The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-05-11
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Speech of Senator A G. Brown.

On Monday. the 18th, GOV. Brown be-
ing in this place was requested 10y the
citizens Of the county. to deliver an adj
drcs, upon the political issues that have |
arisen, or have recently been revived. |
Cnrcmitting toll in the Senate, and the |
accumulated pressure of outdoor business, |
seemed not to have quenchcd the ardor |
Of his enthusiasm, nor TO have diminish |
ed the vigor Of his intellect, but, aHima- |
teddy the excitement Of heated warfare !
in Congress his speech, for candor and !
holiness Of cXpreSSIQn,- strength and
soundness of DOCTRINE, and devotion to
the South idnot disappoint the brightest
anticipations of his waImest admirers,
The first topic adverted to was Slavery
in the Territories, and the speaker pro-
ceeded to give the true southern senti-
ment. which he. with other distinguish
ed representatives Of the South, has ever
entertained He did. and still does, IL
more the right of Congress to. legislate
slavery into. or exclude il from the Ter
ritorieS but since slavery does exist with
! in them, he maintains that it should re-
! ceive the protection from Congress of
| which ii would otherwise lac deprived.
/ Supporting and voting for the principleof
! "non-ntcryention in the knnsaS-Nebras-
| ka bill he asserted in the same voice
| that to the United States Supreme Court
| was to be referred for adjudication all mat
| tiers of controversy, between the citizens
of the States and the people Of the Terri
tories. The highest iudicatory in the
! land has decided that slaves possess all of
| the elements Of property, holding, use
| and transfer, and, being property, they
can be used and transported at the mas
| tcr's will in the territories, should lie
| choose. When there 81 Is the duty of the
| territorial legislature to yield the master
fair and adequate protection in the enjoy
ment of his property. and its failure to
act. or 'uniricndlv legislation" calls for
| redress at the hands Of Congress. This
the South must insist upon. She cannot
Stultify herself 10y protesting satisfaction
with an abstract right without a remedy,
without penalty for its iniraction Mr..
Douglas doctrine is but a subteriuge. re-
sorting to which. narrow sectionality and
purbiind fanaticiSm thinks that il can with
a greater show of reason and fairness. con-
tinuc its warfare upon the South.
Cuba. and its acquisition, was the speak
| er's next theme. and the sound opinions
| expressed in Tammanv Hail. and reitera-
ted here. met with a hearty response
from all Cuba Will be ours-au intertro-
pical island, rich in vegetable productions.
| advantageously situated for the purposes
Of commerce. and of defence and attack
in time of war, it must he ours. Its ac-
| QUESTION will he the extension of the are
na of slavery.
OF the three modes proposed for oh
tanning it, purchase Is the speakers choice.
That the purchase can he made, there
can Doe hut little hope. Although her de
plctcd treasury is piteous in its cries for
relief. still, SPANS veteran pride refuses
the insolent offer.
Proposals Of purchase being rejected,
conquest can be employed. for Spain. 10y
acts Of aggression upon our national flag,
our commerce and the rights Of private
citizens. has rendered herself subject to
demands for indemnity, which she stead
tasty refuses to pay, and whose Justice i
not even recognized. Negotiation has
failed More than four years ago the
amount of her Indebtedness to u was one
hundred tweuty-nine thousand dollars
and this. She promised to pay, but now
: bv "a special act of favor towards a country
which she sees i, not tenacious of it
| rights and is slothful in its demand fol
redress Of grievances. she is willing to pay
: one third part Of the claim whose justice
: was once admitted.
+ Failing to propose and execute a yigOr
Gus policy towards Spain, the Government
should at least cease its prosecuting anC
Ine,Ii,,d for Vigilance in the Illustration
I Of the plans of private enterprises, adopt
= ed for the good of the South.
-, Of the charges of excessive cXpendi
lures made against the Government, tn,
+ speaker thinks that there is no founda
e ! ton. The opposition revert with pleasur,
e to the times of Adams and jefferson, anC
p contrasting the expenses then and now
lugubriouslv groanS out. that times ar,
= not as they were. They seem to forge
+ that now the United States Is limited on
" by the oceans, that the States have in
: creased from thirteen to thirty-twO, tina
the citizens of these new States demand
= equal privileges with the old, that tn
Territories are fast becoming peopled
e Increased mail facilities are demanded
:. The Utah war, the Paraguay expedition
! the protection afforded to settlers on tn
Indian frontiers. all undertaken in dc
G fence of the country's honor, and for tn
n safety of our citizens, are large items c
g expenditure. There We're some expense
: incurred to which the speaker objected
such as an appropriation of S1j,00 fo
e the education of the slaves taken fror
: the ship Echo. But the main items wer
RI unavoidable
= These points were discussed with tn
Senator'S acknowledged ability. and eli
y borated with his usual felicity The al
st dience was strengthened in attachmen
4. to dissection. to the cause of Democrat
o. and its noble defenders
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