The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-01-15

sabie ta constrained therefore,
Is reeohmen % th leg ature lle passage
81 noh Ga This ahieef, IS vii materl:
AZ iIn prove tie pr emf system, 81 TO abol-
ish il ontirely.
Since The last regnlaI session the leg
Stature. great exciteu has prevailed
throughout the country growing ont et tbe
passage Of series s. measures generally
called the plan of adjust by she Cons
eress of the United States, and the efforts
made on Tie part Of some q the citizens q
the Northern States, 70 resist iLs execution,
and to defeat the only feature Of the series
intended for the benefit Of the southern
States.
Deeply impressed with q sense Of the in
Justice done to the people Of the South, by
the passage Of these measures, and ~ ope-
diencc 10 what he conceived to be his boun-
den duty; IN accordance with tho 9th rcsolu-
ton of the series passaed By the legislature
on the 9Th Of March, 1850, my predecessor,
Coy. Quitman, convened the legislature in
special session to take into consideration the
course to be pursued by this State for the
security of her rights as member Of the
confederacy The Legislature passed an act
for the call of a convention of delegates, to
be elected by the people, to take into consid-
Grafton our State and Federal relations, and
to declare the will of the people in the most
solemn and august manner That Conven-
ton met ON the second Monday in Novem-
Der last, and resolved that the people of Mis-
sissippi were willing to acquiesce in the
measures of adjustment, as passed by the
Congress of the United States.
Whatever may be our individual opinions
as to the wisdom Of this resolution, VIC arc
bound torespect it as the voice of the peo-
pie; and it is the duty of all good citizens,
having at heart the the quiet, peace, and
good order of society, and who feel the ne
ecssityof union and harmony upon a great
question in which their dearest interests are
involved, to yield willing and cheerful ODE
dience to the willof the majority, when thus
solemnly made known. The day, fear, is
not far distant, when it will become necessa-
~ for the Southern States to unite for the
protection of their constitutional rights
nay, for the preservation of their existence
as a people; but from all considerations con-
nected with the past, it is time that all fur
Their agitation should cease, not only in the
National and State Legislatures, but IN the
primary assemblies of the people. The coun-
try requires repose, after the intense excite
ment which has agitated the public mind for
the last two years, and it could derive no
benefit from a course which would be only
calculated to embitter the animosities of diff
ferent sections, and keep aliyeth asperity of
rival parties.
These matters connected with the compro-
mise, constitute portion of the history of
the country, and are familiar to the minds of
our people, and only refer to them in order
to impress upon the legislature the necessity
of passing such measures as will tend to make
our State independent. Such as giving lib
eral encouragement to manufacturing enter
prize, and promoting the efforts now being
made for direct trade between foreign
countries and our Southern seaport cities. A
well digested series of measures of this char
aeterwopld not only render US more indie
pendent as State, and prosperous as a peo-
pie, but would also convince the people Of
the North that it was to their interest to car
~ out in good faith a compromise forced up
on the South contrary to It's wishes, and in
spite Ct Its circumstances, and do more than
anything else to preserve the integrity of the
Constitution, perpetuate the Union, and pres
mote harmony between the States.
/ have thus, inthe discharge Of duty I'M
posed upon me by the Constitution, given
you all the information in relationto the pub
lie service to be found II the Executive De
partment, or that has been communicated to
me daring the very short time in which I
have discharged the duties of Chief Magis-
tratc of the State have also laid before
you for legislative action, such matters as /
considered necessary for the public good, and
[ fcrvently pray that in the consideration Of
these, as we'll as all as all other matters upon
which you may be called to act, wisdom and
harmony may preside over your deliberations,
and that all your actions may rebound to the
good of your constituents, and to the glory
and welfare our common country.
JAMES WHITFIELD.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
jackson, Jan. 6, 1852.
A Wife's Power.
The power of a wife for good or evil, is II
resistable. Home must be the seat of hap
piness, or it must be forever unknown. a
good wife is to man, wisdom, and courage,
and strength, and endurance. a bad onei
confusion, weakness, discontinue, aud dis
pair. No condition is hopeless where the
wife possesses frmness, decision and eeono-
my. There is no outward prosperity which
can counteract Incidence, extrayagance and
folly at home No spirit can longendure bad
domestic influence. Man is strong, but his
heart IS not adamant He delightsin enter
prise and action; but to sustain him he needs
tranquil mind, and whole heart He
needs his moral force in the conflicts of the
world. TO recover his equaniniity and com,
Iposure, home must be to him a place Of re
pose, of peace, Of cheerfulness, Of comfort