The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-07-30
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
Mr.. Webster Converted.

Mr. WEBSTER has at length become
convert TO the d0cttine of the right of Sc
cession. IL will he seen ny the extrac
from his second -sreech at Capor
Springs, Virginia on his recent visit which
our cor: espondent has quoted below,
that Mr.. WEBSTER, at length admits thai
our Constitution is compact, and that il
one OF the parties violate one of1its stipnla-
tions, the rest are absolved from irs engage
ments.
This goes as fat practically, as the Soulh>
ern party goes. Il is the position now as
>umed by South Carolina and by the
friends of State rights in other States.
Il is obvious in or system, each party
must be Judged for itself, of the question
whether the compact has been violated by
Others. IL Massachusetts, repudiates either
formally or practically the Fugitive slave
law il is now confessed by MI. w. that
instead of attempting 10 coerce her by force
to obeyit which is impracticabe, the other
States are abso!ved from all the stipulations
of the constitutional compact.
1t is well known tha: Mr.. WEBSTER has
heretofore opposed the doctrine. In 1882,
in the nul ification debate, he denied that the
Constitution was compact. But he has de
tved great benefit from visits to Virginia
In 1910 he went TO Richmond, and un-
der an October sun declared himself a JEFF
fersonian. Now he has visited Capon
Springs in the mountains of the State aud
the air and scenery Of the Old Dominion
have completed his conversinn. His first
sneerh or his arrival at Capon was rather
federalish was .ull of unqualified Unionism
admitted the Southern Ultras were intelli-
gent and chivairic, but said their doc-.
trines wee melancholy and uncomfortable
And he concluded by intim4tng that when
secession went so far as to interfere with
the CONSTITUTION, the federal government
would exhibit its teeth and its fangs. But
in his second speech, the sober second
thought after refecring on the bad ias of
uttering threat IN one Sou hern State of
coercing another and perhaps disgusted
with the applause lac bad received for the
sentiment, he frankly admits after al the
the plain common sense doctrine that our
Constitution is compact, and that if one
OF the parties, the right TO denounce it. III
MIR w. makes such ro2ress so soon after
going into Va, and on its borCe-s, what
might net be expected Of him on going
into the cotton STA es? By the time
de got to South Carolina, he would be
regular fre-eater. We hope he will CO.
We want him TO stop and aud convert
Mr. CoBB to State rights doctrines in Geor-
gia and then go over and correc: Gener-
al FooTE; bus perhaps before he starts he
had better give lesson or two to the edi-
tor of the Union.
Seriously the extract from Mr.. WEBSTER s
second speech, if correctly reported in ,he
Baltimore San. from which our correspon>
deEt gets It, IS conclR sive. We sha give
both speeches to morrow in e1tenSo; and
we regard 1t of great importance. Ii is On-
" necessary TO establish a sound construc.
tion of the Constitution to save the Union
the advantages of the Union are very
great aud its evils may be greatly
mitigated, The sentiment of attachment
TO il IS SO strong as to be Of itself sufficient
guarantee against the secessi On of any
State Tor the most adequate causes. This
government can be easily administered so
Rs to secure the adhesion of all the States
And we devoa:iy trust that party will ye,
beformed, party Of Overwhelming num-
beEs, that will conduct it on such a basis,
But in order to effect il the right of seces>
sion must be sacred. For il it be once
Conceded that this is a government with
out limitation of power, that il is a mere
creature of the will Of malority,and that
majority will quickly carry Sheir schemes
of spoliation beyond the limits of endure
ance.
49, OtASO1 VINO was pI6~e0Gt gave
as toast:
'''fhe Fugitive-slave law-Upon It's faith
full execution depends the perpetuity of the
Union.
Mr.. Webster again addressed the com.
pany, declaring that thai law was cousti-
tutional, and that it should be enforced as
10 well as any other law. He declared
that If the North wilIfuly set aside that part
OF the Constitution. the South would ncl
De bound any longer by the compact. The
whole Constitution was binding on all. III
one party breaks il, the other party is dis.
charged from he compact. A bargain bro
ken on one side was broken on all sides he
cons'nued nls speech FOR some time in the
iustner maintenance that the Constitution
Al al parts was equally binding on all and
that no one section of it could be set aside
or violated without destroying the who 81 =
II Mr.. WEBsrEn. be- correctly reported
in the foregoing abstract Of his recent speech
- CapOn Springs heIeafler the fIirinruish
ed orator and ..conatiturional esnonndsrn
must be classsd among those Who reeao.
nize the right Of State 10 seceda feo1n
the Onion. Such u the purpora of his