The southern press., 1852-03-20

the interests OF their constituents nile looking
upon the capitol, they ought not TO forget The iog
cabin voter, for fthey did. ~ latter might forgu
4 them Having considered the census, he (Mr.
| 81 would proceed TO something else.
A VolcE All right. You have made good
speech on'the census, any way. Go on.
Mr.. GORMAN, of Indiana, said that MI
Riyes' estimate was based on printing four vol
umes as large as the American Archives The
gentleman's (Mr. SMIrH's) were based on the pri-
ces paid in 1919 II was not now proposed 70
pay those prices, but the whole matter was LEFT
with the printing committee TO determine All
that was proposed was 70 give the job to Messrs.
4 Donelson y Armstrong. Mr.. Rives' estimates
] were made on an improbable hypothesis. There
was not a shadow Of probability thai the House
4 would adopt any such basis.
Mr.. SMITH, continuing, went on TO discuss
the Presidential question. He rejected the term
(" old fogies," which had been applied here to
some Of the candidates. II would be cruel and
ungenerous in the" young Democracy" Of which
he was one, to apply this term to men who have
served faithfully on tie battle field or in the De-
mocratic ranks-to Jackson, or to Calhoun, whose
intellect was more like that of an angel than Of a
man. He considered that the claims of all should
be treated in more fair and honorable way The.
The prominent idea Indicated by the speeches
made, was that cor fusion existed in the Demoera-
| tic ranks. If so, the question was, how was tito
be quieted To this he would devote some re- 3
marks, although hebelieved that the body of the
/ party was never more composed, and that the I
confusion rose from the ambition Of a few party
! leaders. He believed that it was no way to pre-
vent 1t by presenting again to the party the can
dfdates already covered with defeat Il was bet
ter to go into the next contest with a new
man. There was limit to friendship, and
I it was the duty Of General CAss to with
draw from the canvass. When man finds
his friends all honey, that is no reason why he
should eat them up. Il was his duty now 10 give
up for younger man. Four years was as long as
| n uOht IN III cIa inns
I The Democratic party was progressive and held
to rotation in Office, and il was unjust the young
Democracy for Ger. Cass's friends to continue TO
press him. He Mr.. ST. asked, would the Dem
ocracy Of the country still continue to hold the
milk bottle to the lips of second childhocdrY
America had arrived at the day when she would
not only claim her rights but assert them.
/. Mr.. NABERS, of Mississippi, desired to ask
/ Mr.. SMITH question.
Mr. SMITH. have not much time left, and
can't answernow, but will promise to be neigh
boriy on some other occasion. A laugh, and
cries of " very good.'' 9bssff II.
] Mr.. NABERS. What do you mean by
g Young America r. Who do you include'
| Mr.. SMITH. mean any man who is over
20 ,and--less than go. Laughter. The gentleman
is not more than SO, and may come in. [Renewed
laughter.l But seriously, Mr.. s. said, he would
be understood to include all the young and enter
prising Democracy of middle age. He did not
wish TO be understood as speaking particularly for
Mr. Douglas. Kentucky had great man, and
Georgia another, but il was not his desire to par
i tcularise-hs mind was not yet fully made up.
He had spoken of two whom he did not think II
expedent to support, who were connected with
| the last disastrous canvass
| Mr.. NABEfsS inquired further as-to the exact
meaning OFFS Young America. ;" Who would the
gentleman include? Bis
Mr.. SMITH said he had named two whom he
would exclude. He did not know that he could
wish to include Mr.. Buchanan. s
! Mr.. NABERS. Does 60 Young America in
] clude, part Of her policy any change in the
/ long established principles Of this government
Mr.. SMITH replied that he would answer yes,
| in three letters He was DESTROYS of having the
| young, enthusiastic, and ambitious Democracy
take part in the affairs of government, well as
| the old ones. tla
| Mr.. NABERS said, that il he understood the
gentleman's doctrine of /" Young America it
| would cover the whole question Of intervention,
Kossuth and all. He protested against departing
from the path our fathers trod. Young Americas
| argument seemed to be that men become silly and
foolish as they advance in years. II was an old
maxim that young people think the old ones are
foolish, while the old ones knoic the young ones
are so-and it might apply in the present case. As
to the assertion OF Mr.. MARSHALL, of California,
that his State disinterested and the very best
exponent Of national feeling Of any in the Union,
he Mr.. NJ doubted il. In California to
be found the language, sentiment, and feeling OF
every possible tongue and people TO be found
on the face of the earth. It's sentiment was
anything but national. And as for the eulo-
gums which had been passed upon Judge
Douglas, Mississippi never saw the day
when she did not have men on this floor every
way his equals-he would not except the pres
ent Congress. (Laughter.) Il was said that
Judge ID. was brought up in a cabinet shop. He
Mr. N might also assert his own claims on
similar ground, and say shat in early youth he en-
tered the corn-feld. Like Judge D., he had also
invariably been Democrat As he, also, might
come up prominently before the country at some
future time, il was his desire TO have history and
the world set right on these points. (Laughter)
Mr.. N. proceeded TO explain his connexion with
the Union party in Mississippi. As Union man,
il was true that he had solicited Wing votes,
when the old party lines had been broken up. so
had the Southern Rights party there done the same
by the 18th resolution at one Of its conventions.
Their platform, like the snspenders sold by GER
tain puctioneer at Memphis, short enough
for any boy and long enough for any man, or
short enough for any Democrat, and long enough
for any Wing The politicians Of both parties in
Mississippi were for resistance, but the people
were for the Union. He was willing 10 unite on
sound Democrat at the Baltimore convention
for one who would not dodge the fugitive slave
law, as Judge DoucLAs did at the last session--on
such man Mr.. Buchanan for instance, (buihe
did not wish TO designate particular man.) The
convention, he hoped, would lay down couple Of
planks in its platform-one in favor ofthe fugitive
law, so important to the Southern people, and the
other in favor Of non-intsrventon. He hoped IL
would not depart from the advice Of Washington
and take up the hghfaiutn doctrines Of the day TO
crafty Abolitionists. II the Democratic party ~
10 be national, its principles must be the same
from Maine to California. The year 1859 must
decide whether il is be- or whether il is TO be
cut into as many fragments as there are op ncns
north and south Of Mason and Dlxon's line. He
(Mr. N. had spoken not to yindicate himself
with his constituenis-for they not desire it,
but TO vindicate them 10 the eyes OF the country.
He closed with desire for the continuance ofthe
Union and the government. He could say OF IL,
(as he could Of his wife-for he had the fortune to
have one--if she had any fault,) "with all thy
faults love thee still I" fi.t
In the course Of Mr.. ". sremhrks he gave way
TO Mr.. SMITH, who expressed his views on the
right Of State to secede. Mr.. ". Said he con-
sidered that there nirht be n revolutionary roht