Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-03-29
Chancellor Die, inson on Compromises.


Chancellor Diclinso on Compromises.
In putting the name of our friend, Chancellor Dick
nson at the head of this article, it is not to be under
stood that any, even the shadow OF unkndness toward
him personally prompts it. The reverse is true 1t
because we admire the man personally it is because
we have battled for him. and against party, when we
were a partisan it is these with another considera-
ton that we propose to now that has prompted
us TO bring the Chancellor fully forward has plat
form and show if we can, that those who are acting
with him. are directly indirectly miniserng to his
peculiar fancies. 1t is really impossible to tedeve
that the Chancellor is altogether actuated by iul
and settled conviction that his positions and platform
are perfect or that he even has any saving faith in
their COMPLETE efficiency We do not intend to say
that the Chancellor is playing game of chances with
the confidence of the people. Not at all What we
intend to say and do say is that if the Chancellor has
entire confidence in his position to preserve tins onon'
he adopts mode of proceeding characterized by little
of the elements that distinguish the great men OF the
world. In coming to this conclusion, attribute no
improper motive to the Chancellor, but attribute MS
anomalous position rather to accidents and position,
and to what our friend, the Hon. John L. Connell,
would call political strait, than any settled plan OF
poltical progression. We know how to attack dupll-
city and double dealing in politics, but 1t is one OF our
misorunes and have lamented it, that IN our
intercourse with men, have never found the secret
of expodinga prejudice. Men who get into political
straits as our friend Connel would say may be ready
to sshrnk from any responsibility and as prejudice is
redoently provocative element in the composition OF
the human race we fear friend, the Chancellor,
has become slightly touched by it, and hence the anom-
ally of his position.
1t will be remembered by those who listened pa
tienty to the Chancelors speech the other day, that
he reiterated the fact that he had to make a
gans those who demanded protection to slave proper
ty in the territories He also declared that he should
not oppose the levy of tax &c. or in other words
he should not oppose the conservative party in this
county. These are points noteworthy because they
present soecism in the resolutions he had previously
presented to the meeting. The Chancellor stated the
thing to US, andwe commented on the fact to our
friends anomaly in politics. In fact 1t was our
opinion at time that the Chancellor would get Oh
line so near parallel with resolutions to drive us
to the necessity either of captivating to him, of in
vtng him to mount platform which he declares he
will not war upon. We profess to no information o.
mode of reasoning by which the position of the Chan
cellor is squared by his line of policy And it is t.
evolve that that we have noticed what U.s. and many
others, is perplexed question.
We shall quote part ofthe third resolution intro
duced by the Chancellor remarkng that we give only
that portion showing either prejudice or an inconss
tency in the Chancellors position Here is the point
and the resolution concludes thus
"We cordially deprecate and disapprove of any flu
ure agitation, and of any and all modes of resistance
open covert directed against said Compromise Bills
1t viii be from this quotation and the previous
remarks that the Chancellor is balancing himself deity
between the resistance and submission parties by de
claring that he shall not oppose demand for more
protection in his speech and conversation, and in
utions cordially deprecate" "any and all nodes ant
of course, to attain what he will oppose,
what he has asserted that he would like little more
Iof.
Now, do those who follow the Chancellor, adopt hi
mode of reasoning We inclined to think they
do, for we have heard none of them "deprecate' hi
position. We then to look to the Chancellor the
acknowledged head of the submission party in Lownde
county-as the last greatest compromiser out, ant
those who follow mnistering to his peculiar fan
cies.