The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-12-02
To the People of Inc state OF HEissis-
sippi.

Elbow CITIZENS Having become quite
we'll satisfied, that amajority offhe Senator'S
and Representatives ID our StHe Legislature
who have been recently chosen By you, are
not at this time pledgedto co operate In mr.
reelection 10 the National Senate. do not
hesitate in Withdrawing altogether from The
field of competition; being desiroussof re-
lieying my political friends in the Legsla-
ture from the embarrassment which they
might otherwise experience in consequence
of declarations OF preference heretofore
made in mV favor ] do not consider a seat
in the most august legis latiye body in the
world a proper subject for ordinary bargain
and intrigue, in or out Of the halls OF eau
Gus consultation; and my ambition has nos
yet taken so low range as 10 allow me to
derive the least qualification from becoming
a Representative in che United States Sen
sate Of one Of the sovereign members Of this
confederacy except with the full and unb :
essed consent OF majority of her citizens.
"a thus retiring voluntarily from the are
aa 81 contention, / gladly embrace the op-
porlunily afforded me &c declaring o You
the cordial gratitude which / feel and sllsll
ever continue to CHERISH on account of the
manly generous ana uly patrlolic sym
patllY and support whIeb you have accord
ed b be, through 50 long series Of years,
d ofentimes under circumstances eminent
~ calculated To Try the fidelity IF your friend
snip, and to test your devotion o principle
Recognizing my political career as now fast
drawing 20 close among you, it affords me
not Httles.tisfaetion, assure you, to find
it in my rower to look along the whole line
of the past without being able to discover a
single occasion upon which. in order to re-
tain your esteem and confidence, | have
found it necessary to abandon my own cher
ishpd opinions, or 10 sacrifice my conscien-
tious convictions Of public duty. entered
your service IS NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. as a
s1I0SAL DEMocRAT, unsWeEvingly true to-
re faith Of az Fathers, shall / shortly re-
turn to the paths Of private life.
Fellow-citizens 81 Mississippi: When un.
Justly subjected to severe tive censure,
in the autumn 81 1880. because Of the palt1
which had borne il Congress in suppori
OF the Compromise measures. you nobly
came to the rescue Of my public character.
When compelled to battle fercelY with the
forces of Sees Sd 1851 amidst perils
and difficulties which few living men have
been fated 70 encounter, You d nimousl
III stood by me and sustained me ID he fight
and the enemies of the Union were most
signally routed. When called upon BIZ thel
friends Of the public peace to resign the sea
ii the Senate which | then occupied, in 81
der to become The candidate for the eleya
ted station which now hold ID opposition
to q popular military chic cDnsente
to doso. You again yielded me your coun-
tenance and support. and q das5le and pc
culiar triumph speedily crowned orr united
exertions Surely, for US, Il may Be zaif
the past Al leastis secure; may the unceI
tain future unfold no scenes over which
shall not Is patriots, be able to Interchange
sincere and hearty gratulations
The result of the election which has Just
aiken le incur State has douhd snr-l
Dfised fou much / confess ai niy own
expectations have been greatly disappoint.