The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-08-15


From iho tenor 81 onr 'nle'.snc tn
we presume a4I. can FL.
doubt Of the failure 81 iha lompmne all|
10 The Senate; and b allogeiber ploaable
tha, Congress may adjourn without a. I'd
iu-lmenl Of the questions proposed 10 be sei
lied by IT, For ourselves we feel no hea:lau-
OF in laying that such polcyis IN strict ac-
cnrdance with our wishes. For many reas.
ons, we desire TO ere the whole matter ad
iourned to the people. Il is true some meas
llre might BE- adopted by Congress. aud
public opinion might be mann 'aciuredio COM
form to the action Of that hod,; yet il seems
more in accordance with thegenihs oinur IN
su'uiicns that the popular will shuu first BE-
ascprtainrd, and that the action Of Congress
should he shaped ia accordance with it,.
TIE absence Of this popular viii, more than
anything else, has contributed 10 the delea
Of any settlement By Congress during the
present session. The Norlh has been pur>
suaded that the disadtcion If the South j..
Is confined TO South Carolina alone, and
for this reason has fli cd 'Oproff-r any plan
Of adjustment that the Souih could consistanr-
~ accept. We know but one way by which
the Northern mind can he disabused of lhi,
error, and that Is to- leave the ques ions open,
let our members nl Congress come home and
confer with their cOnslitupntt--lrte every Com
grpssiunal District IN the South be thorough
ly canva-sed and the qurstiuns fairly debated
aud an expression Of the proper will may be-
had. unrquvocai and unmisiakablc. With ~
6Ndrlegation in the Na-hyille Convention
it will be- an easy matter (or the South to FIX
her utimaium; and we have too much conf
dpnce in her patriotism aud devotion to the
Union, To believe for mOment hat she will
demand ANYTHING Ia which she is no. entitled
und ihs Q Constitution and by every sense Ol
right g. jus Ice. The platform oC the South ha,
already been promulgated in the resOluli"n-
Of thr s ulhern Convenlon. yet il wants thai
prestige which the united approval nf the
S mhern people alone can give IT, Was thu
vote of the South pOllrd. we are n mly # tn
brlirf nine>ienths Of her citizens would b.
found in ia, or Of those resolutions. B hefnro
any benefit can result from tn m. she NOrl
must be convinced of this TACT. che mus
know aud feel that Il is the united South with
wh IN she has 20 contend; aud this she vii
know when the questions shall have been
fairly aud fully laid before the SIuth'rn prO
pc. The masses must be stirred up Def r.
a correct index oil popular sentiment in tn,
South can b. had, aud when it is had. il vii
be equivalent t. "A settlement OF all question,
which agitaip aud deviie the two sections q
the Union. d ring the last eighteen month
we think W. have so clearly shown the Deepen
dence og the North upon the Ouh, that tn
former herself would even submit to aggres
rive demands before she would suffer separ
ation to take place. With fact so evident
WHY is It that the South should yield her Just
& we may say, invaluable rights7 Their ca
he no 2 ,od reason assigned. aud hat pusilau
imily that would barter them of, huuld as
will be, trampled in the dust by an indg
nan, popular sentiment when the whole peo
ple on the subject. Il is in vain we look 70
justification for the sacrifices the South ha
already made for the sake Of the Union, an
u say she should yet go greater length.
but requist;on Of her life S blood to appeas
an inSatiate an unreasonable Toe. Will th
Pc pie Of the South permit her political. $
Weld obedience to the rpquisidonl w
shall see when the time arrives for the Rial
ing up oftheir Judgement.
Memp'i rs AppeaE.