Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-06-08

solemn manner, Of the consequences dlssoution) II the
should not be redressed That should be take
PREPARATORY refusal the part Of the North to acced
to demands. Preparatory to what To dissolution
the Union of course if demands not complied with
This is way the Union This preparatory ca
should be addressed those who uere willing to save tn
Union yet they must nevertheless be such as ~ouid
ing dissolve this partnership. if they could not hav
things their way This preparatory call is not to
addressed those who although DESTROYS saving the Union
not willing to dssoire this partnership They wer
to be consulted however numerous in the setting up
this new this Southern Confederacy" No; this t
be brought about by those who favored dissolution of tn
Confederacy without ascerainng by any just test whethe
majority of the people of the Southern States prefer to re
main in the Union, or to go out of it. f..
Silence sprung the in our Legislature last winter
place the disposal of Governor the enormous sum
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the peoples money
Hence the enacity with which the dsunon members OF tina
body insisted on this appropriation When this large
struck of the Senate bill, in the House, the Senate
refused concur in the amendment, and the House, a
length, modified the clause the OF two
hundred thousand dollars for the of the Legaure-no
the Governor-and it went to the Senate and was thus
adopted This large reserved with vew no doubt,
to Mr. Calhouns preparatory measure for the dissolution Of
the Unon the that he and his friends could get
the North agree his absurd project Of amendment
the Federal Constitution, give the South the same
power Congress that the North has matter how great
the disparity in the amount of their respective populations
Let any of candor examine this letter and compare
the there recommended with those suggested in the
committees address put forth the people Of Mississippi and
say if the former is the prototype of the latter
With regard to the Letter of Judge SHARKEY to
the Editor of :. The Southron," we do not find
ourselves required add any thing to what we have
heretofore had occasion to say in direct reply to his
letter to US, except upon two points.
First. The Judge says that we give him Z" more
credit than am entitled to, in ascribing TO me the
authorship of the Address. That honor is due to
another-to gentleman long known in this State,
and Justly distinguished for the purity OF his char
acter, his talents and his learning, and who, in point
of accuracy political information would contrast
very advantageously even with the Editors Of the
: Intelligencer." H..
Upon the point of fact, whilst we cheerfully
relieve the Judge from the imputed authorship of
the Address, we presume to say that nearly every
one-every one out of the State of Mississippi, at
least-was as much misled on that subject as we
were. The zeal of his defence of that address,
and the temper which characterized his letter,
tainly would have removed from our mind any
doubt, had we entertained any, of his being the au
thor. We stand corrected, however whilst, in re-
gard to the comparison instituted by the honorable
Judge between the accuracy of political informa-
tion &C. of the real author of that address (our adj
versary unknown,) and the award of superiority in
that respect to those of the Editors of the National
Intelligencer, we bow with unfegned submission to
his judgment in the premises. ...
Secondly. The Judge says: /" What is also
strange, the Convention is condemned when it
will have no power. 1t is to be mere advisory
body, called for the purpose of recommending to
the people some plan by which our grievances
can be removed, harmony restored, and the Union
preserved. 1t will have no power to dissolve the
Union, if it would. 1t will have no power to in
| aict injury on the country. 1t is poweress
for evil &c. And again: I" It is said the Nash
vile Convention is scheme devised for the disso-
luton of the Union. Those who SO assert have
greatly mistaken its object. The reverse is true
it originated in desire to preserve the Union by
preventing blow which might prove fatal to its
existence All will admit that there were just
grounds for these apprehensions."
We have never doubted, as our readers will bear
witness, that many who have been earnest adj
vosases OF the Convention project, are also sincere
friends to the Union, intending no disparagement
TO it, but suffering themselves to be hoodwinked as
to the actual purposes of persons whose plans were
too deeply laid to be visible upon the surface.
But lest the Judge and other Wings of the South
should not yet be undeceived as to the concurring
sentiments of intelligent men in different parts of
the South on this subject we append to this hasty
notice one of the evidences to this effect of recent
date, from source of the highest responsibility.
1t is letter from the Hon. JAMES A. MERI-
wETHER, we'll known a Wing Of high standing,
formerly Representative in Congress from the
State of GEORGIA, in which he gives his reasons
for declining to act as a Delegate to the Nashville
Convention, when, without his agency, elected for
that purpose. To this Letter, from source so en-
titled to confidence, we ask the whole attention of
our readers
To the Voters of the It'll Congressional District
The Legislature its last session recommended the con-
sderaon Of the people the popey Of sending Delegates
Convention be holden at Nashville month The
occasion for the approval of such recommendation the
first Tuesday in April next when those delegates should be
elected by popular VOTE '.t
My name presented of the candidates for dele
gate from this district be voted for in the egt the people
should approve tie recommendation
The election has TRANSFERRED and have been declared legal
Ly elected.
Ought l. under all the circumstances to consider myself
rgLy entitled represent and speak for the people Of this
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