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Indiana (Indiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.3
party asked only the use of my name, I consented to be announced, and immediately resigned from the United States Senate. Nevertheless, I soon afterward took the field in person, and worked earnestly until the day of election. I was defeated, but the majority of more than seven thousand votes, that had been cast a short time before against the party with which I was associated, was reduced to less than one thousand. The following letter, written in 1853 to the Hon. William J. Brown of Indiana, formerly a member of Congress from that state, and subsequently published, relates to the events of this period, and affords nearly contemporaneous evidence in confirmation of the statements of the text: Washington, D. C., May 7, 1853. my dear sir: I received the Sentinel containing your defense of me against the false accusation of disunionism, and, before I had returned to you the thanks to which you are entitled, I received this day the St. Joseph Valley register, marked by you, t
California (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.3
delegates equally representing the Whig and Democratic parties in Mississippi. The resolutions were decisive as to equality of right in the South with the North to the Territories acquired from Mexico, and proposed a convention of the Southern States. I was not a member, but on invitation addressed the Convention. The succeeding Legislature instructed me, as a Senator, to assert this equality, and, under the existing circumstances, to resist by all constitutional means the admission of California as a State. At a called session of the Legislature in 1850, a self-constituted committee called on me, by letter, for my views. They were men who had enacted or approved the resolutions of the Convention of 1849, and instructed me, as members of the Legislature, in regular session, in the early part of the year 1850. To them I replied that I adhered to the policy they had indicated and instructed me in their official character to pursue. I pointed out the mode in which their policy c
Briarfield (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.3
t sternly any usurpation of undelegated power, the effect of which would be to warp the federal government from its proper character, and, by sapping the foundation, to destroy the union of the states. My recent reelection to the United States Senate had conferred upon me for six years longer the office which I preferred to all others. I could not, therefore, be suspected of desiring a nomination for any other office from the Democratic Convention, the meeting of which was then draw- Briarfield, early Residence of Mr. Davis ing near. Having, as a Senator of the state, freely participated in debate on the measures which were now exciting so much interest in the public mind, it was very proper that I should visit the people in different parts of the state and render an account of my stewardship. My devotion to the Union of our fathers had been so often and so publicly declared; I had, on the floor of the Senate, so defiantly challenged any question of my fidelity to it; my ser
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 1.3
r points in a form so little acceptable to the unfriendly inquirers, that the publication of the letter had to be drawn out of them. At the risk of being wearisome, but encouraged by your marked friendship, I will give you a statement in the case. The meeting of October, 1849, was a convention of delegates equally representing the Whig and Democratic parties in Mississippi. The resolutions were decisive as to equality of right in the South with the North to the Territories acquired from Mexico, and proposed a convention of the Southern States. I was not a member, but on invitation addressed the Convention. The succeeding Legislature instructed me, as a Senator, to assert this equality, and, under the existing circumstances, to resist by all constitutional means the admission of California as a State. At a called session of the Legislature in 1850, a self-constituted committee called on me, by letter, for my views. They were men who had enacted or approved the resolutions of th
Cuba (Cuba) (search for this): chapter 1.3
he government to which I was accredited. Then, as afterward, I regarded the separation of the states as a great, though not the greatest, evil. I returned from my tour among the people at the time appointed for the meeting of the nominating convention of the Democratic (or State-Rights) party. During the previous year the governor, General John A. Quitman, had been compelled to resign his office to answer an indictment against him for complicity with the filibustering expeditions against Cuba. The charges were not sustained; many of the Democratic party of Mississippi, myself included, recognized a consequent obligation to renominate him for the office of which he had been deprived. When, however, the delegates met in party convention, the committee appointed to select candidates, on comparison of opinions, concluded that, in view of the effort to fix upon the party the imputation of a purpose of disunion, some of the antecedents of General Quitman might endanger success. A pro
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.3
ction. I was defeated, but the majority of more than seven thousand votes, that had been cast a short time before against the party with which I was associated, was reduced to less than one thousand. The following letter, written in 1853 to the Hon. William J. Brown of Indiana, formerly a member of Congress from that state, and subsequently published, relates to the events of this period, and affords nearly contemporaneous evidence in confirmation of the statements of the text: Washington, D. C., May 7, 1853. my dear sir: I received the Sentinel containing your defense of me against the false accusation of disunionism, and, before I had returned to you the thanks to which you are entitled, I received this day the St. Joseph Valley register, marked by you, to call my attention to an article in answer to your defense, which was just in all things, save your too complimentary terms. I wish I had the letter quoted from, that you might publish the whole of that which is garbl
T. J. Jackson (search for this): chapter 1.3
, if any respectable man would call me a disunionist, I would answer him in monosyllables. . . . But I have often asserted the right, for which the battles of the revolution were fought—the right of a people to change their government whenever it was found to be oppressive, and subversive of the objects for which governments are instituted-and have contended for the independence and sovereignty of the States, a part of the creed of which Jefferson was the apostle, Madison the expounder, and Jackson the consistent defender. I have written freely, and more than I designed. Accept my thanks for your friendly advocacy. Present me in terms of kind remembrance to your family, and believe me, very sincerely yours, Jefferson Davis. Note.—No party in Mississippi ever advocated disunion. They differed as to the mode of securing their rights in the Union, and on the power of a State to secede-neither advocating the exercise of the power. J. D. In this canvass, both before an
James Madison (search for this): chapter 1.3
the Senate I announced that, if any respectable man would call me a disunionist, I would answer him in monosyllables. . . . But I have often asserted the right, for which the battles of the revolution were fought—the right of a people to change their government whenever it was found to be oppressive, and subversive of the objects for which governments are instituted-and have contended for the independence and sovereignty of the States, a part of the creed of which Jefferson was the apostle, Madison the expounder, and Jackson the consistent defender. I have written freely, and more than I designed. Accept my thanks for your friendly advocacy. Present me in terms of kind remembrance to your family, and believe me, very sincerely yours, Jefferson Davis. Note.—No party in Mississippi ever advocated disunion. They differed as to the mode of securing their rights in the Union, and on the power of a State to secede-neither advocating the exercise of the power. J. D. In t
John A. Quitman (search for this): chapter 1.3
e convention defeat of the State-rights party withdrawal of General Quitman and nomination of the author as candidate for the office of Goate-Rights) party. During the previous year the governor, General John A. Quitman, had been compelled to resign his office to answer an indimputation of a purpose of disunion, some of the antecedents of General Quitman might endanger success. A proposition was therefore made, in , that I should be invited to become a candidate, and that, if General Quitman would withdraw, my acceptance of the nomination and the resignsult, was to be followed by the appointment by the governor of General Quitman to the vacated place in the Senate. I offered no objection to this arrangement, but left it to General Quitman to decide. He claimed the nomination for the governorship, or nothing, and was so nominate in this result the foreshadowing of almost inevitable defeat, General Quitman withdrew from the canvass as a candidate, and the Executive Co
Thomas Jefferson (search for this): chapter 1.3
r made a sacrifice. In the Senate I announced that, if any respectable man would call me a disunionist, I would answer him in monosyllables. . . . But I have often asserted the right, for which the battles of the revolution were fought—the right of a people to change their government whenever it was found to be oppressive, and subversive of the objects for which governments are instituted-and have contended for the independence and sovereignty of the States, a part of the creed of which Jefferson was the apostle, Madison the expounder, and Jackson the consistent defender. I have written freely, and more than I designed. Accept my thanks for your friendly advocacy. Present me in terms of kind remembrance to your family, and believe me, very sincerely yours, Jefferson Davis. Note.—No party in Mississippi ever advocated disunion. They differed as to the mode of securing their rights in the Union, and on the power of a State to secede-neither advocating the exercise of th
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