The primitive Republican., 1851-04-03
Uniofl TiclKnt


Union Ticket
the seashm VII place III III
head 81 oill 30 ANN tIe nt1ae sIle Haslsiise
seleetea.ns suitable candislse IS 10 represent tb'
eosase Fva,ive portion of unity, th'
Convention ol State Iashp
|rsltlorsing q anorainatioa il the prsctipa
ana potential decision - ts issslsersaa q
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rash and asisg uidesl polio oi he il1a
and Viii se al pros noi olll9 olfllfI
lappfobation 81 1lse cIet oahalesisse By
our dsssr,nigrssior ailseAsIs. S Z essFS1aoz
zealons supPof We Wal ssss so oeA|saEsoHa a
! % define our rnsili ionns ta eesstt Ally n1ss1ls
lprchension of our views. tisisrei' sentntioi
of orr sfuturese eotuse.s
* We are. a 10 and ir
dent iscipic of tle7 pofey of a~o'iics cseing' i
1.-The celcl,fntetl s,litsyhent OIL slayofy 1nes
ton l,v the 31st golk kress " mike 4iie tleelt
ration in its Broayest senseyjncf fading nol orl,
oppositfon to all faodes of gtatfoilOr re<istac,
norfll or southi hut implying also the policy .
REGARDING Il a1a final setllemeni oftfe sectiona
co6tfoversvTlich has with varied complexion
threatenedle peaee and prosperity of. tile goy
erninent 5or years. In conformity y yvitllsth
!, views ye particularly syn,patliized with tha
polcv6fthe conservative portion of tho South
II y5fuc OF which they not only proclaiinihei
owl acquicscc,,ce for the sake Of ne t,uon, insths
lfe compronise measures, but made al the sanls
Huac solemn & dispassfondte declaration ofthe
purpose TO resist any violation of its spirit, OF
the part ofthe North, in any shape or form. W.
regard this declaration as the most conservative
feature or the Union platform, believing that il.
influence upon the North, coming as il doe.
from the southern advocates Of peace and tran-
guilty, IS every thing which coald prevent the
policy Of acqniesceaee from Fastening dissolution
Having entertained aud expressed these views
long before the public sentiment Of the South
was embodied by the Georgia Confeftion We
may remark that nothing short of an altiaaatittl
for the future could have identified US with the
advocates of acquiescenee, and that for the i'm
pie reason that the safety Of the Union was our
chierconcern, 81
Believing then in the wisdom and moderation
of the platform adopted by the friends Of the
Union in this as we'll as other Southern States,
we are truly refecting own long conceived
views, and promoting, think, the best inter
est of the country, by zea1ously aiding the cleo
ton of men who will cndeavor in the conyen-
ton o place Mississippi upon the firm but tenl-
porate ground of her Southern sisters. The issue
10 determine which the convention is called, is a
simple, isolated, and practical one, involving the
simple question ofacquiescence in, or resistance
to the acts ofCongress. Upon this issue we are
thoroughly identified with the Union parry. The
call of the convention to trysthesissue justified
the organization of such party, and the decis-
ion of the convention according our view, will
as efcctua,iy dispense with the propriety Of Its
longer continuance.
SO far from believing that the permanent or
ganization ofsuch party, prolonged beyond the
occasion which called itforth, can produce any
good, we would regard its unnecessary and in
vidious continuance as the source of much evil.
1t would have tendency to encourage the very
same spirit OF agitation which it proposes to
quelI, by providing fuel for the already excited
passions and angry Controversies ofssonthern
brethren 1t would nurture the hypocrisy OIL
the aspirant and the denaaogueism of the nm
by furnishing meretricious appeals
TO popular favor. 1t would be the signal of
fierce aud relnorseless prescription OF those
whose only fault may have been. thatthey eyinc-
ed natural but feverish susceptibility a sub
Iect involving tue most sensitive honor and most
important interests of the south. Esteeniing
these as only few of the evils which would re-
suit from political organization so unreal IN its
objects. and so invidious in its distinctions as a
permanent Union party could not fail be, we
dissent from the wisdom or policy of its contin-
nance, longer than the Accomplishment Of the
objects which originated it, Should it be an
swcred that the decision of the convention could
not break the moral force, destroy the schemes
of the disunionists, we answer that the purposes
of that class can never be accomplished but
through conventions in the control of which,
whcnevcr is proposed the real mission off
every sincere disciple of tranquility and Union
lies. If Governor and Legislature could have
decided the f;tfe of Mississippi. then would the
question have already been fatally settled We
answer in the second place that we konw of no
more effectua means for insigating the spirit of
disaftection and disunion, than that machinery ofl
agitation, unkindness, hypocrisy and cruelty,
which wonld-be furnished by so worthless and
nt olerant organization.
With these views our utilization with the IN
ion party is limited to the single and exclusive
object of regulating the voice of the approach
ing convention BY that voice wIatev yer 1t is,
we, are wiling TO be bound, nor could we assist
in prescribing any man, no matter what his diff
ference as 10 thesissue might have been, who
will submit to the authoritative voice of the
State, and yield his own TO the viii and wishes of
a minority Of his fellow citizens. This we con-
reive to be not onlyth sescence Of State Rights,
but the obligations Of good citizenship. We
venerate this Union as sacredly as does anysother
man, We shrink with religious horror from the !
wild chances of dissolution. We shall always
therefore be ready to cooperate with its true
and enlightened friends for its preservation as
long as il continues lis blessings. Its this feel
ing which prompts US in advocating the candi-
dates of the Union party for the Contention. Ii
IS this feeling also which inspires our disappro-
val o any unnecessary combination calculated
o excite the raneor orihfaine HE ssons OF the
community Proserptionis the worst Of all ar
currents for the correction of error or the spread
of truth, and whether used IN the name of 4 good
ortad cause, neither IS lis character ortenaency
changed. Under no cireu1us taEces viii we ever
,oDsentto become a party hack; much less are