Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-02
COLU NJ B u S :
wednesday Morning. July 30. 1851.
The ProcIivities of the Natchez Courier.

The PrOcliVitieS of the NatCheZ Courier.
Last week we promised to expose the dupIicity of
the Natchez Courier. and show from the record that
it had garbled editorial that appeared in this paper
and used sustain position that is wholly false
The Courier says that:
The platform introduced at Jackson Tby the States
Rights party was intended as SHA N and a BLIND,
designed to up the secessioni>m of Quitman's
message and the Legislative address,
Here is the charge then specifically made and bold
ly asserted, that the platform of the States Rights
party of Mssissippiis Sham and Blind or in other
and palmer language, it is FALSE and DECEPTIVE
platform, and intended to deceive the people. Look
at this charge-interpre by every.rule that give
to the propogator of it the benefit of the least object
ionabe construction, and what is he made to say
1t is this: The who constructed and aided in
forming that platform, intended to DECEIVE and
practice FRAUD on the people, and this makes the
who aided in the construction of that platform,
political KNAVES Have we placed construction
the language in any form strained and if not what
to think of the political integrity of an editor
who deliberately makes charge of so destructive
character his opponents and garbles from the edito-
rial columns of an opposing press to sustain himself
The Courier in replying to the comments of a con-
temporary at Vicksbug introduces the following
which appeared in the Standard of July 5th. We re-
mark that it its extract in the middle of
sentence, making full sentence of the half of one as
originally given by and then it completes its extract
by running the half sentence into a complete para
graph given by US, making, in the way it stands in
the Courier, full paragraph. Here tits:
"The nexpedency of exercising the sovereign right
ofseceding from the Union for past wrongs has been
the position of the Standardit will adhere this po-
ston immoveably. Had the Jackson Convention
left any doubt this point had it authoritatvely
o1 Colt n
and made a refusal of these demands cause for dis
solving the Union, for the State of Mississippi
secede the Standard would have lent neither aid nor
countenance to its action
The language of the Standard is here used to con-
vey the impression that the States Rights party in
Mississippi in some form identified with the dis
union or secession cause and that required distinct
disavowal that such before it, (the Standard,
would lend either aid countenance to the action Of
the Convention of that party. The Standards relied
on as acknowledging this, and is used then to show
that the convention was "sham and blind design
ed up the secessionsm' &C., of the party in
Mississippi The Courier makes out a good case by
garbng and suppression, and it is this very point
we propose to exercise it. We shall give it the
benefit of its own language, and we apply it in its full
est and broadest sense
We present below much of the article which ap
peared in the Standard of July 5th., and from which
the Courier made its extract gives the Uh
the Standard required distinct avowa that the States
Rights party in Mississippi neither secession
disunion party Here tits
'The People through their delegates have spoken
they have decided in the language of the 18th Reso
luton, that under existing circumstances, it is inexpe
sent to exercise the sovereign right of seeding from
the Union for past wrongs. This has been the posi-
ton of the Standard-it will adhere to this position
immoveably.
Hadf fba+n l. IL.
or, had it demanded amendments to the constitution
had it auhoratitively demanded division of Cali
tornia by the line of 5000, and made refusal o
these demands cause for dissoving the Union, 70
the State of Mississippi to seceede the Standard wou
have lent neither aid countenance to its action
1t will be remembered that the State Rights part
throughout the State have been repeatedly charged
advocating immediate SeceSSiO7-the Union papers
orators have everywhere declared the question in thi
State to be Secession Submission, ,-Senator Foot
stated when here, and if Senator's orators and tn
newspaper press in the pay of the Submission part
are to be believed then the question is, "Secesssio
or Submission" But tits very generally under
stood that the submission leaders have hed-broad,
haty, and as history shows, very deiberately-LIED
Tor the question is not sfSecession Submission. %.
Hence it necessary for the convention to leave
doubt as to what the issue is between the Submissio
and the States Rights party, and it has done it."
No man could misunderstood the language of til
Standard and it is evident that the Courier suppress
ed all that was necessary to show ohy the Standa,
required disavowal of disunion and secession by II
party it advocates.
We hadheard it charged by all classes of fsubmssic
men that the States Rights was a secession or disu
ion party,-we had heard the submission leaders {
the stump and seen them charge day after day al
week after week through the public press, that su
was the fact and they could proue it, we had almost be-
forced to believe we were deceived, and that it mig
be possible we were the victim of some 'damnabe
reasonable plot,' and were actually aiding in our fl
BILE way to overthrowing the Union We never n
with the man though. who proved that we acted wi
the secession or disunon party, though we've Sc
several who swore they could do it.
1t is seen how the Courier was aided in making
case against the States Rights party in Missssip
and in what manner it perverted the position and
timents of the Standard by garblng and suppressi
parts of an editorial. The Courier has passed
opinion upon those who garble and misrepresent, a
we most cordially commend the chalice so elegant
prepared to its own lips. Read it.
"When we find that garbling and misrepresent
ton have become the order ofthe day, and that o,