Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-01-02
REMARKS OF MR.. BROWN.
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Delirered in the Senate Of North Carolina, De-
eem6er 81, 1860.
Mr. Brown arose to repel the insinuation made
by the Senator from Jackson. (Mr. Thomas,) that
he had any political connection with the Standard
newspaper, other than member of the Demo.
cratic party. Although he agreed with the Standard
in most things, in others he differed from it. He
had no political connection with that paper. nor
with any other in the State. The first speech he
had delivered in the Senate, he had taken to the
Editor of the State Journal who declined publishing
it, alleging that he had not time to do 80.
Mr.. Brown, desiring to be heard, carried his re-
marks to the Standard office where they were
promptly published Some days after he requested
the Editor OF the State Journal to publish another
speech, and had met the like answer. He had
recourse again to the Standard for publication.
which was promptly done. This simple act of
justice to himself had been made ground of mis-
representation
Mr.. Brown recognised in the Standard, journal
that had done long and able service for the Demo-
cratic party. 1t was independent Journal o,cned
solely by its Editor and not the organ Of Uisunion
He would thus correct a Misrepresentation concern.
| ing himself on this subject, which would show the
liberalty with which the Editor Of the Standard
| had acted.
Mr.. B. said, the Senator from jackson had spoken
Of the secession and coercion of State he (Mr. b.
had been the advocate Of the right of secession long
before he had first known the Senator-which was
many years since, and had Seen the first man in the
South, at public meeting in Raleigh, who had de-
nounced the doctrine promulgated by Judge Doug
las that State could be coerced by the General
| Government While he fully concurrcd with the
Senator. that had in the last few years. been out
ragged by many aggressions from the North brought
about by the disorganzaton of the Democratic par
ty, unde! the lead oil such men as Stephen A. Doug
las he did not admit that it had been the case on
all former occasions. "Why" said Mr.. B.. 1.-THE
very soil which the Senator himself and large por-
ton of his constituents, inhabit. with portion of
tn: soil of Tennessee-Qnefourth of the entire terri
tory Of Georgia. large portion Of the soil of Ala
bama, Mississippi, and other South western States
were relieved from the Indian tribes who occupied
it by the aid of the indomitabe Democracy of the
North-by the votes of Sas Wright, Franklin Pierce
and other noble PATRIOTS besides the aid which they
had given in the purchase of Louisiana and Florida
and the annexation Of Texas" "Is it just to ig-
the services Of these patriots to the South Is
it consistent with Southern honor and Southern chic.
airy thus to misrepresent history and do these gal.
liant patriots, and the millions of men who have
stood by us in the North, the great injustice Of in
Guiding them in sweeping denunciation Of the
whole North" 1t is this injustice to our friends at
the North for the last twenty -four years, which had
done to the South this incalcnlable mischief The
Senator seemed disposed and doubtless intended, to
I9sh us mto carly dlsrnOn in certain contingencies,
and had ridiculed the phrase, " Watch and Wait Vi
could, however. in it. on some occasions if moi
in all, much wisdom. "Why, the Senator himself
(Mr. D. humorously remarked was no doubt some
times watch and wait man." Last night when
the town bells gave the alarm OF fire, he vas proba
oily "1atchiny' inapprehension that '.Old Abe" was
upon us. He was to some extent '.uait' man
when he proposed 10 'rait' until the 4th of March
before dissolving the Union Mr. B. hanorously
added that BY way Of testing the valor and chivary
OF the Senator-so strongly evinced on the present
occason-he would make proposition to him. /,
was this: That while he entertained feeling o
common brcthsrhood fer the noble patriots 1t TIL
North who had stood hyns, yet regarding Wendell
senment and country, If be, Mr. Thomas, would en-
conntsr Phillips in single combat be, M. b, wsul,
pledge himself to meet Seward in the same vay a,
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