The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-24

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ives and laio upon die table by yeas
n0 nays ling % be affirmative and
4 n negative House Journals %
6na those who ted gainst hese feso-
lutions say they are Union men this when
they had previously by theiK ne express re-
fused 10 leave Il to the people 20 ay Wheth
er 81 not cong ent ion should Be cai See
Senate Journals p and House Jour
mails p. 54
i And on the 29th day of November the
d following aLnendment to the bill calling Al
4 convention was offered
BE It enacted, That for the purpose of af-
4 fording to the Convention 3 far test of the
Twill of the voters Of this State upon the re-
cent laws of Congress commonly called the
4 Adjustment or Compromise measures, that at
the election of delegates to said Convention
the managers ofssuch election shall cause to
I be propounded to each voter the question,
Are YOU in favor of acquicscing in the Adj
iustment bills passed by the Congress of the
!, United States? and an accurate account shall
be taken of such votes, and returned with
the other returns of said election according
to the provision of this act, which amendment
: was laid on the table by yeas and nays, 81 yo-
, ting in the affirmative and 33 IN the negative
I, House journals page SIS.
YEAs-McRae, Anderson, Adams, Bar
ton, Byrn, Brown, Buford, Bynum, Barry,
! Bardin, Blythe, Brooks, Beene, Baker, Cas-
Isidy, Clements, Dampier, Dunlap, DUR,
: Echols, Ellis, EstelIe, Guy, Gatlin, Kinds,
q Harrison, jenkins, Kelly, Kirkland, Lynch,
: Lewis, Malone, Mott, DIagee, Matthews, Mar
! tin, Metcalf, Nelson, Noble, Neill, Nash,
! Rozelle, RaEls, Rogers, Suratt, Stewart,
+ Seal, Thomas, Thomas Of Marshall Tson,
: Trussell Thurmand, Walden, Webb, NJ cath
q ersby and YOUNG 81
6 NAYS Armstrong Arthur, Aldridge,
: lAshe. Baker, Bell, Collins, Catchins, Cru.
!. soc, Chisholm, Ford, Foote, Farrar, Griffin,
!. Henry, johnson, Kimball, Marble, Myers
!, McInnis, McNabb, Majors, Powell, Regain d
q Claiborne, Regan of Yazoo, Stuart, Starke
Smith, Smedes, Talberty Vest, " ilcox and
J. WEIGH 80.
t And on the same day the blowing amend
z, ment was offered, to the Convention bill
That the delegates elected to the Conven
o ton herein provided for, before taking tflei
seats in said Convention shall be sworn t,
IS support the constitutional the United State
2 and of the State of Mississippi Hous
ezl journals, p. 55. Which was laidon the ia
q bic, 81 voting for laying iton The table an,
nj 81 in the negative, after which the propose
G ton was made simply requiring the delegate
Us to the Convention to swear to support til
q constitution Of the United States which wa
he voted down by yeas and mays, 81 voting {
on gainst it, aud 3S in favor of it.
On From whichit will be seen pot only that.
oy maj ority of both branches.of your Legisl;
Il, ture refused to require the delegates to I'll
sfs Convention to besWorn to support either til
r, constitution of the State of Mississippi
n the constitution of the United States. but /
al their votes have expressly affirmed thattle
IS, would not acquiesce IN the Adjustment bill
~ and that the State of Mississippi would
y justified in seeding from the Union on a
countof the passage Of the Compromis6bill
So and this too when that maiority refused TO .
low the question to be put to the people
led say whether they were wiling to acquiesce
its the bills, or whether they desired Convc
err ton.
ion In November last, about the time Of Il
nc meeting of the Legislature, two gentleme
the Mr. Featherston and Col. JEFF. Davis, deli
ion cred speeches in the Capitol. OF these speec
lis es we have the following note in the Miss
sippian of Nov. 22d, the leading organ Of I
ate resistance party in this State: s'They CO
Use ''sdered our rights violated by the action
lew 3'the last Congress, and we're in favor Of {
rye "South devising some remedy and erecti
do ''some platforms they were prepared to exhal
and 'severy means for remedy to the aggr
: of tFsions in the Union, and if tlatromedycor
in 9'not thus be attained, then they were rea
ITO fall back upon reseyered rights and see
ted s'remcdy out IF the Union
icy, This, we are Informed BY the Mississippi;
eIl- Was tHe poSIblOu Ol I1eSSfS. DdNtS dild P6d
her erston on the 22dof November, and on
srri- 18th Of December the Mississippian annol
7 be ccd the following as the platform, here it
usal eve place secession upon the clearly
lpPl tEcertained and we'll defined opinion Of
the 'speople, that the Constitution of the Uu
'.has been violated, and that there is ao.rt
oun- Iedy for the violation in the Union; her,
and sEour platform"
ana And the same paper commenting upon 9
e to Rhetgs speech which had been published
able that paper among other compliment
lernt things, says: We have transferred
speech to our columns for reasons. of
ter highest ctdracter. We are not afraid to n
the the ''raw head and bloody bones DiSm,
ton, face to face, and it IS time the people
royi- become more familiar with the monster 4
not politicians had wont them to be heretofol
OH On the 10Th day of june 1851, the conl
|. ton met which, nominated Gen. Quitman
pres Governor; he was a member of that con7
the ton; in it there were Ia members of the
git, Legislature who voted With the majo
we against the resolutions herein mentioned,
ut as refused to require the delegates to swea
and support the constitution of the United Sta
the or the constitution Of the State of Mi
con sippi, or to allow the people to say Rhe
not +ba,, 1Ioe;rod > oor,,ov,4;en ~ 11b o4la,.