The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-08-03

As he position Of this gentleman. the DEM
..-,,i, candidate for the Office Of Secretary Of
s,,,e has elected some considerable remark
! tbe political press Of the State, and having
,e,n called upon to give his views upon the
0uestion Of democratic usages and customs in
,..pect to the organization Of the Democracy,
h publishes a long letter in the North
mississippi Union, defining bis position.
The letter is very long. and we shall only
liable to give few extracts In connection
With bis own remarks, he re-publishes the
Ia letter Of Gov. Cobb, Of Georgia. This
distinguished gentleman. who was the most
,rominent Union Democrat in the South, in
1851. takes the emphatic position that the
Compromise issues being settled, tie ttro
rings d he Democratic party st0all
yuire.-and anite up0n the basis Of hte
baltimore Resolutions. lie declares that
he Is opposed to the organization Of Union
PARTY. and that a Union Organization is
Wholly unnecessary. lie gives bis most cor
dial support to Gen Pierce, and approves
ls course; aud places himself directly before
tie people as Democrat, willing and ready
10 abide BY the principles, usagcs and Gus
toms Of the Democratic party.
Mr. Muse, As We said above, rc-publishes
tbis letter and says that it expresses his sen
dments fully, and indicates the policy he has
adopted. Again he says:
"The basis Of the difference between
Democrats. in 1851. was the Compromise
But il We differ in 1858, the basis Of that diff
ference must be the supposed personal claims
il men. And shall we now abandon princi-
PIES for men ?"
llr Muse, in speaking Of party organiza-
ton, &C., says:
1T Is proper for me here TO mention that
am, and have been from my earliest atten-
ton 10 our political affairs, an advocate Of
conventions Of the party, call them by what
name you may, and all the other usages Of
tie party, necessary to developc its whole
strength"
Ii defending himself against the charge Of
mere partisanship, he uses the following lan-
rlage. We hope every Democrat in the
State viii become just such partisan:
Il have only advocated the organization Of
tic patty, which consider the duty Of every
good Democrat"
Nr Muse concludes as follows:
Il must dismiss the subject for the pres
ent. hope have said enough to satisfy ev-
erg Union Democrat that We should engage
most heartily in the reorganization Of our
party, particularly when we remember that
tbe State Convention divided the nominations
equally between the Union and State Rights
wing ii the party, in view OF the number and
IMPORTANCE of the Offices, and what more could
We ask Now If there is any exception 70
this general reason for reorganization, It
must be Of mere personal character, and let
tie person in whom the exception may be
supposed 10 be found, decide for himself
whether or not he will make the personal
sacrifice for the sake Of principle, or take the
responsibility Of disorganizing his party
Bat 10 insist upon it. that It would be ex-
lremely bad policy for Union Democrats, who
have all the time stood with the national De-
mocracy, to rent themselves of from the great
body Of their political brethren, and thereby
render themselves p0werless in the advoca-
cy Of any great principle Of Government
loicy."