Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-08-25


the Black Republican candidate Tor the prest'
dency should be elected In 1880, be thinks the
Union would be at an end-that no southern
man would take his seat In Congress Il The
whole Government was a~boluonized and all
the Offices In the hands Of the biack-hepubli-
cans.
Inc governor also gave bis views a. con
siderable length on the great political issues
which have divided and distracted the country
for sons time past. He egloCizcd tbe Kansas
Nebraska act, and highly aPpiauded the repeal
OF the Missouri cempromise. he had looked
upon that as a very unjust restriction upon be
South He held thst a southern man had a
right 10 lake bis proper y, OF WhateTer kind,
into airy Df the Territories Of the United
States, and thai the Government was bound to
protect hin and his proper y there. He thought
stephen A.. Douglas, of illinois, entitled 10
great credit ; that be had enteared himself to
every southern heart By he manly stand
which he bad taken 10 support OF those great
measures Of Justice % the South-the Kansas
Nebraska act AMI the repeal OF the Missouri
restriction. he said the North, the hypocrit-
zeal Moth, had set up a great bowl Of lamen-
tstion over The repesl OF The Missouri COM
nromise-that they had declared that this com
pact was as sacred as the Constitution itself,
and that The Democratic party had laid saeri-
iecious hands upon T., and divided, and agita-
ted, and distracted the country BY its repeal.
But, said the governor, the North has spit upon
and t%rampied under foot this compromise,
which thev now said should be held 50 sacred.
upon every occasion which had offered itself
TO them. He instanced the case Of Arkansas
when she applied for admission into the IN
ion, and indeed, be said, az al times whenever
the question came up, The North bad always
been ready 20 set aside that famous comprom-
Use, and they had never particularly discovered
its sacred and binding character until It was
about 70 be sst aside. He, the governor, was
IN favcr Of 20 more compromise for TIE sake
OF peace: hutff be Gid, The North would still
demand greater and more humiliating conces-
sions until we should have 20 resist at last.
He thought now the time 10 take a stand and
maintain demanding all our righ0s and be-
ing satisfied with nothing less. lie thought
the Union party Of Mississippi, though, had
gone a little too far in their platform Of 81,
I when they declared that the refusal Of the
North to admit a State into the Cvnfederacy,
because q tolerated slavery within its limits,
should be sufficient cause for a dissolution OF
the Union.
He thought that the crisis had already ar
rived-thst disguise it as they might, this was
the sole reason Of the r~ejestion Of tbe Leeomp-
on Constitution and The refusal to admit Kan
sas ss a State u this Union, at the recent ses-
sion Of Congress. Gentlemen gave other rea-
sons for their support Of the Leeompton Con-
stitution, and those other reasons may have
had some weight, but the prominent fact stared
every man in the face who would
look at 1t, that had not The Lecomp-
ton Constitution sanctioned slavery there
would have been no serious objection
to the admission eff Kansas under H. nc
was not IN favor Of disunion now. be thought
be should hold on a while longer to the Union
I and the Constitution sad see II the North
/ n--HH no nina 80 HnHIr rmHfrna AZ last. he
/ thought If the Biack-RePuolieans were whipped
/ once OF twice more in presidentiai contests
/ hat their party would be disbanded. Il was
| impossible 20 bold a Yankee on 20 anything
/ long which ddn't "psy" He thought, though,
/ that the politicians Of the North did not, az
was generally supposed, control the abolition
movement Tor party purposes, bot that they
were controlled by q; they were compelled "a
sand up 90 aboi ion. or 20 d0wn themselves.
/ He thou-ht it vas the pesilent abolition
! schoolmsEtsrs aEi abolition preachers who
had done % mischief. They bad h1rped upon
this taeme in season and out Of season, unit.
the minds oil the whole people, almost, were
/ poisoned against us vi The S7ibt and tie poll
tic.ans must respond 20 the tune % public sen
timsat, or they must stand ss.te.
TIE governor, 80 conclusion, expressed his
sentiments very fully 30 regard 20 the late H.
liro election, which had enlisted so much Of
| public attention throughout the country. HI
said be rpiolccd exceedingly in The triumph Of
stephen A. Douglas over the aboitionist. Lin
cola. Douglas was with Us Of be So1th 81
/ every point of The controversy, while LineoiI
was against us Douglas vas cne Of thl
greatest, 10 not re greatest nan of The age
He was q whola-sruic1 Eaat OF a fellow. III
regretted Douglas course upon the In omptoT
| Const lurior saii .hat Douglas ives alto.
gether wrong, iG his o7iuion, in that famou'
c0atesi in Congress, over the L-c0mptcn con
stitution, and that Buchanan was right
that he sill ~ rovsd OF be course watch CHI
Administratoa had taken TO ,hat memorable
conflict, Vet, ii Douglas vas willing 90 let th'
past sleep the sleep % death, be, TOO, vas will
Ing it should be 50. AID IF Douglas woul,
support the nominees u the next Democratic
national convention, as Douglas had person
ally assured him he certainly would do, h'
(the g%cvsIuor) -2w no farther use In making
war upon Douglas. We should need the sup.
port o. every northern Democrat In 1860, an,
a. FOR himself be was for taking all The bell
be could get for the future, and asking no ques
tons about the past. He was in favor o.
every man, North or South, being recognize,
a. a good Democrat who would stand upon ID
Cincinnati platform, or the one which shoul,
be laid down BY the convention Of 1860, an,
who would unhesitatingly support the nomi
nees Of the convention in 1850. He WOul5 asl
no further questions il men had been wrong
give them a chance to get right again. HI
had been asked if be would support Douglal
for the presidency 10 1850. He replied iha
be would support tie nominee Of me Charlesfoi
o0uuentiOn He was In favor Of Jef. Davis o.
Frank. Pierce-these were the men Of hi
choice. But if Douglas would satisfy thI
convention Of 1850, and get the nomination
for President, although be should oppose th.
nomination Of Douglas, vet, IN he got the nom
ination Of that convention, be would supper
the nominee, be be whomsoever he might.
Further, be advised that no war should b.
made on any northern Democrat who would q
with US on the main issues, and who wOul,
stand BY MS in the times OF trial and peril
And finally, be hoped there would be no divis.
ion % the South. He feared the policy OF ID,
neutrality-suspicious. would be to nominate
sou. bern traitor, OF TO have him nominated
that they might support him, and thus defes
and break down the Democratic party. I
the Democracy were beaten down and broker
up, he thought here was no more hope Of TIL
republic-he thought the Union would insvi
tably be dissolved IL any other party got into
power. And he hoped, for the sake Of n,
country, that the people Of the whole SOuls
would forget all past dissensions and stand ~
~ one man for the Democracy, the Union an,
the Cons tuition
The above, we think, is a very fair, and a
pretty full synopsis Of the speech Of Governor
Mathews on last Monday. We appreciat,
bis mo ives, and would ourselves advise bar,
mony With regard to Douglas, however, W,
have said our say. Wehave nothing to TAKE
back, altar, or amend. We have long been
bitterly opposed to the posi- ions Of Douglas on
the squatter sovereignty question, and We
have recently been much opposed to his
course on the kansas-Lecompton issue.
We think be played a strong game for Black
republicanism in that contest. We shall not
change our opinions on these subjects. But,
nevertheless, as these things are past and gone,
why, let them 90, we say. We harbor neither
political DOR personal malice against any one.
And IL Douglas for the future viii stand up to
he Democratic party Cn the success Of which
we couscientiously believe lies the safety Of
the SOUTH and will support in good faith the
nominees Of the Democratic national eonven-
ton Of 1860, why, We say, let him do so in
peace. We have nothing left to urge against
him. We have fully expressed our opinion on
an Of The points. Our opinions are unchanged
as TO the past, and we shall reserve TO oursell