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CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, ISG'O.
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"SAMUKLP. SMITH,
Attorney and CtiiniM'lor at Law,
CHARLOTTE, N C,
Will attend promptly and diligently to collecting and
remitting all claims intrusted to his care.
Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con
veyances, Ac.
jfcajT" During hours of business, may be found in the
Court Housv. (Mice No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office.
January 10. 1800
J. A. FOX,
Attorney X
Law,
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT.
Office at the Court House, 1 door to the left, down stairs.
Wm. J. Kerr,
A T T O It x K Y A T 1- A W,
CHARLOTTE, N. C,
Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of
Mecklenburg, Union and Cabarrus counties.
OFfics in the Brawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel
January 24, 180U y
J. M. MILLER, M. I).,
Practitioner of Medicine and Surgery,
May 10th. Office opposite Kerr's Hotel.
ROBEIIT CIBB0X, 31. D.,
PR.ICTITIO. LK OF CIIC1 2 E
A.Vl)
Ojfu-f Xo. '1 Incin's corner, ClIAKLOTTK, N. C.
December 14, l.S.ly.
.IAS. T. DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CIIARl.OTT'v X. C.,
Will practice in the Courts . Mecklenburg and the
adjinin; counties.
fisf The collection of claims promptly attended to.
March 1 i, lS.r.r y
I'OLLOK B. LKK.
WM. II. KP. Kit.
LEE & KERR.
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
AX I) SOLICITOUS IX CHAXCKRY,
Memphis, Tennessee.
.-x?" Office over the Gayo. Bank, on the Corner of
Main and Madi.-on Streets, ""g
Time of ' If tiding Ctui tf :
riiAN'CERV 4 tli Monday in May and Nov.
ClRcnr lid Monday in Jan.. .May and .September.
Common Law 1st Monday in .Man li. July and Xov'r.
Criminal 'lil Monday in February. June and October.
C!ttemes Circuit Coiut, Ark. "Jd Monday in May
aud November.
Jan. 3d, 1S;0. v
R. W. BKCKWITH
Has constantly on hand
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &CM
Of the best English and American manufacturers.
Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Watch crystals put in for 2j cents each.
November 8, 18.")D y
PEA MEAL
li.A lit
We keep at our Steam Flouring Mill in this place
Pea Meal for feeding cows and stork. Also, we have
on hand at all times, Family, Kxtra. Superfine and
coarse Flour. We warrant our family flour.
Corn Meal and Grits cau always be bail at the mill.
"J. WILKES & CO.
April 19, 1859
COTTON SAW GIWS,
Ofthabest quality, with 10 inch saws, moveable
chilled ribs and tinned brush, and all other necessary
improvements delivered at any Railroad station in the
State at $2 per saw. These Gins took the premium at
the S. C.State Fairin 1858 and IS:9.
Planters wishing to purchase Gins of the subscirber,
will do well to send their orders earlv, as there is gen
erally a crow d of w ork late in the season.
J. M. ELLIOTT,
March 20, 1800. otn Winnsboro, S. C.
PROPERTY FOR SALE IX
Lenoir, A. C.
,TV. u"ders'Sne'l wishing to move West, offers for
sale his Town Property, consisting of xhrce Lot on
one Of which is a large and commodious building and
all necessary out-houses. The others are welf im
proved, ou one an orchard of choice fruit, on the other
a good Spring. Also, 8 acres of land near the village
(part in cultivation). He offers also 350 acres of land
in Watauga county, near a good turnpike, being one of
the best stock farms in the county.
Lenoir is a beautiful Mountain Village. 18 miles from
the W. X. C. Railroad. A tri-weekly stage line passes
trom Lincolnton, N. C, via. Hickory Station and Le
noir to Abington, Va. Davenport Female College and
Finley High School, both well conducted and successful
institutions, are situated in the place. Any one wish
ing to buy will get a bargain bv applying earlv to the
subscriber at Lenoir, Caldwell CO., N. C.
June loth 1800. 3m W. GAiTIIER.
NOTICE.
p ri' Ta,ual,, Property, formerly the residence of R.
"ar,nSi Esq., containing about seven acres, will be
sold on Tuesday of October Court if not sold privately
will Jibal time Per?ons w ishing to buy or examine,
Aug. 7, ipso.
. -.., U. A. OWENS. Attornev.
42-llt
Immense Attraction!
AT THE
Clothing Emporium
OF
Grea
fuelircs, springs & co.
They are how opening at their large and capacious
Store Rooa, the HANDSOMEST and CHEAPEST
Stock of Ready-made Clothing
ever offered in the State.
Their stok comprises all the different kinds of Fancy
Cut Linen and Marseilles Business Suits, English and
French Drap d'tte and Alpacca Frocks and Sacks; a
large variety of Cmsimrre Pants Fancy and Black;
also, Faney and Black Silk, Cassimere and Marseilles
Vests in endless variety.
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
Trunks, Valises, Hats and Caps, &c, Ac. All of the
above goods are of the latest styles and patterns.
MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT.
FALLINGS, SPRINGS '& CO. have lso added to their
Ready-made Clothing Stock, a Merchant Tailoring De
partment, to which they call the especial attention of
their many friends and customers.
They intend making this department second to none
in the State, either in style and quality of Goods, or in
the manufacture of Garments.
At all limes will be found a good stock of Black and
colored Cloths, English, French and American Cassi
meres, and a variety of Vestings. Also, an assortment
of Rock Island Cassimeres.
They feci confident of their ability to undersell any
other house in the State, from the advantages they
have in getting their goods.
Their goods are bought by the quantity, by one of
the Firm who resides in the Northern markets, which
gives him the opportunity of taking advantage of the
prices of goods, thereby saving at least Twenty-five
per cent to the consumer.
JBQyDimes saved are Dollars made !tB8 So try us.
E. FILLINGS,
JXO. M. SPRINGS,
JNO. P. HEATH.
April 10, 1800. tf
Large Arrivals
OF
SPKIXG & SUMMER GOODS,
AT
KOOPJIAlfn. & PHELPS'
They
have received and are receiving a large stock of
33ry Goods,
Millinery and Ladies' Dress Goods
in endless variety, suitable for the Spring and Summer
trade.
Particular attention is called to their assortment of
Lace Shawls, Points and Mantillas.
They have a LARGER STOCK of FINE GOODS than
they have ever kept before.
They assure those who may deal with them that they
will endeavor to give satisfaction both in price and
the quality of the Goods, as they arc determined to sell
at such low rates as will tend to the great advantage
of purchasers. They have in store
A large lot of Ready-made Clothing
of various styles and qualities at reduced prices.
HARDWARE, &c,
Of all kinds, kept constantly on baud aud for sale on
the most reasonable terms.
They invite purchasers to give their extensive stock
an examination before buying elsewhere.
KOOPMANN & PHELPS.
April '.0, 1800.
J. S. PHILLIPS.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
HAVING located in Charlotte, respect
fully solicits a share of public, patronage.
A complete assortment of Cloths, Cas
simeres and Vestings always on hand,
which will be made to order at the
shortest notice.
Jgfej Shop three dwors south of the
Mansion House.
Sept. 27, 1859. y
100 REWARD !
ANAWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October,
a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six-
feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather
slim, and weighs about 173 pounds. lie has a down
look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his
left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has
grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about
Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county,
where he was raised. All persons are forewarned
not to harbor or assist him, under the penalty of the
law. I will i)v the above reward for his delivery to
me, or his apprehension and confinement in anv jail so
I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON.
Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C.
April 0, 18C0. tf
.TAXES.
The TAX LISTS for the year 1850 are now in my
hands for inspection. Those liable to pay Taxes will
please come toward and
settle.
E. C. GRIER, Sheriff.
April 3, 1800.
Roofing, Guttering and Job Work,
Of all kinds, promptly attended to at
TAYLOR'S Hardware Store,
Opposite the Mansion House.
MANSION HOUSE
The undersigned having taken the above wtll-known ;
h ii (i Tiirnnia Hntni k.m fiitrn in lnrurm ino nmrrms m i
the house and the traveling public that he is repairing
and refurnishing it and has made several changes which
will add to comfort as a home and public resort. No
effort shall be spared on the part of himself or assis
tants to reuder sojourners pleasant and comfortable.
II. B. WILLIAMS.
Charlotte, January 10, 1S60. tf
A If OTHER SOUTHER MOVEMENT
CUBAN SEGAK MANUFACTORY.
St'iars and Tobacco Laf direct from Cuba.
JOHN S. WILEY has returned to Charlotte from
Cuba, where he bought a large and varied assortment
of SEGARS, SNUFF, TOBACCO, &c, for this market,
and is now opening some celebrated brands of Segars,
among which may be found the following :
El Rico Habana, - Mncfca El Littleto,
Concha's Malos, - VSo lloudro,
Flor del Tumas. " Lasbelas Gustou.
He manufuctures Segars from the best Havana To- ;
bacco: and keen th.hstSmokinsr and chewine Tobac
co, Lynchburg and Turkish Brands; Maccabau, Rap
pee and pure Scotch Snuffs: Powhatan Pines, snnflf
Boxes, Matches, Blacking, &c; Meershaua Segar Hold
ers ana 1'ipes.
He respectfully invites the public to call next door
to the Mansion House.
January 3, 18G0
WANTED.
fifteen or twenty YOUNG
ROBT. F. DAVIDSON.
Aug. 14, 1800.
2m
MECKLENBURG
HIGH SCHOOL.
W. N. Dickey, ) n . . ,
Joseph Thompson, j rnclPaIs-
The First Session of this School will commence on
jionuay, ine loin uay oi oepiemoer.
ti, if.i.m ; .-...nt . r; ei rw.v l,,,
io-1if miltia troct nf a rl fit t n in a lirltHv rAfrinri nf
country. The moral character of the community is
good, and the temptations to vice and prodigality are
as few as in any locality in the State.
The principals are graduates of Davidson College,
aud, having chosen teaching as a profession, they will
devote all their time and energies to the interests of;
the school. Students will be received at any time and
charged from the time of entrance. Deductions for
absence made at the option of the principals.
Good board can be obtained couvenieut to the Acade
my, at reasonable rates. . ,
Terms per session of five mouths,
English Grammar, History, &c, $25.00,
The above with the Classics, 30 00.
For further information address either of the princi
pals at Blootningdale, Mecklenburg county, N. C.
Aug. 14, I860. 25-12tpd
Beer Cattle Wranted.
Iliylw&t Cash Prices paid for Beeves and Shfcjy.
I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur
chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the
highest, market prices. Those having stock for sale
will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In
quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard.
Aug. 21, I860. 2G-tf J. L. STOUT.
Hardware!! Hardware!!
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR
MESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub
lic generally, that he has added to his extensive
stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete
stock of Hardware, consisting in part as follows:
Carpenters' Tools.
Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun
ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch
er SAWS; Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels,
Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick,
plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw
plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke
shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels
Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines,
Gougers, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in
great variety aud at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man
sion House, Charlotte, N. C.
May 20, 1800. tf
Blacksmith's Tools.
Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham
mers. Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks
and dies. -IS'icksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and
Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and clinch Nails,
Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country
manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c,
for sale very cheap at
TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House:
AT TAYLOR'S
of Cutlery. Guns
you can find the largest assortment
and Pistols, of all the celebrated
makes.
GLASS, of all sizes and qualities both French and
American. Also, Puttv by the keg or pound.
WOODEN WARE, Brooms, &c, of all kinds.
Rope ! Rope ! I
5.000 pounds of Manilla. Juto and Cotton Rope, from
inch to 3 inches, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store,
Opposite the Mansion House.
Carriage Materials.
He would call special attention to his stock of the
above goods, consisting of Springs, Axles, Hubs, Bows,
Spoh.es, Shafts. Curtain frames, Knobs. Bands, Lining
Nails, Damask, Satinet, Cloths, Laces, Fringes, Enamel
ed aud Patent Leather, Enamelled Cloth, Oil Carpet,
Paints of all kinds, dry and in oil; Varnish, Turpentine,
Linseed Oil, Tyre and oval Iron, Bolts, and everything
in the way of Carriage Trimmings, at prices that cau
not fail to please, at the Hardware Depot of
A. A. N. M. TAYLOR,
Opposite the .Mansion House.
Tin and Japanned Ware,
A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate,
Babbit metal, itc.
Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at
TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove ard
Tin ware Depot, opposite-Mansion House
Agricultural Implements of all kinds.
Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes, Shovels,
Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks, Mattock, Grubbing Hoes,
Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning
and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar
den Hoes and Rakes, with handles: Grain Cradles: grain,
grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxe:
Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi
ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120
gallons each: Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep
Shears, &c, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite
the Mansion House.
Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing
Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAYLOR'S
Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House.
Stale of !V. Carolina, Lincoln Co.,
Court of Please and Quarter S't-iions, July Session. 1SG0.
Daniel Shufford r. Osborne Wells.
Judicial Attachment Levied on Lots.Nos. 27 and 28,
S. E. Square of Lincolnton.
It auDcarine to the satisfaction of the uourt, that
i the Defendant is not a resident of this State: it is there-
ore orjercd that publication be made for six weeks in
u- i-i . n : .1 ,1,
the Western Democrat notifying the said defendant
be and appear at the next Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, to be held for the County of 'Lincoln, at the j
r.imrt House in Lincolnton. on the 8th Monday after
the 4th Monday iu August next; then and there to show I
cause if any he has why the land levied on shall not be j
condemned to satisfy Plaintiffs debt and costs.
Witness, W R Clark, Clerk of said Court, at office
in Lincolnion, the 2nd Monday in July, A. D. 1860, and
iu the 8."th year of the Independence of said State.
25-Ut W. U. CLARK, C. C.
Slate f ft, Carolina, Lincoln Co.,
Court of l'lea and Quarter Sessions, July Session, I SCO.
Daniel Shuford r Thomas Darling. --
. - Attachment.
was returned to Court, at this term, and also a Garnish- ,
. w:i;. n,. it nrHoH hr the i
nerras an aicacmneiii i wic uvimc uuwru ense i
Court that advei tiscment of the same be made in the
Westcrn.Dcmocrat for sis weeks, notifying the said De-
mem ........... ..v.,..,.-u, , ' -r
fendant to appear, and replevy or plead to said suit, at
the next term of said Court to be held for the County ,
uZitojVteiAV
final iudement for debt and cost will be rendered ;
against him.
Witness, W R. Clark, Clerk of said Court at office in
- i
Lincolnton, the2nd Monday in July A. D. I860, and in j
the 85th year of our Independence.
25-Gt W. R.
CLARK, C. C.
XEGROES
I will pay good prices for
NEGROES.
SPEECH OF
HON. J. C. BRECKINRIDGE,
; , At Ashland, Ky.y on &ept. o, 186' ,
! DELIVERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING
K HIMSELF AGAINST THE FALSE CHARGES
j OF HIS ENEMIES.
I "V I beg you, my neighbors, friends and old con-
stituents, to be assured that I feel profoundly grate-
ri . , ,
! P lor the cordial welcome
you have extended to
! TOG
The circumstances under which I apppear
before you are novel and unusual. ' I do it in obe
'dience to the request of friends whose intelligence
I have been accustomed to observe.
And if it be an uncommon thing for a person in
my position to address assemblies of people, I can
only say that I hope to discuss topics which are in
a manner not altogether unworthy the attitude
which I occupy.. 1 shall certainly indulge in no
language which, in my opinion, will fall below the
dignity of political discussion. The condition of
my health and my position, make it impossible for
me to extend my voice over this vast assembly, but
1 trut 1 will become stronger as 1 proceed.
I have been asked, my fellow citizens, to speak
at my own home, because I and the political or
ganization with which I am connected have been
assailed in an unusual manner, and charged with
treason to my own country. I appear before you
to-day for the purpose of repelling certain accusa
tions which have been made against me personally
and industriously circulated throughout other States
of the Union ; and next, to show that the princi
ples upon which I stand are the principles of both
the Constitution and the Union of our country.
Great applause. And surely, if at any time the
justificalion could be found by any man for ad
dressing the people in the position which I occupy,
it will Fe found in my case
Anonymous writers and wandering' orators Tiave
chosen to tell the people that I, individually, am a
disuniomst and a traitor to my country; and they
declart, with assurance, that I have exhibited a
treasoi that makes, by comparison with it, Burr a
patriot and the memory of Arnold respectable !.
But, fellow citizens, before I come to those topics,
I desire to make and prove a comprehensive state
ment in regard to my position in connection with
the Presidency of the United States. I have been
charged with intriguing for this nomination. I
have teen charged with leaping before the wishes
of the people, and desiring to thrust myself before
them for the highest office in their gift.
To that I answer that it is wholly untrue. I
have written to nobody soliciting support. I have
conversed with nobody soliciting support. I have
intrigued with nobody. I have promised nobody.
To these statciueutb I challenge contradiction from
any human being.
1 did not seek or desire to be placed before the
country for the office' of President, by any Con
vention or any part of any Convention. When 1
returned to the State of Kentucky in the Spring
of 1859, and was informed that some partial friends
were presenting my ninie to the public in that
connection, and a certain editor (whose presence 1
see here) in this State, had hoisted my name for
the Presidency, I said to him, "Friend, I am not
in any sense a candidate for the Presidency," and 1
desired that my name should be taken down from
the head of his colnmns It was done.
A very eminent citizen of the Commonwealth of
Kentucky (Mr Guthrie) was presented for that of
fice. I was gratified to see it, and as far as my
own declarations were concerned, I united cordial
ly in presenting him for the suffrages of the Amer
ican people; though, at no time, in or out of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, did I do an act or ut
ter a word which would bring my name in conflict
with his, or that of any other American citizen who
desired, or whose friends desired for him that
position. And if you took the trouble to read the
proceedings of the Charleston Convention, you
will remember that when I received the vote of
Arkansas, one of my friends arose and withdrew
my name, declaring that I would not allow it to
come in opposition to the gentlemen before the
Convention.
When that Convention assembled at Baltimore,
my feelings and my conduct were still unchanged.
Alter the disruption which took place there, my
name, without any solicitations on my" part,' was
presented as a candidate. Previously, not deeming
' such a thing possible, 1 said 1 "did not desire to
; be presented to the American people, but I am
content with the honors which have, been heapeu
upon me by my State and my country, and I look
forward with pleasure to the prospects I have of
serving my country in the Senate of the V. S. for
the next six years." My tame, however, was pre
sented, and I felt that 1 could not refuse t accept
the nomination under the circumstances, without
abandoning vital principles and betraying my
i friends. '
It is said I was not regularly nominated, and
that an eminent citizen' of Illinois was regularly
nominated for the Presidency; but that isf a ques
tion 1 have not time to diseu.-s to-day, and it has
already been thoroughly exhibited and discoursed
upon before the people. I refer you to the mas
terlv and explan.ttive speech recently delivered by
mv honorable friends in whose irrounds WC are met.
i 1 r.,n m,i tr, Convention whirh aseem-
. -
bltb at the Front Street Theatre at Baltimore was
, . . , .. r tt -r
devoid not only of the p pint of justice but of the
sented never received a vote required by the rules
0f the democratic organization,
Whole States were excluded and disfranchised
. . , ... - , . .
" iutuneuuoi., . F-"
most flagrant acts of injustice were perpetrated for
the purpose of forcing1 a particular dogma upon the
democratic organization, snd the gentleinaft who is
the representative of that dogma and principles,
which I will be able to show are repugnant alike
to reason and the Constitution. Owing to the im-
! propriety of those proceedings, a decided majority j
I f . I -a r u . . 4Ja.. a ! L ,1 !
- , ,k, vA
' ueiegau-s ..oui yu,
from the ( onvention. declaring that it
withdrew
was not a
.. . " .. ' .... i
.National Convention t tne real aeraocraiic organ- j
jzation. The entire delegation from the 15 south- j
Spates and of California and Oregon, with large L
minoritieg from other Slate8 - making in whole or !
delegations from almost two-thirds of the (
States of the Confederacy, represented a National
. . T - 1
Democratic Convention, depending upon tne au-
tunr:. .j w,w nf th democratic nartv. '
- J ft S. mixtion ia. what are the
- M , fc- 1
principles (which ought to commend themselves
to the American people) at issue in this canvass?
These I will discuss before I am'done; but before
1 proceed further I will group together and answer
a number of personal accusations, some of which
emanated in the State of Kentucky, and others
elsewhere, by which, through me, it is attempted
to strike down the organization with which I am
connected. It begets in me almost a feeling of
humiliation to answer some of them, but as I have
imposed upon myself the task I will go through
them as briefly as I can.
. I believe it has been published in almost every
Southern newspaper of the opposition party that I
Signed a petition for the pardon of John Brown,
the Harper's Ferry murderer and traitor. This is
wholly untrue. So "much for that. Cries of
"good."! It has been extensively charged and
circulated that 1 was in favor of the election of
General Taylor to the Presidency, and opposed to
the election of Cass and. Butler. This, also, is
wholly untrue.' In the 'year 1847 there' was a
meeting in the city of Lexington, in which I par
ticipated, in which General Taylor was recom
mended for the Presidency of the United States."
A difference of opinion existed at that time as to"
the political sentiments t)f that distinguished gen
tleman. I was assured, upon grounds satisfactory
to me, that they coincided with my own political
opinions, and I united with the meeting. Pretty
soon f.fterwards I went to Mexico, and when I re
turned, twelve months tifterwards, in " 1848, I
found the campaign in full blast, with Taylor the
candidate of the Whigs, and Cass and Bullcr as
the nominees of the National Democracy. It is
well known to thousands of those within the sound
of my voice, that as soon as I returned home, I
took the stump in behalf of the Democracy, and
maintained its doctrines to the best of my abilities
Voice "all right" and I was not afraid to
do it, because they were the representatives of my
principles; and you may judge of my zeal, as on
of those gentlemen was my old commander and
my friend. It was said that I was not present,
and did not vote at the election in Lexington in
1848; and that is true, but with the fact has gone
the explanation, which my opponents have never
published, showing that it was my intention to be
absent during the canvass, but that it was not my
intention to lose my vote.
You all know that at that time, as a citizen, that I
could vote anywhere in the State, (being before
the revision and adoption of our present Constitu
tion,) but it so happened that there were six or
eight gentlemen accompanying me, all of whom
belonged to the Whig party, and they proposed to
me that if I would not return to my own town and
vote, they would not. If we had all voted, there
would have been six or seven votes cast for Tay
lor, and only one cast for Cass and . Butler. I ac
cepted the proposition and went, hunting. And if
every man had done as well as myself we would
have carried the State Ky forty thousand majority.
Among those with me I remember the names of
three of my friends- Thomas J. Redd, Nelsjn
Butler and George P. Jewett.
Another charge has been extensively circulated
throughout the Southern States that I was an
emancipationist in 1849, or at least voted for an
emancipationist at some time. .
Here Mr B. read an extract from a letter from
Hon. George Robertson, published in a Southern
paper, having reference to his position on this
question,
and alluding
to his private affairs, and
commenting on it at some
verity.
length
and much se-
I conio to the fact that the only time 1 knew of
the question of euiancipatron being raised, was in
1849, when we were electing delegates to the Con
vention to form a new Constitution. Then Dr.
Breckinridge and Mr Shy were emancipationists.
Mr Wickliffe and I canvassed the county to the
best of our abilities, in opposition to emancipation,
believing that the interests of both races in the
Commonwealth would be promoted by the con
tinuance of their present relation. At the polls,
Dr Breckinridge voted against' me, and I voted
against hinl, because we , were representing oppo
site principles, and just so would it be agaiu, un
der similar circumstances. So much for that
charge. - .
But I have seen pamphlets published and cir
culated all over the Union for the purpose of pruv
ing that I was a Know -Nothing in the State of
Kentucky. I have no doubt that a very consider
able proportion of those listening to me were mem
bers of . that, order in that year, and if there is a
man among you who belonged to the order, who
ever saw me in one of your lodges, who did not
know that I was recognized as one of tho moist un
compromising opponents of that order let him
be good enough to say so now. 1 believe I was
the first gentleman in Congress who took a position
against the organization. When I returned home
in the spring of 1855, it was making great pro
gress in this Commonwealth, and although I had
withdrawn from public-life, to attend .to my pri
vate affairs, I opposed it in repeated speeches all
over Kentucky.
The statement may not be very acceptable to
some gentlemen within the sound of nty voice,, but
I do not want to deceive any man. .' 1 stand upon
ray principles, and am willing to view them with
out the slightest regard to consequences. I am
represented to this day as havjng said that I would
make a difference between one of tuy own religious
belief and another, and that between an unnatural
ized and naturalized citizen I would make a politi
cal difference. I never uttered such a sentiment.
The underlying principle with me was this: that
I- the condition of citiKeiiwhip being once obtained,
no. question, either of birth or religion, should be
allowed to commingle with political considerations.
I deem it only necessary to make these statements
here succinctly .and pass on, because I am speak
ing to assembled thousands who know this iu
juslicc. . - . ' ' .
But, fellow-citizens, to come to more extended
topics, it has been asserted that I, and the politi-
i cal organization with. .which I am connected, halve
.i j .l- i i u i :..
aoauuoneu me gnunu ou winyu c ,n rc-
gard to the territorial question in 1854 and '50
that we then occusied a position which is now oc
cupied by the friends and supporters of Mr Doug.
las, and by that eminent gentleman himseU. a
deny it, and I bhall now proceed to prove my de-
, . .
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nial, both as to myself and as to the party therein
involved, ....
. There was! a body to whom we could refer the
question, and we thought it unnecessary further to
debate, each body agreeing to acquiesce in the
decision as rendered by the' paid' body. I
believe ,that none of niyppeeches in this connec
tion were prepared by" mef exeepC ty the briefest
notes. Never was a single report of these speeches
revised by me or written out in full. ; The reporfs
of them are those which various persons chose to
make. I have been amused to see various por
tions of what they call the-Tip pecanW speech, and
the divers reports' of the reporter?, which they
chose to make for the different 'papers at different
times. " ' ' ' 1 '
I have in my hand a report which reads as fol
lows in reference to the territorial question: "Tho"
people of the Territories under the Kansas-Nebraska
act, have the full right to abolish or prohibit
slavery which principle ia aa old as the Republi-
can Government itself.
Not only did I never utter such a sentiment,
Vut I have no reason to believe that anybody even
thought I utterred it. I had never seen it in any
newspaper anywhere; but I have no time to waste
it comments upon the propriety or delicacy of a
gtritleruan who is before the country for - the office
of President, in introducing the name of one who
is . also a caudidate with me,- and giving his per
sonal testimony. As to that gentleman's opinions,
I shall waste no time in discussion of the propriety
of such a course. I wish to meet the accusation.
The Hon. S. A. Douglas, in a series of pajer
which he has been reading in various State., ami
even recently in Concord, N. II. 1 give his -own
language: "There is not an honest man iu ail
America," says Mr Douglas, "that will deny that
James Buchanan and John' C.! Breckinridge, in
185G, were pledged to the doctrine of non-intervention
by Congress with slavery in the Territo
ries Mark the word, it is there nnn-lnlerven-tioh
I made speeches from the same stump with
J". C. Breckinridge, in 185(5, when he was advo
cating his own claims to the Vice Presidency, and
heard him go to the extreme-length in favor of
popular-sovereignty in the Territories." Then,
speaking of gther gentlemeu from the South, who
hud been expressing themselves jn " the North, ho
says: "In erery one of the' speeches they advoca
ted squatter sovereignty in its broadest sense.
Here, in the space of twelve" lines, you see non
intervention and popular-sovereignty all evidently
conveying the same meaning. That 1 held doc
trines of non-intervention as it was originally un
derstood and engrafted into the legislation of the
country, I will procced'to show moro fully in
another part of my speech. But I presume that
Mr Douglas, in this statement, meant to declare
that in 1850,.' trom the same stump with me, he
advocated the doctrine that a Territorial Legisla
ture had the power to exclude slave property un
der territorial conditions; and 1 alHVpresunie that
he uses this expreasian in this sense, and this is
'the question that has been the whole point of
dispute.
' Well, at no time, either before or after the pas
sage of the Kansas-Nebraska bill in Congress, did
I ever entertain or utter the opinion that a Terri
torial Legislature, prior to the formation of a Sfato
Constitution, had the power to exclude slave pro
perty from the common Territories of the Union,
and no other advocate of my doctrines can be
found who will substantially charge this expres
sion. Now I am to entertain you briefly by as clear an
exposition as I can make of . the attitudes of the
parties iu regard to the question at issue. In 1854
we removed the restriction of the Missouri line, and
passed the Kansas-Nebraska biii through both
Houses of Congress, and it became a law. The
argument of those, North and South, who appoved
the repeal of the Compromise was that the Terri
tories should be left open to settlement. There
was but one point upon which the friends of the
bill differed. The Southern friends of the meas
ure, and a fev of its Northern friends, denied the
power either of Congress or the Territorial J-iegis-lature,
to exclude any description of property. '1 he
other party assumed the. ground that the Territo
rial Legislature had the power of fcuch exclusion.
It was a constitutional question, however, and they
agreed not to make it a matter of territorial dispute,
but to insert a provision in the bill relet ring tho
question to the Supreme Court for decision; and
all parties were bound to abide by the decision
made' by this august tribunal npon this constitu
tional question. We now prove that there was
such an agreement.
Ordinarily a bill cannot be taken from a Terri
torial Court to the Supreme Court of tho United
States, until the matter in controversy amounts
to one thousand dollars, and in order that this ques
tion might be tried before the Supreme Court, a
clause was inserted to meet the contingency. Dur
ing the period between the passage of that bill
and the decision of the Supreme Court, all persons
on each side entertained their own opinions."
We in the " South held that the. Territorial Le
gislature did not have the power. Mr Douglas &
his friends held lhat the territorial legislature did
have the power.' We suspended thai question and
reitrred it by a bill to the Supreme Court of tho
U. States to determine the constitutional quei-tion
therein involved. ,
There was a body to whom we could refer the
question, and wc thought it unnecessary further to
debate it, each party agreeing to acquiesce in the
decisico at rendered hy the said body.' I -think
that is a prettv plain 'statement on' that point. I
make it to fchow that there was a vow taken by the
southern friends of the measure io Congress, and
among them by your' bumble speaker, to support
the decision. . ,; ' .
Mr Breckinridge here read some extracts from
hid speech delivered in the Houae of .Representa
tives in 1854.
, We were willing to have the questioo decided
by the courts of the U. States. Again, I say it
was contended upon, the one hand (upon ihe idea
of the equality of the State under the Constitu
tion and their common property in the territories)
that the citizens of the slavtholding State may re
move to the Territories' with their slaves, and there
legally hold them until the territory ia resolved
into a State. t ' . ' ' ' .
In that capacity it may exclude them: On tho
other hand, :t is said that slavery, being in conflict
with common right,' n exist only by the force of
positive law. and it is denied-that the Court ever
furnisbl the law. I said that we demand that all
citizens cf the United States ehall be allowed to
enter the common Territory, with the Constitution