Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-30
Shameful FalSeh00d and Misrepresentation
Exposed

ne OPPOftCtSS
huffman as we are positively informed as JOB WORK.
letter addressed to Mr.. R. D. Brown, of Winston
county, Mississippi, as we learn, by gentleman Of
South Carolina, named James A. Lewis. Mr.. R. |
D. Brown vouches for the integrity of his friend,
Mr.. Lewis, and J. M. Cunningham and s. S. Latti-
more state that Mr.. Brown is entitled to confidence
md credit This is all very excellent and no one can
object to it. The integrity of the gentlemen is not in
course pursued by them is matter
Of no moment except only so far as there may have
existed necessity to throw private communication
into political campaign just before an election
The object of the publication of the letter is evident
its design is all but written its face, and the exulta
ton it by the opponents of the State Rights I'm
ion party, has been honest and hearty that man
could be deceived whatwas anticipated from its
appearance at this late hor. The honest yeomanry of
the country were to be deceived-this letter offered
cheap means, and it therefore thrown forward.
1t is not necessary to point out what the language
of the letter suggests-t suggests more than 1t says
and these suggestions have passed into the street
versations, and Quitman is pronounced base hypo-
crit, jesuit and as preaching up Unonism in Missis
sppi, and Disunion in s. Carolina. The letter says
of the manoeuvers in S. Carolina to hold the dis
union party up, is that Quitman writes encouraging
y to the leaders of secession to go that he Quit
man dare not openly that doctrine, but that if
S. Carolina stands up to the rack, and secedes then
mississippi will whip in.' The letter suggests all of
this-and more. 1t presents Quitman of the
basest politicians of the day-t snatches from him all
character either for truth 1t makes him
political desperate, unworthy ofthe least confidence
respect. Is this the character of General Quitman
His opponents by giving currency and propogating
such SANDERS stand forward the endorsers of them
But fellow citizens this is in keeping with the whole
of conduct pursued towards him by the oppos
tion He was first a prompt secession man. This
failed for want of proof. Then he was for remedies
that made disunion inevitable This failed and now
he is in correspondence with the secession leaders of
South Carolina, encouraging them to make their State
secede. This has failed-General Quitman DE-
NOUNCES 1T AS A LIE.
Let the people beware of all such stories They
are put afoat in order to deceive the unwary They
are intended to betray you into supporting men and
you would never have sustained but for hav-
ing been deceived by falsehood and Islander. Beware
of the party STOPPING to this sort of warfare reach
success-beware ofthe party whose arguments are So
phstica, whose reasons cant, and whose great
staple is falsehood or deception.
and Jones, Editors of the Missssppian to this effect
"a rumor is afoat that Quitman has written private
letters to Rhett and others, pledgng Mississippi
stand by South Carolina in separate and immediate
secession. 1t is done to influence the election
QUITMAN DENOUNCES IT AS A LIE.
Yours,
Aug. 26th 1851. BARKSDALE g. JONES.
We will remark that Col. Barksdale one of the gen
tlemen whose name appears above, is brother to on
e off Cant Rark -ha iS
in every respect reliable and trustworthy, and
is his associate, Maj. Jones'
We give the letter below-The people ought to SCI
it-they ought to know what efforts made to des
troy the State Rights party, and the means used-
this letter they the game it is being paye
in this State.
CHEsNUT GROVE, S. C. !
August g, 1851.
Dear Sir 1 avail myself of the privilege of GU
former acquaintance to address you short lette
on the subject Of present political position here
and the probable bearing coming events an goa
State may have on the ultimate action IN ours
This time last year the people of South Carolin
were united to a man in the opinion that Sout
Carolina should unite with her sister States of tn
South in resisting all northern aggressions, wheth
er through the Federal Government or by tn
States individually. Our unanmity was singular
But certain men, who make their boast that the
have ''labored continually for the last thirty year
to break up Mis government-that the Constitutio
itself has always been an imposition on the South
and its whole administration down to the preser
day has been a continued series of expressions
Taking advantage ofthe dissatisfaction prevailin
among our citizens, have thought it a proper tim
to carry out their long cherished designs henc
the action in our last legislature taxing our cit
zens double, and providing for the election
members to convention for the purpose ofseeed
ing from the Union, and perpetrating fraud upo
the people, by ordering the election forthwith
before any discussion ofthe merits of the questio
could be had. By systematic juggling a naojorit
ofthe members to this convention are for secession
and some of our political leaders, and the most
our presses, declare that it is the intention of th
convention to secede when it convenes. There
much misgivngs amongst those, even, who hay
advocated thatmeasure; but all kinds ofmanevul
ing has been resorted to to quiet their fears an
silence doubts; one of which is, that althoug
Mississippi repudiates secession, and is willing
acquiesce in the compromise, your General Qai
man writes encouragingly to some Of oar secessio
leaders urging them By all means to keep .Sout
Carolina upto the rack, to make her secede-
That although Mississippi is not ready for secess
ION herself, and it aoH not do for him to take TIL
stand; yet if South Carolina sciH only bring on ii
issue he aOW sustoin her.
Now, my dear sir, | do most earnestly object
I this course in your candidate for Governor. 1t
true, we do most heartily wish to unite our cour
sells with yours to devise measures for our futur
protection from that fell spirit of fanaticism in GU
northern brethren, that is seeking through Cor
gress and all other means to circumscribe an
smother out the institution of slavery But W
wish tito be an open and ayowed union of sentimer
and action, in which we can say not only to GU
own ,,oon1o hut World tbot tbo uzboIo ,,o1