Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-07-30

lowed 20 vote IN some later Territories at the first
election, and this is denounced as a huge, and
monstrous and dangerous iniquity- It is, is
it not strange that in the sizisss Outef riSkien
new States which have been added to The @ Old
ThirtsonySs this dangerous and iniquitous mon
ster Of Alien Suffrage, as it is called, should
MT have showed itself as a desOlstOr For it
is a historical faet-I viii suppose in charity
unknown to thssnar politicians who go about
dsnOuneIng me and others for votes theydO not
understandable sixteen of the eighteen new
States came in exactly under this very alien
suffrage feature they are making such a fuss
about. TxENEssEE had it In her Territorial
Law; and | don't SET that she, or Florida, or
LOuisians, OF any Of the others have been the
worse for 1t.
And yet I an denounced for my vote for the
Kansas law, on account Of the rant about
q alien suffrage" and an tainted with the re-
peal OF the Missouri Compromise, as having
opened the fOodgates of slavery agitation, and
let in the foreigners, who are, it is said, going
to make it . free State. 1t is asked what has
been gained by the South by the Kansas bill.
l answer eVsTyfhiag-the restoration Of the
CoSsTITUTIoN-the declaration and recognition
BY Congress of the principle Of our perfect
equality in the Union-sanctided as ii has been
by the Supreme ConFt-aBd the consciousness
that, heneeforth and forever, lie protection Of
our rights and our liberty "a dependent, not
upon concessions and compromises, but In the
MAISrExAxcE OF THE C~oEsTTTUTIoE AND THE
UsIoN UxDrR THE CoKsrITUrToN. It mat
tiers not whether, hsneeforwsrd, as a measure
Of protection, there shall be one, or many, or
no Slave States added to the Union. So long
az the CoSsTITUTIoS stands, the South is Sc
cure in her equality and rights. rGoT. JoSEs'
spOstrophe here was singalarly beautiful and
eloquent, and called forth rapturOls applause
Bot further, said be, about this monster Of
Alien Suffrage, which seems to have taken the
place OF Squsttsr Sovereignty, anti-POPery,
Americans ruling America, and various other
catches Of Know-NothiDgisn, whose c%outri-
vsrs beat BAREUM at humbug. have already
showed YOU that, sixteen out Of eighteen new
States cant in with it, and are now prosperous
and happy or the Public Domain, all Of it
is now embraced in some one or other Of
the Territories organized. In some Of these
Territorial organizations il is allowed. In
others tits not. Now, suppose these politicians
whom it is asked hat the people should send
to Congress and to the Legislature, because
they are opposed to Alien Suffrage, UhTs and
kOv are they to do any good by carrying out
their doet.ins? 1t win not be pretended that
they can change the laws already passed, and
under which rights have already bsen acquired
Where, then, will they apply their doctrine,
granting it to be as important as they pretend
it is? Fellow-eitizens, don't you see it is hum
bug, and that it is used BY KROw-NOthingism
to get into Office upon7
But, said Gov. JONES, ! an tSunted and de-
nOunesd for that claiming to be an oid-Line
Wing, and having said very bad things about
Democracy, I an acting in concert with and
supporting the Democratic party. Show ne
said be, a better party-one capable and 1u-
ling, as this Democratic party has shown itself
to be, Of standing up and bressting with Us o.
the South, the wild hordes Of Blaek-Republi-
can AbOlltionism, and I viii 60 with it. The
Governor here sketched the rapid declsnsion
Of the American party, after the "l2th sec
tion" was struck out, and its feebleness even
in the Southern States, to say nothing OF its
having ceased to exist as a national Orgsniza-
ton in the free Ststes.l There is no such
party, and I an therefore driven to choose be-
tween standing alongside with this National
Democratic party, to go with the Black Re
publieans, or maintain a triangular fight of
mere hatred to the Democratic party because
it Is the Democratic party. Is tka. a reasona-
bic position for a patriot to sustain? Why,
even the Re W scattering Know-NOahings that get
into Congress, viii have to vote for Demo
crat" for the spssksrship, or give aid indi-
reetly to an enemy.
But, said the Governor, / am told that the
South has been betrayed by WELKER, who was
sent out as Governor Of Kansas by the Admin
istration, and that after all, Kansas will be a
free State, and therefore We should 60 against
the Democratic party. Now think Governor
WALKER went too far when be said that the
Constitution to be framed by the Convention
be submitted directly to The people, or hS
would not regard it. There is no OBJECTION 70
that's being done. Our own State Constitution
was submitted to a direct vote Of the people,
and it has been done in other instances. But
is a matter with the COnueHtiOR who are
to frame a Constitution, and Governor
WALKER, ia the position be takes, occupies,
in nv judgment, the ~prerOgstive Of the Con-
But surely no one will contend that
If the people do not wish slavery that it should
be forced upon them, or rice rerEa.
And Just here, said the Governor, look atths
Inconsistency Of these Know-Nothings who are
.deROuncing the repeal Of the Missouri ComprO-
mise, and denouncing WALKER too in The same
breath. Without the establishment OF the
principle Of the Kansas bill repeating the Com
promise, Kansas was free Territory. They
say it should have remained so, and thus all
his agitation have been avoided. Well-the
whole struggle is, the cause Of all the difficulty
Il, to get it in as a free State. They say
WALKER is going to so let it in, when Of course
struggle will end by the removal Of the
edAsEs AlA NEN ALNl 4ItAeAaAANN ~ y ~ ~
a farer Of the Kansas Bill and WALKER for
asnding up ny error by letting it remain free
Territory, both in the same BREATH So it
,oes. Anything rather than not be in oP-
to the Democratic party. Such is
ot the dictate of an enlightened patriotism
{ a time like this, when We of the South have
0 meet and combat a pOWsrfulsectiOnal party
D the North, and the Democratic party is the
alv party that can afford Us any assistance
be only party there that has any strength to
ssist us in the maintenance Of our rights.
ueh is not the dictate Of old-Line Wbigisn.
uch has never been ny course, nor shall it be
ow. Country first, and party afterwards.
Gov. JONES concluded his speech IN carrying
ut this idea, in strain Of eioquence that we
ave rarely heard equallsd. In the foregoing
astily written sketch, we have aimed only at
the pith of his address, instead Of pre-
nding to renoTt him literally.