Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-20
srarssTOMIsM I'M MISSOURI

sEOEsSI0NISM I'M MISSOURI,
We take the following from The St. Louis In
telligencer. Il appears that the Times is not
only full blooded Nuifer, but If he escapes
being entitled also to the name Of SsceSsionia it
Is by ,.tbe skin of his teeth" We wonder il
the Democrats Of Missouri are willing to FOLLOW
the Times as far as it aspircs TO lead them! We
risk taking the responsibility Of advising the
Times to holdbn "spell, till the Democracy,
catches up Some Of them have got as far as
nullifcation but we trust that very few can
be found, who are willing to launch outuponthe,
stormy ocean Of secession: 81
The Times regrets the defeat of Jefferson Da4
Wis and the election Of Henry s.. Foote, as Gov
ernor of Mississippi. II endorses the Democ-
racy Of Davis, undergraduates FoOte asa stool
Of the Wings, without settled political princiL
pes.p In connection with this eulogy Of Davis,
Il will be we'll enough to remember that he was
not only violently opposed to the compromise
measures when they were pending, but that
since their adoption he has been the fright bow
err of Quitman in his crusade against the I'm
ion; that cShen the latter was driven from the
field, by the overwhelming force of public opin-
ion, Davis stepped forth as the champion Of the
disunion party, .on, all occasions avowing his
hostility to the compromise measures and doing
all n,}iis power 50 sOmeilt opposition 70 them.
This is the man whom the Times endorses as "a
sound Democratic Statesman and whose de-
feat has so excited its sympathy. The Times
says ''we are no secessionists y but in the next
/ breath it utters lamentations over the defeat Of
the very ''head and front" Of the secession par
ty in Mississippi. 1t regrets the election Of
! Foote, who is also Democrat, and who, it is,
admitted, has rendered valuable service in be-
half of the compromise measures. Why then
does the Times repudate him? Wegive the
reason i'll its own words: s7l..2aa
although we cordially approved his course.
upon the compromise bills and in other respects,
! mis- merits in these respects are more than over
balanced by his subsequent combination with
the WhigFparty in order to promote his person.
al end, by Che same mad-dog cry Of secession
and dsunion which we have had dinned into
Four ears in this State without sense ore reason
! for the last two or three years." rs
Well, that is decidedly ceol, to say the least
of it. He united with the Wings to,sustain the
Union, and to defeat the Vaccinations Of Quit
man, Davis & Co., and that is an objectionable
offence in the estimation Of the Times. hut we
are told, it was only the 'mad dog cry Of seces-
Sion and disunion which we have had dinned in
to our ears in this State, without sense or rca-
son, for the last two or three years" In other
words, il asserts that there was no more'hostili-
ty to the Union in Mississippi, than, there is in
Missouri, and that there was, and is, none in Ell
Their. II Abe Times is disposed to experiment
on this subject, we suggest, that it start demo
cratic candidate for Governor at tile next Au-
gust election, maintaining the views of Jefferson.
Davis, on the Compromise measures and the doc
trine of secession. Perhaps our neiphbor him
self might be induced to. beaorne the champion
before the people, of the sentiments of his friend
Davis. If So lie will find the sanad dog cry of
secession and disunion'' dinned into his ssars af
ter fashion that will somewhat affect his hear
! ing we think. But as Davis is "a sound demo-
cratic statesman, and as one Of the leading or
gans OF the democracy in this State, fully endor
SEES him, we suppose that the Times would have
1t inferred that the Democrats Of Missouri are of
the Davis and Quitman school What has the
Democracy to say TO tins? Do the Hannibal
Courier, the Glasgow Banner, the Lexington
Chronicle, and other democratic papers. unite
with the Times i'll shedding tears over the de-
feat Of the rankest seccSsiorfst in NissiSs;noiY
Speak out, gentlemen, and giveus your opinion
OF Jefferson Davis, as "a sound democratic states
man" The public will be curious to know 10
what extent your tender sympathies are wrought
upon, by the defeat of this ''sound democratic
statesman"