Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-08-21
COLV NJ + L S
syeame day Morning, arGu.i 20. 1852
S2eech cf N9r. Wm. /. EaC eY.

S;eech cf Fi9r. Vim. /. :&' ey.
~ In Mr. Yanccy's speech in tie late Sou'htn
Rights Convention he made III, iooMlrg poIn's
in support Of the minority rport. the quc.ucn
being upon the amendm, nj ohtltd by Col VII.
Hams
He Welded his assent to the am, ndm, nt be
cause the lengthy and heated d, bate OF The day
previous, had convinced him that il only up
ON some such ground that The mtmters UF The
convention could ever harnlunize, and pre,eIve
the integrity of the Soutl,ln Rights fal.y.
There we've objections TO lie amt ldni, Mt, but,
in his opinion. they were of less importance hFn
those which existed against continuation OF >urh
a contest as d taken place between the friends
of the minority and ma orty reports, respectively.
The course which the debate upon the minority
report had taken however, rendered 1t almost i'm
peratve upon him. that lie should ut,er 10 ilt con
yenon. and through it to the Sou, hem Rights
party and the country, the reasons which had op-
Grated upon him in making that report, in conJu
ton with the delegates from Coo>a, jefferson,
Chambers and Russell.
The report recommended a CO operation, not
an amalgamajion, with the Democratic party, in
the support OF Gen. Pierce for The office of resi-
dent. 1t recognised the necessity OF a continued
independent organization of the Southern Rights
party and suggested the policy of Il support OF
81 Gen. Pierce a party, upUE certain sPeclhed
grounds-neither accepting him nor rejecting him
as the nominee of another party-nor III any way
endorsing the platform of that par which brought
him before the country.
The position which this policy would give to
s. H. fI'r,, p;.<b.s ,a,r iprr., his i, c!ion
";.,t, ,.''r,r.S,.d f. ib.t hill 6v ihe French
-. I'LL .,,,r.rai.d vi.h II. American
tno;,s d,rin,r the revolutionary w4r-slrutul;nu
a,,.;nsr = comnon enemy. with purpo>t.s some.
what different in detail--though having Tie CON
mon object in freeing he country oi power
which had used Is power but /" Cypress.
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- ,fG..rs-- -occpr,,n,. dj>iucl. can,l,-prouneI--
ont raiiring, b,rri,rb 7ts own A..-: au1 AL IL,
If ,,,,.,;,,, d,>s,,;,, M. us tcr4turatv al
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49,. .l3,.,r.a
.,I I,;,i..0 ,,,.e6 inst his ra..c
i. that we have ever ceuo,incrJ i national pu,
- -f,,,,. .,s rnsafe HI. ..r.t avon II
M md ti,;.. .t,.i .E,.,
f,r,. ,rnn, IT, ...i.:.tc..on ,...l. .hcG. AID
tLrE,L,. ,r,.,.-, ,l.c. has been d, -. ...ce
c It,I less than tte;,>,l 10 uI, of the u, Il. pm
c;,lss' ~ nur oruanisill,n.
MI Y. said 'ha. thi. T., 10. n open quc<ti I
Tia, s,uib,r Rn.n.S Cu,,n.lon ol Ii, 4 Ii
M.rob T.I mil .,. >r,rt, ;c.Iou ~ i.as ice
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'londl POI 1'S "'e ..,,,,
heh' anu ''''e'''e II i
sec'on"l il'eieS'5 We W." T. 49,. bn, 49,
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leave %u[St'ts ,lee 10 opto.r oO, ,,di,,s "
-; tS,, D,,,,. ar L,s c,iucid- vi i q,
doctrines play' Ihoie VI les' 'o'''''e WI"
own. -, -. ,
10 "'oI.0'"' nov ~, " :; ,h,. ,19,;,
Zation ana 10 conslu'l o"' u, ,,,d,
i ies'uel''"l eI.oHo"' w., c,,,f,3, pi,,hIs ,r
fi slifi d son' en',om 81 ,iiS Mace af .ucl, in
~ tha oantr,i cnnmiftse hereafter named. shs
'E dos;lrnata :me n.''''"
Il bting. clear, then. that a cooperation will ,
tber Of tL. national parties is within tie scope aI
aim of the Southern Rights party, MIR. Y. 81,
that the only REMAINING questions were:
LIST. Is not the policy indicated consistent wi
our aims and principles
Cd Is not separate nomination of can datt
f,r President and Vice President, necessary in
der TO preserve our identity as party?
Mr.. Y. said. that. in considering the first
these questions, the opponents of the propos
policy had been too apt To forget the present avo
ed policy of the party, and 10 base their aigumel
upon policy now formally abandoned.
The late March convention, declared that 6
are constrained, In deterence to the unanlmt