The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-10-05


In the following article from the Mississippi Free Ira
der our readers will perceive that the edior after having
done wha, he could to organize resistance party the
Compromise, proposes 10 fall back the democratic
party until the convention soon to assemble in that
Stale has acted. In the time he calls upon his
friends destroy the who candidates for Office
standing the platform Of acquescence in the Compro
mise and therefore entirely sustained by the convention
If Mr. Seward OF New York, should find that the cleo
ton to come oil few weeks in that State disapprove
his ultra views, and he TO round and ask the
people Of that State to withhold their confidence from
Gov Dickinson, the democratic senator who fought
manfully by the side OF Gen Fooie for the Compro.
mse his position would be exactly the as that of
the editor Of the Free Trader We inclined 10 think
that il the people Of New York disapprovs the conduct
Of Mr. Seward, they will tell him to stay at home; and
having approved the position of Gen. Fooe. and agreed
to sustain his conduct, will not recant in order
promote the men who opposed that position. and have
done all they could TO prevent the acceptance of the Com
promise as final settlement Of the slavery question.
Democracy is not thing to be pu, of or put on
would coat, nor is Gen Foo,e TO be sacrificed or not
when he stands the platform of this party as Jefferson
and Jackson did, at the pleasure OF those who choose 10
slide backward forward, taking the name Of anti-ac
quescence men, or taterghts men, the caprice of
the moment may suggest Such suppostons assail the
integrity Of all the party organizations to which the peo
pie OF our Union have been accustomed and have not
doubt that they will be epudiaed by the people Of Mis-
sissippi.
"oua rosrrIoS-For years past we had witnessed the
onward progress of anti slavery aggression had followed
aggression and encroschmcnt encroachment AT length,
bv the late acts Of Congress- the South has been pped
OF all the territories acquired from Mexico. With these
acts believed that these aggcssons had reached point
likely result in fatal consequences TO section OF the
country IL LEFT unchecked. We, therefore, In
with a msjoy OF the democratic party Of this State, and
some distinguished Of the whig party, opposed
to acauiescing, and advocated proper
mode OF State resistance to these destructive
We have, however, always desired that tho free,
biased voice of the people should determine well
the question of resistance the mode and measure OF
opposition We were therefore, the advocates OF the call
for convention take those matters into consdera-
ton. The members OF that convention have been
elected. In the for the convention we. in
with the Statsghts party, have done duty We have
fsaresy advoc at.d the policy of resistance demanded
alike by considerations OF Prudence policy, and patriotism
From present Appearances sarxe majority Of the member.
of have been selected opposed
subjects While IL Is known that this result
BEEN great measure. occasoned by the deceptive
guuen and false presented by leaders of the
Union party, and whilst believe further and more
deliberate consideration OF tho question by tho people
would lead to different result yet regard these cues
tions Submitted to the convention, and longel an
element in the approaching When the oonven.
lion shall acted, these questions will -gan
the people for their ratification rejection Until that
time we regard them as suspended"