The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-02-12
Editor & Proprietor.

Convention for President and Vice Presi-
dent" do not know whether one should
be most surprised at the insolence, the whole
sale SANDER, or the reckless falsehood Of this
statement.
The Democratic State Rights party Of
Mississippi, in their general Convention Of
June last, declared that secession by Missis-
sippi was inexpedicnt, and was proposition
which did not meet their Appreciation
This, so far as know, was and is their 20
sition. The resolutions Of that Convention
formed the platform on which l stood in the
canvass. To attribute to the party the pur-
pose Of secession, to send abroad where the
facts are less understood, such a calumny
against but little less than half the voters,
and very large majority of the Democrats
in the State, was an offence from which l
might have expected his fear of public in
dignation would restrain him from his re-
gard for truth / had nothing to hope. TO
name me as leader in that secession move
ment, knowing my position as we'll rs he
did, was degree of falsehood which only
such miserable malice as his, could produce.
The assertion that every Union Democrat
ie candidate in the State, in every speech
they made, declared their approval of the
Baltimore platform, and their intention to
support the nominees of the Baltimore Con-
vention, is too broad to require refutation.
If this and the "fraternal connection with
the Democratic party of the Nation" had
been the shibboleth Of the Union party,
those candidates could never have been ele-
waited into Office by combination of frac-
ton of the Democrats with the great body
of the Wings. How must they receive this
assertion, who have been accustomed to hear
him speak Of the Union party of Mississippi,
as the formation of a new organization COM
posed of the best clements Of both the old
/ ones; that the Wing, more than the Demo-
cratic party of the South, was to be relied on
for the preservation of the Union. And
what must be the surprise OF those in our
own State who have been led to abandon
their old party alliances under the belief that
it was necessary to preserve the Union, when
they learn that their leader was still relying
! on the Democratic party of the United States,
; whilst invoking them to the destruction of
that organization in Mississippi!
} He says he declared his intention to sup
: port the nominees of the Baltimore Conven-
} ton for President and Vice President, in
every speech he made in the late canvass,
which, [ believe, he has estimated at one
hundred. How are those declarations to be
balanced against the solemn written pledge
2 he had previously given, when he struck
hands with forty-three members Of the 31st
| Congress, 80 wings and democrats, each
e binding himself not to support any man of
: whatever party, for the Office Of President or
- Hpr1f I-a 70
merated conditions, among which neither
d find the BaltimOre platform, nor the Bull
!, more platform mentioned2
e If a solemn pledge could have bound him,
, this had deprived him of the power to make
/ those unconditional declarations that he
= would support the nominees Of the Baltimore
Convention. If those numerous declarations
which he says he made, were obligatory up
on him, and credited by those to whom they
were made, why did be feel such apprehen-
sion when eulogizing Mr. Webster in the L.
S. Senate on the 10th of December. as IS
expressed in the following sentence Of his
speech ''revised by himself q quote from
the Washington Union of Dec. II. 1851 ,
Indeed, [ could not, perhaps, declare all
: the admiration which feel for this gentle
j. mans high powers and gracious qualities,
n without giving rise perchance to some suspi-
cion that was about to become the special
supporter and advocate of his claims to high
S er official honors than he has yet enjoyed"
; And, if absolutely and Internationally
;, pledged to support the nominees Of the Bal
o timore Convention, and to act with the Dem
;. ocratic party of the United States, how could
he in the same speech say of himself -''not
: feeling authorized, as a member of the Union
Il party Of my own beloved State, at present
n absolutely to commit myself in regard to the
complex question of arho shall be elected
President in 1852, shall without saving
more in praise of New England's gifted son,
! myself bring forward witness in bis behalf
o Here he acknowledges his allegiance to
Q the ''Union party" of Mississippi. that par
e ty which rose from and lived by divisions in
IS the Democratic ranks. Who, as much as
y he, strove to keep up that division, to incsl!
IS cate the idea that old party distinctions were
Y abandoned, and to drown the issues presen-
e ted in the resolutions of the Democratic
y State Rights Convention by the delusive CRY
it lof "Union or Disunion ?" VIII any truth
1fl full man among US say, thas adherence to
ie the Democratic party of the United States,
Ii land support of the nominees Of the Balti.
ie moro Convention, were issues in the last can
i. vass in this State; or does any one doubt Il
ofl they had been, that the Union" party
isl would have been dissolved.
/ The alarm bell of disunion was causeless-
lel ly ringed, and the phantom of civil war was
n cried IN a land wllere no army existed, or
was IN contemp lion. These were the hor-
b Tribe expedients adopted to induce the poo
ii pie to accept as a choico of evils that "cor
Il promise which constituted Gov Foot's DO.
q litical capital Even 1.-The latter I am re
n viewing, written as it was toshow how faith.
Is fol.hes had been to the Democratic party, he
q lsofar yields to the force of habit as to re-
q turn to his old theme ssthe COMPROMISED
s and he mingles it,with the selection Of a can
ic dictate for the Presidency. In connection
d With suppOsition Of the editor Of tho Riot.
IS nond Enquirer, that the Baltimore Conven-
a- ton would in some form, adopt dcclara-
le ton Of acquiescenee III the measures as pas.
t sed enforcing the faithful execution of the
r fngltiye slave law, and buFging the agitation
yn Of the slavery question, he says, 0TLis ]
g have never doubted being the case; and when
this shall have been done, With Gen. (3lss O,
Is with some ether genuine compromise can,
(. didatc fol The Presidency, the success u the
). Democratic party In the Presidential contest