Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-04-15

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rnovement-and WITH the passage Of
the compromise, ] mark the 6rst dis
tfnct evidence of its decay.
In November, 1885, after the com
promise measures had passed, a Union
Convention, the firstAver held to my
knowledge in the United States-cer-
tainlv the first ever held in my own
State-was assembled at the city of
Jacksoa,s the seat OF government Of
Mississippi. 1t was not Southern
Rights Convention: i was not a State
Rights Convention; il was not Wing
Convention; II was rot a Democratic
Convention; it was a Union Conven-
tion,. if was called, and SO it assem-
bled. 1t was in adfance of any other
political organizafien in the State Of
Mississippi, OF any kisssee State. grow
ing, as lar as Know, ost af the com.
promise. Ii rose as if from the ashes
tof the Southern movement in Missis-
sippi. It was made up of the consis-
tent few who opposed, and of the great
er number who seeded from the Sou
theIn movement. With the assem-
hlage of this convention in Mississippi,
| date the downfall Of the Southern
movement in that State; fall which
was. rapidly succeeded by It's downfall
elsewhere. Virginia determined to ac-
4 quiesce in the measures OF the compro-
mise; Georgia acquiesced; Alabama
and the other States in the South fol-
lowed suit, or were silent. To the
Union Convention Of Mississippi be-
longs the credit, il credit it be, of stri-
king the first fatal blow at the Southern
movement. From this moment ii ra-
mdly declined. The movement re-
gard as dead. 1t died at the hands of
its early friends-its fathers. 1t is now
very dead; and if were called upon
to write its epitaPh, would inscribe
upon the stone that marked its burial
place, Requiescat az pace. | will not
make merry over the tomb Of an old
friend. / loved this movement. be-
lieved it was, in its day, full Of patriot
ism, full Of devotion to the best inter-
ests of the country, and eminently cal
culated to preserve the Union, because
ii was eminenty calculated to preserve
the rights of the S tates within the
Union. But It has passed away. 4
witty f.lend, in speaking of its buoy
, amt rise, its rapid progress, and its ear
ly decay, described its being like Billy
PringIe's pig:
, "When it lived 1t lived in clover,
And " hen it died, it died all over"
Laughter.l
f When those WAC had been chief !
/ instrumental in getting up this move.
: ment abandoned it, could we be made
longer responsible for it? They bros
f it into being, and by their HANDS it fell:
t and now they turn upon Us, denounce
} it as a monster, and charge its sole pa
: ternity on US. We assume our due
t share of the responsibility, and they
: shall take theirs.
| The Southern movement .Tas, | re.
/. peat, the joint work Of both partie:
/ acting together. This is history. Il
J, there was anyrivalry, it was as to which
/ party was entitled to the most credit
: There was in this movement a fusior
: of parties. But upon all the old issue.
: each party maintained its separate or
ganization. And when the Southern
e movement was abandoned each wa
0 free TO resume its original position
: The Wings did not return to thei
position. They halted by the wayside
n and by the aid of a few Democrats
formed the Union party. It was par
ty not demanded by the exigencies o
0 the hour; but called into existence. Il
e subserve the views of particular men
e This brings me to consider the presen
: organization of parties in my State.
It My colleague Mr.. Wilcox] the othe
day, in what | considered rather bac
o taste-although | certainly shall no
:. undertake to lecture him upon matter
IS of taste-spoke of bare minority-o
Il almosta majority of the people Of ou
1 State as attempting to SNEAK BACK int
}. the Democratic ranks. That was tn
! language employed. In speaking c
d the State-Rights men of 1882, aite
$ separation from General Jackson, b
II said:
, "They stood aloof from the party
Is in armed neutrality, in the only Stat
:, where they had a majority; and i
e States where they were in the minority
n generally acted with the Wing party i
/ opposition to the Democrats. The
1t did not after their defeat attempt t
j. sneak back into the Democratic part
IF under the style of old line Democrats
, as the secesSi0Aists of the present da
II are attempting 10 do.'
Ie Now, IshaIi undertake to demonstrat
4. that the State Rights party Of Missi:
Le sippi were never out of the ranks {
pi the Democratic party, and that by n
a. act Of theirs have they ever put then
4 selves beyond the pale of that party
E, and therefore there was no occasion fo
81 them to march back, even with bar
h ners flying, and much less for them
= "sneak back in the language Of N
B. colleague. Who were they that pl
% themselves first OUT of the pale of tt
of Democratic party 1t was my co
Il league and his associates. In Noven
D. Der, 1880, they assembled together
N what they certainly did not call a Den
II ocratic Convention. They assemble
sr in a Union Convention, and passe
re what they were pleased TO term Unie
b. resolutions. They formed Union 0
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