The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-03-28

democrat No. not be- Did he appoint secession dem
ocla as my friend calls them No, not a. all put he
ent AZ governor and he dismissed democrat 70 make
il What did his faithful Union legislature 90 ~
did send him back to the Sena,e-tha. IS clear wil
tell you what il did There was an old ana venerable
democrat experimenting the penitentlary was mere
ministerial Office. filled by man who had cohiesseaiy
discharged his dnies with ability ana integrity, anu -
the entire satisfaction OF everybody He was turned Out
by the Union legislature, and wing pui IN ms place n
gentlemen who had discharged for series OF years The
duties OF clerk OF the establishment, win ndeiys
and 10 the entire satisfaction OF every ONE was also as
missed and wing put in his place wing sergeant al
arms was elected Places Were given to other wings
the heads OF democrats The patronage OF inc os'
40 lar as The governor and legislature could control H.
has been given 10 the whgs and far as the executive
yersing has been concerned II has, win scarcely an
looks like democracy Two vacancies existed IN the
United States Senate. How were they hlled! Win
democrats, did you sayod, long.tred, ana CONSISTENT
democras Were they sent here to represent the Union
men OF Mississippi No, sir. One democrat and one
wing were returned II these things show that my col
eag ue and his associates in Mississippi have been ah
full 10 the democratic party, why, then, must confess
have grown strangely wild IN my opinions oil political
fidelity What think friends IRON other States! Ian
things like these oercome them like a summer cloud
and not excite their wonderp Is II consistent with dem
ocaic usage to organize under the style OF the Union
partys is il compatible with party fidelity TO nominate
and elect bitter enemies OF the party Is part OF me
tactics OF the democratic party TO dismiss democrats ana
put wings their paces' Ought the patronage OF dem
ocalic government to be given exclusively 10 The wing
presss And nay ought democratic Legislature 10 elect
wing United States senator These questions raised
by my friend and his party ask the national democ-
racy 10 answer them 4,
NV colleague calls us constantly, through his speech,
the secesonss and distniOnisis OF Mississippi This IS
kind OF political slang used in party canvass with effect,
but il is eniiray Of place here member oil Con.
gress ought 10 use terms ina, apply 70 gwen STATE OF
what he perhaps said often in the heat OF the canvass
that he almost got to think it trnethat we went
into the contest with secession and dsunon inscribed
NM nur han Why sucl thing NV
friend must have that inscription through distem-
pered magination--hrough some extraordinary perver-
sion OF his mental vision There such inscription
on our banner The democratic party OF Mississippi as
serted The abstract right OF State TO secede from this
Union They entertain that opinion now; and at all
proper times and upon all proper occasions. they will
maintain it, We believe, in the language of the Ken
lucky resolutions, " that where there 10 no common ar
bie each party 10 compact is 10 Judge OF the lntrac-
tons OF The compact and OF the mode and measure OF re-
dress"
The State we say els to be the Judge Of nractons Of
the compact, and of the mode and measure OF redress
If in the language of the Kentucky resolutions, the State
believed that the compact has been violated she and she
alone has the right TO judge so far as she herself is con-
cerned OF that inracion, and the mode and measure OF
lis redress desire ask my colleague if he does not
endorse the Kentucky resolutions, and whether the whole
Union party of Mississippi does not endorse them II ne
will say to u.s. BY authority Of his party that they Iepu
low, as political party, that, though you sounded for
them with hundred faihom lead line, voice would
still come booming up from this mighty deep, proclaim
ing, "no bottom here"
desire TO submit this proposition to my colleague He
says that because assert the right OF secesson there
fore secessionists Non eonsat He asserts the
right of revolution. Let me ask my friend, Do you
slider yourself revouionst II am TO be de-
nouncel secessonst because assert the right TO
cede, may not turn upon my assallani and say to him.
You revouionst, because you assert the right OF
revolution
But air. this new Union organization-this party which
claims first TO be the wing party par ereeeace and then
TO be the democratic party par eTceeneto what sort
of sentiments does it hold Ask my friend here. [Mr.
Mr. BRooKE,l who has lately arrived in this city, Seen
iemen, what your opinions the subject OF the
rency" My friend would doubtless say something about
hard money, and gold and silver but colleague
the Senate would tell that he believes paper money
and banks Suppose The two gentlemen should be asked
what they thought on the subject OF protection: My
friend here would occurring you about free
trade; but his colleague the Senate would begin 10 tell
US how much protection we want And it would be thus
in regard TO distribution, internal improvements by the
federal government the sub treasury and upon all other
party questions II you ask them what they for, they
tell you they Ter the Union But as TO what political
measures they propose 10 carry out they do no, at all
Why, sir, If may be allowed, in this high council
place, TO indulge In an aDecdote think can tell one
illustrative Of the position of this Union party and espe
cally the Union party of my own State: There an
old gentleman who kept what was called the "Union
Hotel" traveller rode up and inquired whether he
could have breakfast The landlord sald. What will
you have ~ "Well," said he, :" I'll take broed
chicken and coffee" q don't keep them /" Let me
have beefs,eak and boiled eggs then" 81 don't keep
me something 10 eat" " don't keep anything TO eat"
- Them" said the traveller, getting little out of pa.
tience, "feed my horse give him some oats" don't
keep oats" "Then give him little hay" don't
keep hay" "Well, give him something TO eat" "
don't keep anything for horses TO eat" Laughter.
/" Then what the devil do you keep" :" keep the
Union Hotel" (Renewed laughter So with this Union
party They for the Union and they are for nothing
else. They are for that TO which nobody is opposed
They are constantly trying 10 save the Union and
making great oucry about II, when, IN fact, nobody
has sough or is seeking 10 destroy IT, They keep the
Union Hotel but they don't keep anything else.
Now, sir, 10 come step further in the progress OF
Mississippi politics As the election in our State
resulted adversely my friends and 10 myself We as
matter oil course, abandoned the issue upon which had
been conducted We gave up contest in which we had
been beaten. But we did not change opinions as 10
the soundness OF the principle IL contest for the
maintenance OF particular State principle or State pol.
ICY We were overthrow by majority OF the people |
OF our State, and consequently gave up the issue
Immediately afterwards, by The usual authority and in
the usual way, there notice inserted in the leading
democratic papers OF the State, calling upon the demo
cratic party, without reference 10 issues, and
without reference to past disputes, 10 assemble In |
convention Tor the purpose OF appointing delegates
TO attend the Baltimore National Democratic Convention
This was in November 1851. Almost Immediately af- |
forwards the Union party called Union convention
which assembled the first Monday in January last Ii
was represented by about tby-six delegates, from |
twelve fourteen counties On the S,h OF the same
month"; The democratic convention proper assembled rep
resented by some two hundred more delegates from
fifty hive counties Our convention was called as dem
ocratic convention. II assembled democratic con-
vention. II delberated az a democratic convention |
II appointed delegates 10 the Baltimore Convention