The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-02-23
Number "a.

plate a qulescent submissio 10 sectional IN
ioriority on the part Of the South, or an =
acknowledgement Of the prsposterous claims Of
me Northern fanatics to the constitutional
right to interfere with the question Of donies.
nc slavery "a purely local institutionl either
IN the States OF in the District. n The state.
ment q tae constitutional rights OF the South
under The compromises Of the constitutions.
ana IN the FecaPitula,lon Of facts shewinr III
progress OF anli-slaveFy agitation, both address.
g agree in every essential particular, aodars
IN perfect consonance with the lbtasFans .si,;,
Of the constitution, and TIE ructs u his,orv
30 Tar, they must receive the ready ssssn, Of
every unbiass d citizen. The addresseA onlv
oiher as to the stage-the crisis-of the ais-
ease and, as a consequence, to the proper tina
now OF hereai'er) to apply the extreme me.
o'cine (nOt OF the constitution, but of aatu
ra' tgnt0 necessary to arrest the progress Of
sectional aggression and usurpation. Tbs
point OF difference between them in~voIvss 1
question Of time only, which, with tho facts
Oelore' nm, every citizen can, AID should ds
eide tor himself. The question is a solemn ppd
momentous one, and such as those who canno,
'o0k upon %d'sunlon /" with compOsuren should
seriously poi der on before deciding. II nav
involve IN is proper decision the perps,ufty
OF our union--psrhaps Of our liberty, our aafa,
y ana our happiness; yet, asa choice Of oyils
: case might arise in which the unwelcoho
alternative OF disunlon, or Submission 10 a goy.
ernment Of unlimited powers-and n lawIes,
majority feeling power and. forgetting rights
m'gn' DC al that was left to the people ofthe
South We are of the number who belisy.
'na,' allhoughsh the premOnitOry Symphonic a-e
truly alarming, the casuo belliA-tbe ius,ify.
ing crlsls-has not yet arrived. We oanno,
yet" despair Of the Republic" although coin.
C'Olng iuHy with the factsset forthin the al.
~afesses' and considering them as called for by
me alarming attitude assumed By Tho Northern
lanasIcs' Every voter should do his own tbink
'ng' as wellas his own voting, in determining
me proper time for " drawing the sword and
throwing away the scabbara.D For. onca
Inc same is made up, aud section il formsllv
arrayed against sec lion, and State apains,
state, an impetus will be giyento the CAUSE
Of d%Isnnion, which nothing short Of the INV.
er ana Interpolation Ofan overnlinp Providence.
VIII be able to arrest. Like ell q%uarrels. in
which the ambition, the pride, and the prei.
uolceS Of men are a%rouesd, we fear this (oncs
commenced in good eaanest) will receive Il.
creased momentum at every stage of its bro
gfcssi and that. finally, the breach will be-.
come wider and wider, until a yawninp ana
impossible chasm will intervene to separsto IN.
10 alien and distinct %Aations, confedara,s s,s,..
whose destiny like the common origin and fam.
should have been lnseparably united in The
ponds OF fraternity and union, II il melsu-
choly to reflect upon the bare rospoasiblliiv ~
soch an occurrence, and Tremendous will IA
me responsibility Of those who fail 10 exercise
thelr best talents and influence to avertsso
great calamity. II is one OF those few casa
j" winch an excess Of forbearanco will be con-
Secra'ed to patriotism as virtue.
Inc bare contemplation of the idea of 4
Of the Union at the time when The
wisdom OF ls founders is attested by the un-
rVoIied prosperity and success of our ark Of
safety through the Gains Of peace and the per.
ilsoi war, is enough to sicksn the hear, Of the
patriot! The TACT that such a result could have
been avoided by each State minding it's own
business, and not being guilty Of the folly Of
~ln'ermedling in what neither concerns lie cit.
'zens socially, morally, nor politically would
only make the calamity the more lanentable. ,
The evil consequences of such an event are
too obvious, certain, and inevitable, 10 require
enumeration, while 'sshadOws, clouds and dark
ness" rest upon any possible benefits It might
secure to eithersection - S0uHhron.