Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-01-04

I fragments strewu around rs The great law oi
seli-slelence will thea be al that Is irf US Il l..
+ the law hy which yea the reptile resisis the Ia
/ yader. Under that law, whether To be found IL
the reserved ishls of the States under the Ton
,li,ulion. or ia the admitted right Of revolution |
care nol-under that law of selfpre.erVslinn
the States will have to tall back upon lheu iu'i
original sovereignty, and provide again ior ih'
enlol menl OF lite, libeTly and properly. God
grant, however, that the dark fuu which have
portrayed may sever come. TIN the contrary,
may il come 10 us crowned with peace snd ira,
teTnsl CONCORD may il come with III C"nsiiiu
lion still unhroken, and the Uniun, with adtman,
tine strength, sill hespanning the continent from
ocean to ocean, brighter aud more glorlols lhan
ever. To such Union ! owe parh'cI aad
perpetual ohrdlencc--to such an one | Will al.
here, and adhere to the last, like thu gallant -ii-
Tor. when about To be driven from The vesse
which he had long defended, when he hid heen
driven over the very side of hi, ship. he seized
it with his right hand when that had been cul
Oft he siezed it with tie len when that, too, had
been cut Off be seized il with his ,ecth aud SO
went down with il to the bn,t,m. Sir say this
of that Union which now is--ol that Union
which Washington, and Madison, and Pinckne,,
and the Ruledgcs gave US. Bn to that Union
which may he yet to cone--to that Union viii h
would deprive me of my properly, which would
beggar my children,which would fire mydwellmg
aud spread arouud me all the horrors ol serve
war--to Union which would deuge "my own
my native land" in one vast sea Of blood--by
heavens, owe it no allegiance
Sir: 1t was upon this great principle that
the Tennessee resolutions were constructed -
That we will abide by the pasl--by the hate leg
slation of CGngress--with that fidelity which
has always distinguished The South But, AT The
same time we soemuly affirm that out cup is
luIl--we can drink no more Willhose who pro-
pose not to abide by the past bul to strike, and To
strike no,c, will they hear from the one argument
against this rash and perilous deed Who are
here Call Maryland, call North Carolina, call
Missouri, call Arkansas, call Louisiana, cali
Kentucky. Do they answer No, not one ut
them. Who, then, are here Virginia answers
with one lone solitary voice. Virginia, whose
trumpet notes have so often called the sons ut
the South together agains, all aud every en-
croachmen, on the rights OF the States. Whe,e
are all her mighty men that they do not come up
TO the great work which yon propose 10 10 -
Look TOO, to the falling OF Of that crowd OF pa
triotic men who lhronged these halls even at
your last session From Alabama, where is
Campbell, and Coleman, and Davis, and Coop
or, and Winston FROM Mississippi, where Is
Mathews, aud Boyd, aud sharkey, and Clayton.
and Wilkinson
Sir, there must be somo good reason for all
this. Let US look facts directly in the face. and
they will tell " that since our last meeting great
doubts have arisen in the minds u our southern
brethren rs 10 whether The late legislation OF
Congress has not been such as ought 10 be sat
s'actory 10 the South at least, 50 satisfactory
to supersede any further action Of this body
Sir, we do know that these doubts do exist
Look to your own State-ook to M'ssissippi-look
TO the accounts from Louisiana. What DRIVE
find 7 pray you answer me the question what
do we fnd Our own southern people divided
about equally upon the subject. Here ] pause.
to ask of every man who now surrounds me, Is
it wise. is il Just, ia such divided aud distracted
condition of the Southern mind, to venture on 80
bold a measure And is il not bold measure
to proclaim that the deep foundations of this
Government arc TO be broken up and new one
to be- erected on its ruins Lot me tell tho gem
tleman from Virginia (Gen. Gordon) that when
the news snail reach that ancient commonwealth,
I will shake the very walls Of her capitol, and
The statue Of Washington will tremble on It's
marble basement When this great nation
shall be passing through ibc agonies OF dissolu'
ton, her dying groans will be heard through
halt the habitabe world. Her f,lI, like that Of
Jerusalem, will be preceded by signs IN the hea>
vens and connections on the earth, a sword will
be seen in he sky, great comet will blaze over
her, auI armies in battle will be seen amid the
clouds On earth you will hear aud feel the
earthquake tread Of a mighty people, coming up
TO a larger council lhan this. Until We see this
latter sigu, at least, let US not proclaim that her
end drawclh nigh. In the spirit Of the Tenrcs
see resolutions, lie, US rather proclalm--No yet
not yet no. ncrer shall this republic end until
the sovereign people who created it, in one grand,
united council, shall pronounce its doom.
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