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

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every way unnecessary and unealIed ior. dis
approved d ii thea aud I disspProve Of aaew.--
and I am persuaded that majority Of she Peo'
pie q The SAFE concur with me in this opinion.
The call certainly took them BY surprise. But
the Legislature q course me. in accordance
with the proclamation Of the Governor, and then
The leaven began to work and the agitation cons
menced.
IN bis message 10 the Legislature, at is extra
session, he took wha. appears to me decided &C.
cessioa ground. for, afer insisting upon certain
amendments Of the compromise acts and Of the
! Federal Constitution. which nearly all Intelligent
men admit to be impraciicable,h he goes on to say;
"But in the event Of refusal, do not hesitate
to express my decided opinion tina. the only ef-
iectusl remedy to evils which must continue to
grow from year to year is 10 Be .Joand u The
prOmp, aud peaceatle secession Of the aggriesed
STATES"
Now, this is talking very much like Mt.
Cheves aud Mr.. Rhctt Of South Carolina talk,
and II do no, hesitate" to say that bis Excel.
lency expresses very decided opinion" in d.
yor Of "promp, secession" He would make i
q .speaceable secession, to be sure. but unionu.
nately that is contingency which moi even the
hrst American Governor Of the city Of Mexico,
and the redoubtabe hero who presented the cap.
iured Alyarado cannon to our State, can control.
The Legislature seemed to concur in opinion
with the Governor and to endorse his message
for they ordered an extraordinary number Of that
document TO be printed, and they adopted his
leading recommendation, that which was to be
the first step in carrying out his secession views
they passed an act to call a convention Of the
people Of the state, with the well understood pur.
pose Of redress for supposed past grievances,
and resistance lorlhe futures Thus, us have
said, has the crisis been forced upon US, end the
issue Of union or disunion brought fairly before
the people.
4 Yes, the issue Is now clearly made by the ACT
of the Legislature calling convention and we
could not avoid III we would Union and ac.
i quiescence il the compromise measures, or dis,
union and resistance must be the watchwords.--
In selecting delegates for the convention, we
shall be compelled to merge the. old party dis.
tinctions Of democrat and wing, and the only
questions asked must be, is he competent? is he
faithful? is he for acquiescing In the compro-
mise--against further agitation and devoted TO
the Constitution and the Union We shall be
compelled 10 do as they did in Georgia in the late
elections Of delegates to their State Convention,
and with the proper organization, we doubt not
the result here will be the same as il was there
that Is the election oil an overwhelming ma
joriiy Of Union delegates to our Safe Convention.
The only real distinction Of parties at the en-.
suing fall elections will, in fact, be unionists and
disunionists. This distinction must certainly
hold inregard 10 the election Of delegates to the
convention, and think. my friends, that under
the circumstances Of the case, you will see and
acknowledge not only the good policy, but the
absolute necessity Of forming Union party in
the State. Whether this distinction should be
applied to the elections OF Governor, members oil
Congress and Of the State Legislature. &c, may
be doubted by some, but am inclined to think
Il will become necessary. In fact as the leading
democratic measures--suCh as the ad vaorem
tariff, The independent treasury, &c, seem .c
have become the established and fred policy o
the Federal Government notwithstanding q
wing administration is in power, there Is il
reality now scarcely any questions at issue be.
fore the people Of this State--any questions 0
national Importance, mean, except that Of I'm
ion and Dsunon, and there 10 no eyading Of thi,
, issue, for can see no middle ground to stant
upon.
/ Its true that there are greatmany democrats
and wings, backed BY almost the entire demo-
cratic press Of the state, who declare they are no
disunionisis, but whOgO iorconnued agitation AM
for resistance 10 The compromise, Or for restrictive
measures Of some sort. really cannot vel
i comprehend what these gentlemen Of the ihirt
. pary,as i has been called. are aiming AZ.
they are merely for such state legislation as viii
foser our home manufactures &c and thus make
, us independent Of The north, and Of 'the rest o
mankind" am with them hear and hand; bu
J, IL they approve Of Gen. Qoisman's late cours'
a. our Executive and bis views as set forth IN hi
) message 10 tho Legislature q iis extra session
If they are ior the. continued agitation 2
sectional and dangerous question, which
i think ough. now 70 be considered ~ settled per
! manently; If they are for open Or covert resis
\ lance 10 any Of the compromise measures, lheI
!. / cannot 20 with lhem--I cannot look upon then
i 81 friends Of the union. They may not Preacl
secession doctrines, but h strikes me that the.