The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-09-28
GEORGIA.


Judge LumPkin, recently a democratic
member Of Congress, declined to accept the
invitation to attend the mass meeting at Ma,
con In a letter to a Union meeting, he thus
writes:
"The late movements Of prominent indi-
yiduaIs in a neighbOring State, have at last
solve the mystery that has concealed the de-
signs Of those who have for several years past
been endeavoring to unite the South into a
political organization. / believe from the time
that a portion Of the Southern members o.
Congress met at Washington City, and rresist>
ed in making a sectional address, that some Of
the prominent and responding authors Of this
measure, designed ultimately to bring about
a dissolution Of the UniOng nd it was this
heliei that induced me at the time, to with.
hold my humble signature from the. Address
written by Mr.. Calhoun, and adopted by a
majority of the members present. And | was
iortifiedin this impression at that time, because
the distinguished author Of that paper would not
consent to q modification OF that measure which
would in any degree change its sectional chat
acter, not even TO secure the united signature
Of the entire delegation from the South in
Congress from both political parties. From
that day the cry has been, Unite the South
against the North; ind if this could be at
at once accomplished, that our wrongs could
be redressed, aid threatened encroachments and
aggressions upon our constitutional rights
could be successfully resisted. The South took
the position and insisted upon it as a sine qua
non IN the settlement Of this vexed question.
that Congress had no Gightto legislate on the
subject any where's and a large proportion Of
the Southern people determined il Congress
should interfere against them by the passage
OF the Wilmot Proviso, q" that they would re-
slst at every hazard, and to the last extremi.
ty." This was the issue that we made with
the North, and what has been the result? A
sufficient number of Northern Senators and Rep.
resentatives have united with US to maintain
the ground we assumed, ard measures carry
ing out the principle Of non-intervention Gun
this day pass both Houses Of Congress if
Southern Representatives would not recede
rom their portion. But ills now ascertained
that u portion Of the South who were even
loudest aud most clamorous for the abolition
OF this principle in the settlement of this dis.
Pute, and who were the opponents Of any
other mode Of settlement, have now abandoned
this principle Of non-interventiOn, and insist
on the Missouri Compromise inc as an extreme
C ncession; and the course of some of those
who advocated this measure of settlement
now satisfies us that they would not propose
to settle the question upon that basis if they
thought that there was any prospec OF its
adoption. In view of all this, and much
more that we published and hear spoken every
day, we cannot doubt but there are men in
Georgia, a considerable number Of individual.
and SINE Of them infu entail, who ara this
day the advocates for dlsunion, whether a salts
factory settlement of the pending question
shall be made or not! Ii | am correct in these
views, it is the duty Of all the friends Of South.
ern rights and the Union, to manifest their
determination to maintain the one and pre-
serve the other, be the consequences what
they may! The constitution itself was the
result of concession and compromise Of the
different conflicting Interests in the various
sections Of the Union, and he who is not willing
to settle these vexed and hnrassing questions
in the same spirit of Cancellation, does not
manifest properly his devotion to that instro>
ment."