The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-04-09


ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE APP
POINTED BY THE SOUTHERN
RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF YAZOOI
COUNTY.
Resolved. BY e. Stephens: That the
Hon +. G. wilkinson y. Walker, Col. w.
Z. Pugh, Maj. F. w. Ouackenboss and S
5. Wright Esqr, be requested to prepare
an address by our next meeting, with a
view OF having it printed and circulated.
Fclio,0 CitiScnS:
In compliance with the above resolution
we proceed briefly to address you A
sense Of duty and self respect require that
we vindicate Our party from aspersions that
should no. in justice attach to it. Nothing
is more common than misrepresentation
of the principles and purposes OF po-
litical party; but within the brief period
since ours has been formed, it has suffered
more than is usual, Of abuse aud detrac
ton; and with an industry worthy of be-
ter cause, and zeal that belongs as much
to the ogandist Of error as Of truth. Our
views, objects, aims. and principles. have
been disfyured and Galsified and the party
has been made 20 wear a garb and even
a name as fugeigu from its wishes as from
plain truth and common Justice. We are
called alarmists, sewers Of discomfort and
strife, aud piotters Of disunion. But with
out the name we are in fact the real Union
party: for we seek 10 restore the govern
ment to its former integrity aud order. We
strive to insure that the original purposes
of the government shall be faithfully CARR
ed out, u hats curty Shall be furni he'd S
Tlu tn majority, which all admit TO have
the lcW shall not in future have me pow
er TO Cypress US. This we seek to do by
amendments to the Constitution, to be
proposed 10 the North by a solemn and full
Convention OF the South and thus to bad
the states more strongly together, by ad-
ded t.es aud new obi cations. Does shis
look like purpose Of disunion! We say
nothing now Of the past, we shut our eye:
10 the present, rather than give up tht
the Union butwe eau never forget the pas
nor what is now passing and we therefore
to prevent disuuoa, ask additional quarln
tees tn bind not to loose the South from
her allegiance to the Government.
But what says the party in our midstwhicl
is opposed to us, aud which assumes TIL
name Of "Unionl" "They will go out G
the Union if the Fugitive Slave Law
repealed" This is the platform of tn
Convention lately held in Georgia; aud
is declared IN substance and effect to b
the platform OF the party in Mississippi
The language Of Georgia is: "In the ever
Of q repeal or Of material modification
the Law, 'she"wil and aught to'resist eve
70 a disruption OF every tie which bint
her 20 the Union" The language of tn
Union party''ln Mississippi is,that refu
al OF the government to enforce its provi
ions, would justify a resort to measures {
resistance" See the proceedings Of Il
Union Mass meeting held at Jackson 1st
Nov. 1850.
Now we plainly but respectful
PROFOUND these queries to the Uni
party in Mississippi:
LIST. Would not a repeal of the Fugit;
Slave Law be clearly ana undoubte
ly constitutional?
3D. Would not any measure Of resistan
a State could take against Constitution
act Of Congress amount of itself 10 an ;
of secession from the Uniou2 Or bring
unavoidably direct collision between 81
State and the General Government, q
so end in disuni on?
We conclude therefore that the p
!orms of Mississippi aud Georgia arc in
feet identical. au
Refusing to unite with the States Zig
party in call for Southern Convenu
OF Congress to save the unionby reform
the Constitution, they allow themsel
no alternative but &c break up the I'm
.if she Fugitive Slave Law is repealed.
irFhis then, People Of YazoO, will.Be.
issue in the election (now soon to be h
,Of delegates TO the Mississippi Convent
gEii demand Congress
not! This is the issue, and We inten,