The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-08
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From the Mobile Herald and Tribune, print
which is very careful in all its statements and
very correct in its conclusions, we clip the
following gratifying intelligence as to the state
of public sentiment in Mississippi.
week or 40 ago the New Orleans papers
seemed to be much "exercisedn by rumors con
corning Governor Quitman. One account stated
that he had resolved to resist the process of the
United States Court another asserted that he
had resigned his Office TO attend the trial
Neither of these statements seems to be true,
if We may judge by the Mississippi papers,
We see nothing in them calculated to throw any
light on the intentions Of the gallant governor,
but from their tenor, we should imagine that he
intends neither to resign his Office nor go to
trial, He himself has stated that at the end of
his term Of Office he will obey any legal sum
mons--leaving, of course, the intimation that
he will not do so sooner. As to the rumor of
enforcing him, that is sham, for we do not see
how it were possible. That clever paper, the
Vicksburg Sentinel gives an illustration of the
necessity Of his remaining at his post. tsays
"a man was under sentence to be hung, in one
of the counties of this State, on Friday last
Subsequent developments created strong prob
ability of his innocence, and the circumstances
in the case with petition for respite, were
laid before the governor, barely in time for his
nterpostion before the day Of execution. Had
the governor been dancing attendance on the
Cuba trials" the man would have swung, inno-
cent or not We take it that nothing can be
more important than human life even the
schemers, or their allies, tools and toadies, who
pursue the governor with such unnecessary
haste on this frivolous charge, because he is a
prominent champion of Southern rights. The
governor has daily duties TO attend to at Jack-
son, signing commissions, &c, &C.; and there
is no cause but the one we have mentioned, why
the petty Indictment should not lie over until
the expiration of his term"
The government will not attempt to- enforce
its process. IL has not the power to take the
governor from Jackson without his consent, and
if il had, it would not dare to use it--for such
movement would set the people there in such
blaze that there would be much danger of the
connngrntion extending to the adjoining States
and thus precipitating the unravelling Of some
knotty points, which it is now the apparent
policy Of the government to keep as complica-
ted and obscure MS possible.
We sce that the Southern rights men of
Mississippi have not relaxed any in their efforts
The State association has appointed some of the
ablest speakers in the commonwealth to canvass
each congressional district We see among
them the names of Messrs. Barton, Mathews,
Thompson, Williams, Barry Davis, Tompkins,
Clifton, McRae, and number of others, both
Wings and Democrats.
There 10 no greater error than the prevalent
opinion that Foote is sustained by a majority Of
the people Of Mississippi. So also Of the re-
peated assertion that the next legislature will
contain large majority Of those who approve
his conduct and the compromise bills, Az fas