The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-05-14

ime, aclOala by dege lionaI lac nenl q
the pe es. nor and psrpeid'iY of The
Union. hey lave rasisn.ly enduIed infringe
men.s. respectfully lpmoa aslra,ed, and sOlemk
y protested against lheit sncsoaChiAen's.
In xain. hes lhe warning voice Of your
delegation most elpquenlly admOnished, IL
vain have they most earnestly advised. IN
| til It had almost become too late when The
ear ofiaaalislsm and aemagog ogdism has.Bsen
lent to your complaints, aroused q length
only BY III Ominous murmurings Of aa injn
red, yet mighty and gallant people. The
pphsre Of Ganaticism is humble, and only e.
pands when courled By the ambitious, ds
signing, and reckless.
Such has been The condition, and such the
cause OfosiginaI e1eilsment. G..l lss
Aroused to a seEss Of injury and opPFes
sion, you fellow citizens, in your primary
lCJnsentions Of le49 asserted your rights,
and at the October Convention in The caPi
tol at Jackson, established platform, assu
med BY each Of the great political parties Of
the State, adopting as the corner stone of
that platform the inviOlabIe principle Of noa
intPrUentiOn upon the subject Of slavery by
the Congress Of the United States, defining
minutely, and specifically the various in
lringemsntS upon your rights, and infections
If the Constitution, viz: The abolition of
slavery ia the District Of Columbia, the abol
lion or interference with the Slave trade
between enc State and another, the passage
uf the WiImot Proyiso, and The abolition Of
slavery in the establishment Ofany terrific
rial COVE rnment here after.
Among other arrangements to sustain
: yourselves upon this platform you nominated
delegates selected equally from each POli'i
: : cal party, to represent you at Convention
to be assembled at Nashville Tennessee
d earnestly inviting the injured States to part
eipaIe in your deliberations for the public
welfare. This fellow citizens you effected
! IN your sorersign right, and it then seemed
|. that all was profoundly understood, and tha
y you would "make long pull, strong pull
q aud pull altogether"
will remind you fellow citizens, that th'
,f committee selected at the October ConveI
;, ton held in the city Of Jackson, of whom
y my Hon. friend, E. C. Wilkinson was chai
u man, reported among Others-''That in tn
n 9 went that California should be admitted il
IN to tue Union by the Congress OF the Unite
W States, with that Objectionable feature upO
the face OF her constitution, the prohibitio
OF slavery, that it should be considered as a
interference Of Congress upon the suhJeC
Of slavery, and be as just cause Of cor
plant and resistance as the other cause
he Of complaint and resistance as the othe
o. causes enumerated" This report was mt
or al the threshold by one Of MississiPPi's mO'
to talented and distinguished sons, (His EAcs
be Iency, John |. Guion) and al that lhreshol
IS condemned, as 'unwise, inexpedient, ultr
h and visionary" and was Withdrawn from tn
RS further consideration THAT body.
"a Meantime tue Legis atUre convened an
li- "played fantastic tricks before high hea
i'm ca"
:u' They assumed to sdncti n the deliberatior
lat Of their superiOrs. They assumed TO a
) point delegates to the Nashville Convention
re they assumed to appropriate money out
the public treasury Cor foreign purpose
'rd And they assumed 10 dictate to you, II
an causes Of your complaints, BY asserting It
he one you had already so sOlemnIy and sign
ly rejected. Your deliberations were spun
ct ed as TOO tame, too humble, too submissiv
ol. aud firebrands were blindIy hurled BY u
on refractory Of all classes.
Of In vain did minority Of that body strl
Of gle against The turbid torrent, in vain d
or, they strive to allay misguided excitemer
ate ia vain did they protest against the assuu
1nr tons OF that body as arrogant, PFesumptuo'
lhe aud impotenr, which experience hath sub
HI quenlY established, from the aborIiVe thro'
'ar Of the bastard Convention, assembled al
he dissolved al Nashville.
ION Alter many months deliberaliOn Of Il
D. vexed and existing question before q
gress. they wisely and bjudiciOusly pass'
several acls comprised in a B:ll, recognise
si> As the ''Compromise BilI''-which was Y
he versally hailed (wiih few excePtiOnsl
y the harbiDger Ofpeace, good will, and pr
nd peri,y throughout our beloved country.
ng Atthe appointed time the convention a
nd seanb;ed at Nashville, "a half dozen 9th