The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-07-06
FOR TIE MIssIssIppl CREOLE.

man OF 18th inst, see that "Equal Rights, Is
out again in reply to communication over
the signature of '1ustice," published in the
Creole of the 4th uIt. Equal Rights has
ceriainiy taken time enough to consider wheth-
erhe would or%OuId not reply. In cOnnexion
with this natter beg leave 10 suggest to him
the propriety Of concluding this newspaper
controversy. before the dog-days come on, as
IN these piping times, one eeIs an inclination
TO ENJOY Osmuch ease as possible. freed from
the arduous task of examining hose grave and
important questions, whose proper considora-
tlon itwould be better, perhaps, to adjourn to
period OF the year when the mercury in our
Thermometers afpfoaehes nearer zero. Bmaa
Equal Rights commenced the CONTROVERSY BY
attacking the resolutions ad6ptedg5y 4 body Of
citizens who met some time since in the town
OF Camden, for the purpose Of taking into con-
sideration Important questions which were
then, and still are agitating the country from
centre to circumference, and has followed up
his original attack by another Of amore studied
and formal character sJustice' claims the
privilege, as an humble member Of that meet
ing to reply, the warm weather to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
The account given by Equal Rights in re-
laton to the organization Of the meeting and
the passage otlhe Resolutions, upon the infor-
nation which some third party has kindly fur
nshed him, is indeed quite Interesting. Ac-
cOrding to his showing, the two Democrats
who in part composed tho committee to report
Resolutions for the action OF the meeting, have
been guilty Of the most prodigious tergiversa-
ton, They are placed IN the unenyable posi-,
Hon o approving and disappearing, supporting
and opposing the same propositions, at nearly
one and the same time, And SO with those
other Democrats not composing the committee,
who were present at the meeting~and who
voted for the resolutions, They ~ste taken
by storm or stratagemI Equal Rights does
not even grant to them the privilege o an hons
'OrabIe surrender. Oh! no, they were taken by
the enemy, their fort6cations were demolished,
and they were given to the relentless sword of
the conquofing foe. Isit tnot pity @ht Equal
Rights did not complete this historical narra-
tive, by informing US who took them, who did
the storming and who was the author OF the
stratagem? Now, Mr.. Editor, in relation to
all this have only4to say, that if the two dem-
ocraric gentlemen who in part constituted the
! lcomnitree, have Informed EquarRights' thai
notwithstanding they were in favor OF The Res,
olutions as originally eported-that .hOtwfth.
stHHdl0g they the Chairman of the
committee to report them To the meeting as the
unanimous sense ofthe committee, that nolwlh
standing all this, those resolutions do not rehec
their views at all 81 if those other democrats who
were present at the meeting, and woo voted lo
the Resolutions, have authorized Equal Rights
to say in their behalbthat those Resolutions con
stituted very bitter dose, but bitter as it was
they were compelled to swallow il, word tha
they We're taken by storm and stratagem,
am content. But unless he has their authorit,
for making the statement which was made b,
him in his last communication, | regard it a
rather severe on them, as members OF the Cam
dem meeting. What beautiful compmen
does he not pay to the democrats who took Al
interest in the proceedings of that meetIn@ Il
charge them with the offence Of subscribing Il
| 81. o,d nnip in tuhi inh ri IN
concur, and then by way of set-of, to throw Ou
an nsnuation that they did it because the
could not help it-lhat they were taken b
storm and stratagem!' ButI will leave thi
matter for Equal Rights and the democrats I
settle between themselves.
A s to the allegation, that the Resolution
were prepared by single individual (even
true) of what importance is it in this contrC
versy! Every memberof the committee wa
in favor of the positions assumed by the ResC
lutiOns, ana was, to that extent, as responsible
for those positions, as though each aud ever
one had takena part in drafting them. Th
signer Of promissory note drawn by lhr
party, is as much bound legally and honorably
to pay that note, as though he had drawn
+ hmsef And 30 with the proceedings Of tn
/; Camden meeting. Every memberoi thatm
ing who voted for those Resolutions, assume
all the responsibility resulting therefrom, an
to the same extent, as though he had been tn
pensman whose mind conceived and who's
hand drafted them. But this is too PLAIN
admit of any doubt, even on the part oi'Equ
} Rights himself,
/ Equal Rights says that he agrees with II
3 first Resolution, as far as it asserts, that "
are attached to the Union as it 1871 but that
objects to conclusion OF it, which assumes Il
: ground that thedissolution of the Union wou
be tantamount to destruction Of Liberty, al
everything else that we hold dear as freeme
and he aludes to the innate spirit OF Lber
here at the South, which he thinks would su
vive the shock. Now, there is difference