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

justice Ia ne Nauh irLthe pfopost.ons De-
distinctly maig 10 tse peop u ih~ n0U.
slavuholcmg Siatos. 90 remedy the afoug
a. hf D. i mas be- IH 'he power Of Coz.
pres. 70 DO s0. ~ ols1fHiHr frOm ooHces.
iaoas q SBani'g sod JOHt o. ottsSirse
sui 10 consent % such amendment, ct ihc
/ Federal Constitution. a. shall hereafter AGA
ply secure lic lights II the siaveio.d az
States in1in miscoustmriion ond from iuf.
thcr -aggrsslous.
But tu the event OF refusal ] 10 not hes
itaig 10 express my DEGRADED opinion, that
The only electual remedy 10 evils which
must continue to grow from year toyoar j.
10 be- found in the prompt and peaccIbfc Sc
o'ss,0H oi the aggucycd State
And yet. 10 make Gov. Quiimnn
still less a political sccessionisf, he de
%clares, in reference to the above quota
ton
iharc Tins r],Hia1oi 10 present some
suggost,oHs, J0r uhich I nm alone resp0a-
sibtc. They may be modified by the result
Of the Nashville Convention, now IN ses-
zion, aud the action Of the Georgia Conyen-
lion, which will shortly ldcet for the pur-
pose OF taking the same important ques.
tons into consideration"
Certainly no a is farther from se-
ccssiouism than Governor Quitman-
as the above extracts proyc-yet these
very extracts are garbled, perverted,
emphasized and tortured by the wings
TO prove him hn enemy to the country,
whose flag he haS so nObly borne, and
for whose honor he has so nobly fought
upon the bloody plains of Mexico. To
emove all doubt in their own minds
as to the true position of Gov. Quit,
man, Col. G. :. TarpIey, Col. George
l.. Swami, II Bnrksdale, d. n. Bar.
and G. Is. Green, Esq, addressed
Gov. Quilman an invitation TO a pub>
lie dinner, where he could explain him.
self in full TO his fellow citizens /; in re. /
ply TO that invitation, Gov. Quitman !
addressed "A letter, from which the fol.
is an extract: }
"The Priests, who derived honor and Il
profit from the worship of the Ephc. "
sian Diana, and the ~goldsmiths, who
enriched themselves by it, cried aloud il
md %turiously assailed the Messenger of {
who proclaimed doctrines which
threatened to destroy the sources of =
heir power and wealth. Those inter. !
patriots, in answer to every ar.
shouted great is Diana" and
stone the traitor |" The selfish poll. I
oil our day who worship a. r
ound the Presidential altar, with SINH. Z
AR motives, drown all reason aud mr..
with hosannahs to the "glori> A
MS Union" and abuse of those who 4
vii not submit quietly to be dispoiled c.
II their dearest rights in the name of Ii
he Union. Southern men who had D
'een true to their section, have had to
a system of Remuneration ;: /.
nd those who have deserted its inter- -
ST have been loaded with honor and ID
from the same source 4
Does a candid people ask for more
osltivc evidence to establish the posi-.
lon OF n fcllow-citizen, than the ex,
above quoted, convey?- to
here is nothing more proper as IA cri- IT
erion by which to Judge men, than
heir words aud their deeds no man j
as a right to insist that another occu al
'Ios a certain position in tho very face
t the most solemn contradictions to es
he contrary. As II soldier, Gov. Quit "
has done nothing that indicated j
i'm II trailer; as Il Governor, he kas- y
uietly executed and obcyed the laws 9
1 the land--and if TIE people honor n
i'm again with their confdencc-ss
hey surely within November next ct
10 reasoabIc man can entertain u we'll 81
oundcd doubt that he will not fully d
discharge his duties and provo himself !
IS he ever has been u faithful friend TO
Liberty, the Constitution aud the \
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