The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1850-11-20
JACKSON. Nov. 8. 1850.


Rights ASSOCIATION OF Yazoo county, 10 Col.
Jefferson Davis and our Representatives in
the lower House Of Congress at Benton, Oh
Saturday the 9th Of November, 1850, is Il L
ceived, and | sorely regret that / cannot
be present to join with you in rendering my
heartfelt and sincere gratitude to them, for
their independent and patriotic resistance 10
Northern aggression upon Southern rights
They have done all that faithful represeliia-
tVes could do to roll back tho tids Of az
erosion, and have returned TO Hsto lie | Us
Of defeat. Not one word of hope hang ~
on their lips, but gloomy Grebodings shrou1
their spirits, and they tell Us, that there is IrU
help for US in Congress. They tell US that
the South is POweress in Congress-, and
that they have no means Of staying the hand
OF aggression, welded by a majority that
disregards the constitution, and whose high |
est delight consists In trampling upon the
feelings, the sensibilites and the rghts oil
the slave States. This is the report they
bring US, and yet we still cling to the false
delusion that there is balm in the govern
ment. |
We clutch with Eeverish grasp, each
floating plank Of a ruined and shattered con-
slitutiOa and rudeiY lash them together, and
upon this miserable raft, we embark our des-
TIMES and sit down, and sing hosannahs 10
it, as ''the glorious Union" .' 1
The Union 81 the constitution has struck
upon the rocks of abolition and Free.soil
her stately timbers have given way, and
she has gone down; and when she went
down, the allegiance Of the people Of the
State of Mississippi, ard of every State be
came absoved from it. The Union to
( which the people OF the States pledged their
lives, their honor and their fortunes to main
\, was the Union constructed OFT OF tn
tmbers of the Constitution
| Let that glorious aud time >honored old
vessel with ribs OF Constitutional oak, and
/ sails of equal rights, with the national ban
ner at her MASTHEAD and the star of each
/ particular State Inscribed upon its fo!d., shi-
r ming with equal iusire be set ahoat, and up
: on her noble bottom we would stand and de-
leud it against world in arms. aaa ,T
i Bat to require US to embark on that rick
! ely craft, Constructed out of the rotten ma
:, terials of abolition and freesoilism, driven on
# by black sails tapping over the doomed YES.
n sci, with banner threatening destruction to
a one half the crew; with no chart to govern
l. il, but the higher LAWS a reqIisition
o sooner than obey which, we should appea
o to the common arbiter-the God of Battles
Al There is but one panacea for all the dan
r. gers that threate US; and that is a sovereign
l. one. Let the assaiIeA States assume a soy
5: ereign attitude. The State of Mississippi
l. has already assumed an advanced position
D. As citizens Of the State, il would be- well
er TO cast our eyes around and survey la
s round spon which she Has planted lhersell
is 10 understand her position accurately, an
er 10 inform ourselves correctly Of her exac
te attitude, let Us refer 10 those records tina
register her acts as history. 1t may not BIZ
IS universally known, that in the archives {
of our State in The House Journal of our Lagi.
ly Iature, 1850, is contained full record
lie The proceed .gs OF the meetings of cenua
III ssippi, held in Jackson, the 7h day G
er8 Il, 1910, and also those Of the Oc;obe
er .ventiOu of the sgIe year. Not onl
le siose proceedings, bat our Legislature; il
$, order TO pespetuate in history the reason
Il that in paf. produced, them have embo3ie
n in the journal, the Address OF the Soutdeg
e. delegates ia Congress to their constituents
III rnus has the State transferred these pre-
We ce3dings from the fleeing and perishabl
m pamphIet and newspaper form in whic
IS they existed into mperishable historl
I'D There they are registered forever, and wi
or q down to posterlty and will be read in q
ut ture ages as undeniable history. First
f. order, stands, The Address Of The SoaII
le- ern Delegates in Congress Il their COAST
'p- uents, signed by our !wo Senator'S, JrEfis
be son DAYS and Henry S. Foo'e and our the
OF Representatives, p. w. Iompkns, A..
in Brown, w s.. Feathsrston, and Jace
en- Thompson. r. stl4- 81 -. l-leg
N This Address contains q full account
the aggressiOns made and threatened 10
lr. made on our rights, and alAer summing
rty and pointing out the dangers to be apr
aed, it employs the following Ianguag
Jus under every aspect, the .result is CT
res tain, il aggression be not promptly and d
cidedly met. How it is t. be met
is Cor you 10 decide. Such then being /
tha case, it would be to insult you to suppo
e. you could hesitate" Vide House JOurn
we 1850, page 1885,. Such was the strong Ia
40 guage of the address, informing the Peol
that these aggressions could not be met
their representatives in Congress, but wgo
hayetobe met by themselves. But TO sh
nan how earnestly the people were invoked
ila' this subject the conclusion Of the Addr
holds the following forcible aud empha
language. go.
'ro- "UnVilthey are SO held by the South,
age North will not believe that You ATE in {
nest in opposition, to their feneroachme
and they will continue 70 follow, one 9
rer's another, until the work Of abolition IS Gin
lded ed. To convince them that yod are,
must proveby your acts that you hOhl
Oil other questions subordinate 10 il hH
cate cate become united, and prove yourselves "