The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent., 1850-07-19
From The F1cksburg Wing.
THE CUBAN AFFAIR.

The Mississippian is endeavoring to excitel
spublic feeling in favor Of Governor Quiimaf.
This to our mind is decidedly wrong, and wei
twill hereafter establishit IF Gov. Quitman hasI
sbeen guilty of violation of the laws he hasI
Sworn to support, he is infinitely more culpableI
5than would be the humblest citizen. His Office
sand position as Governor gives him no right oYerl
any other citizens Of the State.
We do not know upon what authority or testi.
] smony the grand jurors in New Orleans found theI
abil Of indictment against Gov. @ but the pre-.
sumption forces itself upon us that they mustI
] have had good grounds, as they were actingi
! sunder oath We cannot suppose that men sit
Sting under the solemn sanction of an oath would
sbe guilty, without cause, of prefering a bill
against any one: but if they had sufficient evi.
5dence, it is creditable to them to know that al
adignitary of the land, however high his plstion
{ may be, cannot escape them easier than the
poorest soldier who risked his life. The Missis-
5sippian SAYS: "There is not a word Of truth in
she Indictment" This, it occurs to us. is rather
"a wholesale and sweeping denunciation of the
sbody Of respectable men who found the bill, and
zmight be severely felt by them, were it not for
5!he fact that the charge is too gross, and the
ssource not reliable. Examining little further
sinto the article alluded to, we discover the means
10y which the Mssissippian expects TO excite pop
5ular prejudice in favor of Gov. @. 1t says:
"Ths indictment has now been got up for the
Hevident purpose OF political persecution. We
ahesitate not to say that when the matter shall be
Sprobed to the bottom, it will be seen that the
sMhole charge has been matched up to attempt the
adestruction of character bought at SO aluch per-
sil and devotion TO his country, anG which now
Islands so fair before our people.
"Whatever may be the purposes now veiled TO
sthe public eye, we trust that it will not be al
stempted to deprive Mississippi of her Executive
annder pretext calculated to bring the honor Of
four State into disrepute This administration
ahas attempted many high-handed acts, but the
apresent one cannot be countenanced in Missis~
asppi."
We cannot but indulge the belief that the
paragraph here quoted must and does receive the
scensure and condemnation OF GenQ. He would
sbe unworthy of The high character he has ac-
AquireG were he not to repuGiate it.
4 II Gen. @. has not violated the laws. and his
3official oath, let him go forward and demand a
Htrial. lie certainly cannot be injured unless he
Ills guilty. If guilty, repeat again. that he de-
ssserves punishment more severe than could be in
Sficted upon the humblest citizen. Were a
sapoor and untitled citizen of cur State indicted by
"a grand jury in Louisiana, and the Governor OF
4 that State make recqusiton upon Gov. @ FOR
ahim, how readily would he be given up How
Sshamefui and rdculons then is it for the chief
4 ADemocratic organ of the State TO be clustering
! land appealing TO the sympathy of the people in
S5ehalf Of Gov. @. The contemplate stur in the
aaboye paragraph that the prosecution was inten-
Cd as political persecution" will receive just
srebuke from every sensible and rght-thinking
Oman.
q Many Of the grand jurors are well known in
2sonr State. 1t is equally as well known that il
alcas not composed OF partisan Wings, as that
satruthful paper would have us believe. One o.
Il The members OF that jury, was formerly citizer
saof this city; and was, and is, a strong Democrat
Sybut We will discard this by saying that men o
ssaainegriy, when acting under oath, forget party
;saand perform their duty. ltwould be wei! for the
s3writer Of that article TO recollect that
q As TO that portion of the article which speaks
S3of resistance the part of the people, if eff
S9fort should be made to take Gov. @. to New Or
eans, it is scarcely worthy Of notice. He knows
5but little of the citizens Of this State who makes
sasuch charge. Our State has a reputation fol
chivalry and will not mar or blot it, tor the repu
s3tation of "ant-renters" or "barn burners" in
aother words. they do not desire and viii not have
z he character which would surely follow re
sasistance of the laws of their country.