The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-10-04
eg From The NJ o. bulletin.
Disunion of the South. 80 20

dCtIUH pH tHS paTt Of the t7outns ~
is readily perceived that the people do not re-
/ spond, and that the whole attempt to keep up
i the recent excitement will be miserable failure
and that, lei them founder and struggle a they
please, those who would thus endeavur to disturb
the harmony and peace OF the Union. are des,.
tined Ia be abandoned. BY the great mass even Of
their late supporters and TO sink into metised
! obscurity. gmg aa asat 81
j Its 10 be borne in mind that all the moderate
and rpas nable men, North and South opposed
to the recent bills adopted br Congress acguiese
with geod grace in the settlement of the eues.
ton. and it is only the ultra Abolitions SIS OF the
I North and the HiIra diSu7i0nStS of the South.
J who are joined in the nnbolv work Of edpavorinc
+, still 10 Fan the fame and ifthey could possibly
be successful in their effort, it woud inevitably
I! lead to bloodsbed and widespread rnin.
| A pubic dinner was given On the 18Th, az
! AngustS. to Governor CRAWFORD. the late Sec
! retary NJ War, at which he made an excellent.
sound Union speech. The Augusta SenttHes
! in alluding TO it, says:
I'll j. not our purpose 10 attempt report o.
/ his remarks; but suffice il 70 say that it was en-
1 inenty conservative, and was just such speech
as Georgia and Genreians had right 10 expect
/ from her distinguished statesman. and just such
| views as three i0urths. nay four-hths of her
| people entertain. The Governor concluded by
assuring his fellow citzens that these questions
had all been settled, not only honorably, but sat
isiactcry 10 the South"
! Mr. TooMBs, who has been considered RS one
Of the warmest Of the Soaihern members in the
| House, though not among the Dsunlonlst fac-
! t;on has expressed himself satisfied with the ti~
1 nsl result, and recently when Mr. SEDpEE spoke
with great vehemence about the encroachmenta
of the North. and the outrage perpetraied on the
South by the passage o. these bills, alr. TooMBs
replied, and denied that The North had been
tuity Of the charge On the contrary; ie cons
tended that the South has been outraged BY
few o. her own members themselves, WHO had
pursued the same course as Mr., SEDDES. -
Such is tive view which the leading men gen
erallv in Georgia take of the question. and IN
which they will be supported by nine.tenths of
tie gallant and patriotic citizens OF that
State
How absurd then is il to suppose that such
mad and ridicuous suggestions as those put
! forth by Mr.. RHETT Will be listened TO- ior a
moment, much less followed. The following is
specimen Of the insane rawlings OF this poiiu-
| cal lunatic, taken from speech recently deliy-
/ cred at Wat;leboro':
! ..We must secede South Carolina will lead
/ AIeOTQlE Will NllU !lts5 EAiauaAiiu eNSe
| follow; and Mississippi will not be long behind
her, for she is not ali Foote, but has some heart
and SOUL and this will be but the beginning;
within ,ghleen months we shall hav, the whole
+! South with us, and more than thai; We VIII ex--
tend our borders-we will have New Mexico.
Utah and California. Utah already has slaves.
We will march into Ca iorna, and We wfH ask
them If they will nave slaves. and her people
/ will answer Ave! we viii haze slaves; and what
OF Mexico2 Why, w6en We are ready inr lhenA,
aud her people are fitted to come amongst Us,
we will take her .on, or as mach Of her as We
want-we will form q most glorious Republic,
more glorious than the ancient Republic OF
Rone, which lasted seven hundred years, and
had similar institutions to eur own
The miserable twaddle here pu, forth, is on!S
calculated TO excite smile Of contempt and RI
dicnle I'VE will march into Caforuia' Who
, will march? South Carolina or the Whole OF the
"Southern Conlederacy9" VIII MIR. RHETr
and his brother madmen be among those vino
will volunteer for this march? What beauli-
full idea il is, and how it shadows forth the plan
, under which this Southern Conicderacy is 10 be
organized and cnnGucted-tllat an armed force is
to invade one of its members, in order 10 compel
il to change its consultation! II the citizens at
} California prefer TO have slaves. lhey can and
will change it of their free will and accord,
/ and 4 they do not choose to make the change,
does Mr. RHETT believe that all he'ehivalry,
] armed to the teeth, can compel herio do sol II
tie said GLORIOUS Southern COniederacy was
{ to be formed, we presume there would likewise
D be a Northern Confederaev. @ho would have Tie
: same right To say We will march insO South
e Carolina, and compel her TO abolish slavery, as
e South Carolina would have, 10 march into Cali
e fornia 10 Compel her 10 establish II. Il one OF
h the promi1ent Northern fanatics was to make q
2 speech avowing such doctrine. and suggesting
!. snch proceedings towards Snuth Carolina, in
t case of seDaratinn of the Union, what an on, :
cry would Ills same MIR, RHErT make at the
e prnmulg alton Of such doctrines, as regards tbs
i rights OF the South?
!. Not only is all further opposition withdrawn,
O and ali further excitement deprecated by the in
n dyidual opposers oftLe late general settlement,
/ but the mere moderate of the puhlit presses of
e the South, which took grounds against il, have
u also given in their adhesion, and among others
/ we notice with pleasure the Mobile Register
o which at one time seemed disposed to be rather
s ultra in It's views on the subject. il thus
y dis. ources in an article in its issue Of The
$ 18th.
: The Territorial and Sldrtry Questi9n.-The
Z great questions which have shaken the Union
i to its foundalion are al last disposed of. and if
: the settlement is not such as we approve and
: :. would have voted for il is Just canse of reioc-
!. ing that the country is relieved from suspense;
, that the subject is put to rest
; The question now presents itself, what should
a the South do? For ourselves we answer ac-
;. quiece. There is no medium ground to occupy
. between submission aud dlsuniun. We have
= watched too closely the current Of public sen-
Ia ment to believe that majority Of oar people
= will prefer dissoution'uf the Union to acquie>
= sence 10 the settlement taken as whole. The
m South has fought good fight, considering the
a magn influence in our midst. With so man,
= men among us and around US. faithless to dnt,
aid to patriotism, ard northern enemy, over
wiselming in Numbers, we haye gained muct
. when we have not lost all. .ssa0l sa
$ . The Register then proceeds 10 rail aeains
7. what il cal "ihe California mouslrosty as tn,
et most offensive feature in the settlement" bu
le concludes with saying, that ~
Under such circumstances. we viii not ad
p wise resistance but on the contrary acqniesence
", Duty ana poiicyalilse demand it, and we hav
= nc. dnabt majority Of the Southern people Wi
10 agree with US in opinion. We wish to say NOR