The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-12-27

SWotS W U0Eyst dEfu owe aileglanCe ONLY III
} the Union which desires It's existence from The
Constitution. have learned as the noblest O
all the lessons os republican duty, that to desire
: the name and character of freemen we mus. be
ready to maintain our rights manulIy, and at all
sacrifices.
But oh. the violence Of some Of those denonn-
GERS, of those who stand by the rights OF the
Il South-where will il end, when il seeks 10
lrample such men as Quitman and Davis in the
dust? These men who have Illustrated your
national character by glorions exhibitions Of
courage, herolsm, and patriotism, who led the
youth oil your country to victory on the fields of
| Monterey, Buena Vista, Chernbuseo and Chep-
uhepec-these are now denounced as traitors
BY these very men who during the war invited
The Mexicans to welcome them with bnodv
hands and hospitabe grsves-the latter are the
patriots-the former traitors. Loud cheers. 7
10 such classification | beg TO be included with
| the traitors!
i But, fellow-citizens, have already detained
you too long. lCries of no! no! Go on, 90 on.l
/ This cry of Union-oi the National Union
party, IS cunningly-devsed net, net thrown
over us by our political adver aries, TO catch and
hold US. 1t will only catch those who want to
be caught. On this question there can be but
two parties, Northern and Southern party.
What is the Union this new party wants? They
seem to lose sight Of the Constitution altogether;
IT is dead letter to them; the word is not to be
found IN their vocabulary Union! Uniong is
their only word. Disunion! Dsunion! their
only crime! will answer them; if they mean
the Union under the Constitution, we are all for
Il; it they mean a Union out of the Constitution.
!, for one, am against it, Who are disuDjon.
lists? Cry-sthe whgs," and some confusion
Aro fh0co -.
tion and the equal rights of the Statcs-who
observe the noble principle of asking nothing
but what is right, and submitting to nothing that
is wrong.
They speak Of boasters. There have been
two great boasters who are immortalized in our
hIstory-the one on Immortality of glory. the
other on Immortality of infamv. The one was
George Washington, our first great leader, who.
rather than bend his neck to the yoke Of GespoI-
ism. rather than submit TO oppression, degrade.
ton and dshonor, became traitor 10 the British
Government and beDefactor TO the whole hu.
man family. Loud cheers There was no
submission in that glorious traitor. His fame
will grow brighter with the lapse of time. and
unborn generations will hymn his praise. The
other great traitor was Benedict Arnold. who
betrayed the cause of liberty, bartered his char
acter for filthy lucre, and descended to posterity
accursed OF all men. Thus is the same name
applied to widely different characters and actions
What shall we do then? What remedy have
we? A voice. "resist."l Move have not
we have not reached the point where we should
resist. That can only be when all other rene.
dies are exhausted. Let us be prepared for
resistance, when the necessity comes upon us.
Let US then with bnld hearts and firm resoiu.
lions, resist the last sad exigency. But are
there not some remedies and securities with
honor, and dignity, and just regard for our
rights require us to demand? Should we not
demand repeal the law abolishlng the slave
trade in the District of Columbia, and erase
from the statute book, this surrender of the prin.
cipie which will serve as precedent for future
aggressions? Unless repealed, what shall we
do? A voice, transport the negroes."l So
say the abolitionists transport the negroes!
But who is to reimburse the South for three
millions oil slaves? where are the fifteen hprdred
millions of dollars to come froms What. too.
would become OF the people aud of the country
from which so large number Of laborers are
subtracied?
AS long as there is peaceful remedy for our
grievances, we should abstain from violent ones.
can only hurriedly sketch such remedies as
have suggested themselves to my mind We
uiuot Atot dooCil ltidb IdtE measures OF IOn@
gress, inflicted wrongs on the South. which
must be redressed. Such Of these measures
as may be repealed, you ought 10 insist upon
being repealed. OF that character is the aboli.
ton of the slave trade in the District cf Colum.
bia. Moreover, sou should demand some com. !.
pensation for past injuries and wrongs, and
some security for the future, some certain quar-
antee against continued ggression.-somelhine
that can give you peace and security of the
Union! When you have obtained this Justice.
then sing peons to The Union. If, however,
you wish to encourage and invite further ag-
gression, if you wish to bring dishonor, disgrace
and ruin on the Soutb-to make our lovely
country Paria in the Republic, composed OF
dependents on the favor of The strong, and sun
plants for their rights, then submit to these op.
pressions, and sink to the level of your slaves,
and take their places in the social and political
scale! Loud applause.
MY friends, my energies are exhausted, nv
health weakened by an ungenial cline and se-
we're duties. returned home, to recuperate my
mind and body under the warm sun OF my be-
loved, adopted State. ] sought the quiet and
soothing pleasures Of family and friends, and
desired for while to abstain from the scenes
and escitements of the political arena. But
circumstances deprived me Of this soIace, and
made it duty that should come before You
and expose my sentiments, defend my acts, and
ylndcate my motives.
Let US not despair, feow-ci;izens Justice
may yet be done the South, and the remem-
brance OF her wrongs be blotted from the tablets
of our memory. Redress for the past and se~
cuEitv for the future, will restore once more the
friendly feelings and relations which should sub
sist between the States of this Union Allow
me in conclusion, to quote 10 you the memora-
Bile declaration of Burke, in The discussion in
Parliament, in l776, when reference was made
10 the resistance OF the colonies TO the oppres-
sive legislation Of the mother country: II like
these noble men, exclaimed the great orator,
"for their resistance even to cur abstraction.
They do but follow glorious example in our
history. Was it for the twenty shillings John
Hampden rebelled?-would that amount impov-
erIsh him? No, but the payment OF that twenty
shiliings would have made him a slayesn
These are the words | commend to you.
This is The true sentiment which Louisiana
should adopt and act up TO- Let Us not bend
snbmissively % wrong, bat knowing oar rights
let MS dare maintain them. Let us demand re-.
dress Tor the past; security for the future, and
the Union will be preserved.
p, USoLE.-I say, boy whose horse
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