Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-12-14
From the LouisyiIle Journal.

LOCOiOCO Autl-L 'Ohu- pay luS pdlN( III
the State Of Mississippi was received
here, we took occasion, under the in
dignant impulse of the moment, to sug-
gest to our honest Wing friends in that
once noble State, many Of whom had
gone from our own State and our own
city, to lorsake her soil and come back
once more to their old home. AT the
time that paragraph was written, we
had, however, no adequate conception
fthe degree Of painful feeling which
recent events in Mississippi have oc-
casioned in the minds of all honest men
who are in any manner associated with
that Inflated and most guilty State.-
We had no idea of the modification,
the chagrin the burning indignation,
tbe deep shame and sorrow Of many
orthose whose destinies have been as
sociated wi n the destinies of Missis-
sippi, on account of her recent most
infamous blazoning to the world Of her
unequalled ignominy. Until this last
damning decision Of her citizens in ia
vOr Of dishonesty, until this ripe fulfil
ment of the oG-repeated prophecy of
her foes, that, at the hour of determi-
nation, Mississippi would repudiate
her honorable obligations, the sons oil
that State, when distant from her Dor
ders, have been able to hurl back what
they deemed a vile aspersion, and
proudly predict that she would nobly
vindicate her own character; and never
was the 5allot-box regarded with more
intense solIcitude than during her late
election, by all the honest citizens Of
Mississippi. They looked to the voice
Of the people for that ratification of
their predictions, the realization of their
hopes; and their present shame and
disappointment are proportionate to
their former confidence. Until now,
the honest citizen Of Mississippi could
vindicate her honor, whenever or wher-
ever that honor was assailed; but now
what now has he to offer? What syl-
liable of vindication can he utter in her
behalf
The indignant feeling which prevails
among all classes tue Wings in Mis-
sissippi, on account of the result of the
election, as manifested through the
press, we have never seen equalled.-
We have never perused more bitter
and burning denuuciations, against an
avowed and implacable foe, than are
now poured out by the Wing editors Of
Mississippi upon the State which they
consider it a misfortune to be compell-
ed, for the present, to call their home
They view her, and most justly, as dis
honored by an inlamy which the wave
Of time, that obliIerates everything but
disgrace, can never wash away; which
no future glory CT destiny or punctil-
iousness of honorable conduct and
character can cause tole forgotten
Hers is a stain, which, like the blood
drop on the hand ofthe murderer, twill
BeCcr OUT" not all the waters of ocean
will eface it.
We learn that, as soon as the result
ofthe late election in that State was
ascertained, some o. her most inAuen-
tial citizens, the brightest ornaments oil
the State at home and abroad, resolved
at once to shake off her dust from their
feet, and seek out other and more
honorable homes. They cannot endure
the reflection, that TO them shall cling
the disgrace Of having their dwelling
among the most accomplished thieves
Of the present age and generation.-
Dishonesty is unfortunately, no new
feature among the wees our fallen
race; but for the Sata< Mississippi
was reserved the unes led inlamy OF
declaring that vice a vi he. We are
told, by the philosophers of mind and
morals, that no man or body of mer
has ever yet been found, with audacIty
enough 10 oppose honesty as honesty
Hey have given it some other name
But Mississippi has made the Christie
Iher Columbus-like discovery, that the
honesty, so admirable ia individual
character, is knavery in a community
ofindividuals. ''Whatever is expedi
eutis right,and whatever is inexpedien
is wrong" say the authors of her dis
grace. Honesty isinexpedient for the
State of Mississippi! therefore honesty
in the State of Mississippi would b'
crime! Such is the vile sophism o
the editor of the Vicksburg Sentinel,
man, who, through the influence of al
abandoned prostituted press, has effec
ted more to pledge the State of Missis
slppi into that ABYSS Of deprivation
aud degradation in which she is nov
wallowing than any other individual
that ever planted foot on her soil. He
desperate Outcast, has had the auda
city, Tor nearly two years, daily to pro
nudge doctrines which would hav,
been received with a universal hiss o
scorn, had not his licentious and in
hamatory appeals been addressed to al
impulse of our race, which, most I'm
happily, is seldom appealed TO in vail
"a base and ignoble sel(-interest.-
That these exciting appeals have no