Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-07-19
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"wednesday Morning, July I6. 1881.


MACON, Noxubee County, July 9th 1851
Editors Southern Standard Il have recently
made an excursion through portion of the nor
thern border of Kemper County, some twenty
FIVE miles south OF this place, and in mnglng free
ly with the people and enquirng into the state of
parties, | learn, that the good cause of Southern
Rights is largely in the ascendant, and prospecting
finely in all that region of country While there.
was informed by very intelligent planter that
there is not more than half dozen Foote or Union
men in his beat where pretty large vote is polled
and at Wahalack, / learnt from an intelligent
source that two thirds of the voters in that region
are States Rights men. Thus it will be seen, that
in the country, among the intelligent yeomanry,
and the honest, patriotic mass, the rights of the
south are in safe and reliable hands. Let our
friends at a distance in own well other
States be of good cheer,-let them persevere in
the cause of Right, Justice and Equality in the
Union, or Independence out of it, and ere long,
all will be well with them and with the south.
But l must not omit to chronicle here, the rich
est scene that has come to my knowledge, since
the opening of the present canvass, follows -
Two gentemen-candidates for the Convention
in this county shrewdly surmising that much good
could be done the Union or Northern cause by
pilgrimage of love and personal sacrifice into the
extreme western part of this county. In the neigh
borhood of a recently attempted to be celebrated
place, called click the Skillet" on the border of
Winston county. Had notice of their intended
saerifcial mission into that dark region, as they
supposed it to be, duly announced to the good
people of Lick the Skillet" and its vicinity, in
forming them that said candidates would speak to
them, and throw flood of light athwart their
minds upon all political subjects day named.
And accordingly, the orators referred to, at the
time appointed, repaired to the place of meeting
where they were at first agreeably surprised to
find large collection of the sovereigns of Click
the skillet" and others residing thereabouts,
ousy awaiting their arrival; but they soon ascer-
tanned, that, notwithstanding the assembled audi
tors do if they like, click the skillet they, how
ever are not at all disposed to lick the hands or the
feet of their Northern oppressors, nor to lap the
vapory froth of Yankee apologists here in our
midst, dressed up, they are, in the fimsey bun
ting composed of and bedecked with the insignia
of once impartial and truly ''glorious Union, -
would be politicians and orators, who are seeking
place and prominence at the sacrifice, not of them
selves, but, of every principle of justice and equal
ity, and by abandoning every ground OF future Sc
curlty to their own section of the country Among
several hundred persons present, if l am rightly
informed, it ascer.aned, that there were but
about half dozen who entertained sentiments
cOngenial with those Of the speakers And this
startling fact was clearly exhibited to the aspiring
candidates for the Convention, by the general ex-
preston in the crowd that they had no sort of use
for any such apostles Of liberty and justice among
them as the said candidates. and only in consider
alton of the fact that they had taken it upon them
selves to ride SO far in the hot and choaking
dust, would they the click the skillet folks per-
NIT such tame submissionists to speak to them or
the occasion So, the two gentlemen modestly
delivered themselves Of their respective huge bud
gets of choice scraps, mainly composed of well
rounded periods glorifying the Union, then thanked
the audience for their kindness and patience-ant
vanaosed in short order with their combs cut
1 will close by respectfully suggesting, in thi
public manner, to the author of ''the Bride o
Lick the skillet" in mississippi Scenes" the pro
priety, and the probable pleasure of speedy Wis
it to the scene of his glorious inspiration, willis
writing that nimitable production, on the eastern
border of Winston, where, no doubt, he woult
meet with the kindest reception, as one of th
Union candidates of Lowndes County, and, per
haps, be nominated for the first literary post Q
distinction among the literati of the North. Be
ING, as he is, Southern man aOith Northern riasci
pies! RoDERICK.
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