ■ . „d
and as the • of disunion, and cam* forward from
from the M1'® resting place to resume bis seat in the
Ktmas
same pnacipK A
the State of Virginia ii
strikeout of ttke Kans&s
"tncousistent with4hs
terventiun. as affirined in
eT,.r^he
ta thwt i
• from th
jtheir rights from the f reeill,TÍ p ace to; resume nis seat in tne j terventiun. as atSr^ned
taken away ,St the wish j Senate, that great theatre of his great deeds, ; nit'an res of ISoO," aind assigned
to see if he c o d not, by hi^ wiisdo u and ' that hp voted
eSf erience and the renown ofhis great name ¡ ures of TdoO si
do something to restore ptf^ce and harmony j himself now by voting for the
to a distracted c< tin try. From the tuoment I ,-iause in it. I replied to him
tll'at Clay arrived aisnng u$, partisan strife he had opposed tbesr saessur
was hushed. Whigs and Democrats, al! 5 pJeilgod himself to sUSd br t&em
conservative, union lovrn? men. without rtf- ; ture «rtd T saw no obfection in
IKiiííf'!
btll witb that
ranuriiw
as
ms i Applause.] ^ reported a plan of such goveruieent
iiiíerventi^n by over* the territories for tbone inhsbi-v
Congress alter Qrodifyiug that
plan, ad| pted it with the a odibcatiou
on the 23d -f April, 1T33 An exam
plan of government
«drier than oer
e iuhi riti tl that
voSutiooary an- i nation t<f that
♦ fer 'y> Uió his* adopted by our revolutionary fathers^
V rgiiiia before Í'the very tirst year after the war ter
Ü find that the tniuated, will show what they c nsid
hat ever arose j <?red tobe the inherent lights of the
>.douies and the>■ people«¡Í the riew Sfates as well as
Britain was oji the rights of the people ol ihe original
slavery. For Slates^ In the plat|i jgoverojmef.t. as
*ars before the
colonv of Vtr-
** ■
t while a colony
ry rjuesfion f¡ r
e r< iiTíii k, that
>rf<i I have been
school of pol
to the Mas-
itch Mr Reward
I.is first lesson^
rationa. Kaily
colonjt African
d and he|d
a d fori inasj
ature encoar
it introduction
tions tif master
ghtseaivpt
fhtm by tire King of Eitglunri,
Cohndes deriveti aU their
Kirg, they could be
of the King. But thank God, there arose
"men in the bos.-om of old Virginia—^ronr
lientys; you Jitlesena, Ifoúr Leca, • and
hosts of other briliiaut patriots—who asser-
ted thil^ibe pe./pl* of the colonies did not
derive thtir r>ghts from Hie King, and hmee
the King could hot^take them *i*ay. Our
jiaiherss
that
power
deprive them
irhe yeo|,l of the polonies had fh« inherent : nnd Union Ueiaocrais mtermmgied as oiio ence bv Coitizress with slaverv la tb«
ta«e*. I stanalofl that
iuterfen nee to-iay. Tbe
■■■■■I 1 sffimed it mlMC tbs
| ernX D«umron|. JVoices-good. good, and Oharl iston and Baltimore Convsatifl r*-
¡IVmtoms are n¿t sovereign, «ad, therefore.! appiáu^e.j We did not m that great stru gle | tfgrmcd it in I860, and now 1 staadhefors
have not the right of local seif-goretrnment. j sorreudt r our furmer political proclivitiea— i VOu, on ihat identical platform. I sm on-
Let me ask you whether the American colo-1 the Whr nia n d \\ higs and the j p^sed as no better than a freesoiier
nies wire sovereign a hen t'ey asstittd tbe Democrats prcmaméd |Kmocra«a-but [^h«(re to a ) principle which
Same right to govern themselves? Our fa- ¡ ths \\ h gs | f<n^. t their \\ higgery ; men dt^Lared undar oath, in
tbers wertrasseiting an tdefending the right *nfl DemodraU forgot Uieir partisanship XebtaHka bill, they wculd maintain
not of sovereign States, but the,right ofde- • a d both united to save tbe country árst « ] futurei ! Now. 1 say to these old Itas Dem-
pendent colonies, dipeñdeíit territories, de- j-ordi-r that we mig't qiwrrel at>out wtio | yentts and old lirie>Whigs, thatl HI Bertr
|M-n«!ent provinces; to exerase this inherent should govern i tai tor wards, (Cheers.)—| going ito surrender this principle of noo-ia
right of self goverment while they retnamed j V m rememtar the principie upon which terferenCe by Congress with slavery in ths
i.ru„t.^í.i \r— : .. r^ tu.** compronusw measure* wen* bassed.— 1 terrn&ries. (Cfieaof "i
own
sh Government.j But we aré tohl that the
no
in {^colonial condition. You cannot justify those compromise measures were Oasseti.— ti'rrritórlos. (Cries
tlie American Bevolutwn except! on the j They assert thif principe of nou-intorvention ¡ do 0(,t believe that
groundjof aelf-governmpnt was a just claim , 1>.V Congress with sU
founded in eternal truth, and henpe, the i (Applause.)
Brittish government had no right to take it i iS5Q *«ay to tl
fJUP^iSpl ■ .. JHP .
' "avery in the territories.
he enmpr ntoüio measures of !
freed o lets of the North.
away. Now, I ask too, who claims more j bands off. rain
than this fur the peJphi of the Territory? j the slavery quéstiiui alonr. and fthey say to
I claim no right for the people of the¡ Acner- j the South, regulate your o*n afi^irs, mmd ^ ^
: «l" t.:.!, í jj .1 1 _ . J i itn-n Imulnuc: mil tot iliinnrui nL'u
'never,s 4
very in t
4>od
")
hat the peace of this coun-
try can be maintained on aay other princi-
ple (baa that.
(qoxt|TXU£D,)
Geo: II. Clay Davie writes 8 ifcjSt
Uuipa Club is to be formed at Rio
. grande City, aad that the
Crom the British Guverument for British j * th the doipésíic sfiairs of the people.— j wont swrfllow disonion—l
¿olbnies. I Now. i^t me ask you, ieliow-citizens of Vir- ] caord^ it. He writes that the Liberal
what j olnia, whether every man in the hearing of : party'have gained a great victory in
Mexico, but a couteat was aatiüpatcd
ican Terr itories a hich onr lathers did not d r-1 >'"«r ywn b^ jneS5 and let Congress take i q A j
mand and o tain, at the point Wtb© bayonet [ care of its Federal dkitjes without interfering J disunion—tm*W
Bnt new arrfees another question
Stntes, the only
small; number Uie old States had
e fiumber of l Congress on foreign
whether Democratic biiici^líjs arc the li^tiftí' Indians that Kiriíáitutiled you i t^ns, wbde these ne
same on the banks of .the tl^sapeake: a d ficjnde yéaij provincial legislature j tpnea, as we now cal
as they are In tin? vaji^-y cd* (lie Misé- passed laws dUcouraginí
las i pi) í and on the liitlj o¿^ew Eag>.. ialrod'^ction^ ^f~siave^
, m
land. [\ vcitc
Sé long af we live
t.oo which is comratiti
of this Cuion, there
ihtug radically wrong
creed which cannot l*e
a constit
the Statej
mast be soin
adopted an address
England, inj, which
ajeaty tihatUinless lie
ill aifiy political j this colony |U|a ri
r avowed in the ft^avery ijucétióñ his
same terms wiierever the A frier ican his dominions in
iUg waves over American soil. I will not these historical fat|
jh c claim nor will I1 accept any right,! canMeiiy ? iTWcf years
anyl privilege, any iimmuiM'" "* '* a~l n - i ^ - -
citt7.}*«i« cf Iniuots which 1 w
rede a^a gaaran^é to tlicj; citiite
\ ir^inia, aád to tire cit tons of every ' purpose-of uininta*nin
other §*ate; of this confederacy.-[Ofies ¡ocal aelfgotern merit,
f **goo<i,?'and ápptajisc. :"inquirer of yi>n what ifc
Equality of rights ftbder ^ ^ 1 * '*— * - %*'~
'' HH
oat p^fitWai
the citfac^ü^
adopted by the jCorigresa of the,con
federation, you will find that it was
provided that the people oh the public ¿owl is to be achieved W insisting .upon the j w y voice did not become pledged in 1852,
lands might assemblei ai d chose -fot j power and duty of Congreas • 'to'interfere • carry out tliat principle of scdi-goreranient
themselves the constitutional laws of w'th the domes tic rtfiair* of the people in a ] ar>d nop- i u ter ler^uce bj Congress a$ affirmed
anv .«Hie of these oijitfiaal State for í Terniot}-? What gtiod has bsenivaom^^y the compromise ^measures l 50i
their irovernment un' l thev bsdtweolv'' hy tin slavery agitation during the «tan H deny tint the W log par
LLV/tL* r,a J? ila^ y^«r&? hasii unefitted the 4ite m Nettonal Ceuieution in 18
th '^at'd !i,habitants. \\ Wn they at- ma| ? jjaá Jt teueiiiud the negro? Has ¡i f unnciplc of non interventnj
faiiitHi that number, they were author^,iVaneed the interests, the honor and the dinal prln^pte ol the putty, an 1 th%
ited to call a aonvention,; form a eon**!^|ol.y of thrs Republic? What W* it done crats in convention Assembled ths same year
mvm constitution and ¡látate Govern- pt alienate tie. North from the South at Baltimore, affirmed the same principle.—
ment, and live ui,delr that wit hunt a land create sisctie ial Strtfe abtong tie breth- Central Scott, as the Whig caadi late, was
amongst the Liberals-Carvajai against
. Gen. Davis thinks the only
t for Mexico, is Cea. Honaton;s
Frotectorated.—[Iutclligen
represéiitution in
had a poptiíatíon pqnal
State in the Vniou. li
whole of that period,
bate5 all the r gbts o
ess, until they
to the smalles*
ren of a epmmon
arose opt pf tf « c
jtry? 'f(da agitation i supported by his friendo up^n the ground • .><ivu| «• t ■••••iwbuh) ■>
of the Federal ¡that be was the champion and advocate jrfj, N. tape, of Travis, were appoia
waiit on lions. M. P. Graliaui
M
tit duriiisr the i^rnment kkdecide aod control--the question eomprotni.se measures uf IS50. ; We
A J * " I tif slavery in the Territories. During the Democrats, supported Pierce on the same
I A *^re kican war the Freesoders of the North de- ! ground, an Í the struggle then was to prove
„ Deeqoin and j funded that Congress SlKmljf prohibit slav- which party wits the most sound * and re,
s«i of time y onr sovereignty over their loc 4 and do piy by the Wrfmot PrViso ih all the Terri-; liable ia defence of the principle uf non in
red lest they mestx affairs, the saine as the other | tones of the" United Stat**, north as well : tcrferpnoe by Congress with slavery In the
many savage States, the only difference .beinc that as south of the Missouri Comtir náit hm> terriibrieS. Ttie Wutgs claims that they
n¡
thy further a
So late as bo
3 federal que*
Stalks or Terr>
hetn, only had
who had the right to speak
not to vole.
being that' as sott! h of the Missouri Compromise I tne. territierres. The Whigs claim*!* that tliey
presentation in Í You of the South then declared that it was I were entitled to the greater «hare of the
- t 1-^.ri. -a, Í . ft : _ '* . i._* jJw':,- . -¿'.a ; nl<i e i kf ll>< ko/*4 •% t
uejhst for¡Congress to interr-re even if they j <,ry <>f tJ o>e measures, because their great
had the power, and while you dented their f C3ay the author of the bills, their Gtrd-
LBTTHKOWS BOWS.
informal meeting ot the friends
of ll^nion on Saturday .morning, Hon. J.
VV.. Allen, of Williamson, and Di!. H.
A. Wharton, Electors on ihe
Ticket, and invito them to disam tho
political issues of the day tetara the
people, the proposition m*do was :
Thait the ijvcaing be devotéd to dia-
cusslon between Mesara. Graham and
What ton on oue side, and* Messrs.
Paschnii and Ilami Iton, on tte
¡f i
right to do so, you. the people of the South.! ^ Webster was the champion of them inj tim¿ ^ equally divided,
>f tho parties to s'
pense of printing biUs, gi
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were willing to abide by the Missouri Com- jthe Senate, and their model President, Fill- j frje|1<}fl f)f the *parties to slfiarO
promts, and to have it extended to the Pa- J ,noc«; «i^ied and approved them and gave
. !UJ_., J j, ,. , ■■■ i - -i - cifíc oeean as * matter of rompriÑnise. for tl^^n the force of ia*v. We Democrats, on
re the same K '■ l^^- tilt? cyloipi^l legislature ofv trginia ] Tliós yon and this Territorial ques- the ake of the peace* and harmony of this \llMi ol^er hand.olakned that we wereentitloil
—«—*Jji ^ -i r—— 1 «i _ Jsr_ .rl — - J —i-— *i— ^ country. Youdidnotclaimthatthe Missou- greatest share of the credit because we
ri Compromise was foutekd on jUst pnnci- furnished the majority of the votes that pass-
pies, but inasmuch as it had been adonted in ! **l the measures. Wc cunce led to the W hura
tbcií ^.ing of' tío stood when tjbe foOTeulton assem
:t notified his bled to fran>e the Constitution of the
surreo|dercd to j United States, And that not only be-
to control the fore the revolutionary var, bot during
Majesty would the war up to the very day the Con-
America. Are dilution was adopte^ our fathers re-
faetji whicb no man cojrnizcd the right of the people of the
thereafter, the Territóries ás well aa^he States, to
ess assembled form their o wh instiliitions and make
mv for t
1as it had bee aUopteU in
parpase of restoifing pesos. d«-
the honor of furnishing the generals, but
t?rt joint action j their own laws just as they pleased, so
ijdouiea for the , long as thoy did not interfere With th«-
their ' tight ofJ Why can we not entrust the people of the
Now, let me Territories to «.««ge^therr w
rlhg He fdrce and validity fe-u !|he spirit we sepplied toe army—the soldiers who
of concessiold and harmony rstlwr than from |^ght the battles, shed the btood and won
k legitimate exercise of power, you'would ; th** victory. {Applause ] But the fact is,
abide by It. " -Í ; and history will so record it. that the great
mt .* g ... j .. i principie of non-mt érven Hon was the joint
Who brought forward the proportionito , P k ^tbeCmon VVh^ snd the Union
extend the Missouri Comprádse lo the Pa-; j^emocritii. Jointly we acquired w proud
ciftc oc^an w the same s**e with the | Wfe trinmph
over Not them and South-
- ^ - | {A vmioe—gosd, sir. >—
maiiyf ,v ij*9 w*wj *w wao «ne ? vc. \Viiic i>arty
7Z tLT ITri^ J ' Tli* l*6^ remained: faitnful to that
K !¿S£ít#«?%Sfe «5* r*1! r«mwi d in
proposition I éttúunrc, >o<l tl Dmojoittia
the same principle in the Cincinnati
o&e&n
lie au
¿V J^'VfpMIWm in 1856, and again at Baltimore
rrt .'Kth f "d Ch*r,*,toa ta *««>■ (4
States?
*hat they a
ottne
ofselfgovern
tjie Chest? * fathers contender] fpr jit the
are
note
to the Pact
rt, r-n?*r.¡ .1
títV «V6Q
that stii^grc ?
rights tjendiog for a seperatton fr
Great
«ley not eieigiate from
Ss well as
Britain snd
«solonies I
iu
Ijpn
to
property
cwiy
s
it
^dfral in character
of the colonies through their legisla- ¡ ths
j^J* «^sfs l 50,did ssk
B^Skrn,
re-
voice. Wo did
.., pot all agres at Ohsrleaton.) Ne, we did
[ not all sgr^e.at Charleston and JtkiUnnore
!> h p j « I860 on this principle of non-int«rventiun
ni r« n" '*ny mor® than we D iWio jrats all agreed on
W ^W'tos same principle lu ld50. There were
tKA [ume or ten Senators and many more Hepre
U^d ; aetltstives from the * .arti m 1850 who re-
> *sted the C rmpruuiMe measures af firstly
sso$ew«fd. Chase, aad the Abolitionists of
the North did. Stdl. we passed thejm over
heads of Souihern Seciissionists aind
Mtxi, - j northern AboiUtonists. Th.- drtfereoOe is.
after WS had beaien the^ Southern
anion priociple of hon int
etc.! Incase both did not deailje to
speak, Judge paschal waa to djvids
time with either." The pmpoajtion
was declined. Col. Graham bemjg sick
and Col. Wharton declaring fee wan
hoarse. |;ii! •' *;|.
We mention this fact to show, thai
the friends of the Uoion desire discus-
sion, and are determined to bare It, If
possible. They have"more magnani-
mity than waa shown in the case of tbé
refusal to divide t*afto wi|jh Jodgn
Paschal at San Antonio—[I atsUiogen*
cer. Í i !
;cat. Contri stmoKsi-
lowtug is a copy of a
billet doutx, which ha%
ceived by the Foal Offioe
city
Ar
Sm-thn Nations
fíommittec, léí
ically the
and Lane, and oar
will require tie raiae fl
legitimated eipenséa of
The dotnnutter, the lie fore,
yoa i a contri but ion of $¿>
may! forward daring Mm
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Newcomb, James P. The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Monday, October 8, 1860, newspaper, October 8, 1860; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176965/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.