The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-06-04

tnN NE - recommends that Il
gal ConvOnsi0n 81 che peota Be calle
with free agd ample powers 10 take into
Considention our Federal relations. the az
gressions which have been committed uD.
o. the righta Of The Southern Sta.es; the
dangers which threaten our domestic fnsti.
lutions and afed suhieclsy9ud ioiualy
with the other southern stAles, or separate.
~ TO adopt such 1neasufes as may. beet con-.
portwith the di sniiy and safety Of the State
and eiiectually the evils complained or"
Upon the latter clause, :hose who deal in
general denuncialions Of the document,
base The ASSERTION that separate secession
q recommended, The language neither
warrants such inference nor was such in.
nded. The seperate Stale act on referred
to,is ITO adopt not secessiOl but "such
measures as may best comport, with the
Gigis::.. gi:.g and safety of the State, aud effect
uully correct the e1::!!Ss complained Of"
The seperate ac,lon here intended, nleaus
the authoritative demand by the sovereign
" OF the State Of redress and guarantees,
preliminary to obtaining the concurrence Of
other States in secession in case of refusal.
luis ls evident from the advice given that
one OF the Convention should be. the appoint
ment OF committee by each State, TO se-
cureconcNTrence ofopinion & united action.
so that it redress and guarantees should
be refused, the efectual and ultimate rem
edy of secession might be, applied by the
aggreived States jointly,
No man disposed to treat the message
fairly can view it. in any other light than
here presented. It was written with the
idea that joint action, at least OF several
States might he obtained; and advice was
. given that wn,.e an effort for this concur
renee and joint action, was going on, the
several asserting States, should be re4a.,
in their sovereign character to net in coli
nection, upon such measures as might be
5 agreed on.
3 We can scarcely hope that this plain ex
position of General Quitman's views, anC
of tie recommendations which he submit
q ted in his Message, will protect him from
}; further assaults of the reckless spirits whC
4 are seeking 10 Bind the people Of this State
:, hand and foot aud deliver them over 20 tn,
tender morcies of fana ical Northern ma
jority; but we have every confidence Iha
y justice will be done him., and the cause il
r which he en- listed, aud for which he ha
!. been subjected 20 the fouiegs treatment-.b,
disinterested and candid men Of all parties
He is in favor of !he course marked ou
o i'll his Message, Cor the policy which ha
;. been attributed to him by designing polti
e clans fpr party purpose. He stands upo
i his own issues, not upon false ones, An
" we will here state, once'for all that Will
1t the Southern Rights party are readin
!, boldly and firm the path of duty and c
d patriotism, as indicated by their publishe
documents, il there is a single leading men
Der of throughout the limits Of tho Safe j
favor Of sepera:e State secession nndpr ex
/. ist:ng circumstances, we do not know j
II Certain, we are, that Quitman, Davis, MC
Willie, nor any of the active members
the party advocIte it. On the con,rar,
they propose to follow the course chaikt
out by Judge Sharkey others intended b
the Nashville Convention. Mississippi
o. under the auspices of the Octob
tot Convention advised a regular COnve1
n. ti0R Of the GSSGiLed States anI 81
- cannot now with honor to herself. n
:, with safety, retreat from her own propos
; tion. II she abandons her position it wi
a have been created for resistance, even
pt the dissolution of the Union party itse
.r The policy OF the latter would inevitab
!, destroy the UAion; that of the Souihe
Rights party may save it.