The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-01-15

store and perpetuate lranooilisg. Ear ,bis
we should exhaust, every measursoF coucil.
laton and torbearanc. We con sesFee1Sa
pay 100 much for the restoration OF thai fra.
ternal harmony, which is the Ile.blood al
our federate organization, and which alons
can for any length oftime preserve the 6TJfb.ia1
lon' An discharge Of the duty which dis
SCUM owes to herself and her -ei,izeos a.
must maintain, at all hazards and a. anv
Jos'' ner honor her, equality, Der iudepsn>
Lsncs' ala her essential rights. In proof OF,
ner devotion to the Union, she must be pre-,
riotism. = T""- P"s
The late action of Vermont demands an
instant settlement Of the issue which has So,
long distracted the country. The. recsnt
ac''on OF Indiana seems to indicate that ,be
q'"e Is proPltIous tor its amcable decision
roF'ne restoration of complete and efFecfuaI
harmony would suggest measure. n
winch the patriots ofall sections, and ali who.
reverence Re I'VE and are willing to abide by the
onsitutI0n may cooperate
l would recommend the adoption. by The
legislature OF resolutions inviting ali the
States of the Union to unite in sending dale.
a'eS to represent the whole people in Ger.
eral Convention, which ought to assemble :,
and an early PeriOd-not later than Nav.
Baltimore or some other convenient central
point for the purpose of bringing to an end
all sectional controversies relative to slaver7
10 secure that end the principles which sbonid
govern the action of the Convention opobt =, <,
announced in tina resolutions bv which i q
called All should be invited to unite in this
movement who are in favor of the perpet lation
llon OF the Union, and who, to att ain
this result arc in favor of the Fuel
tive Slave Bill, honestly and cordially enforced
who are opposed to its repeal or essential mod
lnca'on' and who are adverse to any farther
agitation of the slavery question, either in
Congress or in the States With this the South
VIII be content-less than this can only even
tuate in the dissolution of the Union. The
action of such Convention if Successful "a
fully sustained by the non-slaveholdinp States
would satisfy and quiet the South-if unsuc.
cessful, it would prove that the friends Of ordaE
and the Union are impotent-to control the fl.
natlcal passions which are now urging on a
speedy dissolution. It is measure which sd.
dresses itself to no particular party, and re-
ters to no political organization, but asks the
cordial support of every true patriot in all
sections Of our widely-extended Republic, and
"hlch all seems adequate to Eredress or avert
Tue terrible evils under which the country now
labors' or Of which lit is apprahensiye..
i To render this measure efectual. and "a
relieve the deliberations of the Convention
from the trammels by which il might 9th.
etwlse be embarrassed, would farther
recommend thai such resolutions be accom- !
panied win the sincere and EARNEST apneal
OF the State of Virginia, speaking tbronoh
1er Legislature to her sister States n Ia
SOUTH entreating them to postpone anv
extreme action in relation to present flifirri- /.
ues' unlll the result Of the deliberations Of
sach a convention could be known. The
j restrictive measures which the Leoisl.,nra
may adopt might be made dependent for
'he'F continuation upon the Ultimate action
of this Convention. ''o''O4
a ny the adoption ofthis course, II appears
to me- the Union might be preserved and
PerPetuated in fraternal harmony. or tIe
South enabled to pTese nj united and mn
broken front to the assaults Of fauaticaI adj.
. yersaries: The first must be tho sanguins
g hope Of all lovers of freedom, and ,beir.
country, The last must be the sole refuge of
: Southern independence only when ali. 4be1
brighter hopes are proved by this last efFolt
d 70 be futile and vain. The motto of ,be
South must be, as it has been, Union. if Ne
can; Independence, if we must .l.have H.
n0nOf % De- Very Respectfully, 80
Your obedient servant,
: JOHN B. FLOYD. f.