Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-03-29


P'aufy Fseasaizal and arlb.rlst TF
'- .saeas $50 f.aieaes or ibil c5at.ra's- -
'ltl rar''.l.' aui constituted u1s of ~. r.rri
FL. '. az i.e reeori.i eases m political n.s's
.3eip eo'es pa. '.ile igm7iilT caa.a BE- "a +.
He rulismn 81 ar -.
.son..astsl ia.A tffi m.slfes bad alszas
- fef lfon HAsea slsg n4s affected % issi
WIN e. much laaihiaR aa4 disgust. and but mi.
sincerity could b awAfded fofhat frantic zeal r,
Flqieeilpa which BAD Mi afissa aaiii fhers 81,
eeAaed 10 be ans adyahlags n derding that doc
As ior himself although Be had been ana.,
TIE earliest and most strenuous advocate. ID 81.
duty Ct Congress 10 project slave psona ~ s, q.
territories and although. On some acv,,',,s - 1.
was not ug satisfied wifh az he fsa,,s,e. ~ ~,
lAle compromise, lel regarding il now 81 lke a.,
o. zoe land, and viewing il as fiaai adi.is.n,sn
ol an exciting question whose Continued aoi.
hlian wac iraaght with the diresl evils. he eaa.
.'desed i the duty Of every good citizen Ia Al.
here 70, and abide BY il. Above ali. he saw /,
L n9Idst ground for resort to The extreme meas
ures 10 which some gentleman would carry thel
q resistance. ''.S'
u could not be Disguised lha, the great iss,,,
now was union or disunion. The manifest Oh.
Jet oiihe Legislative majority who called the ap
preaching convention was to precipitaie the stat.
Il INTO theAbyss Of secession. 30 show The bar.
nlony Of this Legislative Insjoriiy with The Gov
efnoF ~ his ultra views and dangerous drsipns
& be read portion Of The message Of The latter
% connection with the section Of the act call.
ing t1e convention. and directed The attention 81
bis audience 10 the striking manner In which the
one reflected the other. The passage in The
5oveFnor's message was this:
"for the reasons which have been hastily
glanced u in This message. the union Of these
states has been so grossly perverted from Id
4 original purposes, as 10 render iis further con.
iiauaace Incompatible mifh the honor, The pyos.
4 Periy, and tho sdfsfy If The sidrehofdiRg states
unless some correction Of past aggressions. and
some additional and more eiiectuaI guarantees Cor
our future protection, be obtained from our asso
cisIes 10 the coniederacy."
The portion If the 9Th section Of the conven,
ton acs felerredto isas fallows:
That the delegates elected under the provi.
SONS q this act assemble, nj DC, snd shall pro.
coed TO consider the then existing relations be-
iweenihe government Of the U. States and the
government and people Of the State Of Missis
slppl, % devise and carry into effect the best
means Of redress lor the past, and 10 obtain GER
tain security for The future, &C."
who could fail to discern the harmony Of plir.
fpose and views, and even Of dcion, which ex-
hlblted ITSELF IN these corresponding passages Of
ne documenis referred tol The intention IF he
Governor and Of the majority in the Legislature.
VINO we're thus echoing his very language, was to
resist, even 70 disruption Of The nnion, for what
mad past as well as what was to come. Asa
farther evidence of this fict, he advered To the
nature q tho Discussions ii The public meetings
held o. Jackson during the session ar the Legs
aiure. Night after night. The capitol was
thronsed by immense audiences, 10 listen 10 the
most exciting harangues Of which the question Of
anon and dssanija constituted the erciusipe
itieme
Nothing was heard then and there ofthe third
party which has recently erected ITSELF but on
the contrary, snine Of those who are nav ,he
principal leaders il this new movement. and
who are now declaring themselves opposed 10
secession and q disunon, he-consiiered as hay.
my FULLY committed themselves in Jackson. du.
ring The extra session, u the measure of seces,
sion. Knowing thisflcl, and looking upon hosn
men as thorough disunoasts, imagine his sur.
prise, nay, his establishment, on returning home
rom distant journey, after an absence Of two
orthrea months, q come into public meeting,
which declared itself opposed 10 secession, aud
md these late fire eaters sitting cheek by iowl,
side by side, in beautiful concord, with SONS dis
tlngutshed gentlemen who had always avowed
themselves lovers Of the union. A stranger
sight be never saw, one which, once heheld
prepared him for any other phenomenon which
might hercaferoccur.
Having expiliated,wth signalability and force,
on sesand other points not now remembered.
MI. Cftisoe concluded with an eloquent express.
sion Of his devotion % the union, aud bis resol,-
uon 70 sustain the compromise, and sat down
amid the oudest applause.
Col. Wilcox.oi Monroe county was then enht,.
slasllcally called tor, and responded 10 the in,
yl'atlon. Want Of space dcpriyes us of iha
pleasure Of giving, even an outline of his truly
sensible, patriotic, and eloq,en. address. SuGlics
ITO say, twas charactrized BY torce Of reason.
ing, great elegance ofdic,inn, amanly frankness
and sincerity, and the richest touch Of hulnor.
all OF which combined, caused his speech 10 te II
with the happiest effect on his audience. !.
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SurrosED News Or Sin JoHs FRaNxLiN.-
extra, published BY Ceyon paper. the Colombo
Observer, contains, under date Singapore, Jan
uary 9th, the following:
"News from the utmost ends of the earth arc
always arcepabe,more especially when he
SUBJECT matter Is the relief ufthe distressed, who
have rlsked and il may be feared lost their lives
~ seaich alter knowledge | have /. ii nv
iinwer ilia ucu'h ~ give yoa later information of
~ lhe search which il being prosecuted TOT tbs
recovery y sir u Franklin and his party, han
even the Admiralty Itself y WI possessed ii.
tier Malss'y's surveying ship Herald arrived I
herc from the Arctic regions, via the SanwicnI
Islands and Hong-lIong during tie last weel,
and she has the latest accounts rom ,he n
North Neartheextre station ofthe Russian
iar company, they learned from the natives tbat
4 party oiwhife men had been encamped three
hundred or four hundred miles Inland th., ,boj