The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1850-03-09

VI lh6 pnLteu otHt49 F0fHte0 tAtder ana Uy VtfGs
Of he Federal Conslitultopt This is her bo /
Of union and our letter Of allorney--and we, I
as her agents or attorneys, are sworn to regard
and support il, How then can we, as members I
cfthts House, do that which is expressly FOR
BtDDEN BY The warrant under which we aCta-
In the name Of all that's jus. and holy, let US
not, while we complain Of the violation Of that
Instrument by the north, be guilty Of this delib-
crate iTffaetiOn ourselves,
Gentlemen say that the object Of the Con-
vention at Nashville is "nOt to form any ali.
ance'' OF ''enter into any compact" in the sense
contemplated by the Constitution, Sir, do
not 50 understand this Nashville project. To
go no farther back in the history Of this queS-
ton, what do you mean, sir, In the report Of
the cOmmitte,, which was sanctioned by the
action Of this House bv unanimous consent.
when you say, ''the Southern States have re-
monstratsd and iOrborne until forbearunce is
no longer q vrlue;' "the time has arrived
when they must prepate TO Act.n And in the
4th resolution when you cay, we twill not subs
miI"--and again the 9Th resolution when you
say, it is time for the Southern States Vto take
care Of their own safety, and to O,treat the non
slave holding s ntes as enemies to the slave
holding States and their domestic inslltutions''
land again in the 9Th resolution when you
say, "this convention prOclaims the deliberate
conviction that the time has arrived when the
southern States should take counsel together
for their common safety ,''--and again in the
9th resolution when you say, "that the State
OF Mississippi will stand by and sustain her
sister - tes in whatever course Of dctiun may
/ be determined On,n &c. What, say, do you
! mean by all this! You, spepk Of "acriOn''-
that it is too late for 'remonstrance'--yOu will
. mot summit and will convene logether'-=
, Doesall this mean thai the Nashville conyen.
ton shall only adopt one grand remonStrance to'
n the 1hole South? If that IL oil that is intended
A go, gather together the separate resolutions Ol
the conventions and primary meetings, held in
all the southern States, and send them up a,
The Femonstiancs Of the South. This will an.
swer the same purpose. But you say Me time
for remembrance has passed. This shows thai
the convention at Nashville, is not to remoh.
strale merely. 1t would indeed, be miserable
humbug, ID this is TO be its only object.
Sir, gentlemen may disclaim as they will
n but il cannot be denied that the object OF th
Nashville convention is to 'entor into com
d pact' Jsr sOas OtAerpa-pOse, otherwise all you
e resolves and declarations are but empty, higI
4 sounding defamation, and senseess gaseona
II ding. II being clear then, that compact i
n intended, and no consent Of Congress is asked
i as the constitution provides, we can take nj
j. part in forming such compact, SO long as WI
,s claim to be one of the confederate States an,
is profess any regard for the constitution.
n, Sir, / wish to be understood as acting an
e being influenced solely by my position as
|, legislator on this floor. repeat, that mefel
Q, as citizen, ! should feel free to pursue an
ID course Of action which circumstances nigh
justify without regatd to constitutional restriC
i, lOns; Sno here, sir, might be permitted I
ct adopt the language Of one Ofthe greatest stael
Of men Of this Of any other age, and say, ''m
ID creed is, to hold both governments (State an
II, Federal) and all the departments OF each, I
10 their proper sphere, and to maintain the autho
E, ity Of the laws and constitution against all rev
., olutionary movements. ! believe the mean
to which Our system furnishes tu preserve itse
are ample, ifGairly understood and applied ;bn
Y, / shall resort to them, however corrupt an
q dlsOrdefed the times, so long as there is hope
Is reforming the government. Yet while thr
re openly avOw myself conservative, God forbi
d, l should ever deny the glorious fightof rebe
ID lion and revolution. Should corruption On
ID oppression become iHtOlerable and cannot oihe
IN wise be thrown Off liberty must perish,
a. the government be oterthrown, / would n,
IN hesitate at the hazard Of my life, to resort
ht revolution, and to tear down a corrupt govern
IS. ment that could neither be reformed nor born
as by freemen. But trust in God, things wi
as never come to that pass. trust never to sc
10. such fearful times; for fearful indeed the
rs would be, II they should ever beiall us. II
en- the lat remedy and not to be thought Of tiaeOn
to mon sense and he UO'ce Of mankind OOuld just
1n The resort"
ds The right upon which the action on th
g question s based, is Revolutionary right whiC
10 above all onstitutions-fouhded in natu
" and ordained by natures God. But while ac
Of ing under constitution which we are swol
to support, and while complaining Of othe
OF fOt it's violation, we cannot resort to this rgh
nS Sir our only safety is to cling 10 the cOnsIit
NJ tlon. at all times Olalmngit as the ggis Of O
M protection and insisting on the observance
o its compromisesin In consttu tional mode.
ID ID These are my views sir, and may be mil
4. alone Of all the members of this house, so
he as | know, and am alone responsible
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