Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-02-01

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nsrtr has for long years sss q q strong Tor
sr- between wild fanatic ID the best IN
tsrss Of the Gozarnmsi y for years
have guarded and defended Constitution
and the Unioa from assaults fn without ana
o,.,a and = tbs good workNhe northern
DsroerscY yield nothing e he Souh-nessa
suon ais point they nay viii great ProPflesl
az prs-snissnee-for whHe ne south
49, besn anti upon the late exciting and
-s-iisr issues. we o. the North have been
1870 daily 10 meet and rspel fanaheism
i,aIlHs forms. Our palPits have been desc
.-s.ss and brought down 70 the level Of com
mon political rossrums. We have been de-
norBred a. slayeoersts and as doagh-faeesi
because we have universally eontended for the
,o.staionsI rights o. he South, and while
ne south have quietly rsposed in their unity,
have endured a eonaie. unparalleled in
e.-~.-ess and intensity. When the Denocra-
~ The south meet their political opponents,
fbev meet under a common fig with al the
Stars intact; but when We meet our ad-
ve-ssries. they display to Us a mutilaied
tse. ffteen stars being stricken down; We
hear the cry Of Down with slavery and the
sl,veboldsr. and down with the Constitution,
because it t~olerates slavery, and is therefore
q contract wlthhe All this we as Democrats
If he North have met and repealed q thousand
ana one times; and all this, and much more
we have endured for our brethren and eoun-
.rvmen Of the South. SIN I see that for all
this and IN despite Of all our sacrifices and toll,
We are all denounced By some southern gen
uemsn in the halls o. consrsss, as worse thaa
AboHuenis.s. lean tell these gentlemen who
thus d~enouncs as. that they DO Us great iHjus-
tics; we have stood bT them and their rights,
ard while ex1raordiaarv Efforts have been made
10 crash us, wshays Eoodan and unWavsring
IN our devotion to the Constitution and our
f1elity to the Union, and now have to beg Of
southern gentlemen not 20 repeat such aecusa-
ions against he Democracy Of the North, for
-hev have already been pressed to the utmost
Of their endurance, aud let ne say to al
such southern gentlemen, that hE may
crush as as they may, extinguish The last ray
Of hope, or the last vital spark, bat let ne tell
asm. nat we shall die honorably, though fall
u bitter regrets, and covered all over with the
scars Of many . gallant conflict for the South
and for southern rights; and let ne say 70
them, that they viii live only to feel whitening
regrets wi hin, and as monuments 10 the world
Of their own folly. Let me tell them that
.hsv are setting their hands against their
best friends. We, OF the northern DsmOc-
rscv have spent more time, more labor, and
more money in defense Of southern rights than
the S5u.h dare claim to have done. In the
great canvass Of 1856 alone, / made over one
b uudrsd speeches, maintaining, to the best Of
ny ability, the constitutional rights Of the
south, and I am only one Of a thousand We
carried The old flag tTi~umPhsntly through our
STATE; thus securing the triumph Of Demo
cratic principles and the election Of Mr..
Baehanan. Bat it seems that after all we are
% Be proscribet By the latter, and denounced
aT some OF his friends as no better than Abo-
itioais.s. lean say for myself, that I acted
Ia good faith. prompted by no other than a
bi-h sense Of Justice toward the South, and
charges OF the character referred 10 cone
with q mighty bad grace from Mr.. Buchanan
and his friends against the northern Demoe-
racy. They CRATE hsrshIy upon the ear, and
are readily recognized as signs Of ingTati-
tide in those who utter them. But I trust
that but few in the South entertain such IN
inst opinions Of the Democracy Of the North.
T. for one, still feel disposed 10 do battle, not
oaly for the south, bat the whole country.
Inere seems to be, from some cause, divisions
and scisns IN tas Democratic party, arising
from a geographical position Whence comes
tins? fear it arises from a desertion OF the
-rcst principle Of non-intervention By Con
| eress with the question Of slavery in the Ter
usories, and the duect adoption Of the Re
publican DO trims u congressional interven-
lion by lie President and some OF his friends
il The south, OF else why do We hear he dis
t~inctivs names os northern Democracy and
southern Democracy. In what. I ask, does
or interests difsr2 What constitutional
right does the South claim, or has ever claimed.
Ehiea The northern Democracy are unwilling
70 grant? Ianswer, none.
Teen why can We not all stand by the ALTA
Of Democracy as we did in - and so, wher
Hon. Howell Cobb, Of Georgia, said " tn,
majority Of tie people, BY the action Of th'
territorial Legislature, viii decide the question
/ meaning slavery, and an must abide the de-
/ cisioa when made p when Hon. Jas. L. Or, o.
| south Carolina, said " The great and LEADING
feature Of the Kansas-Nsoraska bill was t.
transfer the slavery question. and all othe
subjects, 70 the territorial legislature , whel
hon. A. H. Stephens, o. Georgia, said " an
willing hat the territorial legislature may &C
upoh the subject when and how they ray thinI
proper = when Hon John c. B~.eckinHdgs, O
Ke lucky, sad. at an connected with u
party that has for its object the extension 0
slavery nor With any to prevent the PsoPl
Of a s ats o. Territory from deciding the CUES
zion Of its existence or Bo-n-eKistence with her
for themselves when J.. NJ. Mason, Of Vr
Einia, said g Under the Kansas act, citizen
from The slsveholding States may 90 into ID
Territory with their slave property, citizens o
the free States mar 60 there holding no sue.
property, and when thsy get there and meet 4
common council az a legislative body. they ma
determine whether the Institution shall pre-
Fal = when Geo. Z. Badger, Of Narth Caro-
ina said II The people Of The TeIitoris
choose 10 exclude slavery, 30 far from cen
sidering j. a wrong done to me OF my con
stuuents, I shan not comp ain Of Il y whe
Hon Robsr- Toombs, # Georgia, said 90 W
intend that TIE actual settlers IN he Terri
Dries shall Be protected IN The full exercise Q
al the rights Of freemen, and shall legislsl
Or themselves while they have a t~errftoris
governmsnt when Hon Geo. ". Jones, {
Iowa, said; +" It is Tie right Of The people /
govern themselves, and they and they alon
shall exercise it a. wen while in a t~erritoris
condition as in the position Of a STATE Z whe
Hon. John Petit Of Indiana, said: "Tl
people q the Territories are expressly al
thsrized to legislste upon al Subjects what's,
ever, slavery Included. Tbey may ether e,
tabIish or aBollsh it, at their pleasure p ahe
Hon. A. p. Batler, o. South Carolina, said
:" I believe that under the principles Of thI
IKsnsasl bnl, ard Of the U,ah ana Ne
Mexico biiis here viii be a perfect car
blanehs given to the territorial legislatures {
iegislste as they may think proper = Ehs
Hen. R. n. T. Hunter Of Virginia, said
1he BIZ TKansss-NebraskaI proyid,
hat the legislature Of the Tsuitori,
shall have power y legislste over ali rightfi
subjects Of leg stations; = when Hon. W. 4
Richardson, OF Illinois, said "The eltize
q Virginia is a. much entitled in the eOmmo
-erritory 70 the protection Of his property 2
ne eitizenof limos, bal both are aepsa6eT
pom the leg station Of the territorial govern
meat for Laws 10 protect hsir property, {
ahalerer kir5n may be-; when Hon. S a
Smith, Of Tenn, said; al would have the pc,
DE Of The Territories, who are to be efects
y The Institution Of slavery, TO determine "a
question FOR themselves in der own way
when Hon S. +. Bowie, Of Maryland, said
he power to establish or exeiuds SLAYER
Efli befound amoog hose which were reserve
20 The people. and which the trainers Of q
Constitution never intended 70 be surrendsrs
Q the Federal Government by asy portion
the people in this country, whether living
BE- States or sfter-seqaired Terrsones . a.
last, though BOT least, when Mr.. Buehans
aid; "lb Paopk efa Trriiog, Ike t,ose Of
&aies sAal decide Tor aeasdrss tsheiker siare
sAlA or shaR not erisi tsiisis their Hmits.1
But refrain from furtner quo,stious. an
again ask whyif s hat there now exists
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