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


urss had passed. Union convention the first ever
held 10 my knowledge in the United oia'es-eei
tainy the first held ~ my own olate-was ae
sembled at the city Of Jackson the seal o. govern.
ment of Mississippi II was not southern-tighls
convention il was not Stae-rlghs convenient " "a5
not wing convention il was not democratic cohveh-
ton; II was UNION convention 90 was oaed anu ~
il assembled IL was n advance OF any other poilieai
organization in the State OF Mississippi, OF any oet
State, growing far as know, out OF inc COMPROMISE
II il from the ashes OF the southern -
Mississippi Ii was made up OF the CONSISTENT lew VINO
opposed and oil the greater number who seeeded ron inc
southern movement With the assembage OF ms con
yenon in Mississippi date The downfall o. 'ne sou' sso
ceeded by its downfall elsewhere Virginia determined 70
acquiesce in The measures OF the Compromises ueolg'a
acquiesced Alabama and the ohsf nates ~ 'no oou
followed suit or were silent To the Union convention oil
M pp belongs the credit, II credit II De o. Striking
the first fatal blow at the southern movement frsm ,nis
moment rapidly declined. The movement esaiu az
dead II died at the hands of its early frends-i,s fathers
Ii is very dead; and IL were called upon 70 VINE
lis epitaph would inscrbe upon the stone that marked
its burial place, Requ'eseat q pace VIII 20. mane
ment believed il was. in It's day, full oil PATRIOTISM iu
OF devotion to the best interests OF the country ana emf
neny calculated to preserve the Union because was
within the Union. But i has passed away: WHY
friend in speaking OF its buoyan rise, its rapid progress,
and its early decay described il as being like Billy Pm
gles Pig
.When il lived. Il lived in clover,
And when il died, IL died all over"
Laughter
When those who had been chiefly instrumental in get
ting up this movement abandoned it, could we be made
longer responsible for it They brought into being and
by their hands il ell and now they turn upon us, de-
nounce il as monster, and charge It's sole paternity on
u.s. We due share of the responsibility, and
they shall take theirs.
The southern movement was, repeat. the joint work
OF both parties acting together This history II there
was any rivalry it was as to which party entitled 10
the most credit. There in this movement fusion OF
parties But upon all the old issues each party maintained
its separate organization And when the southern
abandoned each free 10 resume its original
position.
The wings did not return 10 their position. They halted
by the waysde, and by the aid OF few democrats, form
ed the Union party Il party not demanded by the
exigences OF the hour, but called into existence to sub
the views OF particular men. This brings me to
consider the present organization OF parties in my State
My colleague mir. WMcoxl the other day, in what
considered rather bad taste-ahough certainly shall not
undertake 10 lecture hun upon matters OF ase-spoke OF
bare mnorltyo almost majority OF the people OF our
State as attempting TO SNEAK into the democratic
ranks That was the language employed. In speaking
OF the State rights OF 1882, after their separation
from General jackson, he said:
They stood aoof from the party, in armed neutrality
in the only State where they had majority, and, in States
where they were in the minority generally acted with The
party under the style Of line democrats. The SECESSION
ISIS Of the present day are attempting to do"
Now, shall undertake to demonstrate that the State
rights party OF Mississippi out of the ranks
Of the democratic party and that by act Of theirs have
and therefore there was occasion for them TO march
back even with banners flying, and much less for them
to TO-, sneak back in the language OF my colleague.
Who they that put themselves first of the pale
oil the democratic party Ii was my colleague and his
associates In November 1850 they assembled together
in what they certainly did not call democratic conyen-
lion They assembled in Union convention, and passed
what they pleased to term Union resolutions They
formed Union organization, independent OF the dem
ocraiic party, and equally Independent OF the wing
parry They did more Than that They chose, as
The especial organ OF that pary-;be particular mouth
piece OF that political organza,on-the leading whg or
is true they took down The of the paper. II
called the Souhron That title longer suited their
purpose and they called it the Flag of the Union"
But they left the old wing editor 10 conduct IT, True il
is that they associated with him socaed Union demo-
crat And is equally true that the oId-line wing and
The nswlne democrat yet conduct that journal From
this point the unhappy controversy which has continued
10 Mississippi took lis progress The democratic party
became divided. But there be difficulty in deciding
who kept up the old organization The newspaper press
OF the Stale gives always pretty clear indication as 10
how parties stand II there is SINGLE solitary WING
paper in the State Of Mississippi that has kept the
Union flag flying at its mast head from the opening of
the contest down TO this hour ask my colleague to say
which one u is II there was democratic paper in the
State OF one years standing that did not take The State
lights side, with but single exception, Qhe Columbus
ound Who seems from these facts 10 have been get
Ting out OF the democratic pariy-my colleague, who is
sustained by the wing press |, who have been and
am yet sustained by the democratic press
More than this The Union party called conven.
ton in April, 1851. IL was to be, by the terms of
the call, Union convenilon-mark you, IT not
democratic convention, II was not wing conven-
ton, but II was Union convention. What did
IL do Did II nominate democrats for office II made
four nominations, and two of them were democrats BY
name, and two OF them were open and avowed wings.
II did not assemble as a democratic convention. II
did not sit as a democratic convention. Ii did not
make democratic nominations. IL nominated two
wings and two democrats, and my colleague voted the
ticket thus nominated. Who ii, lei ask, that,
following after strange gods, thus put himself outside the
democratic party and who he that in coming back,
will have occasion TO sneak into the ranks
The Stae.rigbis party the democratic Stale rights
party, as II IS termed In State, assembled in conven
lion in June. What did they do They made their nom
nations, and they selected their nominees from the old
line democracy. General John A. Quitman was made
our standard bearer. | surprised abe other day to
hear my colleague going back 10 1924 and 1925 TO find
the evidence OF Qnltmans want OF fidelity 10 true demo-
cratic principles. Something has been said about stat
OF the democracy OF Mississippi requires statute OF
limitations certainly do not know II he voted for John
Quincy Adams in 1924 and 1928, and has since seen The
error oil bis way, where is the democrat who will not
forgive him Where is the Mississippi democrat who
has not forgiven him But we have his own word for
saying that he did not vote for John Quincy Adams in
ls2i-he did not vote for him in 1928 he always
Slate rights man OF the srctest and upon the ssu
ing OF General Jackson's proclamation against South
Carolina he, like hundreds and thousands OF others who
had been always faithful the standard OF the old hero
abandoned him. and they returned him in their own
good lime But III he grave offence in the demo-
Gratis OF Mississippi TO have nominated gentleman who
voted (allowing the charge OF my friend to be ue) for
John Quincy Adams IN 1894, and again in fS2s. what
shall my ucDd say OF Governor Fooiel lie claims to be
better democrat than anybody else and vet he held the
nplU nti hat a. ALL l.