The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-01-27
SPEECH OF MR.. mEmM1NGER.

G.. MfMMlNcgR. delivered at Richmond O.: the
l'th Inst. 1t was delivered in the presence of
The "g'nia Legislature, and a large audience
OF gentlemen and ladies' and is said to have
! been Ole Of the ahlcst Sicccics ever delivered
in the House of Delegates The Legislature we
Sec, hns ordered the printing of 10000 copies,
and a resolution hns been introduced for the
! appointment Of delegates to n Southern Con.
gress. There seems to be no doubt thut this
! proposition of South Carolina will bc acccdel
t." and it is generally supposed to be the best
| means'of securing justice to the South, and the
union and equality Of the States.
| Mr. MrMMISGEE in his Speech discusses the
! objects Of his :nission under the three heads,
! assumed 10y the resolutions of the South Caro-.
! lima legislature.
| I@ 10 express the cordial sympathy Of
! South Carolina for Virginia. in the existing
circumstances. 2nd. Her desire to unite with
Nirgih!n, i'll measures for the common de fence.
! ard. To request Nirginin To appoint delegates
| To Conference Of the Southern States. The
( Speaker i'll his introductory remarks, pays II
! high compliment to Virginia. as having con.
! trhn,c'l more in matter and mind to the great
nc's of the Union than any other and expresses
! his high qualification, i'll dschnrging his
! present mission To State which had enlcarcd
herself to South Carolina, by acts cI sympathy
and cooperation III our difficulties with the
/ = neral government. In 1882, wher sla had
! proceeded to nulify federal law, and was
about t" support it hy an appeal TO arms, yir-
ginia sent her Commissioner, to dcrtr;this nui-
| tcation and in Difference to this mediation,
the South Carolina Convention, declared that
! the nuliiica ion ordinance sl,ou!d havc no
force. Again in 1850, when the State W rs pre-
Jared to no out The onion, in pursuance of
their r. solution to secede upon the passage OF
the "in:ot rroviso yet i'll deierencc to the ne
tion of Nirginin, who regarded tho compromise
measures ns an adjustment Of tho difficulty, she
consented to remain in the Union. Seven
years have elapsed since then. and now in an
hour Of comnnn danger to the South, she adopts
the course which was initiated by Virginia, in
sending Commissioner to request the appoint
! mc,:t Of delegates to IL Southern Congress. aud
promising, to abide the action Of her sister
States.
The llarpcr's Ferry affair, the Speaker rcgar.
lis rs synip"natic of Il State of feeling, which
calls imperatively upon lis toreview our relation
with the North, aud to provide new guarantees
for security. A band Of assassins aft icr
hav ing met the fate which they richly de-
served have received an amount Of sympathy
and coinmiscralion from the North, which is
! disgrnceful to n civilized people, and would BE-
sufficient TO disrupture the fl iendly relations of
foreign States. The village bells have been
toled, resolutions of sympathy have been in
troduccd into State Legislatures, the late cleo
tions have endorsed the principles of the cx-
tre.nis!s Of the North i'll Congress, 104 men
have been steadily voting for man, who
signed the endorsement of book, urging revo.
luton at the South. These indications are symp.
tomato of impending dangers, against which
we must provide.
The Speaker presents an elaborate nLle and
! truthful review Of the successive measures,
miscailel compromises by whicl, the South has
resigned her domain in the Great West and
sacrificed her equality in the Union, until she
| Is now reduced to the condition of il slave
States. against Is Free States. The Senate is
lost, the House is lost. aud all the checks
| which the Constitution provided to secure
| equality are gone. Its various provisions to
establish more perfect Union. to secure JUS.
tice, md to ensure domestic tranquility are un-
availng and We have no longer the guaran-
tees, with which we entered the Union.
| The great question now is shall there be
amendments to the Constitution. Many amend
mcn,s have been proposed-one for two Presi-
dents of the Confederacy-another for two cham
bers in the Senate, Northern md Southern
with necessity of concurrence oil section
! III questions. If u Convention of all the States
to amend the Constitution be proposed, it is
much better for the South to confer as to the
character of those amendments.
: We trust that this elaborate Speech Of Mr..
MEWMINcEH, presenting it does truthful
! picture Of the dangers Which threaten us will
awaken the South to a just appreciation Of the
impending crisis, and impel her to adopt some
decisive action to protect her rights. though
su II act Oh may lead to disunion. TIE disruption
4 of the Confcdcracy, we regard as by no means
the greatest evil which can hefal us in fact as
n measure which may be necessary to preserve
all that We hold dear. State sovereignty is
the great palladium of our rights, and with
this intact We have 10 fears for American lber.
ty. Confederalcd Repubcanis,n. representing
every distinct interest, and giving it control
ing voice, All absolute veto in all matters of
sectional legislation. is the only guarantee of
| the pcrmnnence f our liberties, and we are
not sure but that time will prove tho policy.
of returning to the old league whicl, prevailed
among the American States under the Articles
| Of Confederation.
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