The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-05-09
Tan NASHVILLE CONVENTION.

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THE NASHVILLE CONVENTION.
al one time, scarcely a single journal in thi'
state urged the least objection to the Assem-
blage that will tlke place in June next al
Nashville. All seem to BE- for il. We, how
ever, were not deceived. We never did be-
lieye that there was entire ~unapimity on Thu
question. We always did believe that certain
journals and certain persons, that effected "a
favor its objects, would erdgfsh before the pro-
Der time arrived. We always thought many
On them would easily end some slight pretext
ios taking offence, and would fork %, to use an
expressive Cash phrase. On the meeting ofthe
October Convention in jackson, on the surface
ali the indications we're those Of harmony and
concert. Not a public journal, that We know,
in the State raised its voice against lis proceed
ings. Aftera while, however, some few presses
in the Sta te began cautiously to express some
fears that the Nashville Convention would. not
be harmonious in its action or would fail in
lie ohjects, some Of these Croakcrs boiling one
evil, and some another all, however, taking
special care to preface their vaticinntions with
an expression Of their general approval Of the
objects contemplated. These felers were then
copied into other journals entertaining k inbred
sentiments, and sometimes with and sometimes
without an editorial endorsement. The jour
mails advocating the Convention, believing that
It was best to treat the disgentients with great
courtesy, and fearing to disturb the general
harmony that seemed to prevail, did not visit
these first indications Of disapproyal on the
part Of their contemporaries with those decid
cd marks Of Cenaure which they deserved.
The dissenting Journals, finding themselves
uhrsbnked BY the advOCates Of the Convention
and being shesrsd on BY each other, began 70
express themselves in each succeeding issue 10
stronger and stronger terms-became holder,
aud holder, until at last not a few Of them are
pmoppooents q the Convention. They we're
somstmeundergoing this change, but they have
az astgotthsmselve up to that point, some urg.
ing one excuse, and some another; one think
Ing that IN questions win BE- settled before
June; another that The conyentiOnists are sus-
pected Of entertaining certain secret designs
not yet ayOwsd, and a third, that il oWesits
origin (korn6le dictu) to the suggestioa 81 the
late Mr., Calhoun, and innumerable frivolous
excuses are urged Tor their own tergiversations
And yet to keep up a show Of consistency they
t6Il profess to stand upon the principles of the
October Convention, and approve it's action;
and yet the main and principle object effected
By that October Convention was the original
ing Of the Nsshville Convention. This waists
chief Object-tho mere fact Of .asssmbling to-
gstheF and passing certain abstract resolutions,
without indicating some specific mode Of car
Eying cut these resolves, would surely be the
extreme Of folly. And it would seem that
some Of the late pretended friends Of the Octo-
bas Convention are the advocates Of just that
course. They are willing enough to pass vague
and indefinite resolutions on paper, asserting
n general terms our rights under the constitu-
tom This \ al right enough; they will pro.
ieas the utmost harmony, and vow that & they
viii 81 - lar as he who goes the farthestn on
this questions but whenever a distinct, specific
and united mode Of resistance il proposed they
su ldealy find neutrality-suspicious. in the prOpO-
sitiop, and begin, one with another, to frame
INTO themselves reasons for dissent. In the
name Of common sense what il the use Of as
ssrting our rights If we are not in earnest, and
d. not intend to insist on them7 II the South
intends e submit, why in Code name let Us
know i'll As one of her hunblct sons, deyot-
ed % hsr Institutions By the ii les Of birth, ptin-
eiplr ipseFast and every dthtr earthly consid-
sFat sus " say use sooner We know Il tie BET .
~. hetu Il ground The weapons Of out oppo-
dacr, ana quietly fcld our arnsin humble Sub
miSiun toevery dsmnnd our Northern friends
may make Of ID.
tits the idlest paatimc to talk on paper about
ouf gall, II W III not intend tO enforce md
apply tie remedies for the violation III these
rights. We had hitherto Been simple enough
% suppose that whenever there were rigkts
there wers, 81 ought 70 Be, corresponding rem.
sd i case those rights were violated. But
hal tome o. our southern friends stand
oadstialIy snong Gor he assertion Of out
slsha hat viii have nothing to do practically
wish tho easdy. sach i portion Il powerless
tos good andis only calculated to do evil.
Powerless fcr good, hecausa instead 81 Stayink
Aathsin aggregation. Il viii invite it-caIcuIat
satodaevi5 ~ thia constant repetition II tbe
wrongs done " BY The North, viii sxci,e upkiiod
6HU soMaFdsthat portions Of lRa cOneletaOv
qpdyet points out % WY Of rsmsdinr thoss
aFongs Better n ones, HE the sas.al, y
dsPps aiae up our caps and sine homnnns
y ~ powers shat cypress u. There wcold
b n lsass Inconsistency inthat ooursg.