The Oxford signal. (Oxford, Miss.) 1856-18??, 1856-09-11
SENATOR JAMES c, JONES,

The following is another extract
from the speech of this distinguished
Old-Liae Wing of Tennessee, deliv-
cred in the U. S. Senate on the 9Th of
August nA,AOu lhet Presidential ques-
10 dhis ALL
BSp bz5- he.~l say Mr.. Burh0nan
has antecedents which will not do.
expect he has; but where will you
show me a man who has been twen-
ty, or thirty, or forty years in the pub
lie councils of the country, or in poll
tics, whose antecedents you can trust!
You sayMr. Buchanan's antecedeni's
will not do. | do not like some OF
them; | am against great many OF
them; and if you get OH the old track,
and give nae such a man as Henry
Clay, Twill oppose him again, But
if you go into Mr.. Buchanan's ante
cedenis how would you like TO have
Mr.. Fillrnore's examined! lie has
moi been quite as long-not so many
years-in politics; but both of them
have enough sins 10 damn them alto
geiher, if antecedenlS alone are to be
relied OH.
Then, that is not a safe rule to
swear by. You must take the men
what they aye now, what they profess
now, and The amount of confidence
you repose in them. There are one OF
two things about Mr.. Buchanan which
they say are rather hard 10 swallow
They say Mr.. Buchanan once declar
ed thai. If there was a drop of Demo
cratic blood in his veins, he would lie
ii out. Now, that is beautiful argu
ment To make 10 me! / have been try
log all my lifetime 10 let the last droI
OF Democratic blood out of the bod,
polite. aud il j. Lo objection with mt
to Mr.. Buchanan that be said, if ht
had anv Democratic blood in his vein
he would let it uut. 1t is rather re
com'nendAIion 10 me, because il prove
To my mind@thal hg was once right
You hNd better m Nke that argumen
10 soLaStsagtA else; Alaks.iIio 20 Detno
Gratis, - WnoFh l have made
several lines; and have asked som
Democrats, how can you vote for hir
as he i NJ democratic! Laughter
But yoHyh if he was not Democrat
lac wak IS aderalisi.
Then | am obliged to take him eilt
er as Fedaralist or Democrat. If
were forced TO the issue between tn
two, should be in a close place.
, have no sach obligation TO Federalisl
as sou.e. lam not a Federaisl M
self; do not believe in their doctrine
. | think lhey were extreme in som
things; butI do say, and am ready I
say here aud everywhere, that b,
lieve the old Federal party was as hol
est a partylas ever lived. | beIiey
. THAI Washington himself was called
$ FederaIiSta aud | know that Hamiio
was; and should not be ashamed
L be classea y ith such men. HamiltC
) was a FedAelist; he at least was hol
; esl, aud fb8 Government of The Uni
Y ed States Ave paid a deserved con
d pliIneni 10 Alexander Hamilton, 10 b
p palriotisIi and virtues, and acknow
j edged abby, by publishing his worl
and disGrihhling them in The countr
That Is 10 objection to Mr.. Buchana
" | do dutcfe whether he was a Fede
a :, alist or NOD But then you say-ar
this is the point to which ! wish to 4
y rect the atknlion of the Senate-M
Buchanan ought not 10 be voted +
Y by me, as profess to.have beena friel
II OF Mr.. Clay during his lifetime, and
a cherish Ls memory now that he
dead. Why moi? They say III
. Bucballag If uot the author. was 1
y pIus1 eersRf the vile old caIumn
II N in fe gain and intrigue.
Mr., = 1eni, pending the questi
as to WHO should be the candidate
. . Democratic party, expressed r
y opinion fseely. aud said TO some &c
q ilemen now 10 my presence, that | h
d understood Il had not investigated
Al BuehanaDt had failed TO do n
- ~ Iusiiee; and unless that questi
n, was cleafed up, would never VI
Id for Mr.. James Buchanan, though
o. might ke nominated BY a thousa
v. conventions. / repeat to-day, that
at | believed Mr.. Buchanan had ori
mated, o. even circulated, or Civ
conntenance 10, the old vile caIuml
= L would not vote Tor him. 1t was
- - that account, moi having investigat
be it, thai said 10 the friends ot !
-. buchanan, ali you nominate him |
80 not ihink LcaH vote for him; | will c
be tainly not votefor him unless | can
satisfied Oh that question" Il was
that grounds 10 part, thai prefer
le, the Senator hOru Illinois. | am g
lhe is MOI Ia bis seat. Why, sir, di