The eastern clarion., 1858-12-04

in attendance. and marked attention was
paid the distinguished orator throughout
the course of his remarks. Ilr took. sub
stautially, the same positions which H. did
in his jackson speech. Not having been
in a position 90 take uotc-. must content
mysclfly giving q very brief outline Of
what ho etd
Col. DAVIS does not yet despair Of the
Union. llc thinks our form Of govern
mont. and our admirable Constitution. 8.
the rrandost achievement Of unin.piryi
human intellect % be- found in the record.
of timc His education. his associations
a. military man mdor tho Tag of the
country from the day. Of bis youth. had
boon such as to attach him devotcdly 10
the Union established by our fathers. Tie
based bis hopes of its continuance upou
the Gict that there were many sterling and
patriotic Democrats no the North. who
were still battling maufully to maintain
the Government upon constitutional prin-
ciplcs and preserve the right. Of the State.
But yet, hc remarked. that ne would not
say anything which would have q tend
cncy 20 lull his constituents into false SEE
cuty, but would. On the contrary. advise
immediate preparations Cor our defence.
so that in the event an Abolition Prc-i-
dent should bc elected iu l.U1, Lc houll
never b. permitted % ttl,o his scat iu the
Presidential Chair TIA that contingency
ho would consider our Constitutional
Union dissolved, and would bc in favor of
holding the city OF Washington. the public
archives and the glorious star .Ilnrlrl
banner. declaring the Government at au
end. and maintaining our rights and
honor, even though blood should aow iu
torrents throughout the land. llcsrrucd
that we would bc disuuced by living un-
der an Abolition government; and as for
himself, ho had no conccalment Of his
opinion, and would rather appeal 10 the
God of Battles at once than to attempt to
live longer in such Union.
Col. DAVIS is opposed toall flihu-teriur
expeditions, but Is in favor Of acquiring
Cuba by honorable purchase from Spain.
and Central America by system Of coll
ouintiou.
lie spoke on the subject Of the Pacific
Railroad, the Gulf and ship Island Road.
IIc was ia favor Of these roads and all
Others which were in proccs. Of coustruc-
ton iu our State, and argued that the
completion Of each one would be an adli-
tonal link in the chain of our defence,
and should be encouraged by every true
hearted Mis.issippian.
lie reviewed hi. whole connection with
the Kansas question, and still Thought the
South had achieved n victory by the pass
age Of the English Bin. In concluding
hi. remarks on this branch Of his subject,
hc alluded 10 the Squattcr Sovereignty
doctrines of Mr.. porcLAs. whom he rather
thought hc once couercd ia the senate
hy asking him the question, where the
people of Territory, before thcy were
ready to make application for admission
a. n State. obtained the power to exclude
slavery to which the Little Giant" re-
piled, that the power came from GoD! lie
must evidently have been driven to the
wall, or he would not have made reply
Of this kind But I will not now follow
this part Of Col. D.'s remarks further. IA
Congress will meet next Monday. and we
shall most probably be cursed with a re-
hash of this everlasting question, through
out most Of the session
Col DAVIS complimeutcd, repeatedly.
the Roman hrmucs. and integrity Of pur-
po-o which characterize lhc hcudmiuistration
Of Mr.. Buchanan. and said that hc had
che most unlimited confidence in that no
BE old patriot, now at tho helm Of State.
Col b., amer alludiugto other questions
which our limits preclude me from noti-
cling at this time. took his seat. having
spoken Tor upwards Of an'hour.
Hon. Jouy SrDELL, the distinguished
senator from Louisiana, and the Hon.
Tuov,s GRrrS D,vipsov. passed up the
River yesterday e raaf for Washington,
on the splendid steamer Belfast Mr.. Dt-
viDsoy denies cmphatically that Alr Stt-
prLt Is an aspinnt for the Presidency, or
that hc has taken any measure 70 have
his name brought before the country ia
connection with that high office.
The merchants OF VicEunrRo have been
doing splendid business Cor the past two
weeks, or since the disappearance Of the
yellow fcvcr. Persons from the country
would be surprised by passing through the
large mercantile establishments of this
City, and examining the immense stocks
OF goods on hand. The Merchant Of thi.
City. Tor wholo-soulcd Iibcrnlitv and rlir
dealing are not exccllod by those of any
town in the South, and the people Of Alis.
sissippi will have 10 travel far. before they
can end a better market than 4 thus AZ
forded thom in their own State.
Gov. Foorr, Of Memphis. formerly of
our State, is now in this City Tho GOV.
cruor looks a. spry a. a lad Of tweniy-ono
summers, and having had his whiskcrs and
hair changed to jct black color, his old
friends would hardly now bcable torcoog-
Mise the Union champion of 81. Gov.
FoorE is now DoUGLAs man out and out.
lie states omphatically that the next con-
test for the Presidency will be between
Douglas and Seward, and that. in the
event oftho election ofthe latter, ~ much
as no Is attached 10 our GLORIOUS Union"
ho would be willing 10 see il broken up
GOV. F. Is an erratio gontleman-neyer
was considered one Of tho fxed stars in
our political ornament, but still his un-
Questioned talents and his extraordinary
conversational powers, make him man Of