The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-01-31
Aecp Fighting.

| We give below few extracts from q
speech delivered by Hon. B. 81. HILL
% The Georgia Legislature:
| Clay had theory of the Government:
| Webster had Il theor, Calhoun had y
| theory; but all these men hAd the theO-
nry OF state rights. Here comes new
party, however, aud says that Clay was
wrong and Webster WAS wrong, and
Calhoun was wrong; and they assert
themselves the en- mos of all those
parties, and assert the broad ground
that there are no State rights. That Is
the wnoie OF il. And you refuse to join
Us in fighting that common enemy I'M
less We will swear beforehand that We
will 20 your way lCheers and laugh
teri That is the whole of il. Why, my
aIhuuu friend, my Jeffersonian friend,
my Clay friend, my Webster friend,
mere Is no use for you and me to be
quarrelinG about our theory of State
rights. about the extent to which they
70. why, look here! Here is a Grea
com binaliun that is denying the right
20 all of us, and they make war upon
us all at once. Let us all at once join to
whip them. That is all. And that is
ne Cincinnati Balti uore movement.
That is the Cincinnati platform.
To whip he enemy was the great puTS
pose; t. save the Constitution; to save
he rights OF the States TO regulate their
own affairs, without interference by the
Federal Government. Save that, and
You save the ark of your safety. Lose
that, and you are vely silly to be
quarreling about tho consequences to
subordinate theories II the States be
lost. there can be no Jeffersonian theo-
ries left.
Well, we were defeated. you say. So
we WERE. We'll, what are you going to
do? I am going to keep fighting. On
what liner On the line that will bring
everybody, OF ~ shade of opinion,
that holds to the doctrine that the Gen
eral Government Is a government of
limit ed powers that holds TO the States
right to local self government. L want
20 whip that battle, TO establish that
principle, Then We will talk aboui
now We shall use the bruse, whether for
Nhoipsais mr. re all Drive away the
common enemy, gave the common
property. Then We will regulate its
use! l am not discouraged; am SAD
and mortified, confess. Alter the bat
le Is over, and the smoke has cleared
away. we can see more clearly and un-
der>tand what before we could not un-
,iersIand, and we see now that 500, 0G0
semocrals either staid in the camp or
fired INTO our rear. 1t they had gOnr
with us to battle the enemy would have
DSGl TOubGu. tApDlduSSrl Il Sc0
10y statement III the papers, have
not looked carefully at the count myself
that the majority OF the whites vO ed
for Greeiey. Then Mr.. Grant was elect
ID because the negroes voted EnF him,
md the democrats did not vote for
Greeley. Now, therefore, what can on
do? lily friends, 1 tell You, stand
Hold TO your principles! Hold u your
org aniZations! Hold a high purpoSei
Don't be discouraged. Few parties in
this country ever wtn their irst battle.
We must win or liberty is lost! We
IN st succeed or the states are biOtted
GU! We must triumph or empire is p
certainty! LGreat applause. =
The world says we went to war Tor sla- |
very. or in a ttctiouS spirit, because we
lost power. 4 great m any reasons have |
bee n ascribed tor it.-Ws have said we |
went into secession because we believed |
il WIS the on Y plan to preserve con- |
stitutional government. And here, in I
his last campaign, the South presented |
the sublime pectacle-sIavery gone,
property gone, her cause lost, srmir $
scattered, her pride humbled; but, from
the ashes of her poverty, she lifted high
TO the gaze OF the natIou the scroll o,
liberty, and s id; "for
this alone will we shake hands and DO
friends again. Applause.l That great
principle is dearer TO us than slavery,
dearer to us than property, dear
er to us than prestige or power,
oh, dearer to US than indepen- /
dencel Give us that; meet US upon
that common ground where our ia
theirs stood. We won't stop to say that
you must come to the ground of Cal
houn, or to the theory of Jefferson or of
Clay. We only say come to the COM
mon ground that constitutional govern
Inent shall be preserved, and that the
States shall have the right to regulate
their affairs, without any interference
BY the general government" Zap
DIausel