Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-09-13

the committee appointed fill vacancies by the June
platform, and the other material thrown broadcast
the State. Such a candidate could make his own is
sues, and peremptorially decline fighting on those
made by Foots and upon ahjch He BULLIED
and PROVOKED the State Rights party to meet and
fight him
Gen Qutman has declined. We know not the
reasons influencing him to this step It's policy do
commend, although thereasons which may have guided
him may not leadu to similar conclusions In our
opinion, he erred in accepting nomination from a
convention that failed to endorse his publicly
vowed opinions. 1t gave his opponents advantage
in the contest above which he never rose nor do We
think the ingenuity of man capable of freeing him..
But that is secondary only to his final step lie went
before the people False Issue, and there were
thousands upon thousands deceived, only to his
ultimate intentions, but his present objects He was
judged unfairly and he defeated the day he accept
ed the nomination, simply because he accepted the is
rendered to him by his opponents, and not the
made up for him by his friends The platform of the
convention from which he received his nomination de-
fined the limits of his position, and unable
understand from the first what bearing his individual
opinions had in the canvass, it would have been
direct to have withdrawn those opinions from the
test than attempted an explanation, and thrown the
whole force of his energy upon the only oiclal and
single recommendation in his message, and stood or
fallen with 1t. As that recommendation the conven-
ton has failed, he has declined the canvass By the
failure of that the whole scheme of State resistance
fails, and of course his course not approved
Governor, and he has, like true and patriot,
declined to canvass farther If elected, it would not
be to carry out the positions assumed by him and his
party
If asked, what we are going to do1 We an
swer that our policy is the that indicated
and recommended once by Mr. CALHOUN Master
y Inactivity Letus hold to our organization-stand
fast to colors, and yield to Northern induce
ments to construct National platforms and adopt ho
low preambles and resolutions National organza-
tons have ruined the South, and those who would sell
the little remnant of right left the South for Nation
al reputation federal Office, deserve and we be-
eve ere long will receive, the price paid to the do
nestle traitor. Let stand ready to take advantage
of the chapter of accidents. We never in finer
spirits than Who that reflects fails to see that the
Issues upon which the parties formed and divided are
now settled-swept aside forever The cause that
built up and made Union Party, to exist, and
if any man can demonstrate the necessity of again
erecting that Cause, we shall then know there is
necessity for fighting AS the Cause has ceased to
exist which made the Union party necessary the dq-
ent ITS supporters, that party must dssove-there
principles of adhesion left and its limbs or sup
porters Will drop off like leaves in December. We
have said that there principle of adheson-t is
not exactly correct for the cohesive power of public
plumber is controlling principle of the Union leader
and there great many offices confer and
as there great many expectants, there necessa-
rally must be many dsappointments, and those who
disappointed will curse and quit and we shall ex-
pect to witness before spring, perfect stampede in
the Union camp. No party hold together long
without somevery distinct principle of action, and we
should expect to gather grapes in winter,
see the Union party hold together twelve months
There is absolute certainty of speedy dissolution
the elements ofdiscord sown in the very CON
stitution of this selsyled Union party 1t originated
aetood has been sustained throughout by trick
cry and falsehood and it will burst from internal rot
tenness tits policy then not to continue to fight
false issuewe clearly opposed to keeping up the
passions infaming the preudices of men, when they
have been betrayed into the adoption and support of
error Time will right us, and when the people shall
and feel that they have been mised and imposed
upon, they will visit with damning vengeance these
tricksters and falsefers With the weapons of truth
anu cohcilIatloh we propose 10 approach the people
That such mission will be successful, we have no kind
of doubt at any rate Judgment confirms in this
policy and we shall stand by it, unless feast
Bile is offered We open to argument and reason.
Those who disagree with u.s. are welcome to the
free use of our columns
In our next issue, we will present our views in the
same open and free manner upon another branch of
this subject
The Party Of Progress.
The Southern States Rights party is the Progress