The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-10-17
Military SGrelsgBs Of the SIGUe
States. Letter from Gen
FeEiT 9SEsEO Z,
Correspondence Of the Georgia Telegraph
NATcuEz, Sep. I, 1850.

the slavehOldlng OiateS, set forth IN my
letter to the Nashville Convention. Y
From some canse or Other only 6ve
hundred copies were struck of'--which !
Of course cannot give general publci> t
". | really think that this matter
should be understood in every neigh i
borhood, and then there viii be no dan.
eerof panics which may lead to the des-
truction Of our property.
| also fear that a mistaken want of
confidence in our strength leads many
to take counsel from their fears and
pursue timid course, which will ut
terly ruin and destroy them.
You ask my opinion as to the posi>
ton Of Miss'i. viii give it candidly,
| The people Of this State are more gen~
orally united than those Of any State
except sc.
For time when propositions for
compromise were made in Congress
and Senator Foote sanctioned them,
there was disposition to wait, under
the belief that compromise must mean
mutual concession and advantages
But hardly any could realize that un-
der SO popular name measures should
be proposed which, would etfectually
debar the people Of the Southern States
from participating in any OF the Terri
tory conquered from Mexico without
leaving their slave property behind
y them.
As this fact is made manifest Fiat
the whole drift Of the compromise. or
. the bills passed separatelyis to for
ever exclude the STAKEHOLDER, the pub,
lie mind is busy in calculating the ire~
suit ofthis state of affairs. They ere
satisfied that it will be most deplora'
is bly, ruiuous.
An see that if California is admitted
With The exclusion Of slaveryin heI
constitution she carries with her the
balance Of the Territory. No one car
point to stakeholder who is foolish
enough to move to Utah or New M
Thousands upon thousands will move
to California if they could do SO witt
their slaves but to go to New Mexico
and issue out "habeas corpus" to b.
s- appointed by an Abolition Presiden
h. would be too great an act Of folly fo
- any sane man to commit. And ther
he would know that even if the courts
ns should decide the Mexican laws not t.
,re he in force, Congress stands ready L
no pass the wiImot ProSlso the Tnomen
"a they deem it necessary TO exclud'
lal slavery. ~e
on Set it down that if the south submit
to these monstrous aggressions lher'
fnl will never be another slaveholdin
ed state admitted into the Union. 4
nd child can make the calculation as t
ria what will be the fate Of slavery.
,rn .'You may rest assured Mississippi
,ed will be as staunch in support OF tn
.ith principles she has ayowed as any Stat
Of in the Union. ~
~ "You speak Of the course Of Me-
er. Orleans as shown by the papers. d
ave not believe that the Stale Of Loulslan
we. will support the Compromise Blll co
me. IectiyeIy or separately. The upp'
,trv part of that State is as sound as II
ali State Of Mississippi, and | have unde
,trv stood, that the citizens Of French d.
res cent may be relied on; but it is hard
nds Vet to speak with certainty as Ne
ac. Orleans is Eearly one third ofthe SIa
and has great influence, and the owe
l.. flow Of the Mississippi has for TIN
e in paralyzed the State. | reside IN Lo
the isiana and feel confident that she W
of be in short time alongside OF her So
,sed thern sister States.
,nt's "You refer to the course pursued
,ac. Speaker Cobb. | read his letter wi
eas, great pain. -To insist on the doctrlu
will Of 'non.interventlon" at this time 10
Insult our understanding: When t
hisl door was open for the admission
dual slavery into the Territory, we cou
nave not get Observation-Disclosures M
will when the door aud every avenue
res closed againstus, to ask US TO suPp'
abb ".non-intervention" to keep the &c
her shut is preposterous.
from Propositions are made with rei
the ence to time and situation, When \
well Webster made his great spec hat b
it is timoFe in which be stated that all
ality North wanted was stability in ourtaI
ID il law-the tariff was hlgh-now WA
ieth the tariff is lower he does not want 8
.ign- bihty he, wants change. Who blan
have hint His propositions were MADE
ality purpose. We had purpose J, WI
high we proposed "non-intervenllon' !
main the most of those VINO now Y
rious claimed that it is the true "Soptht
oose doctrine" would NOT go with Us.
attempt was made at tie Phllsdeip'