The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11


than he had received. II Mr.. Clay
was himself satisfied, | ask auy man
10 tell me who shall complain now,
wien twenty-five orlhiriy years have
passed by? Two years siIer the &C.
Curreucc, and after Mr., Buchanan had
spoken out publicly, Mr.. Clay, pro.
claims 10 his friends that il y~As all
that no could desire or expect from
him.
Mr.. President, submit whether
there can De any fairness in pursuing
Mr.. Buchanan win that charge. ]
have produced this testimony, not for
the purpose Of viudicaliug MIR. Buch-
Onan--I care nothing about iha'-but
ior the purpose Of vindicaiing myself
for the vote which | shall give in M.
Nembor next. Unless my mind change,
between this and that time, ! shdlLa>-
suredly vote for him, unless shall b..
lieve that Mr.. Fillmore, or somebody
else, stands q better chance TO defeat
the Black Republican party Ihau be
does. I mean to give this evidence az
. - NHl0lChllVu " ivy hNNs
Ny friend from Kentucky said ~ ';i'
speech-I do not suppose that hr a..
tended il Tor me particularly, "a there
are several Of Us in the same ea;cgo-
~:
"Besides, lei me tell them that
man who il turned down To the foot
hardly ever gets to the head again.
When the estate comes io be- divided
under the statute Of distribution, as
understand, these men not being Of lhr
household will come in as foreigners,
aliens OF basinrds, in the family. They
will be treated as having worked tor
a time Tor wages, and when the estate
comes 10 be distributed lhey will no
get q distributive share. They vii,
have TO wait Tor The second table nll
the time they work too. This is bad
fix for any man 10 get into
/ know my friend did not mean 10
insinuate that those who are going iui
Mr. Buchanan, or might do 80, were
doing il with he hope OF reward, anu
for the mere sake OF the leaves aud
fishes. Never, sir. | assert now. lha'
expect nothing from him, and want
nothing from him But is that the SCR
OF doctrine TO proclaim in this conn.
nv! Are we a set Oi Swiss soldier.
fighting for pay? /. there no patriot
'sTn in the land? Has il fed The coun
tFyl
Mr.. Thompson, OF KY. ] nevei
thought Of the gentleman in that cou.
nectiOn, though ! had private belle
that the prodigal son went back be
cause his father had latied calf :
fT.aughterl But 70 never occurreci ts
my mind 10 think anything OF ihs
Mod about my friend from Tennessee
for did not think him capable Of br
ing governed by such.mniives.
Mr.. Jones, of Tenn. / have NO idei
that he thought particularly of me
but l wanted 10 give my friend an or
poriuniiy to put himself right bclor
The country, because the idea here con
veyed il, that il we vote for Mr.. Buoh
anan, we shall como in al the secOu
table, and can never expect 10 81 a
the first table. Now, my friend iron
Kentucky is an old.iashioned VIII
aud Clay Wing, as he announced t
us; bui / know he also declared b;
intention 10 vote the American tickle
He does no, belong 10 them. He r,
pudiaies any connection with then
except 10 vote for them. Will III
friend tell roc what table he expects
cit al!
Mr.. Thompson, Of Ky. The FIR
table all the time. Whenever Kel
lucky decides the question, there
where / will be.
Mr. Jones, OF Tenn. II you new,
&c, to any table until you get 10 u
hrsi one you will siarve 10 deaf
Iaughier,l because they tell you
their creed-at least, they say in II
part Of Tennessee, in their creed--yc
ehall not eat al all unless yO" beIor
to the family, Laughter, so you a
hound 10 siarve any way; aud ! ca
~, siarve IL | 60. Laus hterl No
MIR. President, ] do not GO for al
such thing. As for the table 90 n
care a copper about II. ] do not n
Them 10 invite me 10 their table; al
jtis questionable with me whether,
they were 10 ask me, would aecr
u, only on the score Of pOiitrur~s-
hospitality. am as Independent
tie Democratic patty as they are
me; and Teiterale ]; sgain, ;hey o,
me nothing, and they will owe me r
thing after this contest is over, !
not care whether they invite me 10 tn
table or not. Thank God, / have
table az my own. have The table
my country, and all can feed al II
iable-food enough for every genera
American heaTi-food enough for q
f1od enough for ell. AS for you s
tional parry tables, IL you rhink ib'
Is any honor in sitting at them, sit
Them. choose 10 sit al the gres:
,ional table, and 10 do my duty To
country a. understand. leaving
results 70 Heaven end The country.
am reminded Of story which
i,ispd from South Carolina told
ais morning, and J will tell y now
ne benefit OF those who are IN dot