The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-08

tnat ever naQ existence.
The following is one of the resolutions
adopted by the Democratic State Convention:
Resolved, That we have full confidence in
the patriotism and wisdom of the representa-
tives of our party at Charleston, and we will
give our hearty support to the nominee OF
that convention.
It will be seen that the Democracy are pre-
pairing to support the nominee, &c, &c, DC.
--Lerixyton advertiser.
What "Democratic State Convention9 "
Not Mississippi
Proceedings Of Congress.
In the House of Representatives on Mon
day, the 23d, the various questions incl
dental to the organization Of the House. were
discussed by Messrs. Barksdale, of Mississippi,
and Corwin, of Ohio. The following is brief
abstract of the speech of the former:
Mr.. Barksdale, of Mississippi, addressed the
House. The scene presented by this House,
he said, had but one parallel in our history
For seven weeks they had been balloting with
out being able to effect an election of Speaker,
whilst the great interests Of the country were
suffering. There were four parties in the
House, and he commended that it was the duty
of the three conservative parties to unite for
the defeat Of the Black Republican party. The
Democratic party had shown every disposition
to form such union. They had offered to let
the Southern Americans select their candi.
date from the Democratic ranks, and some
had gone even further, and voted for South.
ern American. 1t had been said that Mr.. Gil.
mer could be elected, but Mr.. Gilmer would
never be acceptable to him. He had no per.
sonal objection to that gentleman, but he did
object to him on political grounds, perfectly
satisfactory to himself It was not reasona-
BILE that party composed of ninety members
should be required to vote for the choice of q
party consisting of but twenty-three. Mr.
Gilmer could not be elected without votes
from the Black Republican party, and he, foI
one, would never cooperate with them. Mr.
Gilmer had interposed to shield the Black Re.
publicans from the Just indignation of the
country. He (Mr. B. had no particular anxi.
ETY. for the organization of this House.
Rather than that the Republican candidate
should be elected, to the dishonor Of his sec
ton, he would say, with the gentleman from
Alabama, (Mr. Pugh,) "let discord reign here
forever The agitation of the slavery ques-
ton, which overshadowed all things else, was
the true cause of the non-organization of the
House. He proceeded to examine the origin
progress, and present aspect of the slavery
question In this country. When the Union
was formed all the States were siayeholding
except perhaps Massachusetts,, and that State
was largely engaged in the slave trade He
commended that the great ends for which the
Constitution was established had not been at
tanned, and that the right of property in slaves
was expressly recognized by the Constitution
of the United States. In support of the lat
ter proposition he quoted from the constitution
itself, from the opinions of contemporaneous
statesmen, and from the bred Scott decision
The fathers of the Republic threw every safe
guard around the institution Of slavery for its
protection and extension. He denied the as
sertion of the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Cor
VIM that the Republican party sought to car.
ry out the policy Of the fathers of the Re-
public.
Mr.. Corwin, of Ohio, said whenever the
proper time should come he thought it would
be shown to the satisfaction of everybody that
the principles adopted by the Republican par
ty in their platform, so far IS slavery is con-
cerned, were those which were professed by
the founders of the Republic, and that it was
their policy to forbid slavery in the Terrific
ries. Where slavery does not exist the Re-
publican party did hold that it was within the
constitutional power of Congress TO prohibit
the introduction of slavery into such Terrific
ry. But he knew of no Republican, nor any
great leader of that party, like himself, laugh
far I AT had X, g. kL.k al
United States should acquire slave territory
by virtue of treaty with any foreign Govern
ment, if it should be provided, as it was in the
case of Louisiana, that the people thus trans
ferred shall be admitted into the Union as
States, with all the rights of property they
had previously held, that that treaty was not
the law Of the land and to be carried into eff
feet as such.
publican on this floor who would favor the ad-
mission of slave territory. He would like to
ask the candidate of that party or any other
Republican if he would favor the organization
of aslaveholding Territory.
Mr.. Curtis, of Iowa, would be opposed to
the admission Of slave territory at this time,
believing we have too much territory already.
But the case might arise, perhaps in Mexico,
with peon slavery, for instance, or even Cuba,
when he would vote for the admission Of
slave territory.
Mr.. Barksdale said the gentleman from
Iowa was not a fit representative of his party.
Mr.. Curtis hoped the gentleman would not
undertake to read him out of the Republican
party.
Mr.. Barksdale would take the word of the
candidate of the Republican party, or his COL
league, (Mr. Hutchins) or Mr.. Lovejoy, of Il
Inois, daughter, or one of the Massachusetts,
or New Hampshire members. Somebody
had suggested the gentleman from. Pennsyl-
vania (Mr. Hickman,) but that gentleman
could not speak for any party, and, Scared
and blistered all over as that gentleman was,
he (Mr. 3. had not the heart to strike at him.
These conservative members Of the RSDubli-
can party were not in good standing, though
they were hostile enough to slavery in all con-
science.
He reviewed the progress of the anti-slaye-
ry sentiment in this country, from the Mis-.
sour compromise up to the raid of John Brown
in Virginia, maintaining that the South had
been driven to sacrifice her rights by way Of
compromises from time to time, and that ey-
cry party which would not bow to the anti
slavery sentiment Of the North had been nut
down. And now they had thorough sec
tional party organization, based upon the idea
Of hostility to the South and Southern institu-
tons. He believed the North was thoroughly
abolitionized, and denounced the sermons Of
abolition preachers and the Helper book and
its endorsers.
The ultimate purpose Of the Black Repub-
lican party, he held, was the abolition Of slave
nv, and the elevation of the black race to an
equality with the whites. The whole social
fabric of the South rested upon the institution
of slavery, and if it were destroyed the pros
perity of the South would be ct an end.
In the event Of the election of Black Re-
Republican President, he was in favor Of re-
sisting his Inauguration as President of the
Southern States. If the North chose to have
Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Banks, Mr.. Chase, or any
other representative Of that party, let them
have him, but he was for resistance to the in
auguration Of Black Republican as President
of the Southern States. M. Seward could
find no Southern men to hold Office under
him. Southern men could not be expected 20
take lower ground than Mr. Fillmore had h
ken on that subject. If Northern army
came to the South to coerce her into snbmis-l
sion not one Of them woulde ever return; their
bodies would enrich Southern soil
He insistede on the right of the Southern
States to secede peaceably from the Union
The South knew her rights under the oonsti-
tuition, and would defend them at eli hazards
and to the last extremity. No southern State
ever demanded Of this Government anything
to which the South was not clearly entitled,
and whenever the Republican party should
come into power he would be for disunion.-
They had been heWefs OF wood and drawers Of
water fer the North long enough. :
He presented statistics to show that the Gov
eminent had been benefit to the North and
q burden to the South.
MEXICAN TRouBLEs.-The Galveston News
thinks, on the authority Of reliable informa-
ton from the Rio Grande, that the present dit.