The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-19

Sl@qaS, es seatiemen. what other sontSar,
1910 40 you expect him 20 CARR Answer
you gentlemen of the Demoerst;c
-, ana gentlemen Of the Opposition -,vbo
sland upon principle, what Stats he 49,, l-O
ana what object he can have in COMING so,I
some gentlemen say he wont carr, 500 Z G,So
votes IN. Tennessee. Suppose be $3.50. o,Go9
20COo. does not every body L,o,,. ~ =
would not carry the State :? Not soptho ~
State can he carry. In Kentuesr. wbstavnr
may be the result, (aud I do not care To cal.
culate chances now, l may do it after awhile ,
who believes that gentleman has the slightest
chance for the electoral vote Of the State o
Kentucky? What friend Of his expects him
i. to carry the State Is not then his object Il
demoralize and destroy the Democratic or.
eanization in every State Of the South voice
-''that is SOL for the purpose OF losing q
| the Democratic masses and Democratic or.
carnations OF these of these States, Their carr
| didates and their principles, and thru ll5 the
| States into the hands Of their political pppo
nents This must be his purpose and none
other. tt will be fof the Democracy OF Rem
lucky to determine, aud for the gentlemen o;
the Opposition who don't believe ia ms pIln-
ciples, and who believe in those OF tins plat
form which have read, to determine wheta-
er they will continue such movement, or
whether they will vote, like men, nthiserisis,
for a set of principles which they all believe
are right, and by which, aS honest men, they
are willing to stand. That is the question.
Fellow-ciuzens, it is impossible for me TO
follow out this line Of remark, Or to say many
things | intended to say. My physical indis-
position makes it impossible for me to do 50.
You will therefore take what have said as
the best contribution ! was able to give you
to-day, as to what is my opinion of what is
constitutional and true 7 am not ash4ned Of
the principles on which I stand. am not |
ashamed Of the friends that support me- |
ain not ashamed Of the reasons by which they |
are sustained a voice-"liy Cd, you needn't |
be- l am not ashamed OF the tone bearing |
and character Of our whole organization
LLoud applause.
a voice--"Truth will preYaiI"l i
Yes, the truth viii prevail. You may
smother it for time under the prejutlices and
passions of man, but these prejudces and pas
sions win subside, and the principles on which
we stand will Teappear, Ike the rock above
the receding tide.
The people of this country will vet walk
by their rights-rghts fixed as the rock bound
light house in a stormy sca-thev will be
to the harbor of The constitution !
A voice-"John C. is the greatest man in
the world'']
People of Kentucky you never abandoned 9
principles which you believed TO be right .
You may have left them for the time, but the :
stigma never fastened to Kentucky that she {
abandoned principles which she knew to be t
rue. By them / am willing to live; by them !
am willing to die. Fer myself, conscious /
hat my feet are planted on the rock of the .
onstitution--surronded and sustained by a
riends love ndacherish-holding principles Il
hat have been endorsed in every form BY my O
lative Commonwcalth-with spirit unbro- a
ZEN. defy all caumny, and wait for the vim q
ication of the truth. t,
Fellow-citizens have not finished what l. f
Intended to say, but | cannot speak long. I
Voices-"Go on Never ire" etc"l liz
now your patience will wait on me. 1 apol n
gize to you Tor the imperfect manner in which
have discussed the questions under review \
am unable TO finish what l intended TO say. &
thank you, now, one and all in this vast 4
nd friendly-looking assembly. I thank you p,
" the attentive and cordial hearing you have b.
wen me. If l have uttered one priheiple ',
hich you believe to be untrue, reject 1T if | :
ave defended one principle by an unsound Il
Jason, or by false appeals, reject it, and CEN b
ire me. But if have. uttered the truth, ei
nd defended it in language becoming Ken Z
lckian and man, say so. =