The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-09-02

; to consent TO such amendments of M,
Federal Constitution, as shall hcrea stcl
; amply secure the rights of the slave
holding STATES ffem misoonsiruetion
and from further aggression.
Bat, IN the event Of refusal. do not
hesitate TO express my decided opinion.
that the only etlcctual remed, 10 evils
which must continue to grow from
year TO year. is TO be found in the
prompt and peace0bie secession of the
laggrieved States"
TINS is the particular portion Of this able
and interesting message OF Gov. Quiman
IN relation to which he is so uufaitly and
untruly represented as having recommend.
ed the prompt and peacable" secession of
/ Mississippi from the Union Does he not
say explicitly after summing up our griev.
ances, and declaring that he has little hope
left that the guarantees necessary 10 our
4 safety will be yielded by majority flushed
with recent victories, aud encouraged by
apparent divisions among ourselves that
get TO ledpe no effort al Co1cfitafioa ,.l.
traea, aud still further to unite with Us
those of our own people who lock for a re.
turning sense of ins'iice In the North Z"
Let the proposition be distinctly made &c
But in the event of refusal expresses the
opinion that the only efectual remedy is TO
be found in the p ompt aud peacob'e seccs-
sion of the aggreved States. Is there any
recommendation of secession in this l.
1t anything more than the individual opn-
ion OF John A. euitman expressed in his
message? Does he any where recommend
or advise the Legislature to adopt this indi.
vidua opinion of bis ? On the contrary of.
ter proceeding little iurthet on in his mes.
sage, he says:
"Ihave thus ocnlwcd - present some
suggestions, for 'ohich lam atone responsi.
bic. They may be modified by the result
of the Nashville Convention, now in sess-
ion, and the action of the Georgia Conven-
tion which will shortly meet for the pur.
pose of taking the same important ques-
tions into consideration.
But if at the time Gov. Qu'man wrote
his message he did express the opini II set
forth in the quotation we have made from
it, it should be recollected that that opinion
was expressed under voty different crcum-
stances from those which now exist in rc!a-
ton to the questions for consideration. The
Legislature 10 which thal message was ad-
dressed ordered legal convention TO be
elected to assemble and determine upon
the proper course for the State to pursue in
relation to the evils with which we are
threatened, and to sub the result Of
their deliberations to the people for their
sanction or rejection A general conven.
ton OF the Southern Rights party assem-.
bled at jackson in June last, and distinctly
laid down platform whoreupon the party
stands; the l4th resolution of which we
have set forth above. This platform was
adopted before the nomination of Governor
Qutman as the Southern Rights candidate
for Gov at the next election, he necessari.
ly adopted it, and stood pledged to abide
by and support it, or lie Of course would
not have received The nomination. In a
speech delivered shortly before the June
convention in reply TO Senator Foote, Gov.
Quitman gives his own explanation Of his
message we quote portion Of this speech
as reported in the Mississppian of the
Esd Of May 1881
In reply to the charge that he had re--
commended the separate secession of Mis-
sissippi from the Union, for passed wrongs,
General Quitman stated, that while he
maintains the right Of seperate secession ia
each State, as a necessary consequent OF
our structure of government, and asserts
that it has ever been Que o. the fundamen-
tai articles OF the Democratic faith, aud
while events might occur to induce him to
advocate resort TO this extreme remedy
in our own State, he had neither recon-.
mended it, nor thought it advisable under
existing circumstances. His Message con-
tanned no such recommendation. On the
contrary, the candid reader will find sucn
idea negatiyed by the general expressions
OF that document.
The message recommends that "legal
Convention of the people be called with
free and ample powers to take into consid-
Grafton our Federal relations the aggreasions
which have been committed upon therights
of the Southern States; the dangers which
threaten our domestic institutions, and kin.
dred subjects; and jointly with the other
Southern States, or separately to adopt
such measures as may best oomport with
the dignity aud safety Of the State, aud ef.
fectuany correct the evils complained Of"
Here are Gov. Quitulaus own decara.
tions as to what he meant in the message
(about which he has been so grossly mi>repre.
seued and abused)-and it may be assert.
ed that, those who now charge Gov. Quit
man or the Southern Rights party with
views Or opinions hostile % the Union. do
20 without any foundation whatever either
in fairness or fact, aud that such charge is
gross hinll5 circulated to deceive the
people
Whist Gov Qutman is Thus misrepre.
sen;ed aud unjusily denounced as a seces-
sionist by these Georgia Platform Unionists,
they take special care to keep dark. and
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