Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-08-23
ALABAMA AND rHE UNION.

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protested to believe were true. Ii was the sue
ces. Of Judge Bragg in the Mobile District which
they hailed as an cmcn of triumph, One OF their
naprrs salu,ed il with the shout Of "llunh ior
Qu,tman," aud Alabama was Immediately set
down as a Irwin sister" 10 Mississippi, ia tho
cause to which Qnitman has devoted himself.
and Tor which he is rousing party, W The re-
peal OF he COMPROMISE OF the repeal Of the Union.
Little cause had such men To be thankful ior
the result in Alabama or even ior the success *
Judge Bragg, with whom they 50 hastily claimed
an dentity which that gentleman opinions and
course do not warrant. They are indeed for
resistance 20 the compromise and he is for op.
position TO the compromise, hut this is n sm,i,
ludc with a great difference. His opposition is
that Of constitutional remedies within the State
aed within the Onion, hy means OF which the
essential cemcnt is adherence to the Union,
even hou.h no change should be effected in
existing causes. Theirs conlemplates disunion
a. the alternative should not the grievances they
complain Of now be specifically removed aud
d.sunion as the inevitable result, because they
are sure their grievances will not be redrcssed
In theory Of light they Differ Mississippi Quit.
nantes contend Tor a constitutional right 10 Sc
cedc from the Union Judge Bragg comedies
that it is an 1ngucstionahle right indeed, one not
contemplated Ia or dcduced from any constitution
something abcyc aud before The constitution.
being the right Of resistance to tyrannTwhich all
States and any body Of people may assert, who
wi,I take the consequences aud he scenes 10
think lha, The fact Of secession bys State ought,
Tor the sake Of peace, 10 be taken us a revolution
accomplished These are our deductions from his
pocches, and they are very llle different prach.
caly from the views entertained by what are call.
ed the Union men elect Of The State. The DIS
inclion Is so slight that for the prevalent support
Of their views, any ona ofthcsc, fin Mississippi,
might conscicnlionsy support l'o0te for Governor.
Five of them certainly, and probably four out of
the seven, to.wit AAcicombc, " hitc, Smith
aud Cobb, aud Houston, II he il elected, oyc on
precisely the same platform with Gen. Foote,
aud all Of the seven are against the plans aud
schemes Of Qniiman, as they are against the
plans aud schemes Of Rhctt aud Cheyes, the Sc
parate Secessionis's and co operative Secession
lists of South Carolina,
The Mississippian oIihc Quitman school, who
can fnd any encouragement for bis friends in
their present course,in the results OF the Alabama
elections, must be reduced 10 desperate
strait for the smallest possible crumb Of comfort.
Alabama has said,in substance, hat the schemes
advocated Ia Mississippi are without sufficient
cause, unwise and revolutionary that they arc
dangerous TO the Union and injurious to the cause
o( The Southern States, and that they viii meet
no support among the public men, or by the pub
ltc q Ia, 4 4 l.l Iar t,Ntn ali
ter" There Is indeed, and /, would be strange
if were Otherwise feeling in some parts Of the
State like sympathy for the eNcesses to which
Mississippi politicians are hurDing because il is
ieIt that there is ground for some Of her com.
plants aud for the apprehension Of farther
wrongs but this feeling has net blinded the
Judgment Of the State to the rashncs and pcrils
Of lhcir course, or reduced them TO render her
any expressions of support, other than OF regret
at her naiualion.
The vote Of Alabama il, in fact, strong and
we trust il will prove au ehactual remonstrancc
with Mississippi and South Carolina on the side
Of Union. II she ever relied upon, MS their i'm
passioned addresses have assumed so often tina
she was as an ally in the scheme Tor a Southern
conicderacy, ready to Glow either ofihcso State,
which might get tho start in leading out Of the
Union, the dolusion must have been disslpatedbl
,ner late eleslion returns. In more than hall The
districts Of the State their poGects had no showing
with either side, aud in the two where they wcf'
directly encouraged the association broke dowr
/ the party whose candidates cspoused their creed
/ In the hitherto iuyncble Democratic district
where Rice was the only candidate Of the Dem
ocrats, he was beaten by Union Wing and III
I the Montgomery District The Democrats wer'
/ beaten wor than ever before.
1 1t will not be pretended that Alabama Is les
/ brave, less intelligent, or less honest than lh'
other states Of the South or that she has les
( right to Judge for herself Of the emergencies Q
4 the day, and what honor and safety requires a
her hands, It will be no degradation for an.
/ State to follow the example Of Alabama, and de
eide as she has decided, II will rather, consider
! ing how intimately her interests are thosesot tn
( whole South, and her fortunes depend upon them
be scant consideration towards her for them t
act and assert, az though she had chosen to stan
where they ,hink II dishonombe to stand, and
although she had decided for herself, 10 force O
a crisis against her Judgment and remonstrance'
Judgment has repudaed. Tie abstract right t
do what will c6nstajn the conscience and inyoIy
the fortunes Of Others may bo conceded, while tn
attempt to exercise it may be Justly stjgmailze
as uuecncrcus and hc,iou.. We know, indeed
how difficult it is 10 bring such considerations t
bear fairly upon the understandings Of mef
heated to such frenzy by political discussions u
on supposed expressions and injuries, that the
have no patience with those who attempt 10 rea
son with or assuago the violence Of their pa!
sions. But passions cannot always rule. Cor
sideraton comes after aSime,and moderatos til
violence Of action which Incorporate passio
would have dictated Reason makes hcrsc
heard al last above the din Of the most iuriot
conflicts. That re,uuon Of camer reflection j
the excited portions Of the South is, We trust, al
preaching. Il has arrived, and is bringing tort
good fruits in Alabama The example Is encour
aging, and the effort will, we trust, be not "l'hoG
a potent influence in recalling the statesmen o
Mississippi to clearer sense OF what IS wise
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