The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-12

Mr. William j. Willing, Jr., welcomed Mr..
Brown, in the name Of the large audience
present, in neat and appropriate speech.
MIR. Brown said should indeed be in
sensible, my friends, to the best emotions OF
the human heart, if the speech in which my
young friend has welcomed me in your name,
did not deeply and sensibly impress me-
1t is now more than twenty five wears
since, standing within few hundred yards Of
where stand to-day, first addressed the
people of this neighborhood as candidate for
the Legislature. Time has wrought great
changes. OF the old men who surrounded
me then, many have gone to their last ac-
count /; a few stand before me to-day, spared
monuments of an infinite wisdom and mercy.
Of the young men, my companions and asso-
GATES OF that day, some are here with heads,
like my own, whitening for the grave Most
of this audience are too young to remember
these early scenes, and many now present
were then unborn. Great as these changes
have becn-great as have been the changes in
all other things-one thing there is which has
undergone no change 1t is the
same now that it was then-immutable as
justice, and solid as the everlasting hills.
twenty-five years ago, spoke to you as a
Democrat-I speak to you as Democrat to-
day.
Twenty five years ago. you trusted me-
you have trusted me ever since. Will you
trust me to-day?
leone with no honied words to delude or
deceive you; but as IhaFe ever come, come
to-day, plain, blunt man, with plain, blunt
speech to make.
AS one OF your sentinels, you have the
right to ask me-"What Of the night?'' and
| am bound to answer as an honest man-"AlI
is not WELL" Clouds lower on our house; /
see the lightnings CLEAN, and hear the distant
thunder. The storm gathers thick and fast;
and in little while it will burst over foul
heads and in our very midst. warn you to
rise, put your house in order, and prepare to
meet the shock
1t is not my privilege to lecture you, my
| friends but as trusted agent on many Z
| high commission, may be allowed to advise
/ you. 5r
After a long absence from you / returned
HOPING to find you all united in defence o
your common rights. Instead Of that fine
you divided into factions-one huzzaing fol-
Bell, and anotherfor Breckenridge, with an oc
casionally discordant note for Douglas This
in my judgment, is all wrong. You have on
/ interest; you must meet one destiny, and
you are wise, you will speak with one voice
There stands at the door formidable part
whose chief has sworn undying hostility t
you, to your households, to your domesti
peace, to all that you hold sacred. If tina
party enters, how can it matter to! yoV
| whether Bell beats Breckenridge, or Breckin
ridge beats Bell, or Douglas both Of them2
Your conduct, my friends, in view of tn
! danger which surrounds us all, is like that &
three brothers, who having common inter
est in their fathers household, quarrel as t
who shall occupy the first mansion, and Will
they quarrel the incendiary comes, torch il
hand, and consumes the whole in one genera
confagration. -
| If Lincoln be chosen President, and tn
| Government thus passes into the hands q
those who have registered oaths III Heaven +
use its power and its patronage, its army AM
its navy, its money and its glory, for you
subjugation-what will it matter with yol
whether Bell be better or worse than Brock
inridge, or Douglas worse or better thar
either of them? AS the black wave of tn
black sea of Abolition sweeps us all into tn,
common vortex of irrecoverable ruin, / fancy
the shouts for Bell and Breckenridge aut
Douglas, will all cease, and one general cry O
whitening curses will ascend to Heaven agains
our common destroyer. My neighbors, friends
kindred, brothers. it will then be too Late
To relieve all anxiety, to stop all inquiry
to show at the outset that ask no more thai
| am willing to give, say at once, that so ia
as | am concerned, / am ready 10 vote 70
Douglas, Bell or Breckenridge, if in doing $
/ can compass the defeat Of Lincoln. Iik
you all, I have my choice; but with me tn
choice is subordinate to the great work of de
feating the man who lives and breathes am
moves, the embodiment Of undying hostilit,
to me and my country.
know all the nominees for President ant
Vice. President; and l have carefully exam
ined the platforms on which they all stand
If nearly thirty years Of close application ha
enabled me to estimate the qualities of men
and to understand the value of party plat
forms, think can give you some accoun
of these candidates, and of the principle
which they profess. With your indulgence
l will take them up in the order in which
they have been presented to the American
people.