The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-22

proclamation states we are. ihe article says
Lit from these territories that Gov.
Quiiman has had the hardhosi 70 say the
South has been excluded 60
And again:
"A man who was rot staggered NJ the
admission Of Louisiana. Florida and Texas,
cannot al the same time be considered hon.
ot and intelligent when he starts up with
constitutional scmp.es against the admis-
son Of CalilOrua.
And stiil again:
The attempt Of our chief State Execu.
tive to get up in Mississippi a d,suAtOa ex.
element will be as eu9f and fiat failure
as ever crocAed pih Disgrace The brow Of
weak dmbtft0R.'
And still further
"Can the fakse lights on tie shore, liz by
the hands Of weak UOody disuAi0HiSts," &c.
We were also led by the argumentin the arti-
Gle TO suppose that the editor intended doing
Governor Quitman an injustice. For instance,
Gov. Quitman, in his proclamation, says that
that the people Of the South have been yirtu-
ally excluded from the greater portion, if not
all, the vast ana rich territory acquired from
Mexico In the late war" The editor Of the
Wing says Of this that it is a "false assertion
and, in proof, adduces the establishment OTTER
ritorial governments over a large portion Of
this territory without our express exclusion by
the Wilmot proviso. and, in conclusion, asks is
!" FROM these territories that Gov. Quitman has
had the hardihood 10 say the South has been er-
eiuded :" leaving out, las we thought, in order
TO prone Gov. q is a liar) the word rirtualv
used by him for the sole and express purpose Of
signifying that we had not been expressly en-
eluifd from this, but only by other means, as
by the delay in establishing the governments
without the proyiso; thus lettering emigration
by Shareholders; by the passage of the bills for
establishing the governments as they were
with the express assertion that we were suAi.
GENTLY eteludsd by the Mericda law. which
Mr.. Clay aud tho Northern statesman still hold
the country to be under in this respect TO the
exclusion of slavery.
We make this statement of our reasons for
coming to the conclusion we did last week
(that the editor Of the Wilkinson Wig had
stated the Governor to be guilty of false.
hood in his proclamation in order that we may
do ourself the justice that when charged with
making ian unwarranted attack upon any
editor, we may show that we made it consci-
entiously thinking ourself to be warranted in
it; and we think that no one, however much
he may think us TO have made a mistake, can
hold that our conscience has suffered violence.
In another article in the last Wilkinson Wing
the editor of that sheet thanks us for having
made copious extracts from his paper showing
that he had acted in all fairness to Mr.. Rhett
and also his willingness to correct an inadver-
tent error. We are happy that the opportuni-
~ has so soon arrived for us to loose the Whip
from its obligations to us, by having similar
upon us by that sheet, as far MS Civ
ing us the opportunity TO correct an error goes,
and we thank the editor of the Wilkinson
Wing that, by his article, showing our mis-
take, and that he had not called Gov. Quitman
a liar, he has given us the opportunity land we
hope we shall never have a disposition to be
backward in 50 honorable "A thing) of correct.
ing thus fully, as we have done, an error ari.
sing from our ignorance, And, in conclusion,
we will say that in order to avoid the com
hitting of such errors, as we have done, and
exposing, ourignorance and showing up to our
readers the virtuous conduct of an antagonist
IA very anti-political proceeding) we will here
after not notice what will be said by the editor
of the Wilkinson Wing, unless impclled by
the most overwhelming necessity.