The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-02-14

] fW The Commercial Bulletin. one of tn
Wing organs at New Orleans INDUCES in tn
following speculations, as TO the policy prope
to be pursued by the Wings of that and tn
other Southern States
MISSISSIPPI WHIG Polite l-The VicksburJ
Wing, one Of the ablest conducted. papers il
our sister State, has taken decided ground il
favor OF the proposition that Mississippi b.
represented in the National Wing convention
by the number OF delegates to which she is en-
titled by her actual representation, and call
upon the Wing members Of the Legislature anC
the Wing press. throughout the State. TO con
slider the propriety of holding State conven
| ton on the 25th of the present month, for tn,
purpose OF organizing the party in the various
counties, as well as for the appointment of del
egates.
The Wing assumes the highly tenabe ground
that a Wing National Convention will Offer
stronger guarantees to the Union cause, to the
Southern people, and to the protection of the
compromise measures, in the nomit alton of can,
didates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency
who are undoubted friends Of the adjustment
than would convention of their opponents
The correctness of this proposition will hardly
be questioned outside Of South Carolina :
That the Wings Of the Union will meet in
general council during the course of the ensuing
summer, seems to be a point universally con-
ceded and that selection of candidates for
the two first offices in the govefl ment, will be
made by them, is absolutely certain. The ad.
mission of these facts leads irresistably to the
conclusion that the Wings of Southern States
should be properly represented in that body.
There are reasons of the highest importance
which demand the exercise of their influence and
weight in the convention. They should repre-.
sent the South for the sake OF the South--for
the projections of her peculiar institutions, which
might be disadvantageously assaulted in their
absence--and in order that her voice and nfu-
ence may he made known and accordingly re-
spected Staying away and remaining wholly
unrepresented can be productive of only evil
consequences. 1t will exhibit a degree of apa-
thy and carelessness, Of remarkable, not to
say, suicidal character. How, in the name of
common sense, can we expect our rights and
prerogatives to be respected, or ourselves APP
preciated, when we contemptuously neglect the
very means necessary to the accomplishment of
those ends Other people are not going to at
tend to our business. That is dnty which de-
wolves exclusively upon ourselves, and if we
neglect il, we should discipline our minds to
endure the results of such remissness without
murmurng. And, further, supposing an extreme
y improbable case for the sake of illustration
If the Southern representatives should be un-
able to carry out the wishes of those they repre-.
sent in the fullest ex ent, they will be on hand
to protest against, if not defeat, any gross IN.
fraction Of the privileges guaranteed them by
our common Constitution.
As general movement is in progress provd-
ing for the representation of the South in the
national convention, we would respectfully sug
eest that the Wings of Louisiana make some
demonstrations, to that end, at an early day. 1t
would seem particularly proper that something
should be done before the adjournment of the
legislature. We submit the subject to the at
tention Of the Wing members of the Legislature,
who are better informed of the views Of their
constituents than any body else, as worthy Of
consideration and reflection, if not action.