The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-21
Speech of Hon. W. L. Yancey.

The following report Of speech recently
delivered by Hon. w. L. Yancey, one of the
delegates from Alabama to the Charleston
Convention, was inserted en- our first page,
without any caption or comment. Its
sentiments meet our warm approval, and
indicate how cordial will be the cooperation Of
Alabama and Mississippi in the Charleston
Convention:
William L. Yancey was loudly called upon
for speech, and addressed the audience. he
said it was well known where he stood and
how he regarded the action of the State Con-
rention. lie had no idea what was going to
be the result at Charleston. The political
horizon looked cloudy, but he hoped that with
a united Democracy they would be able to
defeat the Black Republicans. The union Of
the Democracy must be accomplished under
the Constitution. The cohesive power Of
plumber and love Of the spoils alone would
never answer. Then there should be no
postponement of our Constitutional rights. 1t
was said that the delegation from Alabama
were too urgent in their demands they were
not any more urgent than the Douglasites
were in their demands. We only demand our
OO1otibuttUllal 10 IcCO1HBLou dS LueY
have been at Cincinnati and on other occasions
Are We to be trammelled with the squatter
sovereignty doctrine in the person of Stephen
A. Douglas ? Decidedly not His doctrine
In regard to slavery in the territ.ries is hostile
to the South, and etrernely obnoxious to all
true democrats. For the South to give her
support TO such man would be sheer suicide
Better that Black Republican should be
elected than such man as Douglas; for with
a Black Republican President we should be
able to meet the issue at once noticed an
extract from the New York Times the other
day in which it was stated that Governor
fancey and the bogus delegation of which he
was member were a set of disunionists and
disruptionists, not representing >the voice of
the people Of the State" All he had to say
to this sweeping charge was that there was
not q word of truth in it. They were not
disunionists per Sc /; they were not bogus
delegation, and he felt certain they did not
lack the support Of thu people. With one or
two exceptions the press of New York took
great pleasure in misrepresenting the con-
dition of public affairs and public opinion in
the South. Douglas knows very well that
the people of Alabama are opposed to him,
and hence his organ, the New York Times,
seeks the opportunity to make the people in
the North believe that we are split up into
factions in this State, and that it is only the
fancey clique who are opposed to Mr.. Doug
las. You all know how ridiculous are these
statements Of US being cut up into factions,
etc. Never was the Democratic party of the
State Of Alabama so united; never was it
more determined to stand by the Constitution
than i Is to-day. Loud applause.) The
speaker then went on to say that the course
pursued by the Mobile Register in trying to ]
tnroW cold water on the action of the State
Convention Was very contemplate. The |
Register was the Douglas orran Of This Sat-
however, and what more could h eTn IN. sdIs
tLaughter.1 The Democracy of aiabama |
would survive all the SANDERS and ns.b;
nations Of the Douglasites in the State aabe, No
matter how strenuous were the efforts n,.d A.
TO bring the delegates to Charleston into dis
reputs with the delegatss from the North