The daily union., 1856-10-18
PATRIOTIC SPEECH OF AN oLD-LINE WIG o.
ALABAMA

We Rud 10 the Mobile Register full and excellent ).
port of the able eloquent aud patriotic speech delivers
by William G. Jones esq at the democratic mass msetD,
recently held at Greensboro, Alabama When such emf
nelt old line wings as Jones and Robert Smith, and judge
Hopkins and Ornond who have all their lives been Ats,
ed against the democratic party are now found earnestly
advocating the claims Of Buchanan and Breckinrdge IN
result in Alabama and the other southern States may
elsily anticipated.
We make the following extracts from Mr.. JOns,
speech
Unfortunately for the whig party, the ree,soi whu
under the lead Of Seward remained IN the party W6e
the national conventions of the two parties assembled
1882 to nominate their respective candidates for the prs
dency the effect of this state Of the two parties s
kingiy manifested In the democratic convention con-
seryatsm the subject of slavery prevailed while in b
whg convention freesoism, under the malgn inhueDc
of Seward, prevailed. This, In my Judgment was ha
blow to the wings national party. The great ssus
which had previously divided the two parties had bee
settled become obsolete Its greatest leaders Clay and
Webster There could be cordial union
concert between the national conservative wings Of Ii,
South, and the sectional freeso, Seward wings Of IL,
North The result Of that convention aboonized and CO..
ruped the whig party at the Northprostrated and pan
yzed at the South la this state of the party knownoA
ngism made its appearance The councils or lodges N
this secret oathbound order sprung up like mushrooms
the country. Many democrats and thousands al
wings North and South, abandoned, deserted, and al
nounced their old parties and their old party
principles, and rushed blindly into the knownohr,
lodges This the final death-bow TO the whg psrN
II needs coroners inquest TO certify its death nor
form whose hands inflicted the fatal stabs Some ee
efforts may be made to galvanize its corpse but NED
expect the dead restored to life Old wings wh
like myself did not participate in approve OF its mud
have alternative left but either to abstain from ta
part in the pending presidential election or uniting w
some other party What party and what candidate nos
in the field is best entitled to our confidence and support
For one have considered this question carefully. As
citizen of the United States yet ardently attached
our glorious constitution, and the Union established
it-as southern man by birth, by residence by ntere
resolved maintain the institutions and constitution
rights of the South have found doubt to the cours
which every consideration duty and ofpatriosm required
pursue. Fully and concientiously convinced that
the democratic party is truest TO the constitution and u
the South cordially unite with 1t in the present crisis
Again:
But whatever may be the opinions of men as indiut
uas they liable when elected be influenced n s,
official action by their party. Therefore, let exsm
into the political action of the two parties the question
growing of slavery. And rst what has been the al
ton of the American party? have already shown a
at their National Council in June, 1855, many If not
joty Of the North Americans bitterly opposed the twe
section After the adjournment Of the council the Amer
of the North generally denounced and repudiaeda
section and finally the party expunged it from their Rl
form in the National Council holden in February as
They satisfied with this triumph their souh
of the northern Americans bolted formed eonvs
tion, and, northern Americans nominated, and nov
supporting the abolition candidate Fremont for the
dency And yet we gravey asked to believe that hSR
national party the South How has the northern
of that party-the simon-pure Fillmore members Of Col
gressacted during the late session of Congress- Ah
two months struggle for the speakershp, the contest Va
narrowed down TO Banks abotionist and Aiken, OF SOa
Carolina The southern Americans voted for Aiken ~
so did the northern and southern democrats but mo
not all of the northern Americans voted with the bA
republicans for the abolitonist Banks and elected k
Not of them voted for Aiken. Do you call this be
true 10 the South Again when the black republiun
introduced bill to admit Kansas as State, with y
fraudulent Topeka constitution, excluding slavery
southern men, Americans and democrats voted agains
and oil the northern Fillmore Americans-ercept or,
beeve-voted with the abolitionsts for It. and against
South. Is not this evidence of their hostility to us? TE
voted in the way, with only two three ercepi
on the amendments TO the appropriation bills and on
questions growing out Of the Brooks and Sumner di0
These are recent occurrences known to you all rH
show that the political action and feeling Of the nob
wing of the party has been and Is against the South
What has been the action of the northern democsn
party this subject With some few individual u
ceptons, bey have been true 10 the South Ii was c
by northern democratic votes that Florida, Arkansas
Texas were admitted into the Union slave States Y
the bill to admit Florida fifty weight northern democrat
the House and twelve (sll) In the Senate voted for
bill, and only four democrats in the House sganE
Every northera who not democrat Vor
against it. On the bill to admit Texas thirtysey nor
ern democrats voted for the bil only three against
whilst every northern member not democrat vos
against it. On the fugitiveslaye bill tweniy-ee1
northern democratic members voted for II, only io
teen against it. whilst of all other northern memts
only three voted for IT. and sxty-two against IL
the Nebraska Kansas act forty-hve northern demoai
In the House. and fourteen in the Senate voted with
South for the BILL and every other northern menO1
against More recently in the last session OF Cone
the final vote for Speaker the northern democrats vo
in mass with most Of the southern Americans for AhH
Of South CarUlina-most OF the northern Americans n
fl W fnr ane
Aiken The northern democrats voted with the soubT
men Americans and democrae) against the bin to StH
Kansas with the Topeka anslayery constitution and
northern Americans with but one exception, belFrI
against The democrats then party, have proI
by long and consistent political action their firm DOE
TO the constitutional rights Of the South. They have
yielded to sbolitonism at the North to knownot
ism North South, but gallanty struggling ag'H
the advancing tide Of abolition hpacism Not 10 COZ
TO their aid in this csis to me not only gros
gratitude, but suicidal folly in southern men. HoFsV
then, you may look at the parties whether you
them by their platforms their candidates their pOh1
action, the conclusion seems 10 irresistible that
democratic party is truest 10 the South.
1t is cheering to many od-line, national conssr
tive wings In all parts Of the country laying aside "
chershed prjudices not because they compelled TO
but from feeling OF pure patriotism Look at few
bright array-ex Senator Evans, Of Maine; eI-Sh'a
Cboate and Fletcher Webster (son Of the great Dan
Kentucky; six southern whig senators-Pearce and IN
Of Maryland Toombs, OF Georgia; Benjamin, OF loUi
ana Geyer, Of Missouri and Jones, Of Tennessee 10
own State those pure able and veteran chiefs OF the WI
party, Arthur f. Hopkins and John J. 0rmond and mai
many others in this and other States.
Again. in conclusion
Fellow-citzens Of the South, we have all a common
terest, and are now exposed TO a common danger b
unite as band Of brothers and at the approaching
ton present an unbroken phslanx at the South, and ~
by the conservative national democracy Of the North
may, with southern rights saved and southern honor
tarnshed, preserve constitution and the Union.