The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-21
The Senate Resolutions Endorsed by
the True Democracy.

United States Senate, after mature deliter.
alton, adopted for their rule of acton
upon the delicate and important topics tc
which they relate, the series Of resolutions
which have gone to the country as the
emanatIon OF their wisdom and patriotism
they struck chord which reached the heart
OF every sound Democr,t in the land More
especially do we feel authorized to speak in
the name Of the unconquerable and ever reli-
able Democracy Of the South, who in compact
steady column stand as barrier against the
i-encroachments Of the Abolition hordcs upon
the principles of justice and equality which
constitute the basis Of the Federal Union.
With one voice the Southern Democracy
have greeted these resolutions as the rainbow
spanning the skies, giving omen Of an era Of
harmony and concurrent action in the ranks
of the National Democracy. Fully and
clearly do they define the relative powers and
Obligations Of the Federal agent and the ter
rltorial authorities created By and under it
fully and clearly do they affirm the great
principle which has been announced By the
Supreme Court that it is the duty Of the
Federal Government to afford protection to
pers ms and to property rights in the terri
tories. If a corresponding spirit of justice
and patriotism guide the deliberations of the
Charleston Convention, all irritating disputes
concerning the true meaning Of the Demo
cratic creed will be settled We will have
no more double-construction platforms upon
which dishonest and corrupt demagogues
may enact their disSrscefal parts. Case and,
INSCRIPTIONS knaves can no longer abuse the
true principles Of the Democratic party and
demoralize its organization under cover Of its
own name; and whatever may be the result
Of the battle of 1860, the friends Of the Con-
stitution will have the satisfaction of knowing
that it will be fought upon clearly defined
doctrines. If they fall, they will go down I'M
conquered-their flag, though torn, still flying,
with all its glorious emblems of justice and
! equality blazing full upon its folds.
! Below will be found expressions from
authoritative sources in the ranks of the
Southern Democracy indicating warm APP
proyal of the Senate Resolutions and deter
mination to have them in substance, if not in
letter, incorporated into the Democratic plat
form when the representatives of the party
meet in council at Charleston.
Here is what the Montgomery Advertiser,
the able central organ OF the staunch Demo
caracy of Alabama says:
RsOLuTIoSS OF THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR'S.
We publish this morning the resolutions
adopted by the caucus Of the United States
Democratic Senators. These resolutions are
OF peculiar interest and portance. They
embody the principles of every Democratic
Senator, North and South, except Douglas
and pugb, and are at the same time fHi'y up
to tie requirements CT tie -1kaboma PLATFORM
No wonder that the Senatorial caucus should
create such a stir among the Squattcrs, for
the resolutions are death blow TO tie Pre- /
sidentiaI aspirations OF the Enscrupul0us
" Little Giant" and his squad of plunderers
These resolutions are fnreshadowing Of the |
Charleston platform, and Of the signal over
throw which awaits Douglas and his adhcrentS |
in the Convention at Charleston.
The Alabaufa Democracy will go to Char /
lesion asking no higher Or stronger platform Of
constitutional principles than that adopted by |
the Democratic Senators Of the United States. |
All We ever claimed is that the Charleston
Convention shall give us a platform and |
candidate in favor of the protection of slave |
property in the Territories, BY all the depart
ments Of the General Government
The Democratic Senators have recognized |
the justice of our claim, and the Charleston !
Conuention must dn the sane or turn its back !
upon tie Constitution and the South.
In ike spirit the Senate resolutions are I
copied into the Huntsville Democrat, veteran
IN the ranks Of the North Alabama State |
Rights Democracy
DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAUcUs-SESA- |
TOR DAvIs's RESOLUTIONS. - We lay these
admirable resolutions before our readers. They |
embrace precisely the doctrine ofcongressional |
protection which we have been contending for, |
ever since the controversy in the Democratic ,
party was inaagurated by Douglass enunci
atQn Ct i h aaH ss ts Ds's1sfatS
doctrine, steadily maintained by US and States
Rights men generally in 1878 and 1850,
when the question arose respecting the terri
tories acquired from Mexico.
1t is said that the only Senators in the eau
Gus, who voted against Senator Davis's reso-
lutions, were Douglas and his liegeman, Pugh
These two stand alone opposed To the Demo
cratic doctrine Of adequate protection from the
General Government, in all its Departments |
Legislative, Judicial and Executive, to slavery
in the Territories. VIII the Southern Demo
cracy stand by the united Southern and
Northern Democratic Senators, in favor of
their rights, or with Douglas and Pugh !
against those rights We cannot doubt that
they will, as mass, repudiate Douglas aud
Pugh, and their insulting heresies.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy, than which
there is no truer nor holder Southern Rights
journal, comes to US with the following
The principles of the Senatorial caucus
should, and we have no doubt, will be en-
bodied in the platform Of the Charleston Con-
vention. The South will not be satisfied with
less. The time for equivocal platforms and
ambiguous principles, time-serving policies
and compromising plain provisions ofthe Con-
stituton, has passed and gone forever. Our
principles should be inscribed on our banner,
in clear, plain, and unmistakeable terms, that
" he who runs may read" and understand.
This is the only chart which will. in the
future, save us from certain defeat and
destruction. With such platform, and
a statesman, true and tried, placed upon
It, the united Democracy would SO forth in
solid phalanx, and battle as of yore, for the
great and inalienable rights guaranteed to every
section of our common country, by the
CONSTITUTION under the FEDERAL UNION.
And last, but not least, for our present
purpose, we will introduce to our readers, {
in this connection, a name which is familiar as
a household words to every States Rights De-
mocrat in the South--a very Ajax Of his
tribe whose lance is always in rest for any and
all corners. against the rights and honor Of his
own section - William L. Yancey. His :
position is thus authoritatively defined, and
endorsed, by the Atlanta (Ga)
As delegate to the Charles =,
ton Convention, he will contend for the prin-
,iples contained in the resolutions of the
Caucus. {
Hon. WIN. L. YANeEY.-We had CONVEX {
sation yesterday with gentleman who had
very lately been in conference with the Hon. t
Vim. L. Yancey, Of Alabama. The resolu- c
lions adopted by the Congressional Senatorial i
Caucus, we are authorized to say meets his cor T
Hal appreciation. So it does ours. We are t
With Mr.. Yancey on this sensation, and we i
nope the resolutions of the Senatorial Caucus v
will be adopted by the Charleston Convention. i
Mr.. Yancey, we are authorized to say, will go ?
or the man who may be placed upon the plat
orm laid down by the Senatorial Caucus,
whether he be from the North or South We
re with him to all intents and purposes ?
Mr.. Y. has been appointed as one of the Del S
gates at large from the State of Alabama, to +
he Charleston Convention. He will, no
Ioubt, take prominent position III that Con-
Iention, and will zealously contend for plat
orm in which the rights Of his native South e
re recognized to their fullest extent. As we c
emarked in the outset we have differed in a
ONE things from Mr.. Yancey-belieying that
e had sometimes been ultra in his views as
egards Southern Rghts-but we have always
onceded to him honesty and fidelity to the
;outh. If he has erred it has been on the safe II
ide We are gratified to find that now we a
re together He will, in the Charleston Con- t,
ention, contend for the principles contained in
he resolutions Of the Senatorial Caucus, Al
yhich wa he,iave were cnncurred in by the a.