The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-08-21

sdg This was what he had SAID ID his mess
sage ad ibis II i % sii maintained He
was not for secession nosO, nor bad be said be-
was fof secession il case tie demand Of the
conyentio n were refdsed. but ne vas for wal
ing unit the aggression 0f the North gre'u
from year q gear, and then he vas for. sece-.
ding promptly. When this definite period
arrived then pr0aapt action would be impera
lively demanded Of al wise patriots. Just
at this point, ne think the General was rather
misty, and we are not surprisedatit. Indeed,
we think that the patent ght for parsing.
would be accorded by the Worlds Fair, to
any man, whocouId, in accordance with rules
of grammar, eonstrue tlo passage in Gen.
Quitman's message referred to, 50 ito make
prompt and peaceable secession dependant,
not upon ''the event Of the refusal Of the
demands made By the convention, as stated
in the commencement of the sentence, but
upon the arrival of that vevy certain and I'M
equ:'rocal period when they should have con-
tinued ''from year to year" If Kirkham OF
Lindlay Murray will endorse that grammati-
cal construction, the Rdthorsof it can take
our hat. But the difficulty of torturing this
paragraph from its obvious meaning, is great
Ily increased when it is viewed in connection
with preceding one as follows: "From
these considerations, 1 claim not exemption
from error, but sincerity of purpose in the
expression Of the solemn conviction of my
mind, that, for the reasons which have been
hastily glanced at in this message, the Union
of these States has been SO greatly perverted
from its original purposes, as to render its
further continuance incompatible with the
honor, the prosperity, and the safety of the
slayehoIding States, unless some correction of
past aggressions, and some additional and
more efectual guarantees for our future pro-
lection, be obtained from our associates in
the confederacy" This. sentence of itself,
and in connection with the sentence already
commented on is perfectly conclusive as to
Gen. Quitman' meaning, at the time he scrotc
this messdge. But, in another portion of his
speech, Gen. Quitman acknowledged that the
object of the Democratic State Rights Par
Ig, Gas he calIedtheln with whom he was act
ing was first to induce action on the part of
the State in opposition to Northern aggres-
sion, and then to bring her into convention
nth the other southern States on this subject
He was in favor of meeting Carolina particu-
larly in convention. Mississippihad nothing
to fear from the superiority of that State in
the number of delegates she would send to
this convention. Both States were sovereign
and one would not be bound by the action of
the other. 1t would be an useless labor to
report all of Gen. Quitman' S long & singularly
discursive speech. Suffice it to say he stands
upon his message and substantially admits
for himself and party the beid designs attrib-
uted to them BY their opponents il respect to
the great question. Of the day, They intend
to make bold dsmapd Of the North and in
case they arc refused they intend. to do some
thing--what, they do not say. Gen. Quit
man, for himself, believes in that case we
should secede.