The southern press., 1850-10-03
Misaiaaippi.
From the vicksburg Mississippi Sentinel

Misaiaaippi.
From the vicksburg Mississippi Sentinel
we extract the following very significant account
of the state Of things in Mississippi. 1t fur
nishes additional refutation Of the SANDER that
the Southern Whig; viii not stand up as man
| fully in defence of Southern rights as their De-
mocratic brethren.
! h is possible that the Establishments of po-
litical leaders, and the prejudices of party Qhe
stronger in this ease because of Wing admin
istration) may seduce portion of that party
into an acquiescence in these hollow measures
of compromise"
Yet we much mistake the metal of which that
party is composed in the Southern States, if the
ranks of resistance are not filled as promptly
from that side as from the other Partizans
whose whole political capital is vested in the
continuance ofthe old party lines, aud who, ifthe
compromise" be not acquesced in have COM
mtted political suicide, may struggle for the per-
petuatiou of both: yet they cannot move the
masses by such considerations, nor by appeals
however artful or sophistry however skilful,
hide fromthe people the real issue of resistance
! or submission
Even now, when the partizans of the Com
promise at the South strive to rejoice their
gratulations sound ikeapologies--the applause
as mechanical rs that of the hired claqueurs at
! the theatre. Theirs is 'the most tragcal mrth''
that ever was perpetrated since the performance
of Pyramus and Thisbc, and their lions, when
they roar you "as gently as sucking doves
in favor of peace, concord, harmony, &e &c.-
do it as sheepishly as "Snug the Joiner
Contrast the tone of Wing print like the
/ Augusta Republic, with that of its acquiescent
neighbor, the Chronicle, of the same place, and
what difference there is perceptb!e in tone and
temper the one as heady and sparkling as
champagne, the other as flat as the hattest OF
stale slnall-beer-and in every other instance,
Except where the papers are edited by imported
editors, who advocate all anti-Southern meas
ures aacith an appetae') the same contrast can
be drawn.
The persons who pretend to disparage the
movement in Mississippi, will soon have as con
vincing proofs of their own short-sightedness,
as the "outsider" who turned up his nose con-
temptuously at the deuge, predicting that it
| would not be much of shower after ALL
But we are OBTAINING our readers from the
promised exposition Of the signs of the times
in Mississippi. Col. ToMpKIss, it is well known,
was the sole Wing Representative from that
State in the last Congress
!, THE ADJOURNED MEETING IN HlNps-SpEEcn
OF Hon. p. w. ToMKrNs.-Pursuant to the reso-
luton adopted at the meeting 10 Raymond last
week, very large portion Of the people Of Kinds
assembled ut the Courthouse during the recess Of
the court on Monday last, for public discussion
> Of the absorbing questions now agitating the
country Col. C.. s. Tarplay, Judge Tumpkins,
Col Glenn, Franklin Smith, esq and Judge
2 Hutchson, delivered speeches during Monday
and Tuesday, all of which are spoken of as very
able efforts.
The opponents Of the resolutions adopted at
the previous meeting were invited to JOIN in a dis
cussion, on equal terms, but declined doings The
speech of Judge Tompkns is spoken Of an
effort Of great ability and the effect was marked
and powerful. Weare proud to announce that he
. came out fully and unreservedly for the mainte-
nance Of Southern Righ,s--in the phrase of the
day an s.utra' Southerner. He gave the result
of his experience during his service at Washing
. ton, and drew vivid picture Of the present state
, of affairs. He said that there is party at the
North either among politicians the people upon,
,chon ,re can reyhat the movements Of the Gggres-
sors rights are progressive aud u,reientng,
and that the alternative pas presented either Of re-
sistance or base submission. His manner was ear
r nest and-fervid. and he was freqenty interrupted
by deafening applause.
We hail this as another evidence that the old
party lines are fast becoming obliterated, and that
o our people are uniting for common safety. Judge
Tompkins is the most popular and influential
8 ,,,t tbo nd xua faelc
5 noble stantfhe has taken will have good effect,
. in bringing about almost entire unity among our
: people As the most effective means Of produc-
5 ing this unity, we hope our Wing presses Will
cease playing into the hands OF our enemies, ny
doing all they can to weaken the force OF q united
? and determined resistance of the South to wrong.
Let them join ,cith the patriotic leaders Of their party
- uion, Sharkey Steicarf Tompkins, Word, DUFF
field. Stearns, Capp, I'm. l.. Ha'7is,and others
: | quit their intolerable abuse of Southern men for
maintaining Sou thern rights, and their laudation
!. of Clay, Fillmore, &c.-stop their loud hosannns
] for the glorious Union, when they find our enc
f mics at the North beating them at the same game
while they robbing us of our negroes, and
! battling down the barriers which protect us under
the Constitution-let them Join harmonoasly in
demanding substantial justice, and all may yet be
well, If they had stood up for the South hereto
fore-if instead Of captous cavalling on inmate
rial points, and reckless subservence to party
schemes, one mind and one purposes had actuated
!. us all in the South, our rights would have been
conceded, and there would have been no voice
for secession from any quarter. But despite the
counter efforts of these presses and few mousng
e politicians, the Indications unerrng that when
the issue comes, the s,bmissonists will be left In
: minority so infinitely small as not to repay the
trouble of counting.
The Purifc alton by Fire, &c.
/, The cool way in which the triumphant Sew
ardites congratulate each other and the party on
the happy issue Of their deliberations, must be