The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-14
WASHINGTON, D. G..
DUB PURPOSES.
Speech of the Hon A. @ Brown to his Constituent


The Hen. a. G. Brown, Senator from Mis-
sissippi, was bopored with barbecue on the
18th instant at Hazlehurst, at which he gave Q
pretty full account of bis doipgs during the late
session of Congress We give such extracts as
oar readers are likely to feel an interest in. He
begins with general denunciation of popular
sovereignty ss a wicked cheat, or mischievous
humbug." He then chances at the Lecompton
institution, and incidentally says good word
fCE Douglas.
GA the subject of fIibustering, Senator
Brown offers with Buchanan and Cass, and
agrees with Walker:
(" / never doubted that Mr.. Buchanan was
night on ihs Nicaragua question on the start,
ard / have Just as little doubt that he ia all
wrong now. That Walker had the sympathy
Of the President when he set out for Central
America, think is certain that he ought to
have retained i. is just as 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 ne is the most proper man
TO conduct an expedition such as he set on foot
1t is very likely he ia not. But he was doing
as a coed service, and he ought to have been
let alone. Under his lead, before this, Nicara-
qua would have been a thriving and prosper
Gus State out Of the Union. But in an evil hour
the President listened to evil counsels, and
Walkers expedition was broken mp, and him.
self brought back a prisoner of State. / ex.
pressed myself pretty freely about this trans.
action at the time, and shall not now repeat
what | said then; but there is branch of the
subject to which want to call your special at
IGNITION.
About the time Walker was fitting out his
expedition, and while be felt very certain if he
did not violate the laws be would not be mo-
Tested, the Secretary of State entered into a
treaty VITA Mr.. Yrissarri, the stipulations Of
which / assume, for do not pretend in this
connection to have seen the treaty, were incon-
sisient with any continued sympathy or coun-
tenance to Walker on the part of the Govern
ment.
=" This brings me TO consider, first, what in
terest We had 10 the Nicaragua question and
next, which plan-the Walker plan or the Cass.
Yrissarri plan-is most likely to subserve our
purposes. First, | assume that we are directly
interested, and to a deep extent in planting a
slaveholding State in Nicaragua. We are 80,
because Slavery must 60 south if it goes at all.
If Walker had been allowed TO succeed, he
would have planted such State, and the
Southern States would have populated it. 1t
Is against our interest to have an anti.slaye
State planted in cur front. We all know that
such State must sooner or later come into the
Union, and help to swell that hostile power at
the North which has already given us 80 much
trouble. And that being in our front. will
stand ready at all times to arrest our progress.
The plan for colonizing Central America, as
foreshadowed in the Cass- Yrissarri treaty, is
through the agency of the American Transit
Company. That company has its headq uarters
IN Wall street and State street. If Central
America is ever colonized through its agency.
1t will at the same time be abolitionized. Of
this nave no doubt. | was fer Walker, be-
cause l thought he was giving us q slavehold.
ing State. was agairs. Cass and Yrissarri, be.
cause they were giving US an abolition State.
+" 1t may seem strange TO you that thus talk
of taking possession of Central America. or anv
part OF II, seeing, as you suppose you d. that it
bslcsgs 10 some one else. Yes, it belongs to
some one Else, just as this country once belong
ed 10 the Chociaws. When we wanted this
country, we came and took it. If we want Cen.
trail America, CT any Part of it, would go and
take that. Ii the inhabitants were willing to
live under a good Government such as we
would give them, would have them protected !:
and if they were rot, they might 90 somewhere
else. suppose sentiments Ike these will star.
tie all fogydoul, and she'll be set down as a
regular fire eating fibuster. Very we'll: /
have heard people whine over the white mans
cruelty to the Indians before, bat American
statesmen did not heed it. and the result is. that
stately mansions have taken the place of Indian
wigwams, and railroads have obiterated the
Indian war path.
Ii is said, know, that these Central Ameri.
can semi-barbarians conglomerste of Indian,
Negro, ard Celt, have been recognized nv some
Of the Powers of Europe as independent States.
Well, suppose they have. Would not the came
Powers have recognised the Choctaws. Chicks.
saws, and every ether Indian tribe, as independ.
ent, # our Government had not interposed to
prevent ~ We have treaties ourselves with
the Central American States. So we have
with the Indian tribes. But these treaties. no
odds how worded, have never stood in the wav
Of our taking their land, when the expansion of
our people and the spread of civilization re-
quired US to have IT. No, no; this is all fudge
aud fustian, signifyirg nothing. If we want
Central America, the cheapest, easiest, and
quickest way 20 get it, is to go and take it and
If France and England interfere, read the Mon
roe doctrine to them.
Z" If any one desires to know why want a
footholo in Central America, / avow frankly, it
is because | want to plant Slavery there; /
think Slavery is good thing per Sc believe
1t to be great moral social and political bless.
ing-a blessing 10 the master and blessing 10
the slave and l believe, moreover, tha. it ia
Of divine origin. / said 80 in the House of
Representatives at Washington, on the 3Oth OF
January, 1850, and l say so now-I said sc
then, because thought SO then-I say 30 now.
because think 80 yet.
That Slavery is blessing to the master. ia
shown by simply contrasting q Southern gen.
teman with Northern abolitonist. One is
courageous. high bred, and manly. The other
is cowardly, low.hung, aud sneaking. The
slave Is blessed with sound health, q sleek ekin
and Christian instruction-the free African Is
dWarfpa hv disease. scr.fnlcua from, b,n-o-
sEd is barbarian ard caunibal. That # il
of divine origin, is proven by the Bible; in nc
line of that blessed book is Slavery reprobated
IN many PLACES II IS directly sanctioned. The
angel OF the Lord, We are told, captured Hagar
and took her home to her mistress. Onesirnus
was q fugitive when captured BY Paul; anc
though Slavery existed in the time of the
Saviour, neither he nor the disciples preached
against it. What God has ordained, cannot b.
wrong; what Omnipotence sustains, fanati
cism cannot throw down. Bat to the point.
81 want a footing in Central America fo
other reasons, or rather fer continuation O
the reasons already given. want Cuba, anC
know that sooner or later we must have il
if the worm-eaten throne ct Spsin is willing Il
give it up for fair equivalert--if not. we nina
take it. L want Tamsulipas, Potosi, and on,
or two other Mexican States and want then
all for the same rtasoI-fer the planting ant
spreading of Slavery. And footing in Cen
trail America will powerfully aid Us in scouirin,
those other States. 1t will rerder them les
valuable TO the other Powers of the earth, an,
thereby diminish competition with Us. Yes.
want these countries for the spread of Slavery
I would spread the blessings of Slavery. Ek
the religion of our Divine Master, to the utter
most ends of the earth and rebellious an
wicked as the Yankees have been, woul