Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-12-06

meul. when unahlt 70 perceive any NlhS w urr
past history, IN he council hail, OF upon the fed
OF battle, which would Jasiii the VOID in ar
raigrins the one or questioning the o'her" Il
is to be regretted tina, tins sentiment did not fad
equal weight with them just twelve months be-
fore The people would have been saved from
great expense and agitation aud the Convention
would have been saved from the necessity of in.
serling the third resolution, The proceedings
of,he extra session OF our legislature show much
+ that il the people had not promptly raised their
rebukins voice, nigh, well have justified the
world in questioning the loyalty OF Mississippi
Ia both the Union and the Constitution, The
majority Of that legislature expressly refused to
dcg.assce in the Adjustment bills. reluctantly or
otherwise They refused to impose the usual
oath to obey the Constitution OF the U. States as
the members oilhr Convention, while the then
Governor Of the State, in his Message, demand
ed amendments TO the Constitution in very sguji.
cant language Thus was there something done
in ''he council half which the people afterwards
sgnay condemned, aud which called for point
ed rebuke from The peoples Convention, sus.
tanned the third resolution with this view, and un
der the foil belief that you will nerer consent to
have he Union other than lis, or to amend the
Constitution ol the United States since the proud
evncr;pnca sc siy;y,two wears has shown rba,
amendments could do no GOOD. 1t, a mistake
that the Constitution has ever been really amend.
cd There have been twelve additional articles
amended N Of which ae written ndeoend,nt
or merely e,nlonatory. with one eycepion--iC
ipdeed the .uhs,itn,e Cor the third p,rarraph OF
,bs second article can be renarded a, any thing
marc ,b,n a, oxolan,,;on
IT,. Co,,l oso,,,,;o, of tho soric. condemn.
ing TIM doc,rine Of secr.,ion met with decided
o,oo.ilion in our own. as well As in the ranks Of
tina n;,o,ity or the Convention. and failed Ia
u,i,a ,o,r cn,ir, delsc,tiou in H.. sogpor,. One
&c ma. collsornes Cam. R,tkasd,le. alh,urh q
,,a,o,,, su,,o,,s, NJ the upion c,nse had always
admitted N. rio,, of state neaceobly to So
,,a, c,,, H., Ir,io,. o,,he same linn tha, ne
danopncsd any practical moyemen, 10 that end
far auqhr in the mast. The question had not be.
-id.s o,,,,od At all into the discussions which
,ra,, go, or ,.,, co,,oss in ,Iis comfy eod T.,
noyod to .,,iko j.. FINN ,he series. Animate,
aud y;oloo, Gscpssion ensnrd amonp Cur owl
marty friend. and n G.elnr Of discard was snrpno
,bi,b soor c,ceJ tle ism. "a ,est IF oojnion
Il i l,o,yn n Won ma, bolb CA BHluo, an,
,,,solrd in..r ,;,b o,r collaoc,os nm bisnoint $780,
certainty rer,,d the doctrine or secession a.
miscellaneous in tendency. and even oe,nicjou. II
thoorv I,ec,,d ,as the nnst d,noerous If al
ooli,ical berssies. Snll. mua fankl, say tba
my nrec,reura yond rather have bpen not 10 in.
co,nor,,a !, along with the dr.ttb,ee resolution.
&C holm, on,a,eptlv mar, of the pln,(nr,n on
which va in,endaa to +, ,ce and 10 nledoe tn,
Sata If Mis.issi,vi II was an abstract.
might well saw an eroIoded doctrine the bar,
osser,ioo n which had becn crushed by the storm
oi ,onular indiona.ion =, the very moment il wa,
uttered and which can never be settled other
wise than by The sword. sbonld lis advocate,
ever ot,ennt q practical oneration. GeorGa di,
not decide IA Give sucb 70 .oln,i,n Mace in tina
adnirahle series which emap,ted from her Con
ven,ion. and which has hapnily affiliated all Ii,
States Of the South and il was my wish tina
N;.si..in,i sboud M, co oven ,ne s,en f,rho
than any of our sister States had gone, in con
nexon with these subjects. preferred that tn,
bond Of alIl,ia,ion should be uniform and com
plee. With these views. therefore. but nor,
7 esnecialk with the hoye Of recalling unanimll,
to our ranks, | moved 10 amend the motion IL
strike on, nv ofsfipg the following A a sub.ti
0 ute
S "Resolred, That, while admitting the doclrn
Of the fourth resolution of the serie. reported b
2 the committee If thirteen. il is ineypedient lin