Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-02
Who are afraid of the People +?

the State have adopted and using little contempt
BILE subterfnges, unworthy dirty nosed unching, in
order to mislead and deceive the People. They say
that the State Rights party refused to raise the Ma
tona flag the capitol during the late session of
the Legislature. They tell the People, however
that such had been the at any previous ses
sion of the legislature and that the proposition is the
progeny of demagogue, introduced to catch the pop
ular feeling.
They also say that the State Rights party refused
swear the members that should be elected to the
sustain the Constitution of the u States
and of the State of Mississippi They never tell the
People, however, that members of Convention of
the People TO sustain tie Constitution Of
the State and that such proposition is an insult to the
intelligence of the People.
They say that the State Rights party voted down q
series OF resolutions embracing several propositions Of
conservative character This is simply ridiculous.
The propositions were intended alone to give dema-
gogues opportunity of making up a record false
issues and thus permit those who defend and excuse
the action of the last Congressthe action of which,
far as the interests slavery concerned was r-
Free Soil Abolition-a chance to show
by inference and implication, that the State Rights
party designed and intended to adopt secession as
remedy for past ,crongs.
Another very important proposition was voted down
by the State Rights party, andwe have heard the subs
grow eloquent in descanting the fagrancy of that
vote and they usually wind up by proving by that vote
that the State Rights party intend to dissolve the I'm
ion. What do you suppose reader that proposition
was1 Some man proposed to print 10000 copies of
Washngtons farewell address, to be paid for out lof
the public treasury The State Rights party refused
print that address and make the people pay for it.
1.-THE subs wanted it printed, why did each mei-
Der of that party in the legislature contribute few
dollars out of his pocket and have it printed 3
This course would have proved them less demagogues
than their present prosition indicates them to be- If
they could have saddled the people with the expense
they would have been satisfied but they were not pat
rotic enough face the music out of their own poc-
cts. But such things aid demagogues-t is the filthy
diet upon which they exist.
Another proposition made by member from
Noxubee county, G. H. Fooe, and to this proposition
we shall devote few remarks, showing that there
gentlemen who did fear the people, and that the
action of those gentlemen tended to the suppression
ADMINISTRATION of all the questions up and that
it was desired to the issue down to simple ap-
prevail disapproval of the adjustment bills and stop
without recommending remedy.
Mr.. Foote'S proposition was for the purpose of OBJ
tanning stair test of the will of the voters of this
State upon the recent laws known as the "adjust-
ment, it states, and to obtain the will of the people
he proposed that each voter should say whether he a
quiesced in the adjustment. This looks very fair and
may have been honestly and fairly intended but let us
test this proposition by Mr.. Foote'S party creed, and
see if his object to embarrass the friends of the
convention bill and throw around the election itself
matter wholly useless and unnecessary If this pro-
position had been accepted would Mr. Foote have voted
for the bill ? We say true man he would not
and it follows then that the object to raise imma-
eral issues and embarrass the action of the Southern
Rights party. We take Mr.. Foote to be true party
man, and he had subscribed to the following prop
oson but few days before, do not believe he in
tended to play the hypocrit The last sentence of the
9Th ultimatun laid down by the submission party Of
this State reads thus
"But we are now and at all times opposed to any
agitation by convention oheroise of these questions
reservng the mode and measure of redress until such
injury shall be inflicted"
If Mr. Foote abidesby his platform, he is opposed to
agitating the public mind the adjustment meas
ures, either by convention otherwise and we in.
fer and is the inference not legitimate that Mr. Fooe
designed to oppose the bill even if his proposition pre-
vailed. Was he afraid of the People If not, why
did he as all others who aided him, obectto permitting
the entire question to 60 to them for adjustment =
Why do they stand pledged to oppose discussion, and
seek to load that discussion when forced out by the
friends OF the South, with all the petty bubbles pet
tfoging lawyer would be ashamed for the honor of his
profession to father Are they afard of the People
Yes, truly, they would not resort to such low trick
cry in order to draw the attention the People from
question in which their honor and institutions are both
involved
But Mr.. Foote may have been patriotic in his course
and honest in his intentions. We do not question
either. But what we to think of his refusing to
vote for that obtains the sovereign wil of
the People,, and then again sends it back to the .ba-
ot-box, there to be approved disapproved after
renewed and more ample discussion.
We say it is the Union Submission party that is
afraid of the People Wehave already said enough to
prove this, but that is not all we have to saw The
submission party pledged to oppose discussion on the
adjustment bills. The Southern party force it. That
party will discuss those bills and show the People of
the South that they have been deluded and outraged
and despoiled of their rights and denied equality in the
confederacy. Let us see.
The Legislature called by Southern Rights
man. Did he fear the People No. he invited-ab-
solutely forced discussion on the submission party
Who advocated the call of convention Did the
Submission party-that valiant party dare face the
People they do not fear in defence Northern
ions No, they opposed the CALL
Who advocated the convention bill Did the sub
mission party No. They proposed all sorts of OBJ