Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-03-18
NUMBER II.

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thus IL appears taat whilst other
were iRnocently entering into, and an
dorslng, the Nashville Convention. a
the means Of perPetuatiug Tic Union
this man, vie nuw processes such -
unmitigated horror Of i Southern Con
iederacy, saw. il that Convention,w his
approving il, Z Convenient raiivinz Eoia
ior those rfao should 20 out ot I'll,
Union.
That ne should have confounae the
idea ot State iu1eIpositioa. with rhe rev
dictionary right OF resistance ,v-. any
portion oi the people,, showed tat
vagueness OF his political opinions. ans
how t2ell qualified 5.s IS to rait a n,
doctrine OF State Rights ana Stat,
Remedies Can this ignorance also &C
count tor his fiction thar the Stat,
flights Democracy anticipated civi
war il Mississippi: and the purpose to
form a Southern Contederacv was con
tlngent upon their success in the Sept
and November elections?
lie accuses me Of having desired that
the Legislature should assemble in Spe-
ciaI session, in November, 1850, " ior
the purpose, IL part Al least, Of censu-
rlng" him, " approving" me-says that
! was IL Jackson, when tile Legislature
met, and remained until d resolution
ior that purpose was concocted III com
mittee and reported 10 the House
That the resolution was drawn I'D bv
my intimate and confidential friend.
Mr.. AIcRae;" and that he does not
doubt that saw and advised the ad-
option OF the resolution" Poor cgotigtl
Because his own vision Is always turned
inwards, so that be can see nothing
except through the medium Of his own
interest, he imagines others equally oc-
cuPied in the contemplation Of him.
1t Is not true that ! saw the resolution
before it was introduced to the House /:
and my recollection Is that it was iu-
troduced by Mr.. Nash, after left Jack
son.
Gov. Foote was at Jackson when ]
arrived there, and remained after [ de-
parted.
Bat how does it happen that these
convictions which he now announces
were not declared il my presence when
the matter was new, If as he 50 ration
ally at1lrmS he is nIercifu to the absent
and i.arsnest 10 his antagonist when
most ncar2 Why has this grievance
festered IN secret until he reached his
. present gfGcial QttEmie - well re
memher lAzhea 4ha.. a..esse-!,ss.e.za~zs~ss=szs
him reached Washington, copies having
been sent both to him and myself. that
he came 10 me and said hc wished 10
present them, and ! agreed with tire
understanding that lie would do SO with
the respect due 70 the Legislature
He did present them. but in 50 chur!ish
q manner, that / had 10 call for their
reading, and move that they should be
printed. ] heard nothing then ol his
me responsible tof their in
ceptiOn or contents. | cannot now
perceive why be SHOULD have gone be-
yond the journal OF the Legislature 10
ind q reason both for ;heir introduc-
ton aud passage. There he would have
found the series ofresolutions which he
was so eager 10 bring 10 public notice,
that be borrowed an sAHUtheatscated
copy which had~been sent 10 NE, aad
used il IA speech he delivered ii tbs
SenateJob the United States, March
Dist, 1880.
Those resolutions were reported by
the committee to whom was referred
the special message OF the Governor,
with the letter of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress, on the
subject Of tbs admission Of, California
into the Union As a State" One Of
these resolutions declared that me q ad-
mission Of California under the circuna-
stances recited, would be an act OF
fraud and oppression on the rights Of
the people oi the slayehoidiDg $ tates
and il IS the sense of this Legislature.
that our Senators and Representatives
should, 10 the extent Of their ability.
resist it by all honorable and constltu-
tionaf means lie vino used every
means to find some by-path by which
TO escape such plain instructions. sought
too by himself, and suggested 10 . fully
discussed, thrice written letter, might
have expected censure, and IN Day opin-
ion deserved it, whatever might have
been the merits OF the question.
He asserts that nay ayowedobjecdon
to the appointment Of members Of Con-
gress as delegates to the Baltimore Con
venlion, was a suggestion evidently
thrown out to discredil the appoint
ment recently made by the Union De-
Convention Of Mississippi Of
our three Uniono representatives IN
Congress" Is he bind, and like The
Cyeiops, raying ia his blindness If
he did not, others viii see the contra
diction presented in the two articies TO
winch | am replying in one. In the
first article when his object was 70
show that | had not been an efficient
and active laboref for Mr. Gass' cleo
lion IL 1915, he-introduced ga extract
from what he asserted was ar accurate
report OF a speech ! made IN Jackson,
IN 1878. The extract oegins thus
. He" q1 "referred to his (n9y) re-
pealedly expressed views in 1914, as
to the improperly, aud evil tendency
Of members Of Congress interfering
with presidential nominations" DC,
&C. In the second article when he
had different purpose, he notices a
recent reference to and renewed ex-