Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-05-12

Wa stand firm and immovable, ana wliie we respect you, we must respect ourseiVeS. And qentlemen, let me say to you o1 the North now. that the time may come when won will need us more than we need you. l sneak to those who represent the green hills of New England;" l speak to mthe ;oner;a1 centre'' of the Union. There slumbers in your midst latent spark-not of nol;ticaf sectionalism, but of social 'ls- c corfdMwhicb may vet require the conserva- t;ro nr;nc;nles of the South to save your region of country from anarchy and con fusion. We need not your protectioh' ne power of the black republicans IS nothing to us. We are safe in our own strength anu security, so long as we maintain our riSn's Gentlemen. | have detained you too long I ask. in conclusion, that the few "or'S which are here written.words ot courtesy but words of truth, so far as my glorious State is concerned-may be read Ill your hearing. Mir. Mathews, of Mississippi, then read the following document:
 To Me President ofh
 DenlOcTUttC OOUOc'etON'
 SIR-As chairman of the delegation which has the honor to represent the State of Mississippi upon this floor, desire to be heard by you and by the convention.
 In common consultation we have met here, the representatives of sister States to resolve upon the principles of great party While maintaining principles, we profess no spirit save that of harmony, conclllatlon, the success of our party, and the safety ol our organization. But to the former the latter must yield-for no organization IS valuable without 1t, and no success IS hon" orable which does not crown It.
 We came here simply asking recognl- tion of the equal rights of our State under the laws and constitution of our common government; that our right to property should be asserted, and the protection ot that property, when necessary, should De yielded by the government which claims our allegiance We had regarded govern ment and protection as co-relatlve ideas, and that so long as the one was maintained the other still endured.
 After deliberation of many days, It has been announced to us by controlling ma ioritv of representatives of nearly ene-hall the States of this Union, and that, too, Tn the most solemn and impressive manner, that our demand cannot be met and our rights cannot be recognized. While It IS granted that the capacity of the federal government is ample to protect all other property within its jurisdiction, 1t IS clamed
 
 to be impotent when called upon to act Tn favor of a species of property recognized Tn fifteen sovereign States. Within those States even black republicans admit 1t to be guarantied by the constitution, and to be only assailed by higher law; without them they claim the power to prohibit or destroy it. The controlling majority of Northern representatives on this floor, while they deny ali power to destroy, equally, deny all pow CT to protect; and this, they assure us, is, and must, and shall be the condition of om cooperation in the next Presidential cleo tion.
 In this state of affairs our duty is plain and obvious. The State which sent us here announced to us her principles. In common with seventeen of her sister States, she has asked recognition of her constitutional rights These have been plainly and ex- citlv denied to her. We have offered tc yield everything except an abandonment ot her rights-everything except her honor and it has availed us nothing.
 As the representatives of Mississippi knowing her wishes-as honorable men, regarding her commands-we withdraw from the convention, and, as far as our ac- tion is concerned, absolve her from all con nection with this body, and all responsible ity for its action.
 To you, sir, as presiding officer of the convention while it has existed in it's integ- rity, we desire, collectively as delegation, and individually as man, to tender the highest assurances of our profound respect and Consideration.
 Signed D. c. GLEN,
 Chm of the Mississippi Delegation.
 GEO. H. GORDON,
 JAS. DRANE,
 BEVERLY MATTHEWS,
 J. T. SIMMS,
 JOS. R. DAVIS,
 W. s. WILSON,
 ISAAC ENLOE,
 CHAS. E. HOOKER,
 W. H. H. TYSON,
 ETHELB'T BARhSDALE,
 W. $. BARRY,
 J. NJ. THOMSON
 MT. Mathews then announced that a meeting of all those who sympathized with them in this movement would be held at eight o'clock this evening, in St. Andrew $ Hall.
 The Mississippi delegation then with drew from the convention.
 TE X AS.
 MT. Bryan, of Texas. who was received with loud cheers, said: Mr. President and gentlemen of the convention, Texas, through her delegates on this floor, on the land of Calhoun. where truth, justice, and the constitution" was proclaimed to the South, says to the South-this day you stand erect Loud cheers.) Whilst we deprecate the necessity which calls for our parting with the delegates from the other States of this confederacv, yet 1t is an event that we, per sonally, have long looked to. Educated in northern college, there first learned that there was North and South; there were two literary societies; one northern and the other southern. In the churches, the Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Church, are North and South. Gentlemen of the north and north west, God grant that there may be but one democratic party It depends upon your action, when you leave here, whetherit shall be so. Give not aid and comfort to the black republican host; but say to the South, "you are our equals in this confederacy, and your lives, your persons and property, equally with those of the northern States, are protected by the constitution of the fed eral Union.' What is it that we, the southern democrats, are asking you to ac- knowledge? Analyse it and see the mean ing; and it is this-that we will not ask quite as much of you as the black republi. cans, anc if you only grant what we ask, we can fight them. We blame you not il you really hold these opinions, but declare them openly, and let us separate, as did Abraham and Lot. l have been requested to read this protest on the part of the dele gates from Texas, and to ask of the courtesy of the convention that it be spread upor the minutes of it's proceedings.
 Hon. Caleb Cushing, President of
 the Democratic NotlonQi Contention:
 Tho undersiunad dalegataS from +h,