Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-08-01
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q FosfIIoI OF COZ. JONES.
va give below an extract from The speech
Df Gov. JoSEs, delivered IN the Senate on the Z
DID OF August last, assigning his reasons for
supporting the Democratic party. His reasons
forribis and unansgefabls, and ought to !
carly conviction to every Impartial mind !
. SHAVE another reason Why ] am going to
vote this Democratic ticket; and Il is a hard I
thing for mi 70 say. ] regard the present
Democratic party a. ahor ing the only and
last hope II security to the South. Gentle
men may say, this is sectional.' Be Il 90;
| DO not care whether you call Il sectional or
not. Il Is a fact, and ! mean 10 establish Il
from the records. say that, in my judgment,
the Democratic party Affords The best, 4 not
last, hope OF safety and security 10 tile South
Why 10 I say SCI We have had a Demo-
efatir party. and We have bad a Wing party.
VI have had contest after contest. What has
become Of Tie Wing party Of the NOnhY The
northern wing Of The Whig party has gone Of
where They have become thoroughly abo-
luiouifed. And Tie American party, rising
upon the ruins Of the Wing party, did il upon
HE hope and assurance, 10 I believe, that they
would be able b. establish a national party.
Ihsy dtd establish a national party and boW
long did it lastY q lasted uatil they had Tie
irst national convention, when they broke
asandef-the North going 20 Itself, and the
NNAAA NNANHAAHn W ANNHAAf VII n AtN NAHfNaANNN
10 The North. ! maintain there IL but one
party that b. national, and that Is maintaining
The rights u Tie south. ! do not pretend 10
say that the South Americans are not az con-
SENTATIVE, national, and true % the e~oustitu-
tional rights q the South az any party
know they are but I know, a. The same tine,
they haTe 10 such suPpor at the North az 10
give them power 10 carry out their purposes.
Then where are we 10 look
q" ask you TO 60 10 the record, and begin as
Far back as 1915, aud let us zee how it stands
To- lS45 Florida proposed 10 be admitted into
The Union 81 a slave State. How stood the
vote on that question? IN the House, North
ern Democrats yoted-yeas 80, nays 4 all
others from the North, nays 81. In the SEN
ate, Norlheru Democfais-i2 yeas, nays none
al other Northern men-yeas none, nays 9.
Therefore Floridi would not have been al
mitted, but FOR the votes Of the Northern
Democrats.
sAgain: When Texas soughtto be annexed,
how stood the vote? / was opposed to The
acquisition Of Texas, and therefore / make
every allowance. lopp1sed II upon the grounds
of opposition to all territorial aggrandizeTeuf;
but when the question came here, bow did
the vote stand? Northern Democrats in the
House-yeas 81, nays 3; al othe.s from the
NoTth-yeas none, nays 40. Then IL got not a
single Northern vote except Democratic ones.
Now | ask Southern gentlemen II that is lot
significant ? II that does not teach some
thing2 IL it does not point 70 something?
Here is a Southern State asking for admission.
We are not rong enough 10 admit her. and
we have to look 10 the North for her aGmis-
siOn. Who comes to our assistance North
erR Democrats, and Northern Democrats
alone.
Again: When the fugitive slave law was
passed, how did the vote stand Northern
Denocrats-yeas IS, nays "A all others from
the North-yeas 3, nays %. Then the fugi-
tive slave law never could have been passed
but by Northern Democratic votes. Il only
received three Northern votes outside Of the
Democratic party, and ! believe they were
Wigs, and therefore it never could have beer
passed but for the Democratic party.
Bot I come down to la.er times. when the
Kansas Nebraska bill was here. Gentlemen
say that was not a Northern and Southern
question. / will not pretend to argue that.
All that / know is what find on the record
How did the vote stand? Northern Demo-
Gratis in rne Houss-yess -, nays % all other
representative cf the N0rih-not one yea,
nays 81 Then the Kanszs-Nebraska bill,
which ! regard as a Southern measure, did not
receive d single Northern Wing vote in the
House OF Representatives. How did IL stand
% the Senate Northern Democrsts-yeas
IA, nays4- How many Northern Wings voted
for il? Not one.
Upon each and every one Of these measures
we have bad 70 rely upon the Northern Demo-
Gratis TO carry and 20 sustain them, and with
out them they would have been lost. I will
state another fact IN regard 70 the KANSAS bill.
II there had not been a Southern Senator in
the world-if the last one Of rs had been en-
quilted before the vote was taken, the Northern
Democrats would have passed il over an
opposition. II received Northern democratic
votes enough to pass it without the vote Of a
single Southern Senator ; and not one Northern
. NEhH. -m-ufA aarnA k~ Ha 20 nnHn 49, $50
be said there is nothing in that but is it not a
strange coincidence, that 10 each Of these
measures the Democrats sustained what are
supposed 10 be the rights and interests Of the
South, and all others from the North voted
against them ?-none except Democrats stand
ing witL Us, except three, on the fugitive slave
bill.
Now, sir. when you c0ue to the election
Of Mr.. Speaker Banks, how does the record
stand? After ten weeks of toll and labor,
how does 1t stani? In the final vote Mr..
Banks received one hundred and three votes,
and Air. Aiken one hundred. How many
Northern votes did Mr.. Aiken get, and who
were they Mr.. Aiken did not receive a sin
! gle Northern vote which was not a Democratic
4, vote. Where were the North Americans then.
? who mean to 40 rs Justice who mean to
stand By us in the preservation Of our rights ?
Did a single one Of them vote for Mr. Aiken ?
Not one. Every Northern vote for him was a
Democrats vote, and every other Northern vote
{ was cast against bin. He received every
Southern vote, American and all, except one or
two but not one N0uheTa vote except from
the Democratic party. How was 10 upon the
r Topeka convention bill iu the other House g
few days sgs? The very same thing su5s.an-
TALLY Ia Tsgsra e that. Vow, ] ask Southern
and / wish my voice csald reach to
men Tue S0uth-how do you think,
- Eau vou, your rights are to
be preserved? You tell ne 4 ou- No' tS.s
for The Democratic party. Where shall -
for safety and protection FOR nj self, for my
wife, fer ny children, ant the graves o. ny
ancestOrs2 Whom shall / trust a. the Aorthg
Rere and there is a man whom you may trust /;
but what organized party there may you trust,
when the rights Of the South are in danger?
IL there were no other question IN the world,
and there was that isolated fact staring ns in
the face, / should feel bound now, as a man
consulting the interests Of the country, TO cast
the vose which ! have suggested.
There is another cons deration. Are we
not bound BY an Obligation, as high, IS solemn
as honor itself, 10 stand By those who have
s~uccored u in our hours OF trial2 What in
terest have these gentlemen Of the North 10
stand BY u? II they were but consulting the
prsjudice5, and passions, and fanaticism Of
their people. they would 20 on with the great
tide, swimming, glon0usiy and quietly Yet
when the question zones BERG, tpey stand BY
the Constitution they stand By its eompro-
misses they stand by the country. For that
thew receive snathemss at the North. and, be it
said to our shame, too often auathemas al the
South. To the South / would say in solemn
Condemnation, go On in your work Of ingrati-
tude, if you choose 10 psHl all treat these
men with the ingIatitude aBd i~njpstice with
which you are treating some Of them and
when The dark hour comes, you know that you
are IN a horeless minority, you know that that
minority is becoming weaker every day; and
when another storm shall CONS, whom will you
call upon to succOr yOuy You Danish those
men who have stood by you you d~eaognce
them az enemies 10 the country ; you baTe
treated them with lngratitude and Injustice !;
and when the hour OF trial ard danger comes,
where viii you find your s1Pport-where ?
This solemn warning comes mp as an echo, and
answers, Where? IspPsal 20 this record If
you find them not there, YOU will find them not
at all. II you find them rot a. all. what will
you do? Men Of the South, what can you do?
No allies ct the North no support there no
succor there. Your venerable men are taken
away from the pnbiis councils, swallowed up
in fanaticism, and what will you do? You
have but one last refuge, and that is your
own right arm TO defend yourself. Then the
end has cUme, and then al our cherished teYo-
tion to the Constitution and he Union will
avail us nothing; We Of the South shall be left
TO defend ourselves, our Own hresides, our own
household gods, our wives, and our daughters
we shall be left single aud alone to stem The
fearful tide. Fearful as this may be, we viii
stand By them and die BY them.'
J. W. JAMES,