Columbus Democrat., 1851-09-20
|. rnE lINIoN NENoE aIsaIssIrrI.

viclors The aisuRonnss aud lhose who hasl
/, Appealed h tAs sovereign power Of the State. q
say what The South shdad %, n relation to III
plan of adjustment, had iarcei an issue On HI
people sf this Slate, which Is re8 NHlch
4 The sound sense Of the people, aud their In
heudmg patriotism have solved all enesiions
arising out OF ihe plan Of edlOsererN 50 a. a
Mississippi Is eoncegned Our opPoaert has'
been utterly conounded At the universal decision
against secession, Fesislaure and disunion. :
They seemed to have dAl,ered lhemselves into /
heliel, that we, as State, were prepared (a
revolution and al its untold madness and horrors
j which tho demons of blood and discoFd wef,
likely TO bring upon prosperous, free and haP'
py people. bullhe hopes oishe resistant tefarm
ers are swallowed up ia darkness, and thei
mighty hosts are Dispersed % the four winds q
heaven. Their shepherds aie smilten, and iheil
1 tlocks are scattered.
flut although these are the results Of the laie
elecliun Of members to The conyenllon, yet We
should remember that there Is often rccupera.
tive energy ii evil, and that our triumph is only
half effected. The November election will soon
be upon us. Union Nenl stand 10 your arms
BE n9l deceived by the surrender oIihe enemy.
Let not the wily Tongue Of AypOtfsg cheat you
into state Of fatal security. The unceasing
efforts of the enemy, like the spirit of perdtiuM
will follow soa into Paradise, aud there, IN The
shape of the Tad, viii steal to your ears II
shraher and repose, and whisper poison, dea h
and treason into your hearts. Be wise, be vigi
lan,,' and permit mo wies, however ArhullY pre-.
pared, or pausIbly conceOlrd, to reach your con.
fdesve. Union HIsn, should gire no faith totheir
pohticul opponents. l'or thcir principes.--their
ptoies ssions--their derhralions as q party Hrp
wholly unwmihy " credit. They have declared
themselves helicr uniun men Than we, and yet
they have solemnly resolved that they would not
submit 10 the Compromise They have been
growing ihs ears al Mississippi with the cry
ha, they were IN favor 81 the constitutional Un-
ion cf nur fathers, and yei they have been laborA
ng with the mliiriag energy nfdeyils, 70 destroy
holh,ile constitution and the Union They have
declared thai the government administered ttn.
der The constitution. should be preserved inyio-
ale, and yet under the cry Of Southern rights,
they have declared in opposition 10, perhaps.
ninety hundredihs Of well informed men, Tint the
constitution ofthe Union was violated in the acts
Of adjustment, 10 which hey rould not submit.
Such are the political elements which have been
-ui,ien and scattered hy our late election.
But Union men should remember, that the
affinity stillexisng between these hcailerrN elu.
menls. will surrey briug them together Mheney.
er il mas he necessary 10 combine their strength
againsI the union, with the mos, remote pros.
pcct oC succcssl Watch. watch, we bcseech
you. with the sleepess eyes Of Argus, Tor the re,
nnion Of these spirits of political evil. They
may be silrnced, before The majesty Of The SOY,
erpign power of The State whrn iie nnallemas
otihai power maY iall unexpectedly oniheir ears.
But other and new chiris will assnredly arise
and blow another Buglc, upon different kry.
70 arouse md ms'rad the people. Thank God 4
thr people are not to be msled, when their ap.
prehcnsions aud suspicions are awakenesl..
Thank God The time has PASSED away, when
men, who hayemorr selfish purp0sasto b subserye,
than public and patriotic objects % accomplish.
miphtdccciye and beIrayih people u ihcirr ruin,
and 70 lhe destruction of lhtiF iaIfcsl arid best
hopes pf peace, prosperity and happnessl
lInion mcnoi Mississippi beware n shes
new phases in which dsinipl may be- presented
TO you since its late overthrow. Oh course you
wiiIsxpecl Onr advcrsaties u dcclaFe their sub
mission 10 tie sovereign viii oflhe State, ifihc
most eloquent and touching language. They
will dcclaratbe political contest Il ended, and
viii no doubt be jealous and tdirioiic very
II trying to persuade youfo vullvonfhe old fsariy
lincsl 0 jcs, they will exhaust jher eloqaence
and their zeal for parig, Ii order that they may
gain ali ascendenry III thH S,ae which ihey
could not obtain BY principle. Union democrats
stand 10 your arms Do not permit the flying
cohorts of fdisunion or their sif0lling disclaimers,
10 deceive you from The stump. The Nplifca.
iion and Disunion party oi Mississippi IN Q2 80
and '34. were MOI dcinOrrais-- nor arc fhey dem
Dcrafs nOtr.
Were ever democrats led BIZ such men as
Judge Cuion, Judge Cliiion, L. Jones Stewart,
Thomas ]. Word, WIN. Il. Harris. and Judge
Miller Look N their Platform of June 10th
lHEnE ~ 10 pExorRAcY rIfERr. Il II seers
non, resistance to The laws of ihe land. passed
BY constitutional authority, and unqualified hos
iliiy to the acts ofihe federal gosehmenls ifnoI
d the Government itself.
Democracy teaches thai The power md The
ighl, loinsllnle and administer yons e0sesH-
Drni, tor lhe benefit 81 lhe people, reside, IL
acj, in HE people. and attended by Tie insepaga
,Ie duty 0f the people, 10 sibtnit ~ good and pa.
riolic citizens. to The laws of their own enact
naDi, through their Representatives. Till Y
he sum and substance III the democratic creed
Bot the Platform ofthc 10Th of June, teaches 10
stcls Hing, and therefore, Il i mDt dem0fraljc
Thas Platform eaches lie right of State, IL
esisi Al win, me- laws of lhc land. III Ihe lpfnEa
I'm of which, The STATE had pqfileip Ri
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