Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-03
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In another place we lave gisen an ex-
tract from the Memphis Ava5afSe.s.e, from which |
he reader will gather some idea of its opin-
ion of SSErHES A. DOUGLAS. Tue Appeal, a
little more polite, and recognising the impor-
lance of conciliating leader SO bold and SO
determined as the democratic Senator from
Illinois. under the caption of "THs Truth Of
History makes the following remarks. We
give them as showing the contrariety of senti-
mentwhich peryades the democratic press:
In view of the approaching Presidential
contest, we think il expcdient, in order TO
Democratic success, that no prominent mem
Der OF our party shall go before the pnblic
With record misconstrued, or not under
stood. Among the many aspirants TO the
succession, there is one whose opinions. policy
| and principles have been grossly perverted
| and misunderstood. especially in the South
ern States of the Union. Stephen A. Douglas
! has been hunted down by certain class OF
politicians in the South. for the last eighteen
months. without just cause or reasonable ex-
cuse, in our opinion.
| In order that the truth of history may be
| yindcated, we this morning present TO our
readers the speech of Mr.. Douglas. deiivert
in the Senate in reply TO Hon. A. G. Brown,
Of Mississippi. In tO-morrow's issue OF our
paper, we will publish the Appendix to this
speech, showing the position OF leading South
ern statesmen ON the principles involved
We ask for it an attentive perusal, not for
the reason that Mr.. Douglas is any especial
favoriie of ours. but for the reason that We
| do not desire to see him, or any other proml-
nent Democrat, put wrong before The SOUTH
ern people. 1t Is well known that we con-
denim MIR. Douglas for his course on the Lee
compton Constitution, but we do not, for
this reason, see the propriety OF prostraIlng
man who has been more loyal to the South
in his antecedent5 than any northern man
| living or dead, save in this one particular.
In laying this document before its readers
she Cincinnati Inquirer very justly remarks
that :. the reader will do we'll to carefully Pc
ruse the speech Of Senator Douglas, with Its
accompanying appendix. Like every thing
that emanates from this distinguished and III
trepid statesman, il is bold. manly, able and
direct There is no shuffiing, no lodging OF
squirmjng: but he marchts up oall his posi-
ton with the air of man who has an honest
end in view and is not afraid to do his duty
The southern reader especially, after he
has read this speech, will be puzzled to know
what il is this great man has said or done
that he should be bounded aud traduced DIS he
has been for the last eighteen months. lie
will insinettvely ask what doctrine, what sentl,
ment, what VOID has DOUGLAS uttered "ithlh
that time Inconsistent with the opinions en-
terained by him when he was almost idol
lied 10y the South? Or what opinion is ex
pressed in this speech that he had not an
/ nuunced previous to the time when bis return
to Chicago was lit up by burning edigies, In
tended by the fanatics of the North US sym
bos OF his disgrace and treachery to thai
section?
The truth is, Douglas has been honest, con
sistent and straightforward in his whole treat
ment of this slavery question, and has done
more TO settle it than any other man living OIL
dead. He has eliminated out of it the only
two principles on which it can be fairly ano
honOrably adjusted
Congressional non-interference.
| occond-That slavery is d question Of dol
lars and cents; and wherever II is profitable
US d system of labor, there it will and ought
to go, and Uice versa.