Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1860-12-27
NO. 35.

tucy Will never Jlelu Tue rlpuC OI slavery,
which they deny upon their consciences,
and which we, On our conscicnces, assert
right which we will never agree to sur
render. Never! Applause.
But suppose they should patch up a COM
promise, what will it be worth Haven't
compromises been made before, and violated
with impunity? Hasn't the Constitutional
right to recover slaves been tramplcd under
foot? Hasn't the Congressional Fugitive
Slave law been trampled under foot? Hasn't
the decision of the Supreme Court boon
trampled under foot? And all of these
having been done time and again by dozen
States what need of going further? IF they
won't believe Moses aud the Prophets, nei-
ther will they believe one though risen from
the dead
Another-cmcdy suggested is revolution
but revolution vithin the Union That
idea is beyond human comprel ,son, l
think, and so need not now be discussed
Calling Convention of the Slave States
is the popular remedy. Applause. But
even if feasible as remedy, such Conven-
ton would be in direct violation of the spirit
and of the letter of the Constitution, and we
in Mississippi oppose it ON that account, and
because it is not adequate for good. Such
a Convention could not assemble before the
4th of March. The Legislatures Of the sew
eral States would first have to be convened,
then separate State Conventions called, and
finally the general Convention would have
to assemble and-debatc But even if the
Convention could be got together before the
4th of March, the probability is that two
States at least-Maryl yland and Texas could
not, from peculiar circumstances, be repre-
sented in it. But the plan is an unpracti-
cable one-the Convention could only meet
with purpose Of preparing for disunion;
called with any other purpose it would bo
futile. and disunion Convention, need
not say, is in violation of the spirit of the
Constitution. The States haye no right to
go out together-no one asserts any such
right. Each State must go out by herself
and in the exercise Of her separate State
sovereignty.
| The only available remedy for our express
SIGN which the State of Mississippi can sug-
gest is that each State shall secede from the
Union.
A stormy scene followed the last remark
of the speaker, a violent storm of Kisses be-
ing met by counter blast Of cheers, though
the former largely predominated, and was
pertinaciously continued after the applause
had subsidized into an occasional shout. At
ter calm of few seconds the tempest Of
Kisses and applause was resumed with re-
newed force, parties on the floor of the hall
endeavoring to make up in the energy Of
their demonstrations waving of hats and
stamping Of feet-for the deficiency in their :
vocal rivalry of the Kisses from the gallaries,
The excitement bid fair to eliminate in a
row, and the parties were mounting the seats
for the purpose Of witnessing that expected
result, when a cry of ''Turn out that
Black Republican" concentrated the atten-
ton of the meeting upon an individual near
the centre Of the hall, who was vigorously
hustled out and quiet was again restored,
when three cheers were called for South
Carolina. They were given with will
cheers for Mississippi were alse given, and
a call for ':three cheers for Governor Hicks"
was responded to with a mingled chorus of
cheers, Kisses and groans. Cheers for the
United States were also given
Mr.. Handy-obtaining silence---l am not
here i'll my native State to be deferred by
Kisses from declaring truths. Voeiferous
cheering [ am here to speak words of
truth and reason soberly and respectfully.
If they prove unpleasant. reject them; brt
| ask to be heard with respect and conside-
ration. and not to be put of with the clamor
of prejudice and preconceived opinions.
Mississippi has her rights under the Con-
stitution, and if violated as they have been.
she coaceives it to be not only her right.
but her duty to resume her sovereign pow
ers and to withdraw from this Union. a
there any man here who will hiss that p
f'No,'' MOP Our fathers fought not to
attain this Union, but for the achievement
of the independence of each State. That
achieved, each State became an independent
Sovereignty, nor was that sovereignty re-
signed BY the Union into which they spbse-
quently entered.
1t is objected, too, that the right of seces-
sion is nowhere mentioned in the Constitu-
ton, but neither is the right to elect your
Governor, or to convene your legislature
mentioned there, yet who will dare question
your right to do either No, but the Con-
stitutlon declares that all powers not ex-
pressly or by necessary implication confer
red upon the Federal Government shall be
reserved to the several States, and who can
point me to the clause in the Constitution
in which the States have yielded up their
separate sovereignty, or the right to vindi-,
cate themselves when the compact which
binds them to each other shall have been
violated
7 We do not propose to go out for the pur-
pose of breaking up this government. On
the contrary, we go to preserve in Their
purity the institutions which our fathers
gave us. We want no new Constitution
no new laws, nor new Supreme Court dec:-
sions. We will take With us all that VIC
now have, and say to the aggressive States
of the North, when you can learn torespeet
this sacred instrument, and will mark your
sincerity by concedinc us new and and sne