The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-06-11

- eost easss ASM SVutheln AIgnts men
are too blind to see m5 :nconsistency, & The
subs win swear il Is al rigbl; 80 here goss)
The NashRill convention, ] repeat, re.en>
acted The October platform, and an wen. on
merry Is marriage BELL But s.Opl !
new idea has struck me. The Nashville
cOnvention was poor concern after all, an
1 abortion took outrageous grounds. Ii wan.
ed iSs line Of 80 deg. 81, minutes extended
I;:c the Pacific. thus cutting Us off from all
country no;-ih Of the line; whereas by the
compromise We get ali he territories, and
will soon have all California. Let me
make this plain Fellow citizens; Gen.
tOote' au | am willing to play second fd
die" to that great man, told you last fall,
that capital will always go where il can be
employed to the best advantage, so will
slave labor; (here am exposing another
rent IN my small c!othes-SoliIoquy) when
therefore it ceases to DO profitable working
In the mines, the kid gloved gentry who.
have gone there for that purpose, must re
turn, and slave labor Of some kind will take
IheirPiace, | care not whether it be white
servants or black slaves. California will
the refore he q slave State. Some peopIe
;here, are tn;2king about it now. II the
line OF SO deg. 80 min. nd been run in
compliance with the wishes of the numskuIs i
who composed the Nashville convention. |
we could never have had any portion Of the
valuable parts Of California, as they lie
above the line, (TO himself | an afraid
this fiimsy stuff will be seen through. for
they would have as much right to alter the
constitution and admit slavery then, as now,
and would do SO upon the principle before
stated. must blarney over this) This
idea never struck you before fellow citizens,
it is original with me. Besides California
must change; Calhoun changed, Foote has
cut as many summersetts as Dan Rice.
QuItman has changed and still changing.
and have changed; am decidedly M ;
OF changes, and you will see that G n
" III o"e"se 100 california
But see you are r
his branch of r III
from 20" L., r. .v ;,aoo
" e gaping and yawning; l viii! there
proceed to the dismemberment of Tex
Ias. Here gentlemen was grand and
frightf.l spectacle. Texas, the lone star, the
youngest and fairest sister of the Republic,
was marshaling her forces to meet her
: government in "battle arrays" and :he
whole frontier Of Texas was lined with gov
} ernment troops. Blood was about to b.
| she'd (rhs hc repeated with great en-
) phusi-, & tremendous effect having boll
! FIST firmly cl nca1di & MS countenance lool
lag as fierce as a whole case Of jtck
kaives) Here was presented the sublime
) spectacle Of the whole United States holding
e its breath and standing "erectas ouras,
waiting for the sigpal to fly to arms, th'
: boom The frsl cannon, that sweeps across
y the howery praries of Texas. Was ne
this timo when both parties should give U
), extreme opinions? Texas thought it best Il
e compromise. Then the Yankees had her
1t she was floored-to borrow again from IN.
Oi friend Mr. MicOuber, whose elegant style o
. oralory have used in my few last remarks
You are somewhat surprised to hear m
ID thus compliment the Yankees. 10 him
y SELF They would be much more surprised
to know that L am Yankee myself III
my ancestry were ali Yankees; that ha'
p no feeling or inleres; in common with Il
south. Nothing here but some ProPert
~ and magnificent residence; that | cam
SIS south TO get away from my poor relative
nj. who are prosecuting me even here by v
10 ting 10 the Postmasters Of the country, inq
ne ring my Whereabouts, and if am d9a
for What sort of an audience have go;l Tn
at, have not clapped me yeI can't be W
ra- pleased | fear, and il | go on compliment
lad Yankee tenacity and cunning snail inju
bit myself Here he takes out his Watcb)
gal is growing late fellow citizens, and I mi
lch leave this branch of my subject.
at Well fellow citizens, we have as y
on- see got all the territories, and are going
Did get all California, and in addition to Ii
,ip> the generous North, not content with
in> prolusion already lavshed upon u.s. gave
but The Fugitive slave Law, as sort Of k
and sake, mark Of her distinguished cOnsid
iii ton. Pennsylvania and the other STA
step have repealed the laws nulliying the F
nod ,;,,, sIo,a Ian f'Ph;s kuoxv ;s not n