New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-31
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A MISSISSIPPI VIEW OF POLI1IG
SLAVERY AND THE slAvE.1UAOE OtfENoe
THE BLACK MAN SEVERELY HANDLE
CUBA a NECESSITY.
Address Of the Hon. Jefferson Davis before 4
Democratic State Convention In the City Il
Jackson, July 6, 1859.

NV FRIENDS: Again it has been granted to n~t
mingle with you in the periodical reunion Of our ps&
cal family; again to look upon tho weu'feusubs~
faces associated With the memory of so many srssss
for the cause Of Democracy, sacred to Us - The es
of truth ard OF our country.
Accustomed, as q Representative of the S.ste, II
frequently to address those who listen with purposs
controyer if net to msinerpret, it is grateful psA
|, 90 TO exchange opinions with those who have sca
mon sympathy al d rom whose opposition one csas
expect the correction of error, until final agreomeas
reached by the establishment of truth.
The occasion, the circumstances, and the hs~s
greeting with Which you welcome me hone, bnVt
me such 10y a. the mariner may feel, when bis tt
ended his doubts and fears are resolved by seeing
smoke Of hs own cottage and the shadows OF tho tn
which speak to Lis heart Of affection and rest
The purpose for which We we're assembled has Be-
achieved, and We are about to dispense each and
in their appropriate sphere to labor for the come
good. You have chosen our standard bearers moth
their own, but for the public intersection Demccts
regards Government as the property OF The peoh
end recognizes no proscnptive right to office. II
have met the Issues of the day as becomes q pst
whose characteristics are stability and prcgrM
w HE the WOfiu Is CHsHS'bS, ohd ucW 'ctotonSt
te,ia and mors are the result you cannot stereeYs
a form OF expression for yoar opinions; neither ~
the principles which are eternal AID Of universslr
plcation, be too often reasscrted. To stand stu,
70 walk with retroverted eyes, would i'll become u
rel JUS of our age, and still less the condition Ct n
country IL ours deal with the present, and c&
70 the future snd i is only by walking out from u
shadows of the past ,hat s lights become avsahlsh
our Onward course. BY the bold encounter OF pcsw
b, -. rra;, u,apto f DfseaIpDf
res have been won. The history OF our predccesaeu
furnishes both incentive and chart. Hai they ~
cred 10 the counsel of "coDsery stism and IN vevd
the hazards OF expanson and the in'nghg Oh dihsmS
nations and languages in our Contederacy, l0usasA
ami FIorioa ara Calitorns, had not been of us. Ha
they sbrurk from the conflict with which moasrcsl
tire stened republicanism the time-honored poicyd
" 10 ertangng alliances hsd NOT fsmsnea ~ u. e6
in leu of it, we should have been under treaty stpds
ton forbddng in any event to acquire the lssstN
Cuba. Your duty is twofold-ycur responsibility }
inmessurebIe. II ia yours to maintain the Coa,tae
ton and to adapt it to the changes OF time and OF a.
Gun stance that the purposes Tor which 1t vas OdAn
mey be realized by ourselves aud poserty it is yoen
to develop the institutions we Inherited to their great
est capacity; and your responsibility embraces ali s
hopes which depend upon the denonstration OF msas
capacity for self government.
For more than fifty years have Democratic prnci
pies prevailed in the administration OF Our Goson
ment. The fame, the prosperity, the growth and hep
pIess Of our country, attest the acaptatlon OF 81
We have pride in the past, We have zeal for the pro-
emit may we rot have hope for the futuref
If use the form Of interrogation, II Is Lot becsusi
am prone to despair of the Republic but because W
are necessarily coRnzant Of the tact tina! the uDitya
the people Of the States is disturbed by sectional, 10
natical hostility as irrational rs 1t is vicious. HowevW
well it may serve to fan the fame Of local excitsmeok
and to promote the personal ambition OF an 8sPssnh
the idea Of noompatbility for The purposes Of Ell
Unicn because of different systems If labor ia ~
States is pelpaby absurd, and would be suicidal the
purpose avowed were attainSbe Though the defeees
of African Slavery thus it is commonly caled) Is le6
Ia the South. the North are jointly benefited by n
Deduct from their rade end manufactures sll which
dependent upon the products of slave abOr, their PROF.
perity wond fade, and poverty would come upon then
'as ore that traveeth." Dor fathers wisey sew
harmony in diversity, add mu'uslty 10 the opposite
character Of the climate, population, AND pursuits Of the
people in the different S.ses But to them the props-
fitiop far less apparent than u "a 90 us vt
expansion of territory and the addition 10 the list Of ~
productions of the great stopes Of our coun.rys ef-
ports, have given ~ free trace between the STATES
value which could not have been fully sntcipstet All
o. the tes and nearly al of the Injuries 81 fe
are now produced within the Dits of the Unned Stats
ard exchanged 10y each other without other charge
than the cost Of transportation The day, hops
not distant when by the acquisition OF tropical teitay
We shall complete the circle of products.
What bur faulty could cause commercial mass
featuring people overlook their advantage in such
relation that which exists bstxeen the North 50
the South2 Ours is an Agricultural people, blessed
with fruitful soil and genial climate; the elemeon
uri'e with man TO render his labor profitable. We
have, under these circumstance iniucemen. TO en-
gage in a general competition with those who, for
Of land and by igor of climate find in the work.
shops their only industrisl employment. Stimulated
by class legislation, snd AIDED Dy taxes indfefy
wrnrg from other pqrauits 1t has had further extern
SION than thsbut speak Of ia just And nOfmai csa.
don-such will EXIT wher, under the oper sioa o.
equal laws, other FedeIa SHALL be imposed upso
the citizen than that wocn lie necessary to enable TIE
GeLer, TO perform lts delegated tuncfioe
That of theory aud practice should occur in ne
administration Of asyttem Of government as NJ vel and
complex ours, should not excite surprise; md u
facility with which reform has from time 10 time beee
Introduced, proves how complete toe cOnpcn3siA
advantages of our stem. Errors Of JaG g,nsst
from want Of information cannot destroy the proa.
pies Of our Government, and Of such i. truly sSd
they never dangerous while left free 70
combat them"
L. is, however, otherwise when division is made %
geogrep hca basis AID !. has been our fortune TO W.T.
this last wors, phase Of poliics division. pshy
too powerful to be pnheeded and marked nstions -
distinguished, by eritoi. limits, is rev org snizsd "
the obstruction Of the labor system 81 The S)ita, aaa
seeks TO obtain pos lessi)u Of tie Gener G)varnme!
that its machinery may be used ia I'D of their ~
upon orr existence a. a sovereign STATE.
Such would be the consequence e sucoeas in ne
neiarious object the purauit Of whirh they ayos'
Their ovsnent has no longer tbe character o. speeo'
atye philosophy. IL IS not the political disision oil
people because Of different oplolOns upoa matters
joiUt Interest," but Is 10 the nature of foreign w
| weged tor corques, and dominion.
SD far AZ the abstract right ~ hold ths African
bondage is concerned We have cause 70 copgratasN
ourselves on the progress which within the last W
| years truth and sound philosophy have made. :,
Anterior to that time i. had been the habl. OF S)an'
err men to refuse Discus question Of strictly a.
nestle conc, rnnent with those who assumed to nvses
il. Thus, for long perio error scattered Ter sees
broadcast over The land, while reason in cous