The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-10-05

I 70 shOW lh0L ne was Win tha ultTdlStS "
|, the Nashville Platform, and that he coulu
/ be depended upon to stand up TO tina
" rack " when the issue came Of "Uniol
or Disunion," we give tho following
short speech Of his, which was delivered
in a recent running debate in the House
Of Representatives. Mr.. Stephens, who
was also largely counted on by the " fire
eaters," likewise made a speech to his
constituents in Georgia, recently, where.
in he expressed sentiments similar tc
the following:
Nit. TooMBs said: Mr.. Chairman, I desire to
use a portion Of the five minutes allowed nj
under your rule to comment upon an observa'
ton Of the honorable gentleman from Virgins
(MF. Setdon) in reply to his colleagues (Gen.
Bayly.) The honorable gentleman seems Ia
place his opposition to this bill not SO much
upon its own defects as upon the assumed facI
that a series Of measures upon kindred sUb-
%ects, in his judgment highly injurious and dis
tasteful to the South, have been forced upon her
by The North. deny that the facts warrant
the assumption. Without now inq uiring into
the me its Of the measured referred TO, | assert
that the leading one of those measures was
forced upon that gentleman and his friends
- h., Al. MnS,b kre h., tho COtyeh. 0riH mt
only by the South, but by his w State.
The North, by q majority Of twelve, voted
against the Texan boundary and the New Mex-
lean territorial bill. The South, by a ma
iority Of lwenty-three, sustained the bill
This was the free judg'n EHs Of her own. sons
that the measure IN question did NOT 6ompro-
mise her honor her RICH is, or hersAfety. Vir.
GINA voted eight for, to six against the bill g.
Therefore a majority no, only Of the SouthS
but of the gentlsman's own State, "Gorced"
this measure upon him. The remark Of the
gentleman can only be justified on the assump-
ton that he and mis- associates alone are the
"SOuth," and that nearl, twO-thirds OF the Rep
ressntatives of the slavehOlding States in this
House do not reflect tn, opinions or maintain
the interests Of the South. We join issue
with the honorable gentleman, and are ready
10 " put ourselves upon the country"
Mr.. Seldom asked Mr. Toombs il he did not
consider the admission Of California and the
Texan boundary bill aggressions upon the
South. Mr.. TOombs said: | have no hesita-
ton in answering the question. | do not.
The Texan boundary bill | consider not only
Just but generous to Texas. She has a tech
meal but not a meritOrious title to the country
ceded. The nation is complicated with It's
past errors and cannot dispute this title with
Texas, perhaps she may have assumed incon>
sistent obligations. She therefore tenders,
with proper liberullty, an honorable adjustment.
The gentleman from Virginia complains; but
the representatives. from Texas in both Houses
of Congress accept the pacifcation in the spirit
in which it is offered, and | doubt not their
acceptance VIII be gratefully ratified by their
Upon the other question my opinion is
decided. | do not consider the admis-
sion Of California an aggression upon the
South. The objections to the admission OF
are numerous and grave, sufficient
to command my vote against il; but they are
sectional The reasons ought as strongly TO
a representative Of Maine as G ,orgia.
And, in my Judgment, none Of those objections
have been removed by a division Of the
If | had been a northern man, and de-
to vote with sectional advantage, | would
accepted the proposition to divide Cali
with the confident expectation Of get
ting two non -alaveholding States instead Of
In my opinion, the gentleman is in
dehtcd to the folly Of his opponents for bis
escape from the result. In less than five wears
this demand will be made, il will be granted,
and 1t is more Than probable that then the gen.
tIeman and his present opponents will change
sides. The gentleman can make nothing bv
pressing this California issue upon me-. have
met 1t oetore-met 1t in a more authoritative
shape than he can presentit The Legislature
OF Georgia presented it to me in February last,
and, | freely admit it, with more decision than
courtesy. | am now told on all sides that
Georgia has spoken upon this point. deny
1t. Men who betrayed her confidence have
spoken for her: her pride, her spirit, her cour-
age, have been appealed to, to maintain the
false position in which her enemies have
placed her. She will speak for herself: tha,
voice will have no terrOrs for me. Let those
who have attempted to cOmplicate her honor
+" hear and tremble." The gentleman has al
luded to the resolutions passed at a recent
meeting Of the representatives Of the South.
With an expresses understanding that there was
no obligation to do SO, | have, nevertheless,
voted to sustain each and every one Of it's
resolves. But | did not, and neither has the
meeting, made all or either OF them an ulti-