Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-05-16

10 he Editor Of Me Amsriean Organ,

SOfIoNPOuOences
ky WEsr, May To- 1856.
7b the Editor Of the Americas Organ,
MY DEAR SR; In the month Of December last.
while on q visit to some Of my fricnds at Tampa
Bay, Hillsborough county, was requested by
numerous members of the American party 20 adj.
dress the people on the political topics OF the dav
and notice ofmy acceptance was duly given through
the columns Of the Florida Peninsula with re-
spectful request that the citizens generally would
attend. Accordingly at the hour appointed,
repaired 70 the Court House, and upon being called
to the stand opened my argument. Before / h ad
concluded my remarks upon the first point In my
discourse, (Which was anti-foreignism,) was inter
rupted by cries, which afterwards found out pro-
ceeded from the mouths OF some six or seven bull
lies, Of" Down with the speaker He is an Abo-
litIonist and shall not speak here |" These men
were all armed, and the meeting was composed
mostly Of old men, who were desrous of hearing
the principles of the American party fairly and
openly discussed. The consequence was that these
men succeeded In creating such disorder that after
several Intellectual efforts to obtain hearing in
order to deny the false charge made against my
honor both as q Southern man and gentleman, |
was compelled, In justice to my dignity, TO ret re
from the Court House.
Now, sir will not say positively that these dis
turbers Of this Meeting were the miserable tools of
but this will say, that have been informed by at
least one distinguished gentleman Of Marlborough,
that some of the anti-Amcrcan orators In the late
political campaign in that county gave 1t as rea-
son why the American candidates before the peo-
pie should be beaten, that /, member Of thsgPhiL
adelphia Convention, had made an abolition speech
IN the city of New York, at the great mass meet
ing, in June, 1855, and that therefore l. being one
of the representatives of the Stategof Florida in the
Convention, had fixed Abolitionism on the Ameri-
can party In this State, at least Sir, am utterly
astounded at the fact that men who have hithe TO
pretended to such purity of action in Themselves,
and assumed to be the leaders of that patriotic and
liberal so-called Democratic party--a party so
noble and its members 80 generous that they would
give all the Offices of this great Republic to the
paupers and criminals of Europe, to the exclusion
of their own countrymen-w would promulgate such
vile SANDER based alone upon the authority OF
the New York Tribune. The statement made by
the Tribune, as taken from one of my speeches,
reads TINS:
Mr.. Mccall, of Florida said, do not ask you
Northern people TO love the institution of slavery
and to tell you the truth, do not exactly like it
myself"
Now, these words never used and further. /
pronounce this report of my speech by the TIi.
bune or any other paper that has copied it, foul
and malicious SANDER, manufactured expressly 10
would seem, to njure the great American party
through me, one Of its humblest members.
It is true that used part of the expression at
tributed to me by the Tribune. Here are my re-
marks upon the subject Of slavery, as near as |
can now remember my words:
do not ask you Northern people to love the
institution Of slavery, because II is sectional mat
ter and belongs not to you did the great party
called Sam originate upon the heads of negroes
but did originate upon the principles of anti-or.
egnism, anti Roman Catholicism, and protection
to American laborers. All we ask of you in re-
gard to the slave question ia, to let it alone.
It is strange, that If ! made use Of statements
alleged against me by the Tribune, and copied by
the Savannah Georgian, Jacksonville News, aud
other papers of the like stamp, that the New York
Herald, Express-papers that are considered az
leading journals, and whose reporters may be re-
lied on, did not so state my remarks. But enough,
sir, for these miserable penny-a liners, who do ct
hesitate to attempt the destruction Of an honest
mans reputation merely to carry ont political
design.
Mr.. Editor, fear that my communication may
be somewhat more lengthy than would otherwise
desire it were it not for the peculiar circumstances
of the case. / feel that as q Southern Know-No-
thing, called by the opposition, that II is
my duty to the American party and myself to give
my views upon the exciting subject of slavery in a.
few brief words to the country, nasmuch as have
been assailed, and my speeches commented upon
one of the members of the Philadelphia Cony en-
ton.
Sir, / was born in the good Old North State in
the city Of Wilmington, was raised and educated in
the State Of Georgia, lived for several years in the
State Of Alabama. now reside on the island Of
Key West, on the extreme southern portion Of
slave territory in the United States, was never In
the course Of my life North of Mason and Dixon's
line, till the Inauguration of Franklin Pierce and
have owned and sold in market more slaves proba-
bly, than two-thirds of the Southern editors Of
country newspapers, who seem TO have taken such
exquisite pleasure in shamefnlly abusing South
erner, and that too upon the testimony alone Of
the New York Tribune, notorious Abolition print,
but to my opinion of the slavery question. is
institution, then, believe to be purely Of a sec
tona character, guarant sed by the Constitution OF
the United States to tho Southern s...es and be-
longs peculiarly thereto, tas in the language " .
distinguished member OF Congress from Marylsnd,)
|" II you ask by what right hold my slaves, win
point you to the constitution, and II you ask how
will defend that right, viii answer you in the
language Of the Scotch Earl to his terrified mon-
arch by showing you my naked sword Congress
has no right to legslate upon the subject, nor has
any other power, foreign or domestic, anything to
do with it, and say here with all candor that |
love the peculiar institutions of the sunny South,
the land of my nativity, and am prepared at any
and all times, If need be, to lay down my life In its
defence. 8
There is one other point which desire to refer
to- and then am done. / have seen in the Sa-
vannah Georgian charge that am disapPoint-
ed ofice-seaker that applied to General Pierce
for an. appointment and was refused, and for that
reason became at once member of the Ameri-
can party This is not true Here sre the facts
in relation 10 that matter. The Legislature of my
State unanimously recommended me, without my
solicitation, with one exception, and he was an
Englishman, to the President to fill distinguished