The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-18

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fs th,,s .a,,derad paramount for the occasion
= I cannot imagine wider mistake than thos
gentlemen have made who would persuad
our Northern people that the slaveholdlIl
i'd States have been Indifferent to their rights !
in the Territories. or their equality under tn
Constitution and the laws. | think the
must find themselves in sad minority whe
.s the day of trial shall come, if they expect tina
party drill can make 'squatter sovereignty
4 regiments out of true Southern men,. sila
r. never believe, until the fact is placed beyon
L dispute. by a count Of our votes, that the PEG
e pie of slaveholding State will be Wiling I
write their own voluntary REIMBURSEMENT
= their constitutional rights, or present them
selves, all naked and yoked, before the Biaci
IS Republican chiefs, asking to pass the Candln
; Forks No, gentlemen, no; the people 9
|. nv section know their rights, and they vii
; maintain them They have asked for nothinl
u more than mere and plain rights, and, m,
l. word for it, they will lie ccntented with moth
L ing less. At any rate, they will never conn
up, voluntarily, to be shorn OF privilege:
| | which belong to them as equals in this com
mon partnership, or throw these away by
manifestation ofindifference to the result when
their rights are fatty challenged. II they do
how will the history of such a result read =
Thus It being charged by Mr.. Douglas tina
the STAKEHOLDER from Kentucky can only
hold his property in the common Territory OF
the United States by permission of those who
first enter the Territory and institute order
under a territorial government is establishe
by Congress, this question was reerred to
Kentucky herself, breckenridge being the adj
vocate before that people Of their right to
equality for persons and property in the Ter
ritories with the people from other States. 1t
came to pass, in this State OF the case, that
Kentucky discarded her own son and ahan-
doned her own rights, and took off her own
! civic garments and clothed herself in sack
cloth and ashes, and went forth IN the train OF
her Northern superiors, crying, "unclean,'
auncleans
1 tell you, my countrymen, there is not a
slayeholding State in this Union will do this
thing 1t is folly to believe it When the
voice of Kentucky shall be heard upon the
gale, her mountains will be vocal and her val
legs will ring with the cry of Union and
Equality-Equality forever. She cannot be
persuaded to indifference. Her freemen are
intelligent and spirited, and they understand
what this proposition means They know
the Supreme Court has decided that Congress
has no constitutional power to pass law pro-
hibiting them from going upon the public do
main with their property. as the citizen OF
free State goes there with his property. They
will stand By that decision, for we all argued
that such was the law Of our case before the
/ Court decided it. The Republicans may say
| they care nothing for the decision and will
not respect the Court; we believe they will
! not be able to execute their threats, and we
will at any rate, wait for them to attempt it.
1 Int ,ri tf,ok
| though Congress cannot bar US from the Ter
ritories, it eau create an instrumentality
which can and will keep Us out, or will rem
der our property useless If we do 90 in, our
people are not so stupid as to swallow what
he offers, nor will they stand silently by and
see him make a state of case which will ena-
BILE him to say hereafter they did accept his
doctrine as the true measure of their rights
All! but methinks / hear some one ask
why we will not stand by Bell and Everett
under their patriotic motto, "The Union, the
Constitution and the enforcement of the LAVISH
i answer for myself: because a question has
been raised among US which their platform
does not solve, and which would leave US open
to misinterpretation and future m;srepresenta-
ton. II the Douglas Democrats, who advo-
cate squatter sovereignty finding themselves
in a minority, shall fuse with the Bell and
Everett men to defeat Breckinridge, their on
ly object in doing so will be, to give an ap-
pearance to the result as having decided the |
question, on which Mr.. Breckenridge is put |
up, against our view Of the equality to which |
our people are entitled in the Territories |
Under ordinary circumstances, Bell and Ev- |
erett would make most respectable comb |
matchmaker ordinary circumstances, the op- |
position to Democracy would sustain it even
on the broad generality which the constitu-
tional Union party has launched as sufficient I
and best for the times. But Charleston and /
baltimore have made ertraoTliRayy circum-
stances which summon us all to action in our
own behalf in another direction. OF win
ter's night would prefer to listen to the old
farmer by his fireside, but if news came that
the wolves were in the folds, threatening
havoc among the sheep of our pastures, /
would leave the iresidc and the farmer, and
follow to the field the young, rigorous, brave
leader, wlsooo energies and known character I
afforded me the hope that he would protect /
my property and have proper care for my |
interests. Applause ]
| have thought mnch of this question on |
which Mr.. Douglas essays to win in the COM |
ing canvass He would tell US slavery is the |
creature of municipal law, and wherever it |
of the slave fall, and he stands as free as his
master" Take this case / am Georgia
planter, and want TO 90 from Savannah to
Texas-changing my residence from one
slayeholding State to another embark my
wife, children, and servants on an American
vessel, and am soon more than a marine
league from shore-on the high seas-where
no municipal law prevails. There is nothing
over me but the flag of my country; under
me the deck of an American ship. Is my
slave free According to this new-fangled
doctrine, he is; and the Black Republican will
say be Is, for he denies the protection of the
flag. But will Mr.. Douglas say he is free?-
presume not. What protects my right p
The flag. Why and how Because, by
fiction Of law, it floats over the TERRIToRY
(the deck) of my country. If this be so, will
not that flag protect me in the same property
when it floats over the actual territory Of my
country, where there is no municipal law to
prohibit me from being there with my slave ?
say it will, and would be glad to be cor.
rected fairly in this argument if / am wrong
Applause
Voices on the border of the crowd. "Hur-
rah for Douglas =, douglas forever!''
Mr.. Marshall All. my good friends, |
stand up and hear sound argument, and don't |
attempt to escape by hurrah. 1t looks like |
sticking to your man in spite Of your princi |
pies
Voices again. HurIah for Dougiasl
Mr.. Marshall Well, there is one fact |
will call your attention to: You Douglas men |
who would disturb us are tonight where you |
will be in November-oN THE OUTSIDE OF |
THE CROWD. Immense laughter and ap |
plauSe.
A Voice Will you answer me question
IA civil question
Mr.. Marshall Yes, if you viii show your
face
Same Have You abandoned your Ameri- |
canism to support John Breckenridge?
Mr.. Marshall. No. Ny principles as an |
American are as warmly cherished by me as |
they ever were, and | shall always believe |
that the best interests Of my country would !
have been subserved by adopting an amend |
ment Of our naturalization laws and limiting
suffrage to citizenship everywhere. cannot |
make the law by myself, and other men,
calling themselves Americans, have abandon
ed that organization am Just as much an
American this moment as ! have ever been,
and all the time, is an American, advocated
in Congress and out Of Congress, the identical
doctrines, advocate here this night. l have
a hone that all true Americans who, like me,
love the Union, viii go with me now as they
have done heretofore, and, by giving to Mr..
Breckenridge hearty and unequivocal sup
mort, will lend helping hand to the mainten-
ance Of principles which lie at the very base
of the peace and union of these States.
Il may be proper, since I have been thus
questioned that | should say here that / am
not seeking to enter the Democratic organi-
zation. | differ with Mr.. breckenridge upon
many questions, perhaps, Of public policy, but
there are many upon which we agree. have
great confidence in his sense of honor-in his
integrity as gentleman-in his circumspec
ton and caution as statesman--in his free
dom from the impulses Of sudden passlon-in
his deep devotion to the Union-and his clear
perception Of the right and wrong. whenever
he shall be called to choose between them
/ have marked him closely in the high Office
he has filed under this administration. Il
has not required him to do much, but there
:. . - t,sot, mart and IL requires high quail