The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-15

have spread over the vast area Of the Repub-
lie, have many who concur with them; and
trust that there is power in Massachusetts,
which, whenever this fell spirit shall manifest
itself by attempting to encroach on Southern
institutions, will, in the language of Gushing.
throttle them where they stand'' Yes, l
believe the Old Bay State, to-day, has enough
of Democrats true to the Constitution and
loyal to its obligations, if it comes to test of
hand to hand and man to man. to drive back
those who thus wiring her from her duties to
the Constitution and the Union. The Speaker
goes on:
ave shall arrest the extension of slavery.
and rescue the Government from the grasp of
the slave power. We shall blot out slavery
in the national capital We shall surround
the slave States with Gordon of free States
We shall then appeal to the hearts and con-
sciences Of men, and in few years, notwith-
standing the immense interest combined in
the cause Of oppression, we shall give liberty
to the millions in bondage. Hear Hear n,
Was it possible for any one to have thrown
out an invitation to John Brown and his fol-
lowers broader than this? Had he a right to
expect when he met felon's doom, that,
after such invitations, those who gave them
infamy which hangs upon it +? What does it
mean? Does this mean respect for the insti-
tutions of the States Does this mean con-
formity to the obligations of the Constitution :?
It cannot mean that. It is not the language
bound by any treaty or league of confederacy
as you are here. It is the language of one
who instigates insurrection, who seeks to
carry war into the neighboring, and, it might
be, friendly States, and not the language Of
citizen Of the United States. bound by the
compact of his fathers, and, as in the case of
the Senator, by his own oath, to respectively
Obligation which the citizens Of each State owe
i The citizens of every other.
In this last quotation which read is that
expression, 'the slave power" i
have some respect for mere fanatic. If he is
a mere fanatic, if his mind is absorbed with
the idea Of negrophilism, if he is sincere in
struggling to overthrow the institutions of the
South because he believes them to be great
wrong, and steps outside of all the power
and patronage Of the Government, refuses to
connect himselfwith it, refuses to be benefited
by the appeal which he makes to popular pre-
JUDGE, / have some respect for him but this
phrase 'tslavePower" suggests that the purpose
is to seize the spells of the Government, not
to walk with the single, even If be senseless,
purpose Of fanatic to that destination to
which his one idea may carry him. Here is
the art, the lodging, the double-faced view
which belongs to making political capital out
of the excited sentiments Of men ; and in the
Senator's speech to-day we hear constantly of
the domination of the slave power, and the az
gression of the slave power. In what? /
waited to hear, but the Senator did not tell as.
In what have the shareholders, if he pleases
80 to consider them, ever aggressed upon the
rights or interests of the North Differing
in our construction Of the Constitution, we
have struggled here to hold the Government
to its delegated powers they have claimed to
exercise powers By construction, and that has
been the controversy between the North and
the South SO far as the South was concerned.
As for the rest, where, when, in what has
that aggression occurred, Of which the Senator
speaks as the aggression of the slave power
In no personal, unkind feeling to the Senator,
ask the question because should like to
know, that may direct my answer. have
asked the question before, and have pondered
it when have not been answered, and have
yet been utterly unable to comprehend what
is meant by the aggression of the slave power.
When . large majority Of the States were
slaveholding did they agrees on the non-slaye-
holding ? If they had not the temper and the
purpose when they had the power hew idle
is it to speak Of that aggression as danger
now, when, if they had the purpose, they
have not the ability to perform Il. The slave
holding States as such, are in minority in
the Government; they cannot pass laws and
it struck me as strange indeed that the Senator.
in his argument, should have pointed out Is
an injury that this minority had held the con-
troll Of the Government and dictated les policy.
Why, sir, that might be boast for Southern
man. n any one Of my associates here were
vain enough to make il be might boast that
though IN \ minority still was ascribed to them
the control of the Government, and the long
list Of iliustrious names which grace the an
nails of American history, born on and repres-
enting slayeholding territory, might even JUS
tify that vanity which | hope never yet has
been exhibited.
Thus the Senator goes on to represent the
whole Government as subservient to the slave
power. For what purpose To direct as
in future legislation to enable as to confer
together, to determine what Is true and what
sproper or is it to infame the very prejudices
which constitute the great danger to the Gov
eminent ], sir, am not disposed to be put |
n hlse position in regard to this question Of |
ature position. / am not disposed because |
have sid, and am willing to repeat, that | |
will not consent to have the Constitution per- |
'erted from the purpose for which It was es-
ablished, and placed IN the hands Of those
Fho ayow that they will use Il for our des-
rnction, that any man shah therefore say / |
esire 10 destroy the Government which our
lthers established. As / look around on |
h:ngs which are passing, my senses bring
ack 10 me increased dependency instead Of |
spe. With al we have suffered, with oil the
ark pail which hangs over our future, still
ave as my earnest and first desire the preser-
stion of our Government as our hthers
rmed it. IT. with the evidence before US,
70 little hope which we may have to pfe.
rive it in its original spirit and in the great
urposes for which it was established, has
own less !; If see almost oil the Northern
tates separating themselves in presidential
ection Is though they were providing to SINGLE ,
1t the stars which should grace the flag of The
MON, It bring to me increased apprehension. 1
hey have not diminished hut the love
'hich Ibear to the flag have folIowed for
many years Is not decreased. They have ,
'ndered me in no wise unwilling TO make |
rther and IS hr as honor and ccnsistencv !
srmit greater sacrifices for the maintenance
that Government which we inherited md
hich has blessed Us somuch In the past.
The disunionists are those who undertake.
sap the foundations upon which The Gov.
nment stands; not those who seek 10 unhola
lem-, The disunionists ara those who m
'rtaie 10 destroy the Constitution. and Al.
irish respect for the Constitution n the .
casts Of Americans wherever they NAV -. Z
IN that be ascribed 10 the South 2 Have we | 3
/ stood behind the Constintion q barrier :
ave not our guns hristled through and over
Q ramparts Of the Constitution Z Have We 81