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


OF IN any act Suppressing the sIav
= Trade between the saveholding S,aie,
or IN any refusal to admit as n Star
e any territory heretofore applying be
: cause OF the existence of slavery there
MORN any act prohibiting the intrnduc
r tlon OF slaves into the territories of
= Utah and New Mexico, or in any re
: peailng or materially modifying tn,
; laws now in force for the recovery O
I, fugitive slaves"
Now, these are the grounds upon which
the so-called Union party of Mississippi
STAND aud charge Southern Rights men
with being secessionists. Just look at the
paIpable absurdity of the thing. they say
!" We plW resist even lQs Inst resort) 10
a disruption Of eoery lie tchtch binds as to
ne U,on ANY action Of c ONgyeSS apo,
the sayect Of sLavcyy IN The District of Co.
lpmCla." Has not Congless already acted
/ S3on the subject Of slavery in that District,
and abolished the slave trade there under the
peualty Of freedom? Will the unionists
" disrupt every tie which binds us TO the
Union for this? II power is given Con.
gress under the constitution TO act upon the
subject OF slavery in the District c. Conm.
bia, so as to abolish the slave trade therein,
why may it not under the same power abol.
ish slavery itself? II it has power by the
constitution TO act on the subject at all.
would the exercise Of such power form a
good cause for "disrupling every tie that
binds us 10 the Union? Would the exer-
else of constitutional pow er by Congress
constitute cause for secession This res.
oIurion adopted by our Union friends as
part OF their platform. further declares that
they will disrupt every tie which binds us
to the Union, if Congress shall repeal or
materially modify the law now in force for
tile recovery of fugitive slaves" Has not
Congress the constitutional power to re.
peal or modify any law it can pass! None
will deny this although it might be a fla
grant outrage to do so. But these are not the
most striking features in this Union party's
sccessionlsm they have calculated the val
he of the Union, and consented 10 deter.
mine its value by weighing it in n scale
against an act which so fer as principle is
concerned has already been perpetrated by
Congress, and against the repeal or modif.
cation Of a law which is not executed, bu.
no;oriouSly remains a dead letter upon the
statute hook. The Southern Rights party
hold this Union TO be of far greater value
than few slaves in the District of Colum.
bia, or a law that has remained uneXecuted
for near sixty years. They hold that the
States should resort to secession only as a
lust dItcr1tattUc, when the people in their
highest sovereign capacity shall have dc.
-termined that the Federol Government
no longer answers the ends for which 1t was
instituted, to wit :'"to establish justice.
t',Snrc domestic baiquI0H provide for
the c0D1H1o1 acielscc, promote the general
1oe5t@ye, G1s2 sec'trc the blessings Of hGerty
to o'<TseIrcs aud TO our postcrjty."-Coa,
But notwithstanding the positive denial
aud clear TcfNtatlon OF these unjust charges
Of dlsunon and secession made against the
Southern Rights party, by this Georgia
platform Union party, they are still, (al.
though acting on new and different plan,)
endeavoring to fix OH the Southern Rights
lary those unfounded and oft-refuted
charges. The scheme now rcsorted to and
urged with untiring zeal by them, or at
least some OF them, is in trying TO prove
from Governor Quitman's late message
to the extraordinary session Of the LegisIa.
tu.e of this State, that he is secessionist
therefore, all who support him are likewise
secessionists. This is certainly a singular
mode Of reasoning, for even if it were true
that Governor Quitman was the rank seccs.
sionist hc srepresented to be-, we cannot
perceive why others should be held respon.
sible for it. But we do not believe that
any unpreiudiced, candid man can take up
and carefully examine the whole of Gov.
ernor Quitman's message together, and ar.
rive at the conclusion that.he recommends
the secession of Mississippi from the I'm
ion--we would earnestly request every en-.
quirer after truth to procure a copy OF this
message and examine it carefully After
setting forth in clear and mastery man.
ner the many fragrant acts of injustice and
insulting wrongs committed and threatened
by the Northern people against our most
sacred rights aud honor as freemen and
equals, and representing the alarming con.
dition of our fedora relations OH the subject
OF slavery. Gov. Qnitman comes to the
conclusion. and expresses his views and his
Individual opinion as follows;
when reflect upon the pertinaci-
ty with which the assaults upon our
.rights have been for years prosecuted.
the evident increase of anti slavery
sentiments at the North, and the ex
citement there pervadi1g nearly alt.
classes againstihe law to provide for
The exfradition Of fugitive slaves, !
have little hope left that these guaran
ties, indispensably necessary 10 Our.
safety. will be yielded by majority,
flushed with recent victories, aud en-
outraged by apparent divisions among
ourselves Yet. to leave no effort at
,onciliation untried. and still furi her TO