The New York herald., 1851-08-25
Our mi.sissipps rrsspendsnee.

JEFFERSON Co., July 10, 1851.
Politics IN MississlYi-7xs Comtest-D Dsswnso~ sn5
Seccssio~, &c.
/ write you in tho midst Of the warmest contest
we have ever had in tho State II Mississippi The
minds Of our people seem asitared beyond anything
you can imagine. Mon, women, aud children, ain
seem to be taken up with great questions Of The
contest.
lconsider the result very doubtful II is said
that in the northern part of the State settled mostly
by brave aud patriotic iennesseaus the population,
almost sa nds'e, vail e. Tor the Union ticket.
hope IL lie true. But in this region, It appears
strange how almost all the d. .mosrxti, party have
fallen into the secession, null nc stiou, or dsunion
traces Men who profess TO 90 ardeatIy attached
to the Union, will swallow entire the disuniou
ticket. This is the worst Eature of those saJ
times
We have none amongst us VII, openly svow them-
selves dsuhionists; ON the contrary, they contend
that they Union ''yp ercal~sce, and
that the cours. they pont Is the only course to
p'eser'e the Union They believe in the right OF
s,c,sicn hut ib favor OF i'm IN fiAss seces-
zion. Ibey deny the right VI the general govern
NEXT to cveICe u Sta ., aud profess the msslvas
ready, a. mo- nents saroing, to march fully
mtd, to The assistsncc OF South Carolina, should
any coercive measures no adopted By the Executive
to enctce the laws according to the 90 oostitutioD
aud b' oath Of office.
but is my b, ,iei tha, the leading men Of the
setessen party aIe a. heart disu pionts and II 10
lam.htable To see the greas majority OF our Union
LOVING democrats surreneering themselves. bound
hai and foot, to their old Qualification oppoaents-
But 80 u rs Men VINO we're bitterly opposed "a
each other IN the times of nuln6ssfion. are now
working together IN harmony. Truly, politics
msk s,rsr ge bed.fellows
send enclosed the res ali Of our whg county
meeting TO nominate candldaes for the convention
and Legislature. You will see - have sdoPtso
the Georgia resolutions as our platform.
On the llth inst, there was given great barbe-
cue BY the opposing party, IN the vicinity OF our
county town, Faye te. upon the occsson OF sspeeem
iron the Hon Jta Days. More than onehaif
tie county wss present. tol. DAVIS, you are aware,
ia volunteer in the field aud. a. he expressss L.,
Is lin for the war" understand it Is MS Intention
to trsv,rse the : ate. look upon hun - our most
f,rmidabl, foe lie isa 6oe speaker, with an eagle
o. the souih IN the adjustment measures, as ho
pctures be social degIs i,ion 70 which are re-
due, by them. his eye ,shes vi the ire Of intense
bate. and ou might almost the flashing Of that
sword, waich CLEANED so gloriouLy on tue 6eld Of
buena Vista, tuned uow, alas 10 yards the bosom
Of HE own country Col DAVIS svows he is not i'm
iavor OF immediate secession, anu prooounces that
man 81 liar who calls him a dsun,onist; and yet
Col Davis will head che gallant Missssippsus,
whom he has before SO gOipusy led TO victory, TO
assist South Carolina, should the general govern
ment attempt any iorcble me asares Col JAWS
tells US ot intermediate steps,, which our c0nven-
mny teke 70 avert secessi N ne does not, nov
cay what these intermediate steps are pre-
sumo they must be some demands - be maae oy tno
sover. ign state of Mississippi. 10 convention as
sembled, upon Congress, wbicr " not ccmpned
with, that then the sovereign state OF MssuspPis "
TO secede, war is to be declared, and the enlns
Missisappiaps ase 70 rush W the hsht, viii Cen