The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-04-01
Hon. Jacob Thomson.

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We find, in the last Mississippian, an adj
dress of this distinguished gentleman to his
constituents. He positively refuses to receive
another nomination for the position he has
filled for IL years with so much distinction
Mr.. Thompson enters into a general discussion
of the great issues now before the country,
and exhorts the South to a unity of action. On
the score of secession, he remarks; " Bvtrg
| regard secession for Mississippi alone,
hemmed in and comprised about as she is, as
impracticable. And 70 make the, attempt viii
injure the cause which we seek to maintain.
Without the sympathy and support of the CO.
terminOus States, we make but a sacrifice OF
vital interests, in separating from them. Mo-
a common fate awaits the southern States for
good or for evil God has linked them together,
and man but fights against his DEGREES when
he attempts 10 separate them,
~ the southern States will not unite with
Mississippi, but choose to wait and sleep on
ill the cianking of the chains of a master and
knell of dissolution shall awake them. 20 ii
must be. The skirts Of Mississippi are clear
she has been true to herself, true to the cause
of the south, true to her own pledges, and has
satls6ed, all the demands of the most scrupu-
lous honor. a. -.
The constancy she has manifested in this
cause will INSPIRE confidence in anydeclaration
she may make and when new dangers pre-
sent themselves, the friends of the south win
know where to look for support, and upon
whom to rely with the highest confidence.
Mr.. Thompson despairs that the south will
be sufficiently united to effect much good
In this emergency he advises that. al 5''
Mississippi, in her future legislation, should
take steps to reduce her dependence on the
north, to encourage her own mechanics: to
lead her people tU'diversify their investtaen
OF capital to d~eselopebher resources by inn
~progements, and to build up her W institu.
tons, LIS will open a field for useful and
advantageous legislation, which the. present
difficulties will force her to enter, and from
which | anticipate decided benefits.
On the subject of the bill abolishing the
slave trade in the District of Columbia, Mr.
Thompson remarks: .,cU ri
While this bill was before Congress, one
vote was taken, which shows the spirit of the
north, There is no adequate law of this Dis
trict for the punishment of negro-stealing anc
when it was proposed to make it a crime pun.
Ishable by confinement in the penitentiafy
no northern senator voted for the amendment
except those noble Romans, Dickinson, of New
York, and Sturgeon of Pennsylvania. M
northern representative gave the same vote
except McClemand, of illinois, and Ross, o
Pennsylvania, who deserve to be held in per
petual remembrance by the people Of III,
south Tor their devotion to Justice and consti
t%utional night. This refusal to punish negrt
stealing was based on the idea that nothHErry
was to beIdone to increase the confidence il
tins properly and no direct recogmtionofi
to be given by the Congress Of the Unite,
h Ht"pl4 1l ~cinaFi1um IsG1 Zn!Wo
The idea that the cry Of Unicn will saw,