Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-05-20


measures should be maintained as f.
nal settlement of the questions they
embraced, and should be fairly and
honestly executed. Nineteen had vo-
ted against thatresolution. Nine were
absent. These, united TO the vote of
the senator's, would be sufficient to
horsepower the whole presentation
present from the slaveholding States,
had that representation been united
I We will not dwell upon the considera-
tions these facts suggest, or express the
reflections which they naturally ava
ken. 1t is apparent, however, that the
time and place have been determined,
not only by minority of the whig
representation, but by preponderance
Of that element of the representation
which either opposed the Adjustment,
or disavows the ''fnality" of the settle
ment.
The undersigned now invite re-
view Of their own course as connected
with this congressional consultation
We shall pass over without comment
the evident predeternination OF the
chairman to guide the meeting to a
fixed result, by confningi it to the con-
sideratioh of such subjects as suited his
own inclination and purposes. We
+. presume this will be manifest to every
one, from the determination he an
nounced in advance to rule Mr.. Mar
shall's resolution out of order, even as
an original substantive proposition. By
what parliamentary law or common u
sage does the chairman of meeting
limit the business thereof to a single
question, when no limitation is ex-
pressed in the notice under which it
assembled! Does the objection lie in
the fact that the members present
were to be called upon to express their
sentiments as to the propriety Of main
tanning and enforcing the compromise
measures! We leave you TO Judge.
What reason can be rendered for
the decision that the resolution aoas
out Of order! 1t differed from Mr..
Staniy's in one particular only. In adj
dition to the determination Of the time
and place for holding the National Con-
1 vention, Marshall's resolution sugges-
ted the congressional caucus resolution
: of December, 1851, as a condition pre-
e cedent to the union of the Whig rnem-
bers of Congress in the approaching
: canvass. 1t did not attempt TO pre-
scribe a platform for the National Con-
5 vention, or to dictate 10 the delegates
a from the primary assemblies of the peo.
q pie. 1t avowed the determination ofits
e friends to remain uncOmlnltted, and TO
0 abstain altogether from taking steps
: initiatory to a National Whig Conven-
Il ton, unless the condition was satlsfato-
! rily met. 1t was not inconsistent with
e Stanly's resolution, but cumulative
: thereto by the imposition ola condition
IS affecting only the actors in this con.
e gressional meeting, and impliedIy re
e lieving them from u committal to sus.
\ tain the nominees of convention
It which might fail to require the same
condition of its candidates. 1t did no
: dictate or seek to dictate the programn
IS of the National Convention, but mere
e ly asserted an affirmative endorsement
n of the "inality OF the Compromise" a;
/, basis OF union among the present
l. whig members of Congress. Was tina
]. improper! Can the wing members 0
r this Congress, who claim to be nationa
in their feelings, unite upon a candi
II date on any other basis! Ought ma
+. tional wings anywhere, North or South
+ to agree, for a moment, to forego
point SO vital TO the preservation o
IS the peace of society," We did ardent
D. ly desire the wings in Congress to a
r dopt the proposition as conclusion o
h their own, and to publish it % tn
country as one OF the bonds of thei
IS political asspciation: 1t required n
$, sacrifice of fprinciple-no recantation c
opinion--no remuneration of error; on
"a ly a observation-disclosures wit
l. the noblest impulses to patriotism-t
TO abide for the future by settlemen
le designed to restore peace to a distrac
ne ted country, and to carry into execu
at ton honestly the compacts of the cor
1T stitution. We frankly state that
of was our deliberate purpose to announc
at at the threshold, as an unalterable dc
termination, to aid in no scheme for a
" election associated with or allied
5, men whose policy it was to ignore tn
10 final settlement of those dangerous an
tx exciting questions which are embrace
IS by what is termed ..the Adjustment.
C. With the candor of freemen we pre-
sented in The proposition submitted t
re the meeting the position to which W
ed shall adhere. We rest its vindicatio
ed upon the fact that it was assumed froi
e. a solemn sense of duty TO ourselves an
IT. 10 our country; and we rely for a just
e. fication of our course in these proceed
M ings upon the honest impulses of th
H. people, and the patriotism of all wh
he love the Union, and wish to perpetual
e. its blessings.
1y To assert the converse of our propt
IN sition-'to agree to disagree" on que
tons connected with the institution
I'M slavery as it is recognised by the COZ
in stitution, on the fugitive-slave law an
re the finality of the Compromises
a. open willingly the sources of the mo
cir noxious agitation, and reveal the NEAR
an of assailing anew the harmony, an
I'M mayhap the existence of the Unon.-
no Have the dissensions of the past incu
of Gated no morall Shall the propre