Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-10-18
GENERAL OUTLAWS WITHDRAW
FROM THE GUBERNATORIAL CAN
VASS N MISSISSIPPI

Thai lie and dls,rec, Jlurnal, the St. Louis
Times speaking Of the causes which produced
The Withdrawal Fl this gentleman, remarks;
"Uujer other circumstances, we should have
been happy in witnessing the success OF General
Qlimau in the preliminary struggle Tor seats IN
the convention, on the part OF has friends, or Ia
the subsequen, ons yet to take place for seat
in the governors chair, as candidate Tor that
hjsh position himself But we know otno con
sderilou that could tend to aillrd Us any sai's'
fiction in Witnessing the continued agitation OF
the slavery question IN either the North or the
Sou.h, even though those whom we have hereto.
fore highly houofed. aud still honor, should be
thereby elevated to places of honor and trust.
We can see ia the agitation OF that subject no
.uure good 10 any portion oIlhe Union, aud to as
seems that iauaticism alone is able 10 ntg' mS
10 an edju to uBsettie the foundations oh "Tth
the delicate question heretofore 50 threatening
and 50 difficult OF adjustment have been at length
amicable, and We hope finally, settled II Is IA
naticiSm, whether the eillt is made by men at
the North or at the South. Or il 1t IL not ia
natici.m, il is treason And we can see but
little 10 choose between the fanatics of the North
and those of the South, where the tendency OF the
machination OF each is to undermine the stability
OF the Union. Ii is because of this that we
view with satisfaction the overwhelming success
Of Union men IN the late Mississippi election :,
not that General Quitman and his friends are
not friends ofthe Inon--we certainly hope they
are but because the Union men oi the South
are for letting things remains as they are, con
tent to let well enough alone And this is the
feeling Of the masses Throughout the land. DI>
versty Of views there il. To some II may APP.
pear that more was conceded in the recent com
promise measures than could have justly been DE.
handed. To others in equally clear light 1t
may seem that more was withheld than they had
right to ask. Amid such diversity OF vie%s
patriotism dictated the course adopied--a com.
promise. Any other would have rent the Union.
And to revive those questions once more is TO
throw the North and South back where they once
stood, with no adjustment measures binding
either. into position OF hostility, with less
probability of amcahle results than ever before,
We are satisfied, therefore, with the vote in Mis-
sissippi From that State, at least, we need nj
fear agjlatIng and turbulent representatives in
The coming Congress.
"Bnt there is another aspect in which this
election seems to us most happy in its result
We have been wont to look on South Carolina
and Mississippi a, States where, il anywherc, Sc,
cession tiom the Union would be attempted and
the fort has been "a ceaselcss one to goad the
latter iu,o The same line with South Carolina
We may therefore, view the triumph oi UnIon
mon 10 Mississippi as an indication olthe strong
stachm ut % tae Union, aud determination to
stand by It, ihat pervades the entire Sourh. II
Indicate. no craven sprit-nO dowed ONE no
sprsiuYn 10 submit to wrong or violation OF any
ueH guaranteed by tie constitution But il dc CO
indicate thar nov here IN the Union are there
.tuyt friends to he happy brotherhood Of States
none more ioyal members of t--than in the
uuh. ma,jgHed South, provided the present SAFES
( uIrd, Of the constitution are not Broken or set
al uaugh. Aud we DO not for moment doubt
/ rba, t the patriots Of hr South and North would
thlow aside all jeAlousies, aud unite together on
/ this one question in the mex, Congress, they
might defeat tee conspuacies Of osorganzers
and agIlalors, whether haing from Massachu-
/ set, OF South Carolina. II IL only by such a
union that there can be rapid and harmonious
! legislation on matters involving the interest Of
| the nation, and which, by the agitation Of see,
! tional questions, have been too long neglected,