The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-10
Senator Brown and the Northern De.
1n0eraey.
We have received the following letter from

We have received the following letter from
Senator Brown:
TERRY, HIgDs Co., July 20, 1864
Z I5tbe Editor Of the Neaa York Daily Bea0s.:
In your issue of the 18th inst observe an
article headed Senator Brown and Ex-Sena-
tor Dickinson" &C., &c; in which you do me
unintentional injustice. You have, suppose,
been led into error by some incorrect report of
my recent speeches. That you may see pre-.
cisely what did say, | send you authorized
copies of the only to speeches | have made
since my return from Washington. The one
at Monticello on the 10th of May and the
other at Terry on the 18th of j une of this year.
1t will be seen that the only allusion to Mr..
Dickinson is in the following passage
AYE, true, we have erected Territorial
Legislatures to give protection to property,
slaves included. But suppose they refuse,
what then? VIII Congress afford the pro-
lection ? Mr.. Douglas answers no. How
does Mr.. Buchanan, Gen. Cass, Mr. Bright,
Mr.. Dickinson and the Northern Democracy
answer? Do they answer yes lf.they do.
he would be glad to hear it, and if they do not,
they are not of us CT with us. If the Terrific
rial Legislature refused to give adequate pro-
lection to the property of any Northern citi-
to perform that duty, or else force Congress
to do it. If it refuse the same sort Of protec-
ton to slave property he asked only the same
measure of justice from the North"
If, in this, any injustice is done Mr. Dickin-
son shall be glad to have it pointed out.
Has Mr.. Dickinson ever said that he was for
giving Congressional protection to slavery in
the TeITitori Ease the Territorial Legisls-
tunes refuses %, isEAesl- alld--Where I? I
shall rejoice " E IN that we hayeat the North
so important an ally as the illustrious Ex-Sen-
ator from New York. If he has not said so
then will you oblige me by pointing out in
what the injustice to Mr.. Dickinson consists !?
/ have only ifatinsated that he had not said,so.
No man in America has higher opinion
of the lofty patriotism, distinguished ability
and self-sacrifcing spirit of Daniel S. Dickin-
son than l have. But the point at issue is
vital one to us. Mr.. Douglas has taken the
ground that Territorial Legislature may
RlGHTFULLY exclude slavery by ''NoN-AcTIoN'
and by 'UNFRIENDLY LEGISLATION We ad-
NIT that slavery may be excluded by those
means. But we insist that when done it will
be wRoNGFULLY done. And we claim in that
case that it will be the duty Of Congress to in
terpose and give us protection. Mr.. Doug
las, standing on his platoon of ''non-action'
and ''unfriendly legislation says plainly he
will not give us the protection we ask. What
will Mr. Dickinson do? 1t will not do 10 say
he will remit us to the Courts for our remedy.
Mr. Douglas says as much as that, and we
are not specially grateful to him for giving US
a remedy which We have as well without his
consent as with it.
We know very well that slavery cannot ex-
;ef ~, E1yifhnut 1arrc 70
and especially can it not if considerable por-
ton of the people there are unfriendly to it.
"lNon-action'' then amounts to exclusion-and
how then can we get a case before the courts
on a complaint that the Legislature has done
nothing Mr.. Douglas says we may be fright
fully excluded by this means, and of course
he will give us no remedy. Does Mr.. Dickin-
son-do you, Mr.. Editor-think it will be
scrong to exclude us by such means, and if so,
will you give US remedy?
We rest our claim on the very words Of the
Supreme Court, embodied in the bred Scott
decision, that ''the only power over slavery
conferred on Congress by the Constitution is
the power coupled with the DUTY of guarding
and PROJECTING the owners in their rights"
If our Northern brethren will come to that
point, stand firm and show their faith by their
works, we Of the South will stand with them,
and if they will not we will stand by our
selves.
We are grateful to Nh. Dickinson as we
.hque been to Mr.. Douglas, Mr.. Van Buren,
and others, for the past But this is an age of
progress, and we look to the future. If Mr..
Dickinson is with US, we shall rejoice to know
it and if he is not, neither you or any one else
can properly object to our saying SO.
Very truly. your obedient servant.
A. G.. BROWN. !