Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1852-04-15
NUMBER 81.

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his first act? It vas 10 appoint an
It was an impor-
tant appointment-the most important
in his gift. Did he appoint Union
Democrat No. not he. Did he ap-
point secession Democrat, IS tny
friend calls them No, pot at all; but
he appointed a II Thig. That was his
first important appointment as Gov
ernor, and be dismissed a Democratic
make if. Whatdid his '.laithtul Union
Legislature do. | did not send him
back to the Senate, that is clear. will
tell you what it did. There was an old
and venerable Democrat superintend-
ing the peniteBtiary. It was a mere
Office, filled by man who
had confessedlY discharged his duties
with ability and integrity, and 10 the
entire satisfaction ef everybody. He
zrss-lllaaas OFT .hv the Union Ieegisia-
ture, and Wing put in ilfs place Il
gentleman who had discharged for a
series Of years the duties OF clerk Of
the same establishment, with fidelity,
and TO the entire satisfaction of every
one, was also dismissed, and q Wing
put in his place. A Wing Sergeant
alarms was elected. Places were
given to other Wings over the heads
OF Democrats. The patronage Of the
State, SO far as the Governor and Leg
islature could control it, has been given
to the Wings; and so far as the execu-
tive advertising has been concerned. it
has, with scarcely an exception. been
given to the Wing press. | ask if this
looks like Democracy! Two vacan-
cies existed in the United States Sen
ate. How were they filled With
Democrats, did you say--old, long tri-
ed, and consistent Democrats? Were
they sent here TO represent the UNION
men Of Mississippi? No, sir. One
Democrat and one Whig were return
ed. If these things show that my col
league, and his associates in AIississip-
pi, have been. faithful to the Democratic
party, why, then, | have grown strange
ly wild in my opinions OF political f.
deity What think our friends from
other States! s. Can things like these
o'ercome them like a summer cloud,
and not excite their wonder p Is il
consistent with Democratic usage to
organize under the style of the Union
party? Is it compatible with party f.
Fdeiity to nominate and elect bitter enc
mics Of the party! Is it a part Of the
tactics Of the Democratic party TO dis
/ miss Democrats and put Wings in THEN
places? Ought tie patronage Of {
/ Democratic Government to be giver
exclusively to the Wbig press And
/ finally, ought a Democratic Legislature
/ to elect Nhig United States Senator
These are questions raised by my
friend, and his party. ] ask the Ma.
tionaI Democracy to answer them.
Ny colleague calls US constantly,
through his speech, the sccessionists ot
Mississippi. This is kind ofpolitical
slang used in a party cGnvass with eff
feet, but it IS entirely out of place here
A member of Congress ought to use
terms that apply to given state o
/ facts-that have somerelation to Jus
tice. My friend says what he, per
haps, said so often in the heat of th,
canvass, that he has almost got to thinl
it was true-that we went into the con
test with secession and disunion in
scribed upon our banners. Why, M
such thing is true. My friend mus
have seen that inscription through /;
distempered imagination-througl
some extraordinary perversion of hi
mental vision. There was no such in
scripfIon on our banner. The.Demo
cratic party of Mississippi asserted tn
abstract right OF a State to seced
from this Union. They. entertain tha
opinion now; and at all proper time
and upon all proper occasions they vii
maintain it. We believe, in the Ian
guage of the Kentucky resolutions
F." that where there is no common arbi
ter, each party TO a compact is f
l. judge of the infractions of the com
pact, and of the mode and measur
Of redress"
i The State, we say, els TO be th
judge OF infractions of the compact
and of the mode and measure of re
dress" II, in the language of the Ken
lucky resolutions, the State believe
: that the compact has been violated
. she, and she alone has the right I
Judge, SO far as sheherself is concerned
of that iniraction, and the mode an
measure of its redress. Idesire TO as
my colleague if he does not endors
, the Kentucky resolutions, and whethe
: the whole Union party Of Mississippi
does not endorse them If he will sa
TO Us, By authority of his party, iha
: they repudiate these resolutions, vi
: guaranty that they sink so low, as
political party, that, though you soar
! ded for them with a hundred father
| lead line, a voice would still com
z booming up from this mighty deeI
: proclaiming, "no bottom here.
Il ] desire 10 submit thisproposiiion t
: my colleague. lie says, that becaus
i we assert the right of secession, there
I fore we are secessionists Non constn
t lie asserts the right Of revolution. Ii
: me ask my friend, do you conside
: yourself a revolutionistf IF am I
1 be denounced as a secessionist beeaus
: assert the right to secede, may / ne
( turn upon my assailant and say 10 hin
) You are reyolutionist, because 70
assert the right of revolution
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