The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-06-13
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day, a number Of the Mississippi Creole,
published on the 4lh ultimo, IN which dis
covered q communication over the sigma
ture Of " Justice" in reply TO a commune
cation, WHICH appeared in a recent num-
Der Of the Madisouian over the signature
Of " Equal Rights"
As the author Of this last communica-
ton, | did not expect, in the publication Of
il, to be drawn into a party controversy,
and simply desired TO express my views as
a Southern man more fully than they were
expressed by the Camden resolutions, and
at the same time inform the public that
those resolutions reflected the views Of but
a limited portion of those residing in my
neighborhood. am, sir, an humble citi-
zen, and an humber politician but do
sometimes exchange views with those
whom I chance tomeet, and | have not up
to this time met with the FIRST individual
who entirely approves Of those resolutions.
The secretary Of the meeting publicly en-
tered his protest, and | have been informed
that two Of the committee do not approve
Of them. / have also been further inform
ed, that there we're but about twenty five
present in all, "a small number lorepresent
a precinct that polls 100 votes, and Of that
small number a quarter part were not
aware that a meeting had been called
The few democrats who were in Camden,
as | am informed, were told that il was to
be a " Union meeting" in which il was
hoped party spirit would not enter, and that
all things should be conducted harmonic
ously, and W ith a view &c concerted action,
They entered the meeting thus unsuspect-
ing aud u%nprepared, and were presented
with set Of resolutions which had been
previously drafted by a single individual,
unaided and unassistedin his work, and not
by a committee Of three wings and two
democrats. By this manuevre, consultation
wasIfrustrated and the democrats had forced
upon them unpalatable resolutions; but
which, from want Of time to consider, (be-
ing taken by storm or stratagem, a small
minority voted for. This then,will show
that but a few residing In the vicinity Of
Camden had been apprised of the meeting
and Of the few democrats who attended,
a minority only voted for them.
Justice says he is pretty certain Of one
fact, viz: I" That these resolutions reflect
the views OF the wings, as a body in this
section Of the county," None will deny
that they reflect his views, and those wings
who voted for them but | think he will
find some exceptions in his own party, and
| cannot admit that they reflect entirely
the views Of even the democrats tho vot.
ed for them.
Justice" in replying to my commentary
upon the first resolution. only refers to the
FIRST part Of it as quoted by me, and does
not refer TO what | said in relation to the
only part Of the resolution which | com
mented upon. Iagree with the resolution
as far as this sentence goes, " We are at
tached to the Union as it ISL but | object
ed to the concluding part Of the resolution
which he does not allude to at all. l sal,
loved the Uniou, and | expect | love an,
admire il as the most sublime, and I hop
the most enduring governmental structur
ever created by the wisdom Of man bu
| repeat that should one portion of it, by
%tyrannical majority, usurp the rights Of an
other portion, and disunion follow, we 0
the South would net lose that innate prin
ciple Of liberty, which his resolution say
J would be destroyed together with every
thing else we hold dear as freemen and
} was not in this connection sIr, that aha
py aud prosperous Southern confederac
! was alluded ton a dissolution Of Il
! Union Ihave never contemplated without
shudder but regarding it as a compact q
tered into between the States for mutu
Z protection, mutual iuterestand mutual vi
fare. When ! see . portion runnil
mad " IT'D an abstraction, and assailing h
visal interests and happiness Of anoth
portion, the result to which il may lei
forces itself upon me, and ID its confer
j plaliou / cannot imagine, under any q
cumslanees tie ehivaIry Of the South a
1t initiated.
ssustics1 has stretched his imaginau,
4 far as TO suppose il my remarks | mig
have referred, %prospeciively TO the Mas
y Vile convention. IN regard to the conve
ten, ! had, and still do, most devOutI