The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-11-27
TERMS OF THE YAzoo DEMOCRAT.
Correspondence Of The Charleston Mercury.
Macon, Oct. %, 1850.
What viii Georgia dOl

DOT She will do everything that duty and
honor require OF her ia this or any other
emergency that may happen to her. But
what Is thai l can, perhaps, HnSwer that
question better by telling You what Georgia
has done, what she is doing, aud what in all
probability she will do.
She passed at her last Legislature with
the concurrence Of all parties, and with al.
most the unanimous voice Of both Houses,
a set Of resolutions that covered the whole
Southern ground, and no where, or by lone,
were the principles and spirit Of those resO-
buttons more ably, zealOusly and uncOmprO-
mSingly sustained than by MesSrs. TOOmbs
and Stephens, in Congress, until near the
close Of the last session, while at home,
amongst the people and the presses, the on
" strife was, who should be foremost in sup
port OF the sentiments Of the resolutions.
One OF the provisions Of these FeSOlu-
IiOns, you will recOllecl, was that in the
event OF certain contingencies, the Cover.
nor of the State was to call the people to-
gether, in Convention, to take counsel Of
each o'h"r, in Convention, to take counsel
6t each ether and to determine such course
at action in resisting this, the most deadly Of
all her wrongs, ia tho manner that best be.
came her dignity and her honor.
The admission Of CalilOrnia-wiih the
Wilmol PrOviSO, practically, though covert
ly embraced in it, having been passed into a
law by Congress, near the close Of the ses-
sion, It became the duty Of Gov. Towns TO
act under the resolution, and bis PrOclama>
ton was accordingly issued, calling upon
M tuIA In .,lss al ,F
her' delegates FROM each county to meet in
Convection d MiIledgsvil:e, on the 10Th OF
prc~mhrr next, aud the subject iS now
i"rIy before the people.
Anticipating the action Of the Governor.
tt'I appeared Mr.. Stephens and then MIR.
AOomb', IN Georgia, although Congress
was still in session. and without any previ.
aus notice or inIimatiOn, they were found,
To tho great regret aud modification Of their
iIlend', and the unmingled surprise OF eve
~ one, r'pudiAting tho whole scope and ten
dSacy OftheSO resolutions, and broadly ad-
yoeHling the provisions Of the Compromise
Bill, and the submission Of tho people o.
Georgia 10 tho mOnSIrOuS outrage peFpetra,
ted upon the rights and institutions Of the
South BY itS enactments.
This open and unblushing treGchert to lh'
South for it can be designated by no Othe
name, on the part Of gentlemen who, unit
this time, had been the recognized champ
OnS OF the rights and institutions Of the Soul
produced a universal burst Of Reproduction
AmOngS tall the true friends ofthe South il
Georgia, and under the excitement necess
RTi'y produced by the disclosure Of treason
amongst Themselves, the more ardent an
devoted Of the Southern Rights party, lel
that the time for bold and decisive action ha
been precipitated upon Georgia; and, as ID
alternative Of resistance or submission mui
inevitably be soon forced upon her, the
openly proclaimed their desire to make tn
issue and meet i. at once, rather than sub
init TO further aggression and wrong.
II is one Of the ominOus features Of Ii
times that class Of men who have n
before appeared in the public arena, b.
who are eminently fitted to direct and col
troll events in times OF peril, are beiH
brought into action by the pressure Of Il
times; and, when the contest does come,
Il will como, it will be decided by them az
not by stump orators or clamOrous polite
ans. This fact has not escaped the motto
OF our brethren at the North, and the know
ledge Of il has done more to produce a foe
ing OF alarm amongst the merchants Of Ne
York, who now see by these signs Of Il
times that the South is in earnest, than q
else wo have done put together. With ia
class OF men, rash or PSecipitate or prem
ture action Of any kind, met no favor. E
Pocling to play their part in the great Dr.
ma whenever Il did come. thev werv not n
mon TO prOceed without fall cOnsiderati
and foil preparation. With them the diss
luton Of the Union could not bo consider
otherwise than great calamily-a great
than any other known 70 them eEespt OF
and that was submission to diShOnOr or de
radiation. With such al issue before the
there could be no h-Si'ation Is to the ChO
Of alternatives, and the choice being on
made, the conflict would be engaged
with determination and q PreParatiOR
succeed. Messrs. ToOmbs and StoPhoI
and their csnfsderatss, were not slow
take advantage Of the sudden, but PaFti
outbreak o. an indignant feeling. Produ'
IN great measure by their unnatu
course, and FASTENED 10 plant themselves
on the bread ground Of the UniOn, the VII
Union, and nothing but the Union, and D
claimed the issue 10 be Union or diuniou
disuniOn per Se, % they Say-which, d
II, means disuOiOn for tie love or disuni
and nothing else. They wheeled an I
line at ;he same time their whole array
great names, and published them fRr ,
wide, as evidence that Georgiawas rich,
I'm other words, that she was lObe haTne
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