The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-01-09
T9e felitiana lemotrat.
THE RIGHT DOCTRINE.

The Hon. A. G. Brown. of Mississippi having been
appointed Chairman of the Committee for the Dis.
trct of Columbia, was scrcnadcd by the citizens
thereof, as token Of their regard for his efficiency
as member. and the devoted interest he had always
taken in every question pertaining 10 their affairs a
interests. On this OCCASION Mr.. Brown addressed
them We take from his speech the following, whicl
is commendablc to him as a Southern legislator ant
as the true doctrine for every southern Senator ant
Representative TO cnunciate on every fitting occa
sion
! am said the speaker from the far distant
south from State full and ovcrhowing with
devotion to the Union. Mississippi loves the
Union, and she trnsts me as the representative
of her sovereignty because she knows that
am true TO the Union The Union we love is
the Union of the conStitution--thc Union OF
our fathcrs-a Union of equals. Give us this,
and there is no sacrifice we will not make to
maintain it. Let Virginia be equal to New
York, and Massachusetts to South Carolina.
Let Mississippi stand the peer of Pcnnsylva-
MIA; and let Delaware, the smallest in the sis
terhood, be the equal Of the largest, and then
the Union will be perpetuated; theu, Indeed,
will there be propriety in saying your country
fires shall be built in yonder house forever.
Destroy that equality-givc to the States
in one section rights which you deny to those
Of another-and the fire will 90 out Let it
be known that my section, my own loved and
sunny South is no longer to be treated as an
equal in the confcderacy, and then ask Us when
shall the fires be eXtinguishcd on our altars,
and we answer, Now. Applause.
Sir, (said Gov b. the old ship Of State is
as staunch as she has ever been She is well
rugged in every part, and never bore upon her
deck u better crew she bears too, the broad
pennant Of James Buchanan, applause, and
though the winds may howl, and the lightning
flash, and the thunders roll, and waves may
beat upon her sides or burst in fury upon her
deck, she will ride out the storm in triumph
[Applause. Don't give up the ship"
spread every SAIL call all hands Oh deck, give
every man his place, and require of every man
faithful discharge Of duty and my life upon
it she will make the haven in safety.
If there are traitors, consprators, or mutt
necrs on board, hang them up at the yard-arm
or cast them into the sea. Applause.
There are those, my friends, who insist that
there is no storm. 1t is, they say, but gen
tie breeze the ship lies securely at anchor,
and no danger is to be apprehcndcd. 1t may
be so but that is not my reading of the elc-
ments. | see dark and portcntious clouds !;
the winds, If not already let loose, are ready
to burst forth in fury the ship, now appa'
rently secure at her anchorage, may be vio-
lently wrcnched from her moorings q pratt
cal crew, sccrcted beneath her hatches may
suddenly spring upon her decks, cut away her
masts, unship her rudder, and leave her to
drift away into the ocean Of uncertainty-of
consolidation-run to the States--anarchy. II
this shall be her condition, shall we still stick
to the ship? No by the Gods that made us,
no. Applause We will rally the faithful,
handcur the pirates, scuttlc the ship, and
take to the lTe-boats Applause.
Thanks to the wisdom and forecast of our
fathers, the old ship is well supplied with life.
boats--shc has thrtyone. When the evil
hour comes if come it must and my people
will take to that one which bears the proud
name of Mississippi, Applause and as you,
my disfranchiscd friends Of this Districts, shave
no boat, | give you notice that room will be
made for all Of You on our boat who are free
from the faint Of treason, conspiracy, and mn-
tiny lApplausc
TO drop metaphor and come to plain, stub
born truth, so long as the Union can be main
tanned III It's purity we are 1or II but we mean
neither to be dclraudcd Of onr rights in the
name of the Union nor TO surrender them for
the shadow when the substance has been wrest-
ed from us.
leS" The following is from the Jackson Mis-
sissppian, the leading central organ Of the Dc
mocrary Of our sister State
Up, GUARDS, AND AT ruEM From the free
soil attitude of the pro.WaIkcr press, (says
Hndmans State Rights Democrat North
and South, in warning upon the action Of the
Kansas Constitutional Conyention--and from
Mr., Buchanan's reported endorsement Of the
course Of that body--it is not at all unlikely
that the Presidents only supporters in Con
grcss will be those same Firc.catcrS" and
Malcontents" whom his woud.be organs
haye so bitterly denounced
1t had been better for the administration if
it had known its friends in the beginning and
acted always justly towards them Evil coun-
sells prevailed with the President and his adyi
scrs and his whole confidence seemed to have
been bestowed upon the Northern Democrats
(who sustained Walkcr) and those men South