The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-25
NUMBER 81.
4 Speeches of Senators Brown and Davis,
at the Breekinridge and Lane Ratif-
cation Meeting in Washington City,
July 9th, 1880. fra I.

Gov. A. G. BRowN, Of Mississippi was next
introduced, and was received with great an
| plause. lie remarked that no people had a
| deeper interest in the preservation of the I'm
ion than the citizens of Washington His re-
cord in the proceedings of Congress would at
test that he was no disunionisL He repres-
ented no disunion constituency that constit-
uency were in favor of dealing out equal and
| exact justice to every section. If the Union
IS in danger, it can alone be saved by acting
on this principle Of equal justice to ALL Let
| this quarrelling between sections cease and
| let the North and South love each other as
| they did in the days of the Revolution Then
the Union win be safe. But we all know
that this kind of Justice has not been awarded
to the South they have been excluded from
a portion of the common domain, and told
that they must yield. lie could say that his
people never would yield and if they did
much as he loved the sunny South, he would
turn his back on it forever. The nomination
of Breckenridge and Lane would cause a thrill
of joy from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He
had confidence in the American people he
had only to ask, @Are we right" and if we
are, he had confidence that we should have
glorious success. Applause. 81
Hon. JBFFERsoS DAVIS was next intro
duced, and received with enthusiasm. He
said he was thrice happy to greet this vast
multitude assembled in the cause Of our com.
mon country, and he deeply regretted that
his physical inability to address them as his
heart prompted required him to be exceeding
ly brief. Here for many years it had been
his fortune to spend a portion of his time for
four years he had been connected with them
continuously, learned to know their moral at
tributes and peculiar characteristics, and hon
estiy labored to advance their material inter-
ests. lie had heard it said that the democracy
was dead A; but this vast assemblage before
him proved that this was foul SANDER. Dur
ing The period OF his intercourse with this
city he had seen many vast assemblages in
some periods of Excitement, but he had never
seen such multitude as this gathered together
so orderly, so patriotic, SO quiet, and yet so
enthusiastic.
Our cause is onward Our car is the Con-
stitution; our fires are up; let all who would
ride into the haven of peaceful country come
on board, and those who will not, warn that
the COW catcher is down-let stragglers be-
ware [Cheers.1 We have before US IN this
canvass the highest duty which can prompt
the deyotedpatriot. Our country is in danger.
Our Constitution is assailed by those who
would escape from declaring their opinions
by those who seek to torture its meaning. and
by those who would trample upon its obliga-
tons. What is our Union A bond of fra
ternity, by the mutual agreement of sovereign
States 1T is TO be preserved by good faith
by strictly adhering to the obligations which
exist between its friendly and confederate
States. Otherwise we should transmit to our
children the very evil under which our faith
ers groaned--a Government hostile to the
rights of the people, not resting upon their
consent, trampling upon their privileges and
calling for their resistance But he placed
his trust in democracy-in that democracy
which has borne this country on from its COM
meneement, which has illustrated all its bright
pages of history, which has contributed to it
alf which is grand and manly, all which has
elevated and contributed to its progress-the
democracy Of Washington, of Jefferson, of
jackson, ard of Buchanan great applausel
shall be the democracy of the next four years.
tReneweG applause.
The National democracy present ticket
to the country which may well inspire the
sssE aeHR t9 5rt eE PfH asssRt q fE9g sg
are reatfirmed at Baltimore and as for Lane
he is too modest to boast of the deeds of his |
younger days. No doubt he has split hun |
dred rails to Lincoln's one Laughter and |
cheers.J Let us then be encouraged to go |
into the conflict, determined to succeed, and |
transmit to our children the rich inheritance
we have received from our fathers unimpaired. '
[ Applause IN
(The foregoing sketches are brief, and evi-
IDENTIFY imperfect, but they exhibit the spirit
into which our Senators have entered upon
the canyass.)