The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-08-26

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unite with us those of our own people.
who still look for n returning sense OF
Justice in the North, let the PROPOSE
lions be distinctly made 10 the people
of the non-slayeholding States. 10 rem
edy the wrong as FAR AS il may be in
the power Of Congress to do so, by 90
nining from California CONCESSIONS
South Of 36d. 3Om. or otherwise ; and
TO consent to such amendments of the
Federal Constitution, as shall hereafter
amply secure the rights of the slave
holding States from DEMONSTRATION,
and from further aggression.
But. in the event Of refusal, ] do not
hesitate to express my decided opinion,
that the only efiectual remedy TO evils
which must continue to grow from
year to year, is to be found in the
prompt and p%eaceabte secession OF the
aggrieved States"
And yet, to make Gov. Quitman
still less a politica! s%ecessionist, he de-
%clares, in reference to the above quota
ton :
II hare thus Uentured 10 present some
suggestions, for tohich lam alone respOnSi-
be. They may be modified by the result
Of the Nashville Convention, now in sess-
ion, and the action of the Georgia Conven-
ton, which will shortly meet for the pur-
pose Of taking the same important ques-
tons into consideration"
Certainly no man is farther from Sc
cessionism than Governor Quitman-
as the above extracts prove-yet these
very extracts arc garbled, perverted,
emphasized and tortured by the wings
to prove him an enemy to the country,
whose flag he has so nobly borne, and
for whose honor he has so nobly fought
upon the bloody plains of Mexico. To
remove all doubt in their own minds
as to the true position ofGov. Quit
man, Col. G. S. Tarpley, Col. George
T. Swami, E. Barksdale, D. N. Bar.
rows and G. B. Green, Esq, addressed
Gov. Quitman an invitation to a pub
lie dinner, where he could explain him.
self in full to. his fellow citizens ; in re.
ply to hal invitation, Gov. Quitmau
addressed a letter, from which the fol.
lowing is an extract;
"The Priests, who derived honor and
profit from the worship of the Ephe.
sian Diana, and the goldsmiths, who
enriched themselves by it. cried aloud
and furiously assailed the Messenger OF
Truth, who proclaimed doctrines which
threatened to destroy the sources OF
their power and wealth. Those inter.
ested patriots, in answer to every ar
gument shouted "great is Diana" and
I" stone the traitorp The selfish poll
ticians of u day--who worship A.
round the Presidential altar, with SINH
lar motives, drown all reason and ar
gument with hosannahs to the "glori,
onS Union," and abuse of those who
will not submit quietly to be dispoiled
Of their dearest rights in the name o
the Union. Southern men who had
been true to their section. have had tc
encounter a system of d%enunciation
and those who have deserted its inter
est have been loaded with honor anl
praise from the same source"
Does a candid people ask for more
positive evidence to establish the posi-
ton of a fellow.citizen, than the ex.
tracts above quoted, convey?-
There is nothing more proper as a cri
terion by which to judge men, thar
their words aud their deeds no maj
has a right to insist that another occu
pies a certain position in the very face
Of the most solemn contradictions t,
the contrary. AS "A soldier, Gov. Quit
man has done nothing that indicated
him a trailer as a Governor, he ha
quietly executed and obeyed the law
of the land--and if the people homo
him again with their conidence--a
they surely within November mex
no reasoable man can entertain a well
founded doubt that he will not full
discharge his duties and prove himseI
as he ever has been a faithful friend t
Liberty, the Constitution and tn
Union.
We are in receipt of a letter from NJ
Ricardo, the secretary of the Cuban A,