The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-24


The Sopth caplinians fys thl
Natchez 0onaep celebrated on the 2sth Ply
lthe anniversary IF the defenceof Fort AopI
the. See toasts on the occasion % another col
unn. We recommend them 70 Gov. Brow
Ias fine definitions d fe ssanae, and to tn
people of Mississippi b specimens @ 2ult
manisna arrived At full growth
Forthe Primitive Republican.
no.
THE TRUE ISSUE.
Mr.. EDIToR:
In my last NUMBER in pre-
senting the true issue to the public. we thinl
We conclusiyely proved that the issue presen
ted BY the Executive branch Of the govern
ment, Gas a remedy for the evils which som'
contend now exists) was under certain con
tingencios, dissolution Of the Union.
We promised in this number toshow, tia
another branch Of our State government to
wit the Legislature, entertained similar
views with the Executive. Soon after thu
assembling of the Legislature in accordance
with the proclamation of the Governor ant
the recommendation by him for the call Of
Convention to take into consideration thu
mode and measure of redress against tht
compromise acts, committee was appoin
ted by the General assembly, to take into
consideration the Governors Message
That committee reported to the Legislature
bill calling a convention Of the State
Whilst said bill was under consideration in
the House of Representatives Mr.. Foote Of
fered an additional section to said bill in
the following words to-wit-
BE It turtle, enacted, That at the cleo
ton of the delegates to such convention,
it shall be the duty Of the returning Off
GERS or managers of such elections to pro-
pound to each voter the following question !:
Arc you for or against the assembling of a
convention And there shall be correct
and accurate list or lists of the votes for
and against a convention, made by the
clerks of such election, in such county, and
such list or lists, of The votes given as a.
foresaid, shall be forwarded to the Secreta-
ry of the State, with the votes for the dele
gates to such convention and the Secreta-
ry of State shall ascertain the aggregate
: vote for aud against the convention, and if
: there should be majority of the votes of
: the State against the assembling Of con
: yention, the governor shall make proclama-
: ton of that fact, and no convention shall
assemble"
This amendment was rejected by vote
of II in favor and 4s against it; see House
Journal p. 5. All must at once perceive
the propriety of this amendment to the Con-
vention bill The Legislature which was
then in session had been elected previous to
the passage of the Compromise and in
fact before any of thequestions which result
ted in the Compromise, had in any way been
to the people The election Of
the members composing that Legislature
were in no way whatever connected with the
questions now agitating the country. It was
therefore proper that the question of conrea-
ton or no conueation should have been sub
mitted directly to the people, before they
should have been called upon to act in their
sovereign capacity in relation to questions
which had never been submitted directly to
them. Butthe politicians who were anxious
to commit TIE State of Mississippi to positions
which would if receded from, degrade them
in the estimation Of the world, Thereby hop
ing to force them into ultra measures thought
it best that the people themselves should
not be permitted to determine upon the pro-
priety of the convention. They choose to
settle that question themselves, for the peo-
pie. They no doubt reasoned in this way
If we permit the people to determine as to
whether or not they will meet in convention,
they may decide against a convention and
there is an end of the matter We will
therefore not trust them with this first i1apor-
tant step, in the call of a convention. A
convention they shall have whether they de-
sire it or not. If then by any means what
ever, We. can procure the election Of sufi-
cient number Of delegates to said conyen-
ton to adopt the rash measures suggested by
the Governor in his message, we can then
go before the people and contend with pro
priety that if they recede from the positions
taken for them by their delegates in the con-
vention, that being their own sovereign act,
they will be degraded in the eyes Of the
world. The friends Of the Union in the
Legislature, seeing the want of confidence
in the people manifested by the advocates of
the convention bill, and fearing that by in
genious Legislation, they might force the
State into positions, that under different cir
cumstances the people would condemn, de-
termined that their real object should be
made known and the true issue, placed be-
fore the people Accordingly after the re-
jeetion Of this amendment submitting the
question Of convention to the people, Mr..
Foote offered the following amendment to