The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-14
Herschei v. Johnson on the Election
Of Lincoln. q

On Wednesday last, the 24th instant, Her
schel " Johnson, the Douglas candidate for
Vice President, made speech in the city q
New York, in which he thus spoke Of the cleo
ton of Lincoln and its consequences. We
commend his remarks particularly to those
whs applaud Douglass Norfolk speech. and
profess to believe that YanCey s actually
guilty Of treason and worthy Of death orsimi-
lar declarations. Mr.. johnson said:
The inevitable consequence Of the inaugura-
ton of the Republican party, and its instaIls-
ton in the Government, would be the disturb
ance- the Union The logical sequence Of
those Republican doctrines was the equality,
civil, religious and political, OF the African
negro and the American white man. The
doctrine meant that If it meant any thing, and
he was ahypocritew denied it. Applause
In his country white men believed they wefe
better than the negro. Those who thought
differently were entitled TO their sweet scented
opinion. Laughter and apphusc.l The ks-
publican doctrine would make the black man
eligible to the highest Office in the nation, and
any man who would deny that this was the
logical sequences of Republican doctrines, was
either fool or a knaye. Loud applause.] II
the Republicans should succeed, it would be
considered proper that their daughters should
be led to the altar by Sambo. Applause, and
a voice That's so. The negro vote Of
Ohio was more than the majority lately given
for the Republican ticket. And, if the negroes
had been kept in a subordinate placega as they
should be, doubtless Ohio would have cast her
vote for the Union and the Constitution. IAl-
plause.1 The Republican party announces
that all these States must become either free
or slave, and now they are to settle the ques-
ton, AND TO MEET THIS DECLARATIONS OF
WAR AGAINST THE PROPERTY INTEREST or
FIFTEEN STATES OF THE UNION IN 4, 100000
or SLAVES, WORTH s., ,200oOo,OO0. Had they
ever read Of a people willing to subUFit TO the
destruction Of so much property under the
form Of legislation? |" No, no.'] -
Let them fix their minds upon any one ar
ticle of property in the North, and imagine
the South making an effort 10 destroy It. dF
THE NoRTH WOULD SUBMIT, 1T WOULD DE so
MEAN AND cowARDLY THAT A DOG WOULD NOT
BARK AT THEM. IApplauss, And this was
the position of the South. THEY WOULD
SUFFER EXTERMINATI0N BEFORE
THEY W0ULDSUBM Loud applause. ]
The Republican party proclaimed a highe1
law in direetrefefence to this question of slave
rV-mea1lDB tlSI COuNiCtlOu VI naluItl ll4nb
and natural justice; holding that that law was
paramount to the Constitution. What was
the use Of Constitution if this higher law
was to prevail? What sort Of President and
Cabinet would we have If the higher law
should prevail? Our national progress was
due to our written Constitution. Cheers
Adherence to it was the secret Of our success,
and every note Of discord had been occasioPsd
by departure from it,, [Applause1 What
guarantee had they that Mr.. Lincoln would
not swear to support the Constitution with {
mental reservation, provided it docs not inter.
fere with the higher law2 What would be.
come Of the rights Of the people and Of ths
| States? There were now nine States which
had made ii penal for a slave owner TO seek b
| recover fugitive slave. The Governor o
Ohio, and, he believed, of Indiana, had refused
to deliver iugitiyes from justice, who were i'm
| plicated in tho John Brown raid; [" Shame
4 shames'1 and the highest court in your Stat
had refused tho SHAREHOLDERS tl.o risAt 4f-Ss-.
ing his property the moment it touches you
4 SOL. In the event Of the success Of the pArtO
sustaining these principles wasit rash As
j sertion to say that tho people Of the Soutl
would not submit to it2 BEFORE Col
AND HIS COUNTRY, HE SAID THEY
| OUGHT NOT, AND WOULD NOT. Zap
] nla,,se -s tA IN @it5al