Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1851-11-01

t7I uilu ~ lleSt addresses faen Of those Hentlt>
laen had declared all the old party organizations
al an end
According 10 ihrEn. there was M longer any
wing party ia Mississippi, nor any democratic
parry. They proposed 10 call into existence an
altogether rev body Of men. whom thew called
tie States Rights Association, and they cordially
invited all persons touniss with them IN this new
party who were willing 80 pray to G,d, and keep
their powder dry, who were in favor Of resisting
by arms, Il Needle, the various adjustment acls.
and especially inclined 70 their beloved scheme
q prompt and peaceable secession.' As a
democrat. had con6dsu ily hoped that tho ascen-
drncy enjoyed by the democratic party in Missis-
sirpi for many years past would be preserved in
The mode and BY the means adopted elsewhere.
Ia Virginia, IN Maryland. in Tennessee, in Ken
iucky, and numerous States besides, thc demo-
cratic party had rallied promptly ard zsalously
10 the support u the plan efadjuslment, and were
not ndscreet and nnpairipic enuagh 10 leopard
their party strength by silly aud laclinus oppo-
siiion toil. Consequently The democratic party
III the STATES relafred 10 were not fsied 10 be
broken Up aud routed. Had similar course
been narsued here, oil must now perceive that
instead oiitc present contest between the Union
and dislnion patti, which has already brought
30 much disgrace upon band uf Iactlonists,
whose iniamy il destined 10 be as imperishable
as iheiroilrnces are enoFInous--ihe old contest
between Wings and Democrats would have been
now going on, with more than probability Of
The usual democratic triumph. aud both tho old
Naiional parties hesc would have been saved
from the turmoil and discredt which have 50 sig
naily naaiked the present struggle. Who them,
i confidently ask, Is 10 blame FIR The existing
state Of thingsl Who Is responsible for the
passing away ofthe two old parties andthe loss
10 The Democratic party af rs fwmer ascrndencyl
These questions are. indeed, easily answered
Had Gov. Qnlman and his frantic associates
been cOnsruiin 10 their duty as good citizens !;
had those WIN assumed 10 lead aud control the
democratic party HI Mississippi not been the
most Shallow and laundering iaclicians thai mod
ern times have afforded, the coming cleo
lion would have recorded new democratic tri-
amph. upon the old issues, efele and obsolete as
they have Il, great extent become, ard there
would have been no body Of men ia Mississippi,
organized AZ a party, claiming aid exercising
political power Int that Que that brought Gen.
Qniinian intothc Executive office two years ago
l,y d maipri'y pften thousand Lei oman then
blame me tof ihr breaking upoi The democratic
party. struggled hard hast autumn against this
result. Struggled still harder 10 preserve The
meniheas III lhai party here from The disgrace
anu disasters which have since fallen upon them.
But particular causes we're at work which
found il impossible 10 counterac. Il had l,een
hythe friends otniY five colleagues in
Congress. that either they niist 60 down as poll
iirians ii Mississippi, o. must do 50. Il was
alike perceived that Gov QHiiinan was already
ITO iar committed BIZ bis Proclamation aud Ger.
rain othrr Official acts ehis, 10 allew of his re-
reding frumiI E extreme ground which be occupi
I'd, without severe criticism and caiislc ridicule
In addition, il was thought 10 be but a reasona-
that The dIsnnion leaders having
all the high Stale offices in their hands, holding
most Of the democratic presses under their con.
troll. and aided BY the influence aud nuduubied
n all my FIVE colleagues in Congress.
would BE able at once, and with scarcely an Ell
ipri, 10 pu, down i single Individual, that iidvid
uai being a man Of no NAKED popularity. cfbut
limited ability IN every way Tor such conflict as
that In which twas Determined 10 involve him
and who; Il WAS doubtless supposed, would be al
once broken down AMI rendered permanently In,
famous by The Legislative censufe which il had
alrpadyresulved ID impose upon him. Theman~
ayers oflhc hour forgot to take into consideration
onp important faci, thai warned them al the
time, and The existence Of which they have
since asceriaiiied 10 their own abiding horror
and modification; III the Iury &c their zeal, in
their iefocious pursuit IL lhe victim for who're
blood they ihirsed, they fnilely forgot that he
sovereign people Of Mississippi were intelligent,
patriotic and devoted above al people On this
continent TO the Constitution &c their fathers, and
thai no management, however dexterously
biough, into exercisc--no personal Influence
however potential no activity II the dissemina
ton 81 iilIschood however untiring no inyidiDus
appeals 10 party names--no efforts 10 awaken
and stimulate 10 fsracions action old party pre|n-
dices. would be sufficient 10 deude The high spir
lied and sagacious people into The support Of
schemes al once 40 absurd and 50 criminal, e.
those which had been set on fool BY the LEADERS
Of Secession. For m7 part. | assure you that
have never fra moment doubled The issue
confidently predicted more than eighteen months
aro, lie glorious result which we are now real
king; and last November, in the stale capitol,
upon the very day previous 70 my setting Out TOR
Washington, warned the denagogues Of the
hour. with ssYeralof the most prominent Of them
in ~ sight aliheiime. Of all the disasters which
have since oyertaken them. When Disunion
leaders called into existence q new combination
under an imposing cognomen when they an
no1nced 70 tie world the formation q 2 great