The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-09-07
v;roinio and the Charleston cOnven-
finn

m. p;.h,nond Enquirer holds, that unless
tho Charleston Convention ENDORSES ''ie pfsd
Scott decision and makes It the platform o.
Is Candidate for the Presidency he VIII oe
defeated. Aaer quoting the MISSISSIPPI re-
solutions, it says: -
OIL : tbo authoritative action OF one Of
Al. so,,.Lo,r States. Should there % no DINER
Sto.a ylodged 10 Intervention, and aanSsissippi
oIono sho1Id withdraw irem the OnaFiestoh
Convont;on accompanied as she woula VIC Dy
,,,a,,,, Jeleootes from other States, ana appeal
70 he Southern people to rally against can
,l;dste and platform hostile to southern IisiiiS
80 So,,thorn interests. who will DOUBT the
whole Southern Opposition and q n,syoIiy -
NJ Southern Democracy would raliy 10 the
All ~ Southern State for Intervention
ayainst non-;nteryention? IS useless q
go, tLot suoh actio5 qoould result "a a''eeitao'e
,5a1sof
sAeain-Does not Virginia stand commit
tod ~ oy,,oso the nominee Of the Chariestoh
Convention If maintaining the doctrine au-
yapced by s[r, Douglas in the Senate iilst
winter What was the reply OF Doth her
Senators unon that occasion /? They denounced
6 sltr,,antt ami rqcreants,' any individual vot-
ar who would sustain the doctrine oil the
Senator from Ulinais = Has any voice Deen
,,;sed in Virgi,,a ~. demtir to the DECLARE
tons made by her Senators on zod o. ias'
February Mot one
~Thus, Virginia, BY the action Of her SEN
ators and Governor, is pledged TO Nv
A71d can she sustain a0nanattohy ote S1ta'-
lesion C0aventiot upon no7l-inteIoe'.ttO.s
platform Has not the tacIt but undouDueu
acquiescence of the State been gwen TO the
sentiments Of Senator Mason GAsst IS noe me
Democracy ofHI State hound, By h's acq0'es-
ceaee to oppose the 'octrfRe' so justly ae'fo"''
ced by her Senator's
awe recur to these remarks Of the VI rglnia
Senators to remind the party OF the position IL
occupies upon this question, and to show what
win be expected from Virgins By the SOUTH
ern Democracy. But we " i'll be answered,
that to insist upon Intervention will defeat the
National Democracy. Not so. 10 ytetd 70
loIa-iateIueation, sciR, IN our opinion, dcJeat
the party in the merit PresideIltiGt etecttoH but
should it secure that election; viii the posi-
ton of the South he more safe under a nom
intervention Democrat, with non-interventloh
as the acknowledged policy Of the party than
under a Black Republican? We think not
For our part the distinction has no difference
No Black Republican contemplates interference
with slavery in the States and the noil-ln-
tervention policy is as much the policy OF
Black Republicans, as it is Of Mr.. Douglas
Eli Thayer prefers non-intervention to any
other scheme. 70 yield to noa'-iat'ITr7Rio"
as to ensure defeat, either in He election, Or by
proiftiess USct0ry--d victory secured onty Sy
6ayte1ing alOay Constitutional and Sontiie'7i
rights. Is not the sacrifice too great Is an
empty victory to be bought upon such terms!
Shall few expectants make themselves com
Portable at the cost Of the Southern Sstates OF
the Union?
Between the non-interventionist Douglas
and the aboltionist Seward, the difference Is
''twixt tweedle dun and tweedle dee" Not
that Mr.. Douglas entertains any sentiment oil
hostility to the South or to her institution,
but the policy Of non-interyention, which his
nomination and election will inaugurate, t0'H
as efectaaHy dest oy de5ights Of the S~'alt as
the .fDlaticism Of Garrisoniaa GJotitioaist
Virginia is precluded By The declaration Of
her Senator's, By her political principles, aad
by her policy as a Southern State, from Stts-
tanning the nominee of tie Charleston coapen-
tiOR upoa, no'i-interUention platform"
In subsequent issue, the same influential
organ of the Virginia Democracy says
The Democracy Of Virginia should immc-
diately organize for the Charleston Conven-
ton. An open contest out Of closets, and
above culverts, is all that fair-minded men de-
sire. IL this is given and Intervention is
fairly defeated if Virginia by fair vote Of
her people elect to abandon her sister South
ern States, and entrust her institution to the
fostering care of Northern emigrants, let the
South be clearly informed of the het and
openly notified of the silly desertion. The
VirginiaD Democracy owe to the South vigilance
activity and energy, and they should see that
her cause and the cause of her sister South
ern States be not bartered away in the APP
preaching canvass.