Southern reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1851-185?, 1852-05-19
WEDNESDAY, 49,

thOughti Win MT. BROOKS, that the
North carried everything before her.
IT thought, with Mr. CLEMENS. that there
was no equity to redeem ths outrage.
II thought, with Mr.. Downs, that 4 it was
no compromise at ALL
II thought. with Mr. FREEMAN, that the
North got the oyster and We got the she'll
al thought, at the last. what General FoorE
thought at the first, that it contained none
Of the features Of genuine Compromise
"And finally, and last, I voted against it,
and spoke against it, BECAUSE it unsettled the
balance Of power between the two sections Of
the Union, inflicted an injury upon the South
and struck blow at that political equality Of
the States and Of the people. on which the
Union is founded, and without a maintenance
Of which the Union cannot be preserved.
Il spoke against it, and voted against It, in
all its forms. l was againslita as an Omnibus
and I was against il in all III details. fought
it through from Alpha to Omega, and would
do so again. denounced it before the peo-
pie and down to the last hour I continued to
oppose it. The people have decided that the
State shall acquiesce, and with me that decis-
ion is final. | struggled br what / thought
was the true interest and honor Of my con-
stituents, and if for this they think me worthy
of condemnation, / am ready for the sacrifice.
For opposing the compromise. / have no
apologies or excusesto offer; did that which
my conscience told me was right, and the only
regret | fell is that my opposition was not
more availing"
This is what the gentleman calls meek and
lOlcly submission. Thesewere my positions
on the day Of my election, they are our po-
sitions now; we submitted to nothing but the
voice Of our State. Then as now, when Mis-
sissippi speaks we are ready to obey; the
State had a right to decide br herself what, if
anything was necessary in vindication Of her
honor. She made that decision, and Of It /
thus spoke in the address from which have
been reading:
II opposed and denounced the compromise
but | did not thereby make myself dis
unionist. I Thought ia he beginning that
IL inflicted a positive injury uP0n The
South, and Think 50 nor. This opinion
IS tceU settled, anil is n0tIikely 10 undergo
any material change. gave my advice
freely. but never obtrusivey, as to the course
which | thought the State ought to pursue.
That advice has not been hken. Mississippi
has decided that submission to or acquicscence
in the compromise measures is her true policy
As citizen, bow to the Judgment Of my
State. WISH HER JUDGEMENT HAD BEEN
from her decision ask no
appeal"
After this publication was made my col
league and General Foote both visited my dis.
trict with special reference to my defeat
Others traversed it, The newspapers became
more reckless than ever. Slander upon SLAM
der was "piled up like PeEon upon Ossa, IN
Ill the very heavens cried for quarter" But
all to no effect And now We have the sickly
excuse rendered that | turned submission
ists." The charge is entitled to my pity and
contempt, and give them both without stint
and without grudging.
The gentleman speaks f my willingness to
beg my way into the Baltimore Convention.
In this he is about as accurate as in his other
statements. So far from Begging my way into
the Baltimore Convention have expressly
declined going in at all. wrote to my party
friends at home requesting not to be named
as a delegate / did 80 because our party
had years ago. from proper motives determin.
ed to exclude members Of Congress from
Presidential conventions, and wanted no de-
parture from this rule in my case. If the
gentleman means that / sm begging for the
Of my friends, be is again mistaken.
| know the strength Of the true Democracy
Of Mississippi. We polled within a thousand
Of majority at the last election, and we can
poll many more at another trial. And Isup-
pose the nominees at Baltimore and their
friends viii be quite as anxious to receive our
votes as we viii be to give them. This how
ever, was one Of the gentleman's ill-tempered
Hings, to which reply is hardly necessary.
No man Of sound judgment, not carried away
BY passion, can suppose that there viii be any
more question about the admission Of the del
sgates from Mississippi than from any other
State. I have not canvassed the question,
because / never supposed that it admitted Of
/ doubt in any mans mind except that Of the
gentleman himself, and his friend Governor
Foote.
The gentleman thinks it singular that
should expect to enter the Baltimore Conven-
ion with opinions not altogether in harmony
With the sentiments Of Democrats elsewhere.
Let US wee how much there is in all this. Let