The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-04-06

ttNG Fdtbil't '.i'h ~ tue conventions, 70 select
a man, who PERHAPS may differ from us iu 1
nothing more than an approval OF the com
promise question Whist, II we yield Jol
the dissenlious which the wings are now |
pressing upcn us, we will not only lose |
all our influence in convention, but he forced !
to the necessity Of supporting man (or no |
man At all) who is As deeply imbued with |
free.soilism. o~ Miuard Fillmore or Daniel
Webster. The wings will avail themselves |
Of the benefits Of dissentors in our ranks. !
until the polls shalt opeu, when, deserving
us, they will secretly vote for the nominees
of their own party
There is no proposition in Euclid half so
cleat to our mind, as is the determination OF
the great mass Of the southern whig party
to support their candidates nor is their de
termination, much more obstinate than ours
is to support our candidates.
Ii is true, that year ago, We expressed
ourset il favor Of dropping the Old party is
SttHt biiNi Nut ''bhAAi ~ilbutu dAeNiNt lut IL
ton that would enable her not only to de.
maud, but to command justice aud equality,
in the government; we believed, that un-
der the enc5uragements of the present al.
ministratlon, tauaticism had run rict with
the popular mind at the North, aud that
either OF the parties there would bargain aud
; intrigue for abolition votes; we believed
that through this coalition aud intriguing
both parties had combined, to enact set of
2 bills under the euphoneous name of com
g promise, which, compromised and took
r alI' from the South we believed and still
: believe, that this compromise did US great
= injustice, and was intended to accelerate
# the already impetuous march ol this govern
: ment towards consolidation and ceutrazn-
= ton. We believed this to be the true state
s Of public affairs and freely and iearessly
u we expressed our opinion in regard TO it,
g from what we sad then we have not now
D one word to rctract bnt the time when dis.
{ cu~sion on this topic was capal lie of heirg
= effective OF GOOD, Is rast-the majority OF
u our ~tatehas decided unm stakepby us de-
D. termination TO aaqnlese ~ the compromise
u it has to.d ls that the south has gained alI
p by it, she oueht 70 expect, and indec}, Our
E wMg friend. have urged that she has gained
more than Size ucr''d' ana mat state can
se' up no foUl' o' ''Ef' n '"'once WIN
> the ehac'lhen's oil congress we look
aFouho us ana n'u ueino'ro'7 ana wings
Il VINO to'a US 'l''S-they are on' friends
. ne'ghboIs, ana 'el"'''es-ahd "'h then'
p however, huch we oppose '"e "oc''lhes
Il they declare we are pfenareh 70 submit 10
l. the Developments OF the toture' and share
T what may result from their decision.
L We regard State Rights, as one of the
2 gret that partizanship and msrepFesenta-
+ ton should have combined to give il an ap-
4 parent defeat. All know that the question
j. claimed by the State Sights party in he
lr late election was whether the State of Mis-.
a. sissippi should approve or disapprove of the
5s compromise measures. Our enemies met
II us unfairly and charged treason ana disnn
10 ion npon US. lad tue question OF INC rlgh'
IL OF a State to secede been fairly put, we he
III IieVe it would have tnumrhedi bnt even !
IL it had not. we are not OF that Nchoo OF pc
IS danric philosophers, who, having an hun
p dred rights because he cannot get more
I'd than ninety nine of them, will not hav'
III any-lf we are by Providence deprived o
to an arm or an eve, we shall not ampuia''