The New York Herald Newspaper, April 27, 1860, Page 10

10 , THE PRESID’,ATIAL CONTEST. [CONT yen FROM THIRD PAGE aud, wihoet reading, be referred to the Committee og Cecdaniine, Ms Luweawce—The Chairman stated that % shor.id be Tae Pxamxipesy pro@m.—The motion of the g¢ avemas from New York is in oder, * My. Qomane—1 call the previous ques¥.on om the Bene ment } Lawxence—T think the gentleman frov, New York has ‘we righiso Bpeak On this question atall. 1b was ageoed taut Qe ktier should be read eben the pre.per time arrived. ‘We ask that it shall be read,and we, ask nowhing more depp we bave the right to ask. ‘Yhe previous qui slip Was ordered, and under the ope: yaton thereo! the amendmen? to the amend ment wasagreed fo, sua the amencment as smende d adopted. The qucstion thea recwre/, on the resolution as amended. A Dmecste from Arkansas dvsired, before the question wae put ob (de 1 F0)¥.tion, 9 Offer an amendment, requir- jog ‘he Oommiit'o on Crowe utials to vote 80 an to show dow cach delegate voted. “Mr Boskias, +i lodteun—We are actiog under’ the ‘operesion uf the previous question, and no other amend- mentcen de oPored. The YRESTOV aT p70 tem.—That Is very trae, The previ- ‘ous questions, bas boca ordered wud DO other emeadment i w order, The see lution as ameored, was then adopted. wr. Yancey, of slabame—T rise to offer @ resolation to WDD | presame there will be no objection. It is tne: — RerePved, Thet the Committee of Arrangements ve re. ‘qestett to obtain the leave of the city anthorities of Guarterton to have the street in front of thie bailaing severed with sawdust or straw. ‘Yoo resolaten wes adopted, ‘of Ouio, submitted the following resolution: ws, Mush cunmitice of 00 celegaie from each Mate,to be selected by the delegations thercof, be ap- perpted to report resclutions; and that all resolutions in yolation to the platform of the democratic be re, Terred t¢ eid committee on presentation without debate. Mr. P mated iat this wee (bo usual rezolation om that Bidiect Mr. Dawson, of Pennaylvanie—It is always in order to move wadjoura. I make the motion that the Convention ‘cjeorn to mee; to morrow at 1@ o'clock AM. ‘a Detscats (rom Pennsylvania raised the question of orver thet the rootions Ww atjoorn and to fix ths Hime to whicb<he Convention will adjourn wers distinct motions, which Gould Lot be untied in ene; aud thes should the motion of his colieague prevail, and the Convention ad- jourp on that motion, 1s would w journ sine dé ‘Ube Fee tvenr pre (em etaved that the resointion to ad- Jew until to morrow at 10 o'clock was In order. The Convention then adjourned ani to-morrow morn- img ui 10 o'clock. SHE FLORIDA DEMOCRATIC STATE CON- VENTION, Persvant to previous potice, the Democratic Convention for the State of Florida, met at the Capitol in the city of ‘Fahahervee, on the Sth inat., for the purpose of appoint fwg delegates to represent the democracy of Fiorida in ‘Me Charleston Convention, whereupon, on motion of F. L. Vilipigoe, Feq., Hou. Philip Dell, of Alachua, was called ‘to the , and op motion of T. J. Eppes, B=q., J. Myrick Gorrie of Franklin, be requested to act as Secroiary. The eommitice appoiutes to repy reeolatvions for the action of ine Convention, submitted the follosi0g:— Rerolved, That we heartily approve aud tally en dorse the recent resolutions ot the Democratic Senatorial OCaneus in Warbington, as a foll and complete embodt mv vt of our political sentiments, and tender them without comment as she platform of this Convention. 1. Reeolved, That in the adoption of the federal oonsti- teten, the Statee adopting the same scted severally as free and incepeadent covercigntics delegating @ portion of their powers to bo exercised by the fedoral government for tue Werented security of each 2g gers, domestic as we'l as tureign; and that any intermeddiing by any one or ,or by acombivation of their citizens, with tio institutions of the others, or say pretext whatever, political, moral or religious, with a view to ‘they disturbance or subversion, is 1n violation of the con- sutuion, insulting to the States so interferad with, en- weers their domestic peace and tranquility—objects for ‘ob the constitution was formed, and, by necessary eonseqnence, tends to weaken and destroy the Union it- self, 2 Resolved, That negro siavery, as it exiets in fifieon Sates of thie Union, compores ap important portion of tWpir Gomeniic institutions, iuherited from their ancestors, ant exis: the adoption of the cosuitution, by which J recognized as covetiiuting an important element in the apportionment of powers among the States; aad that no charge of opinion or feeling on the part of the non- a's’ 10g States of the Uaion in relutioa to this institu- 3100 ean jusilfy them or their citizens in open or covert aitacks ‘hercon with a view to its overthrow; and that ail ettcke sre in manifest violetion of the mutual solemo pidge torrotect aud celend each otber given by the States, respectively, on entering into the constitutional Sompact which formed the Unwa, aed are a manifest Breach of faith and « yiolation of the most solemn obil- ob. 8. Rerolved, That the Union of theae States rests on the equality of rights aod priviieges among its members, and ‘Wat it ie eBpecially the duty of the Senate, which repre sents the States in their ecvercign capacity, to resist all atiempte to clecriminate ether in relation to persons or Property in the Terruories, which are the common pos- 2eesion of the United States, co as to give aivantages to ‘the citizens one Sinte, which are not equally assured to those of any cther State 4. Resolved, That netiber Congress vera Territorial Irgislature, whether by direct legislation, or legislation of am indirect aud unfriendly character, possess power to anol or impair the constitations! right of any citizen of the United States to take his eleve property into the com- mon territories, and there hold and enjoy the same while the territorial condition remains. 5. Resolved, That if exp rience shou'd at any timo prove that the Judicisry and Executive authority do pot Posrees means to insure adequate protection to constitu. Gonal rights in a Territory; aud if the Territorial gevern- ment should fail or refuge to provide the remocies for that purpose, it will be the duty of Congress to supply such deficiency. 6 Resoived, That the inhabitanta of a Territory of the ‘United States, when they rightfol'y form a constitution to be admitted 08a Siate into the Union, may then, for the first tin®, like the people of a State op stitution “decide for themeelv domestic institution, abail be maintained ‘within their jurisdiction; and ‘they ehalibe received into tee Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.” 7. Revolved, That the provision of the conetitution for Tendition of fegitives from eervice or labor, without the adoption of which the Union could rot have been formed, and that the Iawa of 1793 and 1850, which were enacted to recure ils execniion, and the main features of whieh, being similar, bear the »mpress of nearly seventy years of eancilon by the bighest jadicial authorities, e@boul’ be boncetiy and faithtutiy observed and main- tatved by all who crjoy the b.nefits of our compact of Usion; and tbat all avts of fncividuals or State Legis tuces to defeat the purpoee,or nallify the requiremon's, sf txt provision, and the laws made in pursuance of it, are hostile in character, eubversive of the constitution, tutionary in their effect. ved further, That we approve in the main the fo. Pd domweetic policy of the prevent National Admia ‘by tender it our thanks for the broad anc patriotic principles by which it has been controlied. Waich report was read, and the rescludions uaani- mousiy adopted. MARYLAND REPUBLICAN STATE CONVEN- TION. HE CONVENTION BROKEN UP BY A MOB, THREATEN TO L’ OF DELEGATES wHOo DH THE DKLEGATES— SELECTION TAE CHICAGO CONVENTION, ETO. Barmiyors, April 26, 18¢0. The Republican State Convention met to-day at Re- ebabite Hall. There were about thirty present. Mont- gomery Blair was chosen President. Alarge crowd of spectators, including @ consi ferable sprinkling of “‘roughe,’” who were led on by Erasmus levy, commenced a distarbance. Presently Levy and his followers made # rush and upect the President's tablo, Bnceking several republicans down, and tearing up their papers and documents. ‘The police interfered and mace several arrests. ‘The Convention adjourned till two o'clock. The members were greeted om the outside by a large erowd, who followed hooting. Mr. Gunnison, a promincat abolitionist, was pursued by an immense mob, crying “lynch him,’’ ‘hang him,’ ‘there goes a man who tole a nigger,” “there goes the spirit of Jobn Brown,” &c. Mr. Gurnion took refuge in the Marine Bank, and ‘the police escoricd him to a place of safety, Iho crowd <n 4 Convention bad been In gession some time before It ‘was disturbed. The Committees wore inted. * At two o'clock a crowd had assembled infront of the Ball where the Republican Convention was to meet. The Police Commissioners with a large force of police were on band to preserve order, but the Convention did not assem- Die, the owzer of the house bay refused to permit it to be longer used for the purpose. blicans bad heid &@ private conference and decided to & Conveation elvewhere. It is presumed to be now progressing, but ‘where is not known. Barrmors, April 26—P. Mw The Republican Convention, before adjourning, elected ¥. P. Blair and Wm. L. Marshal, delegates at large to Qikcago. Some doubt was expressed a8 to Mr. Marshall being a member of the Republican Association, and a committee = bose rm to communicate with him and ascertain * bis views. The Convention reassembled at 2 P. M., in the office of James Carey Coale, agent of the Now York Underwriters, im the Exchange buildings, where the following busineas ‘wae transacted -— ‘The committee appointed in the morning to select dele. Giss trom each congressional district, to represent the ‘ate in the Chicago Convention, submitted the follow- Presiden orizad <mppoint an executive committee for the “Sales the ead ‘gcommiltee to form an eiectoral “Ghe republican voters of the State.’ '° >? Supported by “Fhe President announced the following as the Executive Commnittee:—Wm. E. Coale, Dr. Weiss, Edmand Smith, Jeoen A. Gould, Dr. Geo. Harrie, Chas. Ize armour, Win. _Piw Nney Ewing and Absaiom Rowan. '. A 1 solution was tnanimoualy adopted pledging tho re- blica “ party to support the nomince of the Chicago venti. ©, be he who he may. ‘The than \# of the Convention were tendered to th» Pre. sident and ot, ver oflicen to Marshal Herring of the polices force, fo,” the ¢ made to protect the dele- grtes dnring the Sorning. The Conyention (262 Bojourned sing dig, MGETING OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN CLUB. First Note from the Republican War frumpet. Speceh of Senator Doolittle in Beply to General Coshing’s Speech at Charleston. Addresses by Fred, Stanten, of Kansar, and David Budiey Field, of New York, &o., &o., ma. ‘There was a strong relly of the Rocky Mountatu Re- publican Ciab at musical Hall, Brookiyn, ight o'clock leat evening, to hear addresses from James R Diblitile and other gentlemen connected with this party. The hall, altbough not crowaed, was very Dearly 90. The platiorm, which was avery diminutive one, was ory tastefully decorated with a variety of flags and bap pers. The stars and stripes were suspended in front, and tp the centre the following imseription stood out tn bold relief on a banner worked by a vumber of ladics:— 4 ‘THE WOMEN ‘TO THS REPUBLICANS OF KINGS QOUNTY. Guard well the !berties our fathers havo 90 . ly earned. Qeerrnrwnnnonnr enn nne ies WINONA IIAY ‘This was surmounted by s bos ul Wreath ef flowers articticaly bound wit: white aatin ribbon, At about eight o'clock Sevator Doolittle made his a> pearance on the p!atfor accompanied by Messrs, Win. Pert, President; David Dudley Feld, Jeseph Hoxie, Ea- ward Fisk and L. 0. Andrews. . ‘Tho meeting having bees caliod t order im the usual manner, The Present eaid that the Rocky Mountain Republi- can Club held their first meeting that night. They would listen, first of all, to boar a short adéress from Mr, Couch, afier which he would have the honor of iniro- ducing to their attention Senator Doeiittle, from Wiscon sin. Mr. Coven then addressed the audience as follows: — The Rocky Mountain Club was formed in the campaign of 1856 to ald in Rpreadiog repubncan principles, and to ‘obtain for them the largest possible Dumber ef votes jo Kings covaty and vicinity, It does not become us to speak of the efforts then made, the meetings veld, the do- cured distributed and enthusiawm aroused. Number ing ite members by handreds, its iniineves was felt io ail parts of our county, and as % waa epen to repudhcans without qnestioning their antecedents, % cuncentrated a power which. we believe, accomplehed much goot. All i: then askes Of 8 members wae a Dele! wm the ar- vation of our ‘free Territories for freeme & will t work jor that podle principle wherever work war to be done. Toe contest of waich ibe commencement is now upon us te between the same parties, and the issue is upon the same principle. Toough Lot successful In thai paigp, such s power for free exnioited that th of eiavery bas been checkod and the Torritories remain asthey then were. Kansas i6 not yet # State, the ques: tion a8 to the extension of slavery mto the free Terr) tories yet remains to be decided, and the Homestead bith ig not yet the law of the Jand. It four years ago there was need for the efforts of the club, there is the same beed now for steady, persevering, active work. For thoae reascns the orgapization of the Rocky Mountain Ciub has eontinued, with oscamioual meetings, till now H again tages the fielé and upon you to join in thm work We propote, with the o9-operation of the Ashiand Repub- lican Club of ths ciy, to procure the erecuoa of a large building, suitante for public meetings, upon a plot of have been driven {10m their prey, the spread | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1860.~TR it her never used any When for long weeks 10 in of egishetkm of pio, & recto y—. es teote unl Pei ty—Cay after day was dectaring \ ‘wenlected ® repubdhran Preakient of 7e, break Cowm the coustiiution and ton upéer then feet—tm the very (ay olpg tia, the Navona! Committers of 2 ed im the city of New © over spain that the of the U very day of ite organ ther language #1 ¢6. vere pretcet and cetend iti trom tbe North Of Jet them come from the Bouth. cheering ) tel yon tbat mace ond repeated sieve, that ibe re pod teen party of the United States was & sectoral party, Cenigned to break down our govern- wri tord trample the Uvion ander ne feet, was repelled ud repelicd w Aber very teetb, both upon the floor of the Secare apd oo the floor of the House; and there i pot »rsn connected with the republican party, North or Sovtb, kok or Werl--n®, pot one, who bar not subseribed 1 thin Coetrime, that they will stand by the Union and by the conentutien, ard protect it against all ie enemirs, wbeiker they come mayandipg from the North or whether they ebel) come Mubvetering from the South. (Applause ) Feliew citizens, Mr Cushing @ member of the Cabinet of Mr Pierce, pretenés to sey that the republican party of thir conntry im # sectional, traitorors party to the cousti- iwiton spd the Unror—stbet it te fremed for the parpose of overthrowing the conetitonion and the Union. 1 will pot Pay thet he dort know Wetter, Dut 1 will say that he ongbeto know betwr. (Lavgbter apd cheers.) Let us go haek for 2 bie perioc ip the history of this country and see where we siabd. Ip i#64 yoo remember that doth great parties of this country Fwod substanially upon Mee feme p 1 DLOr tis prerel tating question of Flevery between the eifferens rections of the Unton—the whi party snd the ce cerstic party, General Beott the veprercnietive of the one and Mr Pierce the representa tive of ibe other. I stood before the people of Wisconsin & Dember of the wemocratic party, and I asked the ope of that State ia good far'h ty eappors the election of r Preagp af Prevident of the United States. And why? the solemp ple¢ge that waa given by both eapeciet'y by the democratic party, tbat the Y Qicsth was settled Hually, éetioiely end setled er. It was declared by tho cemocratic partyfan! through their organs, declared by their resotuions at their Conventions, that they would peitber egitate the fubject of slevery either in Congrees or ovt of Congress. Mr. Pierce war elected and he went on w Washington in 1868. He tok tho oath of office, and while that oath be: fore Almighty God was yet warm op bis lips, be pro- nowneed bs snangural address, in which be renewed aod reneraiee piece, eb bad given to the Amerksu people that this slavery juestion Bkould not be re-opened oF agitated during bis acm pistration if he bad any power to prevent it. what fchowec? In the summer of 1864 David R. Atchison, in the weetern part of Missouri, commenced bolcing meet: ings, addressing bis sel’ow citizens, avd proouring ‘he pas- sage of renolutions, declaring that if the territory west of the Mi-rissippi, which war then called Nebraska, should tO settlement, the Missouri Compromise must 4, There's where the conspiracy began. Ancther resolution was parsed at a morting which he ad- verolution which declared that if that Territory # opened for settiement, they would carry the inetta- hors of Mi tory at whatever cost of Dicoe or Heasure hese the conspiracy begap, jo 1863, three years before the republican party was formed. From’ bia place in Western Miesoori, Mr. Atchison cste to rerume bit seat as President of the Rerate—cfiiciaily Vice Presicent of the United States, Davieg been a; pointed Président of the Senate m place of Mr. King, wbo was electad as Vice President under Mr. Fevee. Earty tn the session Mr. Lickeoo, a whig Senator from Kevtueky, came forward with @ proposition to amend Mr. Dougiss’ Nebrerka bill by inserting a clause to rejcsl the Mis ouri compromise This was introduced by Mr Dickson. On the 4tn of January Mr. Dovgiae made bis reyort, ip which he stated it as the opinop of the commitee that they ovght not to repeal the Missouri comprom se; that hey ought not to disturb that subject, oF 10 eisturd the com, romires of 1860. And now, that I may make po wretako, nor misiead you upen this sub- ject, and #¢ 1b 18 av tmportant point ik this matter of his- Lory ano of contreversy vet *cen Mr. Oosbing anc myself, 1 prepoge 1 rewe to you from an authority—Mr. Douglas I pow read from a portion of that report, aa quoted by Mr, Hentcn iu a work which be wrote upon the subject of the Dred Siott cecision:—-""As Congreae deemed it wise und prucent to refrein from deciding the matters in con- troversy (bat waa in 1850), ether by confirming or re grcund elready hired for that purpose, and for which ove baif of the necessary funds have deen contributed by afew fiends Wealko propose t hold pubic mestings for the cisenssion, by adie speakers, af the political iesues of the day; to odtain and circulate republican document tw orgenz rep» Dliean clubs ja Our city aud county, sue npon Long Island, wherever there shail be openings and generaily wp ell proper ways to xrouge our feiiow-cit'zen3 bo the importance of the qnestion at isans, eo thatthe fullest support may be obteined fer republican principles. Ave you willing to eid us ia this wor! Tae cousition of membership of our club i simply w sigoature to its con- attution, a8 evidence of aympathy witn us im poiliical matters; and we ark every citizen, woo is willing to do what he can to prevent the extension of slavery into Tor- Titories now free, without regard to former differences, to jo us—to work with us; and when victory is deciaret for freedom and the right—as we irmiy believe Zeaven bar decreed it eventually shail be—we can reat from oar labors with the enoobling assurance of having dous our duiy, + BPERCH OF HON. JAMES R. DOOLTPTLE. Senator Doourn, of Wisconsin, was introduced, and on rising to addrees the audience was greeted with loud applause, He spoke as foliows:— Fe..ow Cinzans—We are on the eve of such a strags’> as you and I have never seen—a stroggle which isvolves the very foundation upon which oar government rests—a stroggle in which there is, and there can be no neutral Every man who thinks and feels, and cares to m io the institutions ander which he lives here in this republic, must take a part in the coming contest. (Cheers.) Ho cannot withdraw himeelf from it if he would, and I for one, I assure you, would not if Iconld. (Renewed cheers.) I tell you, fellow-citizens, that it is ap sure as God raigaa in heaven, there is a revolution going on in this country, which bas already made considerable advance in i's pro- grees, which, unless it be arrested and overcome, is jast as certain to undermine republican institutions as that we live. (Applause.) We must take a part in this contest if we love our couutry and love its institutions, We wonld be false to that country, false to its institutions, and guilty of moral cowardice if we did not take part in that controversy—(cbecis)—a contro: verry, too, in which, es I have eatd, there is and there can be no neutrality, He that ts not for nats agsinet vein this contest. Fellow citizens, the querton to be determined in the comtog contest ie whether that party which for the laat few yea’s hag had control of the wuministration of ihe goverument, controiled by one léea, having but one distinctive pohcy, is eti!! to have the administration of affairs, or whether it shail bo rerieted, overcome, put down snd trampled under the fest of the americen people. If we fail to resiat the policy of this adminiktration and to overcome it, we have got to fyht the battle of the American revolution over agaia, for the same priveiples are involved in the contest. Fellow ci i- zent, before 1 procecd to the discussion of those funda- mental principles which are involved in the coming eoa- flict, I must beg to csi] your attention to some matters which are now transpiting. The organ of this perty ie pow aceembled at the city of Charleswn to lay duwa ita platform anc to pominate its candidates. Froai the Presi dent of that Cony: ntion, Mr. Ousbing, the Attorney-Gene- ral of Mir. Pierce’ \dministration, we hear the slogan of that party in the coming conlest. And what that? That I may not wistake hia words, I Tread you the words which he makes uee of. Sperkiog of the repyblican party, which is oppored to thie party, whose leaders are now assuradiod at Charleston, be toy2—‘Opposed to us are those who labor to overthrow the constitution, under the faise and insidious pretence of supporting it, thore who are aiming to produce in this country a permanent sectional consp!- racy—a traitorous ecotional conspiracy—of one half of the Biater of thie Union apaivet the other half; those who, ii. pelled by the stupid and half insace spirit of faction and fanaticlem, wovla burry our land on to revolution and to civil war,” Fetlow cilizena, I can bear to have ths lead- ere of this antagonistic party call us by hard names; they May Ccnounce us as ‘‘diack republicans’? if you please, ‘but when they undertake to charge upon the republican ey that it secks to overthrow the constitation of the United States, thet the republican party is a sectional traitorous couspiracy to overthrow the Union and the copetitution of the United States, I-undertake to way that it is utterly false and unfounded. (Applaure.) In obarity I will eay that Mr. Cushing may be mistaken in the iotentions with which he utters this falsehood: but I pronounce ft @ faehood, an absoiste untruth, for which there ts not a ehedow of afoundation. (Load cheers.) Why, is it mot moet extraordinary that Mr. Cushing, who was the Attorney General of Mr. Pierce's adminisiration—perfectly familiar with the whole bi of the Kaneas transection, the rise, growth and progress, ‘and the occasion of the rise and progress and organization of the republican party—that he docs not kaow any bet- ter than to make a charge like this against the republicao party? You ail remember, fellow-citizens, that the first organization which led to the first meeting of the republi- cap party, areembied at Pittsburg, in the State of Penn- sylvania, on the 22¢ day of February, 1556. 1t assemblod in puravance of a cai] which was sige) by distogniehed men of all parties vp to that period in our history, It was tigned by promioent men in the wbig party; it was figned by prominent and ieading men who were axsoci- Ated witb, and who had always acted with the democratic perty. Ineed bot name Francis P. Blair of Maryland who was the Presi¢ent of the Oonvention that assembled at Pitteburg. And who wus Francis P. Blair? © Too right band man of Gen. Jackson during the whole of that etormy period in our political history. Hoe was the editor of the organ of the administration, the main supporter of Gen Jackeon through that whole controversy; and he it was, among other distinguished men, who signed this call which organized the republican party tn 1 ‘What doce Mr. Cuehing mean when he saya that the republican party is ® sectional, traityrove congpiracy against the govern ment of the United States aud the Constitution? At their very first meeting they put forward an address to the American people, in whieh they clearly and distinctly announced their doctrines upon that subject. I do not [ove to dwell a denunciation; I prefer to deal in facts; and that Imay not be mistaken nor mislead you, I wit resd youn single sentence from tho address which was put forward at the firet meeting which led to the organiza. tion of the repubiican party in 1866. Hoar what these men sai3—“We declare in the firs place our ixed and unaltered devotion to the conetitatton of the United Siatce, to the ends for which it was cetabiiehed, anc to the means which it provided for their attainment. We deciare oar purpore to obey in «ll things the requiremenis of the constitution, and of all laws enacted in porsuance thereof. We cherish a profound reverence for the wise and patriotic men by whom it was framed, and a lively eense of the Dieesings it bas conferred upea our country and upon mankiod throughout the world. In every crisis of aiti- culty and of danger we a} woke its spirit, and pro- claim the supremacy of ite autdority. e deciare our ardent uvshaken sttachment to thie Union of Amor! can States which the constitution created and has thes far preserved; werevere 't a2 ihe purchase of the blood of our forefatbere, aa the condition of our national reneen, and as the guardian and guarantee of that !berty which the constitation war derigned to secure, “Wewill defend and protect it seninst all ite enemies.” Aye, fellow citl eos, that was ihe Jangunge of the republican party on tig pealirg the Mexican lawn, of by an sct declaratory of the true tw Ol the copstitutten or We extent of the proteo- tion stlores by It to stave property, eo your committee are Lot prepared to recommerd a departure from the coores pw 4 on that memorable occagjon, eliher by eflirming or repealing the eighth section of the Musourt act, or by apy act declaratory of the meaving of the corstitation in reepect to the legal poms im eipute. On the 4th of January, 1864, Mr. Dovgles, by bie own report, declared that" the committee ‘were not prepered either to sffirm or to repeal the Mis- sour) compromise; Dut on the Sth of January, four days afters. Mr. Dickeon gave notice thet he should, when the bill come up for concideration, move an amendment ing the Mizsourt compromise of 1820. Now, then, t fullowed? Ihe Washington Union, which was the orgon of the adwinistration, denounced the properition of Dickson as am whig trick. It cenounced it on the very next day after the propesition was madé, and it continued to de- Novvee " cay after ovy as a contrivance got up for the purpore of ¢istracting the ccmocratic party. The Union Seid that it wae offered by a whig Senator from Kentucky, and that ite object was to agitate thie covniry and to di- vide the demceratic psrty—denouncing it as unwise, a thing tbat ought not to be tolerated or entered upon, and coptwved to cenoance it every day from the 16th of January vp to the 23d. On the morning of the 234 of Janvary, however, Mr, Dovglas comes in with a report—with «a new bill to divide the Ter. ritery of Ne#yneka into two Territories, and to act pt ip eubrtance Mr. Dickson's amencment to repeal or to diclare inoperative--which was the same thing— the Miteonri compromise. Now why was this mossure, which woe propored by a whig Sepator from Kentucky, Genounced by the organ of the administrstion for twenty sys %D succeFFiOnN, as & miserable whig ti ? Allat one: —in 6 tiigle night—from the 3d of Jaanary to the next morning, ibis great meature, which is changed from being m proposition to distract the democra'ic party? has become the leading measure of the democratic party, acopied by Mr. Douglas, adopted by the administration, and forced through Corgrers by all the power aud patronage of the government, aud this, too, when Mr. Ensbing was Attotney General, and he Knew’ all ahout tt (Cheere ) What follows? let us trace the history of thie traneection a little further. Atcbieon, after the pas- fage ot wis dill, left Congrées to retarn home te Western Higvourt, and ‘what then followec? In the very next spring of 1855, the time when waa to be determined “the election of tho Legislature of the Te of Kansas, srd vider the lengue and at the instigation of Aitchison, almoet five thousand men, who “were not residents of Kenass, never bad been residents of Kansas, very many of whom were rosicents of Mis- sovrl and of other Southern States, marched into the Territory of Kanees in squads, with arms in their bands. bepners flyiug and droms boating, tock posression of every poling olstrict im tnat Termiory aud elected their own ipetruments, many of whom bad never been citizens of Kaneas, to constitute the Legislature of that Territory. As econ ua that Legislature could be convened they ad convene, and they did reensct the laws of Miesoui ‘for the ‘ferritory of Kansas, actual ly carrying ‘nto practical effect what Atchison’s Fesolutions écclared should be done—thet if that Territory was open for settlement tuey would carry toe inetitotions of Miescuri into it, cort what it might of blood or of treesure—re cnacting the whole of the Missouri code, at the same tine adding to it other propositions re. lative to slavery, at the very perusal of which the blood rubs cold at their barberity ai rocity. (ay Weil, fellow citizens, what fo lowed all thie? ple of the Territory of Kansas petitioned again end egsin that this border rnfflan_ Legislature shovla be set aside by the Congrees of the United Sisies, The House of Representatives passed law to repeal thie code; the Senate refused again and to concur, and the sdministration of Pierce, of bich Mr Cushing was a member, end the Senate of the United States, where the party in power had a clear, un- disputed, incomparable mojority, refured to grant the retitions of the prople of Kansss. They iosisted on enforcing thore jaws—on enforcing that border ruffisn code at the point of the baronet, aud they did enforce it. ‘The adminutration sent on four or five governors to Kan- 828, who went away ite firm sopporters, but when they came to go into the Territory and see the actual state of affairs; when they saw the truth be from the eyes of the people, and heard it told in their simple language— astory of suffering, and oppression, and barbarity un- paralleled ip the history of Christian nations for the last two hundred years—every one of those governors re- turned more or lees in sympathy with the people of that Territory. (Cries of ‘That's eo,” and 5 why ‘was H¥ Because the people told ‘the truth. citi zene, It was when the perty in powor at Washington de- termiped that they would crosh out the people of Kan- ‘sas—ihat they would tread them under the iron hoof of despotic power, thet the republican party was born. Talk abont the republicsn party being sectional—that the republican party is factioue—that it seeks to over- throw the constitution, and all that. It is false. Every word is false. (Applause.) The re- publican party wes born of revoletion. It ‘was set on foot by thet sectional party which reized upom the conrtol of the government withont the will of the peo- ple, and by force of arme sought to crush out the liber- ties of the free people of Keneas. (Appiause.) But, fel- Jow citizens, I etop not here in the Bistory of the transac- Wons that occurred there. All thore proceedings were but proceedings of the bold robber of the rights of the people of Kaneas. But the tactics of the were changed. What they could not accomplish by force they endeavored to accomplish by fraud. Look at the letter written by President Bucbaran to Mr. Walker, when he wor going to Kaneas, and the policy which he there Jaid down, declaring that it was fundamental in hie policy that the ocnatitution should be eubmitted to the people of Kanear, And yet, notwithetanding this declaration of his pehicy to Walker—and notwithstanving that Walker him- Self Ceclared that it was acquiceced in by every member of the Cabinet, this party hes seized ‘upon the reing, seeks io cortrol the government, and has ‘Gragooa- ed the Preaident of the United Staica to change that policy, apd by fraud, perjury and villany of every form to force upon the people of Kansan the hated institutidos which they had resolved never to adopt. Why, fellow c.llzeps, Con’t you remember that st the time of this pre- tended election, when the covsiitution was pretended to be submitted to the people of Kansas, they were to have slavery at all evente? If they adopted with Slavery, elavery was to bo declared itto all constitutions, to be higher than the constitution. If thoy aa the constitution without slavery, ag they pre- tended they were 1g to do, atill t provided that every tiave in the Te: » Abd every child bora of a slave parent should remain the undisputed Progeny. of his master forever. ‘This was the substance of the two provi- —_ ee vp oe tubmit the question to the people of Kaness for thetr vote npon the constitation it was conclusively proved that at Uxford and Kickapoo, ané cther litsle towns in which there were only perbaps thirty bouges, snd at best not more than one hundred yoters, there wore Pobied from sixteen hundred to two thongend votes, the hi@embracing more than two-thirds of the C pcinpati Directory, ard the names of James Bucbanan, Horace Greeley and James Gordon Bennett—(laugbter)— for you will bear in mind that when men attempt to forge the election returns of a pcople, names are apt to give out, and they are obl'ged to those already known, ‘This war the party, apd thie manner in which i wae at Wempicd to igre tpon thy Congress Of the United States q IPLE SHEET. consijtution, steepe@ all over with villainy, fhat would dirgrace the DB gest hearted » of mankind. Yot Wr. Curbing, * 40 now eite as Bhitog officer of the Charierion Comvention, knowing bese facts, bag the para\r00e 6 speak of the repudli party as e traitor- tre ccWepal party, wbich feeks the overthrow of the | copetvivtio hberties of the people, while, in fact, | tation of the republican pa ty war pariy ogainet which they are now js upen Mr. Coshing looger than j bi nced, Sod pase Lo some other matter. I stated, fel ow citer Sy tbat there a revolovon going on in this courny, £0 fundamental in its characier thst it involves tbe very priveiples upon whieh the American government aceis ‘That revoluticn war set cn foot several years ago by Jebp ©, Calhoun, of South Carolina, and te based upon ie ie wrpeyed orld own ard pot bire ls bor. wo capital must be the meter apd lebor the — glave. s lopg ago an 368 Mr. Caiboom Jaid dowm this doctriae. Many in the Scwth once believed that stavery was e mo:el end political evit, bot that folly and delusion are gone. We cee Mt row wb its trve light apd regard ites the mort safe ond euitabdle basis for free institntions in the world, It te impersible with us that a conflictcan tate place between labor and capital.” Why can no copfiict Of Ibe character take place, let me ark? For the simple reneor that capttal is the absolute marter and labor ite vnecntitions) lave, That is the condition of the oolorad raee held in Biavery. And what ia the condition of the Lon flaveboi¢ing white men in the Btates where slaver exiets to ky greatextent? What reguistes the price bis labor? Nothing but the law of demand and supply. Gen. Marion, cf Sovth Caroiina, expressed tt in a single Word when he paid that ‘in a couniry where slavery ex- ‘ete capital hee no need to hire any labor unless it pleaces to ¢o fo He may own his labor and not hi i The rich (raid be) bave no need of the poor.” SLow me @ society op the tace of thie earth where the rich bave no peed of the poor, and what is the covénwn of the poor labormg man? He becomes ebsolntely Cependent upon the capitalist. No oonttiet cop srive between capital and labor in the slave States, eys Gen. Marion. So say all the leading journals of the fonth. So aid Bovter, the other day, upon tbe floor of the Senate, ard | look upon bim as ope of the fairest and ablesi of the advocates of the s! syriem upon the floor of the Senate. Rupter ceclared that the key stone in the ared of our Union consisted ip the black marble binck of evicsp slavery Other and leading men have declared that slavery is the great peace maker—the eorner stone of American inatitutions. This is the language of the ttatermen of to cay throvgbout the elaveholor g States, whh but very few exceptions. Such was not their \apguage, however, a few yeare ego. Go back to the reyclutionary era ‘of Gentral Washington, Jefferson, Maciton, Munroe, Henry, Maron—the grandfathar of the’ present Scustor’ from Virginia—Benjamin Franklin, the phikeopher and xtatcaman (applause) of the Americen Revolution, and others. 4)! these great men entertained a very cifferent opipion upon this sub: ject of slavery and ite relation# jal and Javor. In the history of Virgipia, even a» late as the year 1834, the language of her leading statesmen was In accordance with 10 in that party that 1 have been brought up and edu- cated, and be Jar an there is phythmg good still leit ta st, 1 wwb to infore © imo the republican party. D3. bot Ceeeive yourselves with the idea that the repeb- Nicam party of today 39 the apoltien party, or that Mt te the old whig party, It ie nelther of these, but ® grand reorganized party of this country, inviting all snd every one to come m and Ogbt wih vs side by tice for Tntog! bereft aad the triumph of haman liberty. (Applonee ) And i shonid be cur purpose b> organize, Lot for cefeat, Dut for suocers; not for a glorious fig btdod on inglorions cefest, but for triamphact victory. tLone appavee.) J, for one, will wtand by the cause to the end, end when at the Chicago Convention we have pet ovr cbielwm at the beac of our columes, and placed our standard im bis band, ket there be bot ene spirit snimating every republican breast— to mered thonlier to ehoulter to victory, (Applause. ) Jet ve infnre into the republicay party the same iadomi- table will ibai aiwayr churacterized the democrauc party ben it was worthy of ibat name, and then we shall be sure to conquer every obstacle to onr success. While at Charkeien they are fulneiy sceusing us of a derirc to overthrew the corsisntion, we will Jet them kirow thet our ¢ ys the cemceratio party, ap it, (Loud ebeers ) + us preach our doc! Berson re, ib the Ptrcets and ox the hours tops, wil corquer (hie party, beecore we believe thet plantec onrselves on the trua coctrine of the conetitutton. Mr, Dolittle (ben proaceded (o digeurs the probaptutics of ihe candidate to be choren at C¥arieston, observiog that althovgb tbe name of Guthrie for Presi¢ent and Sey mour tor Vice Presigent bad been mentioned, there were many who elimed that Douglas wenld bo the maa. ne ro much bat been said about Dongier, he proposed to draw ae parallel between the policy of Dongles aad that of Buchenen, acd to see how fur they bave any similarity ne w the ober. He then gave a lengthy account of Mr. Dovglet’ various political views on the Homestead bill, the Sii¢ell Coba bill, the Proprigy = prec power of li vying war to the Presiceul, and other subjects. Be folk wed this by declaring that Mr. Donglas’ artececents and political faith were such that aa- keep be recanted the republics) wouk, neyer suppurthim. Be next dwelt on tho advantages which Would reeult frem the passing of the Homestead bill, and gave & brief sketch of the views of the republican party ied ry . He did not know what were the wishes ‘Dut for hie part he wished to scotch that saake, ‘Doth of its beads, besides all of ite body and the whole of 1t8 tail. (Loud laughter. ) ‘The following resolutions were then read by the Secro- tary and unanimounly scopted :— Resolved, That we, the men)bers of the Rocky Mountain Club, and the republicans of Kings county here aseem- Died, deem it Our duty end our privilege at the cutect of a omenteve political coutert, sclemniy to reaffirm our abioing faith p, ana to igo avew ‘un wavering fideli- the renuments of Warbington, Jeilersop, and Munroe Why, i was even ceciared in ber Legisisture that slavery Wee & mildew, a curee, a scourge, a blight that blasted the toi) wherever it existed. Fellow citizens, the bietory of Virginia, compared with that of he State of New York, the whole story. J feel at liberty to speak of these two, becaure New York $s my native ate, (spplaues) while Virginia 1 can speak of affection, for rhe is the mciber of the State of my adoption—(* bully for you,” and arparge)—but it was in the days of ber revolotionary glory, when he was true to herself & ty 10, the great principles of civit and religious Uberty wbich hie wt the basis of all true social and political Lat grees, and which the republican party was org: eepeciaily to defend. \ceulves, That the experience of the four years hag wore then ever convinced us of the necessity of @ po- nical orgepizat‘on, which, laying aside for the moment ail mipor éiflerences of option, should devote itself solely to the detence of these great principles, now 80 fearfally imperiled, and bas satiefied us of the patriotic foresight spd wisdom which led to the formation of the republican and to the prive!pk s of the constitution, that sbe stamped upon the Territory where I now reside ber eternal cerun ciation of the Fyetem of slavery. (Appiauee.) While T rpeek of Virginia, however, with all the respect and ve- peration due ber,! will pot conecal the truth, which obvcus to any msn who has looked into the history of the United Stater or etncied the returns of the census. At the begipning of this centory Virginia had almost double the white populaticn of the State of New York. She bas even bow boble harbors and rivers and perbaps a betier soi] and a better climate. She bas, in short, been blessed by the Almighty with al! the elemente of greatners, yet to ésy New York hss probably three times the population of the Old Dominion. Virginia no longer the Fropire State, while New York te emphatically s0\ Why isi? The anewer is brief enovgh. It ts the exist- «rce of © Regro eave population upon the sot! of Vir- gpia which bas yeterced her progress, worn out ber ispc, and thrown her irto @ preoature decay; while on the contrary. it has been the free population of New York, with all the advantares which this bas afforded, ikat Bas enabled ber to areume the bigh rank sho at pro Fept cocupies in our glorious cunfederacy. (Applause.) 1 wae informed not long since, by an cye witrers, of the condition cf the country around tho yery church in which Weebington wee wout to worthip. Waen he lived at Mount Verron, a diepvte arcee between him and Judge Maronf,ne to the ‘Jecation of the chureb, and by the In- tinence of Washington it was decited that it should be placed in the centre of the parieh, within yeach of the surrounding ceuntry. that lime it was attepded by the ladies apd gentiemen—the élitr of the vicinity—the country around it was finely de- veloped, end the ei] was rich and fertile in the products ratural to the region. Within the last ten years my \nformant was ip the neighborhood of this same chnreb. Slave plantation labor bad done its work. Everything was faliipg into decay. The fielos which were once cultivated and valuable had become pine barrens, while the very wolves were returning to bow] over the cerolation whien bas been wroveht by the cemon of slavery. (Cries of “Shame,” and ap- pause.) He told me further that the little church in ‘*bich the immortal Washington wortbipped was made a siable for cattle, while the very pew in which he anco tot was ove of the stalls where fed tho beaste of the field. (Hear. hear.) Fellow citizens, is there no aad tale in thie? Is it pot Gemonetrated tbat Washington, Madison, Monroe enc all the great men of that time, down to a ccmperstively recent period, were right when they spoke of #lavery ee @ curse, a blight and @ scourge upon the aace, impoveriebing the soil whereupon it existe? Butyou sak me, perbepe, why I diecues this queetion of the effeots of slave 1 do not diecuss it for.the purpose of interfering with elavery where it exists in any Stave of the Union. By no means. The republican party is pledged over and over again by every reeoiution that bas been offered—by every speech of every leading mem er of the party, that under no circumetancee will they interfere with the insti- tution wherever it lawfully exists. (Applause.) All ibis pretence, therefore, on part of our adver- varies that it le part and perce) of the republican theory to evertbrow elavery in the slave Ftates, or that we intord to change the constitution of the United States, is utterly fale, unfoonded, and witbont a shadow of trwh, The Territories beiong to the Sears. ‘The people are repreeented in the Congress of the United States, and as they remain Territories and are dependent upon the gcters] government for their territorial condition, it is not oply a necessity, but a duty to discuss their well bo. tng, and to prevent, as far as we can,the entrance of a wonster system of evil which has carried ruin and degra. cation with {: wherever if bas gone. (Cheers.) Fellow citizens, 1 said to you before, and I repeat again thet we are in the midst of a revolution not altogether blocckes, which, if not resisted and overcome by the re- publican party, the very foundation of our system of go- vernment will be undermined snd ccstroyed. What is proposed by ovr enemies? In the first place, they pro- poe to put achain on the hands cf Congress, denying them tbe right and power to legislate rig! ‘this subject, But they do not stop there Jf they did stop there might very well be eatitfied to trust to the people of the Territories to exclude tlavery by thelr own action. Bat whet do they sey? They insisttbatthe people bave not the power to exclude slevery from their own territory; and further then this they gos third step. Mr. Bucharen bsp Geclared that the Ertens Court hes irrevocably fix- ed the insutution in the Territories, and that neither Con- he people ner ary human powercan annul or im- pair this yeeted right. While this party, oppored to us, clauming to be the fered a » Ore disputing at “hariestop about the powers of Congress or of tbe people to prevent the introduction of slavery—while they ‘re disputing in regard to slave codes, the real effect of their contention is that they all in ie prepriety of jua'ciel intervention. Douglas, Davis of Murieippl, ard Bayard of Delaware, are all agreed on this bead, Douglas admits, in one of his speeches, that by the effect of the Dred Scott decision any person might take his slaves intothe Territorities. He therefore admits the legal right of the elaveholdar, by virtue of the Constita- (icp iteelf; and if by this right be can take his slaves actors tbe jines, by the same power he can also ho! them there. I ‘say, therefore, while are disputing sbout slave codes, they all agree on jui Put what is the dyiterence to the free 9 white people of this country? We propose to settie the Delonging to - tbe United States, for the benefit of her fer ever. to them Dy congressional wer or by judicial power? What difference ls it to the slave Simei! whether be 18 held by a judicial or_& legislative bend? What difference is it to him whether hi ot brags or of iron’ Here we have this party quarreiling 6p the ore bend, while om the other they are egreed tha; the bupreme Court of the United States, by its decision, hes already decided by ita own force’ the right of the slaveholder to carry his élaves where ho will. Suppose we were to acquire to-morrow. Under this cecision a slavebolder might take slaves there, although the eoil of Canada has been coneecrated to free javor for wore than two Lenhaeyt rl ‘They claim that the constitution, according to this decision, by its own force would repeal the present law of Canada, and make way for the spread of slavery. They proceed pre- cfeciy in’ the eame manner in regard to Rew Mexico, and claim thatin every inch of territory we bave acquired from Mexico slavery might be carried. This changes the whole cesign and intention of the Ame- rican goverpment—changes it {rom its very foundation. Tt changes it even in the decision of the highest tribunals, even eme Court. For in the Prigg case we know that they decided that slavery was merely a local in- stituion, to be bound yy the territory in which ft ¢xisted. New they sseume ‘that the con. Biitution by ite own force carries siavery Into the ferri- tories, and, according to Mr. Buchaden, no human power can remove it. (Applause.) I will’ not dieeuss the power of Congress on this question, but will proceed wita other parts of the subject. As I told you ashort timo tince, T acted with the democratic porty up to 1856. T acted with them even after that great atruggle in Kansas bao begun—some time after the Kansas Nebraska bill was pesecd; but I cid not believe when Mr. Buchanan was nominated tor the Presidency that his friends would dare to bring the Border-Ruffian act to bear on the of Kapeas. But'they were determined to do 60, even at the clpt of the bayonet. There was no siternative for me. ben T the men who had piedged themselves the American ‘people to upbold their Tights, violating every pledge, and undertaking to trample people under their feet, and to force slavery upon them snd down their throats’ against their wil, I de- clared that I would not suffer myself to be (Applavse.) Lfelt that owing to the transaction w! Yad taken place, the very foul, honor, truth, Lad oil depaited from the democratic and ‘would sus- their ‘bere “ar noibin, ba fd for the moment pehon tem. | (Applause. 0 that could violate pledges to the injury of the people could not command . I therefore Bined hand, heart and soul party that ma oor ae the pate et 8 to de: the od repubioan vary of Thotase detierson. A party which ecknowledges Jefferson as avo their chieftain (Lond applause). Tet us then unite in one band together Yor the triumph of these noble and petriotic principles, to anpport a)) that is true and just in she government of the United States. We are not en- g5ge0 in any boy's play nor child's play. We are engaged ‘With strong men, accustomed to goverD—with old menof a porcriul party, not accustomed to defeat but to victory. a tn CRN eG iBtee party; and that our matured by ge fully approves the courte of pojitica) action which ‘untaugh! impulses of our hearts orgiually suggested. Resolved, Tuat we congratulate each other and the frieads of liberty throughont the world, that in all the vi- citeitudes of ibe conflict which has raged 0 flercely during the part four years, with all the tremendoon odda of power upscrepvlovsly wielded arrayed against it, the cause of humen freedom, through i@ own inhereut virtue, the ftenc fart scpport of its friende ana the bleeeizg of Divine Providence, bas evfiered 00 defeat por lost an inch of ground, sud we enter upon the fresh etroggle before us with hopes as bigh and confidence as complete as be- comes the sacred cause in which wo are engaged. Heeolved, That our warmest acknowledgments are due to those brave and faithful men »ho, in the Senate and Boune of Represertativce of the United States, amid the tecots and threats of m cesperate faction, have nobly aup- ported the cavee of free speech and free principles, and we tender to them, what, next to the spproval of their ‘own consciences they must most bighly value, the thanks of & grateful conetitu:nsy Reeclved, That no consiterations of Fo called expadi- ency bal’ restrain us, the republican men of Kings county, from giving wtierance to the scorn and loathing with which we view the conduct of whore feithlees men who, in legislative positions ans eleewbere, have abused ibe trusts committed to them, }, by their manifest compiicity-with schemes of cor- ruption, have euilied the fair fame of the republicip party, 6nd brought reproach upon the cause of free go vernment througbont the world. Renolves, Ey ae ll rey seterence ee yen professions, or 10 uD) party inflaence, hold up these shameless men to the contempt which they have £0 richly earned, anc we here snrounce oor Ne detcrmination to bold them individually r ble for their course ebould they sgain presume to offer them- neives for the sufferages of an outraged community. Resolved, that we have viewed with admiration the courte cf that true lien Peak D. Morgan, Go- ‘vervor of the State of New York, and we tencer to him Our warmest acknowledgments for the patriotism and in- tegrity with which he bes discharged the dutics of his exalted poeition. Resolved, that in the fullest confidence that the Na- ticpal Convértion, about to assemble, will be governed Dy prudent and patriotic counsels, and will presenta standard bearer entitled to our beartiest support, the Rocky Mountaip Club agsin takes the feld, and w'il be found foremost in the spproaching contest, bearing aloft on ite banner the inepirivg motto—Free Territory for Free Men.” Hon. Freparick P. Stanton being discovered on the platform, was loudly called for by the audience, and made a few remarka. He stated that he had not come prepsred to make a speech, and even if he had the lateness of the bour would preclude any attempt at one. On some future ccecation, however, he hoped he should be able to Teepend to the invitation which bad beea tendered him to edéress the republicans of Brooklyn. He said that while in Kaneas it was bis fortune, in an official on, to be under the necessity of co-operating with the repub- pin Rk re gp teed seb ot mn Iwas became with the there be esecciate and ‘bough be could not concur in everything that had ‘deen uttered this cyening, he had not found the demoora. tic party eo disposed towards its ancient faith—the faito in which be was educated—that he could again return to it, and feel at liberty to uphold its principles. (Appiause.) On the contrary, unless they ehould reverse ir policy developed in the of Kansas, and as be under- gtood it bkely to be announced at Charleston, he ebould bold ft to be the duty of every man who values our in. ituticnr, and desires to perpetuate them, to aseist in the overthrow of the democratic party as ths greatest. enemy to our country. Io order to do this effectually, there was but one courte left, and that was to cooperate with ary organization of a nstonal an’ pairiotic character having such strength es togive something of m fair assur. ‘ance of 8i ib accomplishing £0 great and benoiicent an object Dupuy Fiatp, Eeq , was loudly called for, and reepond- ec in a brief speech, ’ He said their p-inciples were of a ebaracter of which they might well bo proud. They were going into the contest with a noble crecd, They must not act upon the maxim, however—Principles, pot mea; tor upon the maxtm— Men, not priscipies, but principlee snd men. (App'ause ) Principles were lifeless without ocd and true agents to put them in execution. He said tbey wanted ro traffickers in no teffickers in i esse but their candidates, whether for the bigbest or lowest positions in the gift of the people, must be honest, pure aid capable men. Noth- ing could break them down but incompetency and selfeh ress They must have not only an efficient commander- in-chie’, but every man who wears an epaulette, from the genera! officer to the lowest subaltern, muet know his Guty, and bave the ability and will to execute it. Then the whole republican srmy would advance to the charge in etep, acd march on to victory. (Applause. f Three cheers were then given for Willlam geward, & vote of thanks tothe Speaker of the evening passed, and the meeting separated. NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICAN CONVEN- TION. Coxcorp, N. H., April 26, 1856, The Republican Convention to-cay elected delegates at large to Chicago, as follows:—Edward H. Rollins, of Con- cord; Aaron H. Cragin, of Lebanon; Wm. Hale, of Hinds- dale, and Amos Tuck, of Exeter, For delegates to Ohlcego the first district of the Repub, Nean Comvention to-day chose Nathan Hubbard, of Tam- worth, George swsen, of Dover; the second district, D. 8 Marston, of Francistown, and the third dis trict, Jacob Barton, of Lancaster, and’J. C. Bean, of En- Brooklyn City News. Fink rrom Gas a7 tHe Fusion Ferry.—A fire broke out at the Fulton ferry yeeterday, which threstened for a time to destroy the ferry houses and the boat in the slip atthe time. ‘The beats are supplied with gas from the Brooklyn Gas Light Works. The pipes fre conducted to the end of the bridge, where an apvaratus is 80 tbat the fluid can be introduced into a ri the purpoee on the boats. One of the em Jet on & sup. ply of gee, and very inconsiderately ‘a lighted osndie to eee If a sufficient quantity had been introduced. In en instant the whole was in flames, apd naturally caused tho reateet consternation. The engine on the boat was speed- 'y eet to work, but water hac no other effect than to wet the decks and the building. The supply of gax was then sbut oft by ome one who more foresight than the rest about there, ang the flames disappeared aimost as quickly as they arose, No damage resulted. Cnarce or Burciary 4xp Fetoyrovs Assavir Wim. pRawN.—About a week sgo the residence of Dr. N. A. Garrison, onthe Myrtle avenve plark road, near Reid avenue, wes feloniously entered by two fellows. A hired pemed Owen Cox, who slept in the basement, was awakened by ths tramping of the buigiars in the parlor overhead. He got up, armed himself with a spear, and stood at the Lotiom of the stairs awaiting their approach. A dim light wes or in the lower hall-way. Ths are cate down and Cox attacked them, when one of the party dealt bim a poweriul blow oo the head with aciub, and the other shot him with a pistol. The fellows then fled before the other occupants could ascertain the caure of the noise. They found Cox lying pail having entered a litle below the (Cox’s) deposition war taken by Justice Cornwell. sted that the aceailants were ramec Jomer and Daniel Ludigm, who are residents of that neighborhood. He was positive as to their iden tification, snd they were arrested at their place of ba- frees t Maiden Lane, New York, and committed to awit exsmination, Cox has since een cers to be about. The parties appeared before Jastice Corn. well yesterday atterncon, when Cox failing to itentity hem as the perpetrators of the ontrrge, the charge was, by mutual consent, withdrawn and the brothers were honorably discharged. Tex Comnuon Courqu.—A meeting was to baye bee, eld lest vigh!, Dut a qvermm Lot appearing po business Was Warrock d, Atumber of members were outside, ‘Bt0Od Fefused to ocomé ip, for tae reason oG'atie Caveus bed cot yet decided upon for mew bers of the Board of Education. Had ity. prevenud by the apt Bale Weorns ef art. The auctiqn sale at the boure of Mr. Pennimes, in Fourteenth street, was continued yesterday, the ehief attraction belngthe marble stutusry and groupe, of which there was a large number. We give below the price® and the names of the buyers of the best tp the collection” Fo anc Bid’e Nest’’, by Spence, $180, Mr. Moen” 1 co,” by Bpence, $160. Mr Brooks. eee ’ from Thompson's “Seasons,” $165, Mr. G. Bs Stepping into the Bath,” by Wyatt, $680, Mr. “Pandora,” by Froche!, $500, Mr. «The Fisber Gir),”” by Tedoline, $ piece of statuary cost $2,100. “Circaseian Slave,” by Rosette, 5, Mr. Wright. “G rl and Dog,’’ iwdicative of grautude and jamecence: and fidelity, by Bepzont, Mr. Wright. Ni ’ roiesue,”’ by Tad 1,010. Mr Merritt, “Capid apd Pysobe,” by Beuzonl, $2,226, Mr, Merritt, ‘The cost of this group was Origipally $4,600. “Head of Christ, with Embim of Everaity,” by @reen- ough, $130, Dr. De Was. this originaliy cost ero Were some small vares and fountains sold which @id pot bring more thap half their value. Ameng einer. things a Ci may Fa eg ar i pee ‘Three volumes of * Auduben’ ‘iwiparous ‘Sf North America,” which went for $165. containing two hundred and fifty specimens ef ble, ecla for $310, A Roman bronze group, “The Phenician Bull,” seld for $266. A Chinese punch bow!, holding some ten galleas, was. fold for $200, City Intelligence. ‘Tae Free ALARM TeixGRaPn.—An invitation was extend. ed to the members of the Fire Department of the city of New York yeeterday to visit the now ‘Fire Alarm Tele- graph,” aud witness the operation of it, as exbibited at Tammany Hall. An attendant was there between the hours of 10 A. M. and 6 P. M., whoexplained the werking of the instroment at sbort intervais to the groups who copgregated there, and who answered all questions rela- tive to the practical working of the system. Tammany ‘Was visited by large crowas dur whom were members of the one of them observed, ‘nes, @ paid fire department, and this alarm in city, fires would be am rare cecarreace.” the To an objection raised by one of Sues ere no map in aitepcance apewered that would pot do sway witb bell ringers, as dew necesetty, a8 from thelr elevated position obeerve fires that parties op the ground could yet Several persons present did all in their power ape ‘ob- jectione, but they were all p.omptly answered, the good one in every respect. The persons who oppoced it were very fow as compared with the lerge number who taw tt; and we may eafely say that it was recelved with favor by the members of the Fire Fire in AVENvE C—ARrnest or 4 Maw on Svsricioy OF Axson.—Yesterday afternocn about one o'clock, a fre oc- curred ina tenement bouse, No. 187 avenue C, im tho eperimente occupied by Babsstian Auguste, en the se- cond floor, The alarm of fire created a terrible excite- ment among thc tenents. Pails of water were which pert!s enddued the Dames until the arrival firemen, who quickyy put ont tbe fire before it spread be- yond te room in whien it origivated, Sospicion wae at once sroused by ibe tenants ibat the fire was parposely dope by Avgustine or bis wife; the latter was seem to bo the last perso to leave the room. The fire was, upon’ exem'naton! Cave orgrsiod under the bed. A Jot of bavings and pieces of pipe wood were found partiy buncd. Fire Marshal Baker was immediately sent for, and ap investiyation was gone tuto Search was made for the purpecteo pertier, and officer Carland took into eusto~ Cy Avgustive on suepicion of the arson. It are that the accured it 1wo months bebind tn his rent, and is aleo in cert for grocer'es; in addition to which he is insurcd for $2F0 on his bourebols effects, in an insurancs eompa- DY ip Wail street, the pame of which the coald bot recolect, It is said the aprearence of the burning docs not look like sn accidental offer, The accused fe & tailor, ond elleges that he bas lost severa! new coats from. Lis apartments. Captain Squivs detained the prisoner, acd todey the matter will be investigated by the Fire Marehal before Jusuce steers. Toe damage done to the forpitvre wil be about $100, and to the building about $50. Toe buliding belongs to James Wood and ‘a jasured. ‘Toe Grnman Inxxerrers beld a meeting, on Wednes- dayAight, at the Constanz Brewsry, to consider the new Sunday Jaw, Mr. Lutz acting as chairman, and Mr. Ham- brecht ar secretary. On motion of Mr. Lindenmuller, it was decided to make a weekly contribution ef between $400 to $600. It was also resolved to engage the services of Mesers. Stallkneeht and Van Buven to defend the inte- reets of the inpkeepers, and engage them for the suit commenced ogatnst Messrs. in, Lindenmuller, O'Conor and Sick. Miyor Itxus,—A plan by Mr. G. Thorne for constructing the preposod new Produce Exchaage was exhibited yes- tercay at the Corn Exchange, and spoken of very fa- yorably. Rutgers Female Inetitute, having been absn- doned by its former cccupants, bas been purchased by St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Cbuch, on Grand street, for the purpote of a new schoolhouse; the price paid was $25,° GOO, | The Seventy-ninth regiment (Highland) wiil parade on the Uth of June, 3C0 muskets strong, when the Eleventh and Fifty fifth regiments will act ae cesoria, Sciaps sy Tams Morrie. —Rudolpa D. Fohe, a clerk in the drog store No. 140 Houston strect, died at Bellevue Hopital on Wedneeosy night from the effect of 3 Bf ‘8 dose of morphine, a¢rminister ed for the purpose of com- mitting suiciie, Corover Gamble held an inquest upom the body. No cause could be aze!gued for the commission: of the rash act. Deceased was about twenty years ef and was a pative of Germany. B yi - ‘Mussrxc.— George W. Howe, of Chester, Maes., left thie city on the 27th instant, for home, siace which time he bag not been beard from. Hé was about five feet eight Perret oe thin favored and light comple xioned: Ay informetion of his whereabonts ieft at the office of E‘las Howe, Jr.,447 Broome street, wi)! creatly relieve bis dietreeeed family, Massachusetta and Connestions: papers please copy. American Geographical and Statistical Socicty. At a regular mecting of this society, held at their rooms, Clinton Hall, Astor place, last evening, a very taterest- ing paper wes read by Wa. H. Horstuar, Esq , show- ing the feasibility of a telegraphic communication acrose the Atlantic, in which the speaker introducsa a species. of cable which be claimed as an invention of his own, and the moet reliable one for the purpose ever yot invented. ‘Tbe fret cxblo the epeaker claimed was a tailure, because of a defect in the material as well es in the construction. Gutta percha was not a good non conductor, nor was it water proof; and besides, the weight of the old cable was eo great that the wire war necessarily broken meny times: before reaching the bottom of the ocean, The small Piece in the possession of Tiflany & Co. was found upon examination to be broken in three places, and the epeaker gave it as his opinion tbat the cable. sa fhe cond! ‘The plan submited by Mr. consisted of s simple copper wire of the ordinary size, coated with shellac, the best insulator known. This in turn 1s covered At intervals of one mile the speaker propos: ficats to the cable, the tendency of which would be ducy i up, an een great strain which otherwise occur. No cable coula be made strong to surtain its weight without ome such Lg enh aad floate, in the speaker's cpinion, were ig introg! ‘The weight of the only two hundred pounds: sustained by the floats. The manner of Tey tng a jopored cable the speaker illustrated by ral large ome At the corciusicn of Mr. Horetman’s remarks the man called pon Cyrus W. Field, Exq., for his concerning the practicability of the new invention. Mr, Frex stated that he waa no; prepared to ¢: ap opinion upon the merits of apy Atlantic tel; vention. He was convinced of ibe practicabiuty of ocean boomy te would not ¢xprees an opioton the cable bed been thoroughly tested. Rvery mab telegraph now in Fucceeaful operation was’ cont precisely like the old Atlantic cable, with @ single Won. Insteed of cighteen wires, compored of ge" fmalicr wires, there were eighteen solid wires. Thi thourand miles of submarice telegraph were now in ceeeful operation, and it would poi be Jong before the from Newfoundiand to Ireland would be ‘aia, America with India. After come further remarks by several gentlemen, meeting adjourned. CoroRED Mew on re Jury.—When the jory list revised the present year, the Worceeter ( Branagh ce es = 28d inet, aaaen aldermen, Ww Wiliem H. Japkise and’ France A. Clough. co‘ored bari doipg & Dusin:ss. Jenkine owns bovses on and dir. ig not far behind bim in materiel we: wes a slave WhO TAD ber f pes to Worcester, and w! be carned the money pai bimeelf. Both are very felligent men. The report paseed successfully and mavsly \brovgb tbe Board of Aldermen, and hes u| reached the lower branch of the city government, A Boat Race.—A challenge from Mr. Hancon, of Ni borg, N. Y., to “row Mr. Doyie, of Boeton, a frien race for $1€0, in the firet week ia Jane, distance to three or five miks ag Mr. D. may elect,” bas boon cepted. Mr. Doyle will row Mr. a three miles, on Tbureday, tbe 7th of Jane, weathor pitting. Arrivals and Departares. ARRIVALS. Canpevss—Fark Easex—J W Yates, lady and cervt; Crandall & wife, GarvreTon—Park Norombega—Rev Mr Zizelman, gebildren, Mr Cupe ana lady.