The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-06-20

tuition rests qpoa the broad principle Of equals-
ty bettreen The States (the very and only
principle for which We now contend) was
passed by vote of $50 over &c. page q. }
! And the second branch, positively establish
ing that Congress cannot rightfully discrimi-
nate between the institutions of the States,
received ia votes in the affirmative, against
"a IN the negative page 28.)
The fifth resolution, following as a necessa-
~ corolarg from the other four, denying the
power of Congress to nterfere-and refusing
even to receive any Abolition petition or prop
osltion-was also passed by large majorities !;
the first branch Of it receiving 146 yeas,
against ~ nays; and the second branch of it
40 yeas, against 78 nays. page 23)
These resolutions Were based on the great
principle of State equality-the very princi-
PIE for which | contend to-day, and it is all |
have ever eontended for. | ask nothing more.
and If more than that were laid at my feet to-
day, would turn away from it. if not in an
ger or in seOrn, at least in sorrow for those
who offered it. The day, the hour, the min
ute has never been, and | trust never will be.
when | shall ask more for Mississippi than |
am willing to award to Rhode Island or Con-
nectlcut. For State equality ! stand to-day.
For that equality | speak at this moment
and at this hour, and may my tongue be pal
Sled forever, here or elsewhere if | claim
more or consent TO take less.
Senators, are you ready to stand to day
against power to discriminate between the
institutions of the States | read from re-
cord made twenty -one years ago, record
which shows that Congress. by the oyerwheI-
ming majority OF ia to "a, declared that YOU
To bafu s.,
stitutons of the States. What do nv resolu-
tons ask? What does my bill ask ? What
proposition have | submitted to the Senate
which demands anything more than recog
milton OF the equality of the institutions of
the States ? My State recognizes slavery
yours does not Ii the States be equal, and
their institutions entitled to equal protection.
by what authority do you demand or ex-
erc'se the power to say that YOU will give
protectlon-adequate and sufficient protection
to the property Of one citizen, and deny it
TO that OF another THAT you will protect the
properly OF my friend from Illinois, and refuse
10 protect my property that you will protect
the property OF northern citizen. and vet
refuse to protect the property of IA southern !
citizen?
Mr. President, it must be seen that | ask
nothing more than was conceded in 1922 and
again in 1884, and again in 1888, only denied
since this doctrine of squatter sovereignty.
which was but a dodge from the WiImot
Proviso. Three times, | have shown you,
in the history Of the Government-times, too
when the most illustrious men who have ever
adorned it's history were in the two Houses of
Congress and administering the Government
three times all that | ask been distinctly
and put on the record and now,
because ask you to go back and reconcile
what was done in the days of Monroe, what
was done in the days of jackson, what was !
done in opposition to the Abolitionists in 1888 !
and 1889, you meet me with the charge that |
am endeavoring to inteIpolate new theories
upon the Democratic party. Sir, ! demand |
nothing new. | demand only that You live |
up to the old principles, the time -honored |
land marks of the party, aud by the party |
mean the nation. What Madison did, what |
Jackson did, what Clay and Webster and |
Calhoun, and all the ilustrious men that |
have spoken Of did cannot be impugned as
being unsound. | have shown you that ]
stand by the record.
Mr.. President, Mr.. Clay in the cnair5) you
and | come from adjacent States Being
closely allied, | warn you to-day that so far
as | am concerned, do not mean that little,
petty neishborhood politicians shall whistle
me down the wind. | know where | stard
know by whom | stand. | know the re-
cord upon which ! stand, and the men by
whom swear. Ii cannot stand by Monroe
and Writ and Jackson and Clay and Calhoun
and Southland and Wright and Felix Grundy
and John Forsyth, and all the illustrious
men of the last generation, then all have to
say is, that am willing to give up the ghost I
md die