The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-08-26
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sent n plain and unyamished state
meut Of the position occupied by Gov.
Qniiman. We ask only that stern jus
tiee may be done Gov. q. hat +" the
tree may be Judged by its fruit" aud
that he be held accountable only to the
position which he, himself. has laid
down.
In this State for a number, Of years
past, there has been a most bitter strug.
gle for the ~ascendency of the Wing
party and the political opinions and
even the private characters of the
Democratic candidates for office, have
been assailed with a virulence almost
Unprecedented in political warfare
To overcome the vast majority which
has always been given TO the Demo
cratic ticket, opponents have resorted
TO every scheme Of denunciarion, and
every political stratagem ; and now,
in the %unbounded and totally false and
absurd charge which the Wings are
urging against Gov. Quitman, w: that
he is a se~cessioDist, we but recognize
a familiar trait of that p arty. The
cry Of secession has been raised. not
from any real fear, that any party in
this State favor such a project but i;
is, in the language of the Wilkinson
Wing, because the Democratic party
is of undoubted majority in the State"
and because the Wing party wish to
overcome that majority Out of Mis-
sissippi, the whig press nail with pride
and satisfaction, the platform laid
down, ut the late State Convention
and which was acceded TO by Gov.
Quitman, in accepting the. nomination
Of that convention I; and rejoice in be-
ing undeceivcd in regard to the true
position of the State Rights party
But here the game the wings are play
ing, require that they should cling to
the humbug cry, with the peFnacity
that a wrecked mariner holds to the
last board of his vessel. The only
wing submission paper in South Caro>
Ina, thus candidIy acknowledges that
it had been deceived as to the position
of the Southern Rights party of Miss
sissippi.
"MIsslsslrrI.-We publish, to-day,
the proceedings of the State Rights
Convention of this State. 1t will be
seen there from that they are deter.
mined on resistance, but are not ready
for secession. Why That's the guess
ton. Suppose they do not choose TO
expose their plan, who has the right TO
require it of them' Not their oppo.
nen,s. 1t is sufficient for them the one
party sustains, whilst the other cons
demus, the compromise, and is deter
t mined to resist it. The issue, then, be-
| fore the people, is their approval or DIS
dpnrocG1.. g 8 ! hc measure, End he south
ern party haze the right, at present, so
10 contne that issue. There is no ne.
cessity for its embarrassment with any
: other question. Upon the merits or de-
: merits Of the compromise they ought 10
and viii fight The battle, and who can
+. doubt Of the final RESULT
t The message Of Gov. Quitman to
the Extra session of. the Legislature,
which assembled in Jackson, in No.
vember last, as hbecn the text from
d which all the Trades o~fpersonal abuse
{ and misrepresentation of his opinion
, have been drawn by the speakers and
writer's of the wing party. We deny
that that message presents Gov. Quit,
, man a secessionist in a light any stran
ger than that Of the tamest man in the
r community, who has honor, and nerve
enough to sustain that honor. He whC
# admits that the North has wronged us
and will not ask for redress, acts con
trary to the laws of true honor !; ant
he who would remain at a board, al
inferior where he should be an equal
: after every proposition had been made
: to " remedy the wrong S o lar as it ma,
be in the power so TO do" of the par
~ who subjects the wrong, by obtain
ing an honorable redress, such as woul,
" hereafter amply secure the rights O
the injured perry from further aggres
\. %sions," would act recreant to the char
0 acter of our forefathers. Read tn
,e following extract from Gov. Quitman'
message, and ask yourself. reader,
h, there Is ought in it that you would no