Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-04
nailp Nattonal 9emotrat.

SENATOR BRowN, OF M1ssIssIpP1.-This gen
,leman has recently endorsed jude Douglas
asa sound Democrat and an upholder of the
constitutional rights of the South notwith
standing the Marysville Express says he
tried to make the Republicans of Illinois be
lieye that he was better Republican than
Lincoln. Seward or Chase. Senator Brown
made speech not long ago on the Central
American question, from which we make an
axtarct. not as showing any similarity OF
oninion between him and Judge Douglas on
that subject, because there is none, but by
wav of demonstrating how e1treme South.
ern man tits who is not afraid of any Republi-
canism in the Illinois Senator If Senator
Brown does not consider Judge Douglas a
Republican, we should think he might pass
even the searching anxiety for the South
which seems to pervade the soul of the lie.
compton organ just alluded to. Here is what
Hon. A. G. Brown says:
"We are directly interested and to deem
extent, in planting slaveholding State in
Nicaragua. Slavery must go south if it goes
at all. 1t is against our interest to have an
anti.slave State planted in our front.
''It may seem strange to you that | thus
talk of taking possession of Central America.
or any part of it, seeing, as you suppose YOU
do, that il belongs to some one else Yes,
it belongs to some one else, just as this coun.
trv once belonged to the Choctaw. When
we wanted this country, we came and took
it. five want Central America, or any part
of it, | would go and take thut. if the
inhabitants were willing to live under a
good Government, such as we would give
them, | would have them protected and if
they were not, they might go somewhere
else
"If any one desires to known why I want
a foothold in Central America. / agog frank.
iy. 1t is because 0ant to plant slauery there :,
think Slavery is good thing per Sc: be
lieve it to be great moral, social, and politi-
cal blessing-a blessing to the master and a
blessing to the slave; and I believe. more
over, that it is of divine origin.
II want footing in Central America for
other reasons, or rather for a continuation of
the reasons already given. | want Cuba,
and know that sooner or later we must
have it: ii the worm eaten throne of Spain
is willing to give it up for fair equivalent
if not, we must take it, | want Tamulipas,
Potosi and one or two other Mexican States
and | want them all for the same reason
for the planting or spreading of slavery And
n footing in Central America will powerfully
aid us in acquiring those other States. 1t
will render them less valuable to the other
Powers of the earth, and thereby diminish
with us. Yes, | want these
countries for the spread of slavery.
wv hebher we can obtlin the territory
while the Union lasts, do not know; | fear
we cannot But would make an honest
effort, and if we failed, ,co,tId 40 out of the
UniGa, and try u there. | speak plainly /
iOoutd make a refusal 10 acquire territorg be-
cause IL 'gds to be sIa0e territory, a cause for
disunion, Just as Woal1 make the refusal to
admit new State, because 1t ,cas to be sIaye
Slate, a cause for djsunion."
In another portion of this bold and ultra
speech, he says:
81 never doubted that Mr.. Buchanan was
right on the Nicaragua question ON the start,
and have Just as little doubt that he is all
worng now. That Walker had tie sympathy
of the President when he set cut for Central
America, think is certain; that he ought to
haNe reIdlHeu IL, Is just us certain am not
saying that Walker is the man of destiny his
friends have claimed him to be. think he
is not. do not say he is the most proper
man to conduct an expedition such as he set
on foot 1t is very likely he is not But he
was doing us a good service, and he ought to
have been let alone Under his lead, before
this, Nicaragua would have been a thriving
and prosperous State of the Union. But in
an evil hour the President listened to evil
.cOunsels, and Walkers expedition was broken
up, and himself brought back a prisoner of
State"