The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-04-20
TTSCBLbANg0US.
II, jeff. Davis, Secretary Of War.

..aees him IN bitter terms, together Win
- ~. n his section who opposed the adopt
y M compromise, because il conceded,
,Lsy believe, too much on the part Of the
..,ol South. They were regarded as
.ssr. says the journal, land were
Ia considered as infamous as Aaron Burr
s;aieed. even more SO, for they were far
..., aniacious in their reasonable designs
,,,eat zeal Cor tic maintainence Of the re-
..-ei rirlts Of tie States, and for the inter-
.soft Inc slayeholding section against feder-
,.ner5aehncnts and the insults and cxac.
. Fl abolilionists and their aiders and
.l5,er.. both North and South, is sufficient
r.raraec any public man in the estima-
~ n / portion of a Wing press. and We re-
~..t5 sav. yrry large portion. II IN resist
,Rs ,e.i-hucss arrogance and injustice Of
y-.tern fanatics and scc,ionalists, any por-
81. 81 tbe men of tie South happen, in their
~ t,e5 4 llitle too iar. or show too much
,,rmlh these Wing editors are ever ready
!, nance upon them, and belabor and de-
80 tben IN the c0arsest and most Of.
ss.;y, terms. Arc they equally ready 10
-, M di.plca-ufe and indignation to the
Sr,rls. aai Ewings, and Johnsons, aud
rb,3.as s.efhcns, of the an st section
y.fatall. ii they even condemn Or disap.
.-.,e Fl ile acts and doings Of such worthless,
i isin very soft and honeyed phrase.
Tle journal is paper Of this class.-
ess Tag,or. Millrl Fillmore, and General
s..t ,sg, take h their bosoms AMI c9nsort
.i,s .u.b h3ninable abolitionstsa and lrle,oii-
..s. rsllmer, Tom CorWin and Billy Sew
,rl aai hs Journal had not a word q slY in
r.,rrr5baiion Of it. Oh the contrary, It was
81 rlt aud proper But. Shcn Jefferson
p.gis whose honest devotion 10 southern
,.t,. III. made him fayorite with bis see
f.a +, called 10 take a seat in Gen. Picrce's
e.aet ihe journal, true to is Northern
i..sas,s. SAYS. lit is tie directcst enconr-
sgmeut t5 treason tha, the President 81 tie
IaHei states could bold ou. What JET.
6r,n Davis traitor! And traitor, too.
more infamous than Aaron Burr! AYE, yer
.lg aal fom Corwin, pure and glorious
II fai. ile ei.ior ol the Journal being
al.p la.k h lhe two men for a moment.
la.fe +, 4 band of devoted ireemen ander tie
command Il General Taylor, in a foreign and
E..la country three thousand miles away,
sal orlescd Is an enemy four to their one
ST. 0nly the rights but tie honor Of the To-
tia.t eas n stake. They met the foc, and
tie He country flag III victory and triumph
ol ,le bloody ncll Of Buena Vista And
ilsa foremost in the unequal and perilons
fsf. i seen Jea Davis at the head OF his
ed,aut Mssissippians, TO Do Or die for his be-
Lived country.
llut Tom Corwin, that pink Of whiggery
aal fNorte Of the Louisville journal, where
VI, IL. aud what was he about In he
afei States Senate tell il not in Cath,
tqln,h II n9t In skalon-denouncing his
,alaat couutrymen il arms, and hoping and
rfy.ns that they might b greeted with
bely hlnas mil huspfabls graves. I Now,
w.a' must patriotic kcntuekilns and men q
fe S1gth think of paper which, protesting
Il affiliate il sentiment and feeling with The
South, Is all the while batraying a singular
rellncs. to een.ure and delame statesmen o.
tie South far being somewhat ultra on great
question vital 10 thcir interest while they
commend q patriots and statesmen, northern
abolition Wigs WHO openly take sides win
their c5uniry's enemies in time d war
When. W. a,k. viii State rights, anti-abolltioE
aad anti freeslil whigs Of the slayehoidIng
States, 80 their eyes open 50 as % distinguish
between those journals among them that are
really friendly to tie South, and these which
only appear to be 50
Aud Gen Pierce, too, comes IN for large
share of our neigibor's ire. lie IS seyerlJ
ensured because lie does not, like the Jour
nal editor, regard as infamous traitors ant
disuuioni.ts," those who originally disap
proved tie compromise, in consequence Q
i'syelding too much, as il was thought, OF
tie par; Of the South. Those who thus op
posed ihc compromise have. since il became
las Of the land, given in their adhesion {
7 as iaality and agree faithfully to abid'
byit.
Those are the bes, friends Of the Union
who vii neither advise or sanction any feder
al legislation on the subject Of slavery or an.
other subject that will put the Union in jeo
pardy. 4 truer friend 10 the Union, as 1
was designed 70 Be, does not breathe in thii
broad land than jefferson Davis Than, lie
purcr patriot, or a more gallant soldier, doe
not lye. And what ii such an one should
perchance, in bis zeal for the rights Of hi
State or section, 60 a little upon extremes oC
casionaliy, under such irritating influence
as have been brought 70 bear upon the South
eFn States! Is be 70 be held up 10 the scor
Of ne country as an infamous traitor-al
enemy 10 the peace Of the country, and tha
too. ~ 4 southern journal! We think no
Tie charge that Col Davis endeavored q
got up a civil war in our midst" is untru
aud unworthy Of serious refutation. Il coul
proceed from no source other than one a
verse really to the interest and the constit
tional rights Of the Southern States.
We regard the appointment OF Coi Dayi
as Secretary Of War, as. perhaps, the vel w
best that could have been made and lie
Pierce, we opine, viii find him 10 be, not on
able, but safe and judicious cabinet cou
sellor.-Louisuili Democrat.
JEFFERSON DAVIS This distinguish
gentleman arrived in the city on Thursda
with his family, and LETT yesterday for Was
iugion, where, after the 4th Of March,