The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-04-01

COURSE refer him to that letter. and in the portion
of it which my enemies take care nut 20 quote,
they will find, hope, satisfactory evidence OF
the deception which has been practiced upon
them.
But who is he who now wearies the ear and
pals the sense by ranting denunciation Of " Sc
cesson leaders," the "Nashvlle convention"
and plots Of the disunionists for the formation
of Southern confederacyw 10 is the same
Ii. 3. Fooie, who, on the l4th of February,
1850, in the United States Senate, said he cordi-
ally adopted and reiterated my remarks in rela-
tion to the Mississippi convention; the same
who defended the Nashville convention, and
said It was not to subvert, but to perpetuate the
Union; and added, that he did "not doubt
though, that such convention might serve as a
convenient rallying point, in the event of our
being driven out OF the Uuion by intolerable
oppression, and enable'us to save ourselves from
utter ruin" The same who, in the United
States Senate, on the 18th of August, 1850, re-
affirmed what he said he had repeatedly declared
that State had the right, under certain circum-
stances, to secede from the Union. The same
who, on the I'd day of August, 1850, said,
: when unconstitutional acts were perpetrated
by the government, amounting to intolerable OPP
PRESTON" he had !. ever believed that it was in
such case the duty of State, or States, or
any portion of the people, to resist it to the
utmost"
Thus it appears that whilst others were inno-
Gently entering into, and endorsing, the Nash
vile convention, as the means of perpetuating
the Union, this man, who now processes such
unmitgated horror Of Southern confederacy,
saw, in that convention, whilst approving it, a
convenient rallying point for those who should
go out of the Union.
That he should have COMPOUNDED the idea of
State interposition, with the revolutionary right
of resistance by "any portion of the people,"
showed the vagueness of his political opinions,
and how well qualified he is to rail at the doc
trine of State rights and State remedies Can
this ignorance also account for his fiction that
tie State Rights Democracy anticipated civil
war in Mississippi; and the purpose to form
Southern confederacy was contingent upon
their success in the September and November
elections?
He accuses me Of having desired that the
Legislature should assemble in special session
in November 1850, for the purpose, in part at
least, of censuring" him and approving" me-
says that was in Jackson, when the legsla-
ture met, and remained until a resolution for
that purpose was concocted in committee, and
reported to the House. That the resolution
was drawn up by my eliminate and confidential
friend, Mr.. McRae;" and that he does not doubt
that Z" saw and advised the adoption of the re-
solution" Poor egotist Because his own
vision is always turned inwards, so that he can
see nothing, except through the medium of his
own interest, he imagines others equally occu-
pied in the contemplation of him. 1t is not true
that | saw the resolution before it was intro
duced to the House; and my recollection is
that it was introduced by Mr.. Nash, after left
Jackson. [CoNcLUsIoN TOMORROW.