The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-01-09
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following letter Of VIM L. Harris, ESQ, "a the
Middleton Association Of Carroll county II
zvialbe graft Tying the roas Mr.
H Is perceive thai though liz ean clsin the
honor Oh being one or the earliest, most consist
tent, nd stediast friends OF Tie doctrine 81 pro-
lection and could, therefore, with much more.
propriety make il a sine qua 70 the cohtinu
aneeofthe Union than can his old enenies fthes
Quitnan school, yet lie is disposed tosurrender
TO them all the glory Of q reckless and precip-.
itate disruption Of the Union for reaping the fru
ition Of their own. sbigoted policy, in opposing
which, too, at favorable time, he incurred their
most religious displeasure.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 10, 1850.
sGENTLEMEN- a
+ received yesterday morning, on my
return home, after an absence of some days,
your letter of the Both ult., requesting me
Ito attend a political meeting at Carrolton
on the first day of your Circuit Court, on
which occasion, you say, an attempt viii
be raadeto send forth Submission voice
from the county of Carroll.
Just recovering from protracted illness.
Sit will be impossible for me to comply with
your request, without. endan5ering serious
lily my health, if not my life, -. - ssss.'.
Allow me, however, gentlemen. in reply
to Your kind invitation, to say that I should
deeply sympathise with you and the friends
of the South in your county,-a comfy re-
markable for the Intelligence, moral worth
and hospitality of its citizens-shou.d it be
made to utter the craven voice of subfnis-
sion to the wrongs, past and present, which
a Northern majority in Congress, with
Southern aid, have inflicted upon. us.
A very thorough canvass of your conn
] ty last. Fall, satisfied me that the body of
the peopse were true in their allegiance TO
| the State, and indignant at the wrongs
which then threatened us, and which, in
the name of compromise, have since been
fully consummated. Should She noao APP
prove these measures by tame submission
without even the lowest grade Of resist
ance-comp' amt, protest,sor renonstrauce
] Lit viii be the result of misapprehension
of the issues involved between the North
and South.
1t is not to be concealed that the frierds
of prudent action in this State, though in a
large ma ority-between the imprudence
] of a few immediate secessionists and he
adroitness and Industrious zeal of few
i politicians who are endeavoring to save
/ themselves and the Union, (Which, by the
way, no one desires to destroy while it is
worth preserving)-have been thrust into
1 back ground, or assigned false position in
4 public estimation.
The friends of the rights and equality OF
the States, las understand them,) while
] disappearing of the late measures (Which,
III the name of compromise, robbed the
i South of her interest in the vast domain
Il which she assisted in acquiring,) and claim
ing that Congress is bound, nnder the Con-
stitution. to protect the property and per-
sons of all the citizens of all the States
alike, III any territory over which it has
i Legislative power, are still not in favor oil
ultra measures of resistance at this time
While they respect and even admire the
patriotic ardor of the few who advocate Sc
session as All Immediate remedy for exist
( ing evils, and believe they are less danger.
Gus to the Union, and more reliable for the
South than the free-soil advocates of the
compromise measures; yet they cannot ap
Eprove the present application oftheir rem
ledy. Whi.e they recognise the right o
secession, they are still DESTROYS Of resort
ing to more temperate and prudent meas.
ures of resistance, which, by touching the
7'ecunsayy interests of the North may in
feluee reflection, and preserve the Union il
f its original purity and equality.
The extreme zeal of the non action o.
submission politicians to make the impress
sion that all who do not agree with then
lare aisu5zaoniStS, and TO create party iii
visions when no real difference shonid ex
Isl, is alike ridiculous and suicidal to the
South.
Our salvation, and the safety of tht
Union. are alike dependant on the preser
vatiom of the reserved sovereignty, indie
Ipendence and equality the several States
These can only be preserved, at this time
by the united voice and power Of the South
So long as we are willing and able to main
tain our constitutional rights, and agree a
i Iinong* ourselves hat they shall be preserv
Led, no aggression will be attempted It i
1only when tLefriends of the North, sprung
!, up in the South for party purposes, and be
leone wiling to sacrifice our rights and IN
Istitutions, by ~ convention. and platforms /.
{ make Presidents, that either the South o
the Union are. in danger. Division ia til
s South invites aggression and the men WIN
/ have created the dipision. for party I,slrn pos
f6es, are always for conlpromise, at the ex
sllense of The South, when the hour Of on
trouble comes and they feel that they havl
been the cause Politicians and neWsla
pers are supported bynthe divisions the,
Icreate- for even d minority stshavesthei
organs, and a IN inority party is gealerai
ampse 60 support them Division is there
fore mnchsnaore important 70 hem than
j union Of the people on correct principles
G NotzEit Istan ding the mighty forts wllic
] lare being made, elieve the Soufll wi
not only be united upon moderate meas