The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-07-06

w ~ we nave not Learned
certainly the cause of this u~nexrecteI
death, but it is supposed to have bee
aPoPlexy.
We do not believe that many of III,
pollllcians, and still less that the peopl
Of the South who have expressed a will
ingness ~ support it, 1.-THE compromIs'
Oil OF the committee Of thirteen, wer,
aware 81 is purport.n
The above extract is from the address
Fl the recent, Nashville convention, |
would, possibly, be unjust 10 suppose ii.
authors intended an insult 10 the major,
w Of the Southern people. We are
willing 70 admit the vast erudition and
extensive political knowledge Of the
persons who composed that assemblage
but, at the same time, we canno. give
our consent 70 the truth Of the imputa.
tion Of ignorance which thew have So
unnecessarily cast upon those whom
they Profsssed 10 represent. A decent
respect for the people should have
caused the suppression ofthe imputation,
even though their own vanity should
nave been wounded for the want of a
compliment ~ the superior wisdom
WIN which each SO honestly conceived
himself endowed. It would not be the
part OF wisdom to quarrel with them or
ahe principles Of their address, because
sheyhavc elected to consider themselves
az embodied with all the wisdom Of The
world, and that devotion 10 Southern
rights and principles burned brighter
and Purer IN their hearts than IN all
others who DO not see as they sec, Or
VINO will not come at their call or 90 at
their bidding. The sting Of the :
graph Is removed by the compliment to
themselves. We're there no other oues.
lions involved than the simple reflection
on ihe people and the compliment to
themselves, Il would no, perhaps he
Suarl'aOlo Or polite to attempt to unde.
ceiSe thems or dispel the illusion which
surrounded them. While we would NOT
60 50 far as TO make such an ungenerous
;Ienecllon On them, we hope others will
% paFdoned who entertain the opinion
tAas 1here was some patriotism and IN.
'%el'lgence outside Of the convention. and
although they may not be 50 loud n
Their professions or prd(use in their
declarations as that body, yet they have
ever been truer friends 10 the South
man those men whose vanity, to saw the
least, have rendered them somewhat
ridiculous.
tha' party, Of which a majority of
the members 81 the Nashville coDvcn.
slon was composed, have ever had a host
fnen Or 3 budget Of schemes for The
peneht Of the South, which they have
never been diIatory in pressing upon
A. - a
ahe public notice as entitled TO their sun
port o. peculiar consideration Those
VINO doubled their men or questioned
principles, were denounced by
those egotislical patriots, who are still
wholly unabashed, no~twithslandin their
end their teachings have proven
false to the South Or her inte-
rests.
The majority Of the members Of The
Nashville convention are Of that party
VINO assured the people that Martin Van
Eas the true and tried friend Of
the South that he was a "Northern
nan With Southern principles "that
all the wings said Of him Or his p%rinci-
Pies va untrue or distorted Yet time
Aalslled their teachings ana established
Ape ruth oi whig statements. Two
years age, and Lewis Cass was the
second Northern man with Southern
principles" and Southern votes we're
solicited for him because !. was urged
that he was more Southern than Zachary
Taylor, Who vas born and raised ii the
South and who was BY education and
interest wholly identified with Southern