Columbus Democrat., 1851-08-30

Lair Dialosufss
Our readers Rill End On cur fTst page a
enrreponaeaee, eanaesting thename of Gen.
q A.Qoitman vith a secret conspiracy a.
gainst ihe. gni6A. IL the @aia aud oomfosse
which hs'iiz Tessss siri as furnishing to the
aeeessionistsCf South Carolina The publ.
cation referred "a, endorsed rs It was by 50
responsible name as that of Dr.. r. d.
Brown Of Winston, has created, asitSascai..
culaied to do great anxiety in the public
mind, Followed BY brisk demand for copies
Of tAe correspondence. 40 supply this de-
mand an extra slip ras issued srum this Of
Zee.
There viii also be found in our inside
Communication signed BY several gentlemen,
containing, what's alledgcd to be, denial Of
the facts stated in the correspondence. The
late hour at which the communication was
handed in, throws it in our advertising col
ssnsas, it being admitted and paid for as such.
This is a brief recital Of the circumstances
Oader which these papers are introduced to
/. our readers.
We have just received the Laioa Beacon,
Of the 9th inst, containing Gov. Quiimans
letter to DR.. W.Q Poindexter, stating that
since his 'saosai,sation for GoSe4log he has
no recollection Of hdpiag esey seritten a tetter
to Cdrolina" lie has ''ao recollection" Of
having written such letter, s'sincc his nom.
iaatioa, but admits before my nomination"
endcayorcd to present the issues which
were involved in osr canvass, and NAY
have expressed the wish that South Carroll.
ma WOULD NOT reeede from the position
which she had assumed, and my HOPE and
expectation that Mississippi would maintain
the position Of resistance she had taken,
The Beacon says, Uthe following decisive
letter we find posted on the wall of public
house on our streets. The letter speaks for
ITSELF It virtually acknowledges the truth Of
the Lewis letter, and even more, Hereafter
htno man deny Quitman's position---he has
made it himself Let no RcUolatioaiStc charge
US again with misreprescnting him He did
not dare TO deny the charge, and would not
directly disavow it. The die is cast, Quit
man is doomed man; and Noxubee, that
was first to declare for the Union, is the Krst
to expose the hypocrisy Of its great enemy.
The italics are our own
suMMERyfLLf, Aug %, 81
DrtT @ Poindeuer, Present:
In ny hurried canvass have had (
only leisure to read hastily the ataioa Bco-
cpn, Extra" containing a letter pufporting
TO bcwritten by Mr. James A. Lewis, OF
s. Carolina, to fr Rob't D. Brown, in which
tits stated that lam urging the secession lea
ders Of s. Carolina BY all meaiis to keep that
Siate.upto the rack, tonake her sccedc; and
that although Mississippi is not ready fofsc-
ressioh herself, and it Will rot do for him (me)
to take this stand, yet, il s. Carolina will OH
ly bring on the issue, he CD will maintain her.
This statement IL not true Since NY aoas-
,nusioa yoy Gope,qror hare no secollectioaQf
haofd9 eoeF ,sritttn a letthsto Carolina. b.
fore mr. nomination, iis aasce, 10 some tn-
gui,acs, maoa III seoesol gentlemen of that
Stttc, ffndearoredto PreseatFtc issttes chtch
teeSe iatolred IN orr ccrhtdss, and Imaghave
oppressed the wisjtdia s.Soah Carolina tcoal1
not reced3e from the position schich sic has as
saeasea, and my hope and expectation that
Mississippi ieosld ntaintuis ae position 9f
resistance she kua taken
have ever said, and saynow, that / main.
tain the right Of sovereign State to seeode,
and should South Carolina or any other State
secede, ain opposed to the use Of coersiye
measures on the part Of the Federal Govern
ment to force her into the Union; and tc.
lieve that Mississippi will maintain this as
her doctrine; but have never undertaken to
speak for her nor to pledge her to any course
Of action, j, A. QU1TMAN.
The above is true and exact copy of j,
A. Quitman letter to DIR WI O. Poindextcr.
JAMES MURRAY
BSr We invite attention to the correspond
ence below between Gov. Quitman and por-
tion Of the citizens of our county. The i'm
portance Of the correspondence cannot fall to
arrest the attention Of every voter under
whose observation it may happen to pass
Let lis give TO the public the reasons that
brought the correspondence about. On Sat
utdsy last Gov Quitman made speech at
Summerville, 10 which he alluded to the Lew
Is letter, which was givent to the public thro'
this press, Oh the morning0f that DAY, there
was nvcsart q large rn,inonfen ri heotlr. and