7/32 1241 _et seq_. On February 23, while an item of the appropriation bill was under debate, Senator Brown, of Mississippi, said he wanted the success of the Democratic party in 1860 to be a success of principles and not of men. He neither wanted to cheat nor be cheated. If he understood the Senator from Illinois, Mr.Douglas, he thought a Territorial Legislature might by non-action or by unfriendly action rightfully exclude slavery. |