The Yazoo Democrat., 1851-05-21


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comply WI d, Il ks ch bu sho
lhsm b them. lives As "oihefs see them,
No-hhall ha pellsclly nalinaod. Dr. p
Yandoll. elder and more cautious Than bic
colleague, has not made himtelfsO conspleul
Que, and therefore We will find L moFe diff
cult 10 follow his foot prints, where be has
wired n and wired out, 2 If Va are not
mistaken he i one Or those who sometime
slnce opposed Martin Van Buren as being
unsound upon the slavery question. because
be Ihoughl Congress had the power TO abel
lsh the slave trade n lhe District Of Colam
bic, and now admits HE error, BY contending
that the act abOlishing lhS trade is cOnsIiti
tiOnsl and proper. being part Of The "fair
settlement Of the slavery question. He
was Nashville convention man; AMI an
anti Na1hvilIe convention man, and we
viii state 10 our readers sub rosa, that he is
the same Dr.. B, Yandell, whose service.
Ia she Legislature, the people thought one
2 years ago, they did notneed; and we are
privately Of the opinion, that they have not
yet changed their minds, Mr. Doughartys
youth, ardent disposition, and uhconlrOlable
attachment for the UaiOn, Induces a. to re
gard with some allowance his windings up
on Iho Southern question. For this reason
we do not mean to tell any body, that he
persuaded the Hon. E. G. Wilkinson to
publish hiS inhammalOry address, delivered
at the October Convention, and afterwards
FepudialOd the sentiment Il contained; that
he introduced a set Of glorifcatiOn Union
resolutions at a meeting held in THE place
last fall, and supported them ia . highfaEutin
IPoech, and soon afterwards, as chairman Of
q committee, reported, 10 q large meeting Of
all parties, q set Of ''eul and dried resolu
tiOnS" strongly complaining Of Il 9 cOmPrOm
lee measures, ell Of which were voted Cor BY
the strongest Southern Rights men ia the
county, and in his speech endorsed the
speech Of Col. Davis, delivered The same
day; and not long Since-'tell it not il
CATH" acted as chairman OF q committee
and reported a set Of resolutions declaring
that the compromise was '.fair seRLemcnt'
; ofthe difficulties between the North ant
the South! When 3 boy we were taugh
not to ''lell tales out Of school," but ",
may, before the canvass closes OvercOm
our scFuPles 80 far as to rePublish some o
f these "Old documents" alORe with the yOun.
l ones. Indeed we feel very much like vi
, intended to do il, but will wait until the cal
VasS begins to wax warm, by which time
we presume the candidates will have con
mitted other sins for which thing they viii
ha, Q to give an account
When the question was ArSt agitated VI
d expected that the wings would pick thei
Stable and lead upon the track thsh tastes
, nags, but from a remark we heard 3 lev
days since, We fear they desire TO make
"pestls tail" race Of it, to use an Old D.
miniOnism, and they do not mean to hav
their "brsg nags" beat just now. but n
serve them for another heat. They canno
blunt the sting Of defeat BY thus decryinI
their own candidates. ut is the best the,
can do" and they know it. If they meal
to say it is "bad enough" we will readil
agree with Il tsm; but bad as it is, it is mott
ing like as bad as The cause.