The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-01
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Hon. A. G. Brown, in tie q. s. Senate,
January Sd, 1860, on the Presidents Message
and Protection to Slauery IN the Territories
Mr. Brown When the motion was sub
mitted, Immediately after the reading of the
message, to print it, said in my place that
desired an opportunity of submitting some re-
maks in regard to it. / have been very sorry
to see it assumed in various newspapers since
that intended to attack the President, or to
attack the message. Nothing has been further
from my purpose; and regret exceedingly
that any such publication should have gone to
the country and l avail myself of this, the
very earliest moment, to make the correction
have no attack to make on the President,
none on the message ey1 D liafsssfi, etsslsg s
Saasl tlii,s. - Il asa d 8 u 5
dissent from some portions or the message,
may DO regarded as making an attack. may
say sir, in this connection, that entertain for
the President of the United States now, as I
have always entertained for him, tie most
profound regard; and if my personal feelings
toward him were not of this character, still
his age, experience, and long and distinguish
ed service, would shield him against any
attack from me. But / hold to the right of
every citizen, and, of course, of every Sena-
tor, to express, in courteous and respectful
phrase, any dissenting opinion he may enter
tain from the views Of the President.
Now, sir with these preliminary remarks,
l call attention to the language employed by
the President on the fourth page, first column
of his message, as | find it in pamphlet form
/ cordially congratulate you upon the final
coRkIa,,,ax3 tho C,,orayDa rourf of tLo
United States of the question of slavery in the
Territories, which had presented an aspect so
truly formidable at the commencement of my
If / thought that the President of the
United States was accurate in his statement
of the fact, should receive his congratulation
with great pleasure. There is no citizen of
the Republic who would more cordially re-
ioice at finding the fact to be as the President
states it. That the Supreme Court has done
everything in its power to settle the slavery
question, l am quite willing and highly rejoic-
I'd to admit; but that it has settled the ques-
ton is, think, not true in point Of fact.
These doubts are created from what we see on
Ill hands, every hour.in the day, and in all
parts of the Confederacy. What mean news
paper comment and newspaper controversy,
BnaI mean tfle controversies IN the State Leg
slatures, what mean the controversies in the
TWO Houses of Congress. what means the COM
notion which we see North and South, East |
Ind West, if the question has in fact been |
'ettled Sir, hold that it has not-been set
led; that differences of opinion exist now as |
hey have long existed; and that they give |
Use daily to controversies between the two
sections of the Union. The President con-
inues:
THE right has been established of every
itizen to take his property of any kind, in
luding slaves, into the common Terrific |
les belonging equally to all the States of the
'onfederacy, and to have it protected there
nder the Federal Constitution"
agree, in that, precisely with the Presi-
ent. The right to carry slave property to |
be Territories as you carry any other kind Of
roperty has been adjudged by the Supreme
ourt, and if that judgment shall be respected
y the people and by all the Departments of
Government, and faithfully carried into execu-
on, then the sentence which first read will
e found true in point Of fact; there will be
of the slavery question in the Teri