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Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-11-22

ol Inc hour. IL says t .r-
We have been waiting 10 see some move.
ment equal TO the exigencies of the times
set on foot in Virginia. 1t cannot be de.
MED that things are rapidly drifting TO dis.
union. Il is an event, which, in magnitude
and The results which follow in its train, is
Of vast consequence. 1t ought 10 be avoid.
ed if il can be, consistently with safety and
honor. Yet who in Virginia is doing apy.
thing to prevent itP All are standing BY
the Unions dying bed, and no man stretch
es forth his hand to help. The States south
Of Us are acting on their independent iudg
ment, and preparing for such a course as
will constrain ours, by making our presen,
position intolerable. If anything can be
done it mustsbe promptly done, or the op.
poEtunity willibs forever gone. ssass - i.a
Let eur leading men comeforwar6 in this
lime of peril; and if they have the talents
for which they desire credit, and the patri-
otism to which they lay claim, let them put
their heels on the spirit of party, and de.
wise the most hopeful course to be pursued.
Let them give US an honorobe and JET eff
cient programme of operations. L. IL pos
sible 10 FOIL back Northern sentiment 10
legitimate and just bounds7 If cot, the
Union ID gone. II is possible to hold back
Southern determination SO ss 10 abide the
attempt? II mol, the Usien is gone. In
the presence Of this double death, we are
sitting still! gWhers are the men who have
been so eloquent sflats about unionas Dumb
40 death! Is a es.4 s.t A.
Let the Governor promptly convene cur
Legislature, Ought we TO have nothing to
say, when South Carolina and Georgia are
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Mr.. J. W. C.. Watson and the Repeal
of the 21st Rule.

Mr.. j. w. c. Watson, Belleyerett elector for
the State at large, has published card in the
Holly Springs papers in which he denies
pleading that the wisdom of John Bells
votes against the 21st Rule in company with
Adams, 'Giddings, Slade, Lincoln & Co., was
subsequently admitted by large Southern
vote Our authority for the statement was
good but we are willing to give him the
benefit Of his explanation. He says that the
conduct Of Mr.. Bell was justified by Demo-
cratic Congress. In other words that both
parties at the South condemned him by their
votes ffbm beginning to end, but that suf-
ficient number of Northern Democrats united
with the Northern Wings and Abolitionists to
vote down the South and Justify Mr..
Bell But taking Northern Democrats as
the test Of orthodoxy on this question, as Mr..
Watson proposes to do and it will be found
that sevsateen of them voted against the
repeal Of the Rule, showing that number of
Northern men in Congress to have been
sounder on the slavery question than the
Representative of a Southern constituency,
who Is now the candidate Of Messrs. Watson
e Co. for The Presidency No wonder the
New York Tribune previous to the assem-
bling Of the Chicago Convention designated
John Bell as. o suitable candidate for that
office.
BY the way, while Mr.. Watson's hand was
in, why did he not explain his own endorse
ment in the Convention that nominated John
Bell, Of Mclean, who dissented from the
decision of tho Supreme Court in the Dred
Scott case, and who is an avowed Frecsoiler.
We would be glad to hear from him on these
1n;,fc
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Tribute Of Respect.

At a meeting Of jackson Fire Company,
No. ], held at the Engine House, on Thurs
day evening, the Goth inst, the following pre-,
amble and resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased God, in His ALL
wise Providence, to remove from our men,
bership, by death, our friend and fellow fire.
man, CHARLES DUDLEY, therefore,
ResolUed, That in the death Of Charles
Dudley, which occurred on Wednesday morn
ing the 10Th inst, this Company has lost a
member who, for more than twenty years, has
been actively identified with its objects and
interests--one who was, in truth, 'always
ready'' to do his whole duty as a fireman and
a citizen.
Resolved, That while we deeply deplore
our own loss, the loss to his afflicted family,
and the loss this community sustains in the
death OF Chas. Dudley, we bow in humble
submission to the will Of Him who doeth all
things well We feel adnonished, too, that
We must also follow our departed broth
er to the t9and Of the heTeatteE''
Resolved, That these resolutions be spread
upon eur Record that the Secretary furnish
q copy thereofto the family of om deceased
brother, as slight tribute Of esteem for his
many virtues and that the Company wear the
usual badge Of mourning thirty days.
j. L. POWER, D
JAMES BARRY Committee.
WM. FRENGH,S
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Resistance to Black Republican Domi-
nation.

We invite the attention of some of our
brethren of the press, who concede to the. New
York Herald great facility for information
and remarkable astuteness, to the following
remarks of that journal. 1t is humiliating
that few of our Southern confreres can be
instructed as to their rights and duties by
Northern editors:
The unmistakable indication of what the
Massachusetts, school" mean to do, which is
given in their nomination of the radical aboli-
zionist Andrew for Governor, win 60 with
new portent through every county, town and
hamlet in the South. Ten years Of contem-
plation there Of the necessity of resistance has
produced remarkable change Of the views in
which secession and disunion are held in the
minds of all men, and what was esteemed as
political heresy in 1850 is orthodox and ac-
cepted in 1869. The election of Lincoln on
the abolition platform must carry the South
into armed resistance, in selfdefence of its
rights, its existing social organization, which
none but itself has the right to characterize as
good or bad, and the interests Of its citizens
When such state of civil war comes, it is not
alone Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Ken
lucky that will be border States. Pennsyl-
vania and New Jersey too will stand in that
category, and thu most important portion of
the State Of New York, and they, too, may be
called upon to answer the important ques-
tions that apply to border States.
What will be their reply when sectional
President undertakes to march abolition forces
through them to invade Virginia, for the re-
preston of resistance to policy that must
destroy her? 1t is ON their borders that the
ties of brotherhood will be sundered and the
anger of war rage. Governor Letcher's recent
assertion that though he is no disunionist, no
sectional President should march federal
troops across Virginia while he was its Gov
ernor, to attack Southern sister State in
arms, is fair expression of the sentiments of
moderate Southern men.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Sowing tie Wind and Reaping the
Whirlwind.

HWith this victory comes the end of slave
Ex-senator Seward's Boston speech.
Tht victory here spoken of is the election OF
Lincoln to the Presidency. The end ofsIaye-
~! What does that mean?
1t means that the Republicans are. what
they deny being-Abolitionists It means
that it is their object, in the election of Lin
coln to abolish slavery in the States; by fraud
if they can; by violence, if it has to be resorted
to. 1t means that or it means nothing
Suppose the Republicans to have succeeded
by inciting the slaves to insurrection and by
helping them in the work of blood and carnage
in bringing about the lend of slavery l'' What
then? Where would be the benefit to the
North?
Millions OF ignorant and vicious free ne
groes, without trades, and with unbridled
passions, would at once be thrown into North
ern cities. Without money, they would live
by stealing and robbing. Bad enough in
Canada, they would be infinitely worse, be-
cause they would be more numerous, here.
Without masters to control them, they would
refuse to work, and eongregatlng in cellars,
their accumulated filth would soon breed pes
thence. Our hospitals prisons and work
houses would be crowded with them. They
HOulu 0cGUkltS y Dui0Sh VNCAy
tion. The whites would have to be oppres-
sively taxed to support them. They would
be an lntolerable nuisance and an onerous bur-
den.
The end Of slavery in the South would
in the North condition of things
indeed appalling! Black Republicans would
soon find that the evils of universal emanc-
patton would far exceed the evils of Southern
slavery. They would feel it in an increase Of
crime, in an increase Of taxes, and in an IN
crease Of filth and disease. They are sowing
the wind, they will surely "reap the whirl-
wind. - Peaasgluaaias..
This IS . fearful picture Of the consequences
If the end Of slavery which the Lincoln
party are striving to bring about Our friends
ii the North, may rest assured that the South
ntends to take care Of all her rights. The
Lincolnites may succeed. BY the mere force Of
,rute numbers. in putting an end to the Union,
,ut Of Southern institutions, nereri
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
subjugare the south--.The Issue.

We shall be told, as we have been told
score of times, that Northern republicans dc
not seek to dissolve the Union. So it may
be. We do not charge them with aDishing te
dissolve the Union. I7ey only desire to sab
ju9ate tie Souta.-P Providence r. u Pos
Douglas organ.
In this contest II AM INDIFFERENCE
- Wm.. Il. Richardson, lconfdential, friend Of
Judge Douglas.
But refusing to combine with the friends OF
Breckinridge in New Jersey will give the
state.to Lincoln. Then let itbe; IL acsli gige
rs Ae organization in 1764p--S. a. Douglas.
He declared the election Of Lincoln would
De no cause for the dssolving the Union, and
til aT HE WOULD USE FORCE, when as Senator
OF PRESIDENT, TO carry on the Government
and preserve It from disruption. Mr.. Doug
las Raleigh speech.
With the extracts above, (says the Wash
ing Gonstitution) does any one doubt that
ME Lincoln, if elected President. viii have
the cordial cooperation Of Judge Douelas and
hisiriendsin whatevermay be the policy Of the
Black kepnblican party towards the South !?
Mr. Douglas Rhode Island organ saws Il ;s
to su5agate them. Mr.. DougIas himself
says ifthe South attempt to flee from such !
calastrope, he would use force to put them
down. That IS the true issue in tl,;s c,v
about disunion. The whole marty II ths
North who support Douglas, and the Bell and
Everett men. also, admit that II is the purpose
Of the Black Republicans 70 ..s,.Buoats a. n.
Soath Y Jet Il there Is any resistance, M
Douglss nsys shat be would fuse brcep q
make them submit.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Hon. L. 7. Wigfall, United States
Senator from Texas.

This distinguished statesman delivered an
address upon the topics Of the day, in this
city, on Saturday evening last. We wish
every intelligent man and woman in Missis-
sippi could have heard it. It was, by long
odds, the ablest, most compact, powerful and
statesmanlike speech which we have heard or
have read since the opening of the canvass. 1t
was q discussion of great fundamental princi.
Piles, and their applicability to existing affairs.
Besides, it was thorough and severe review
of the claims and pretensions to public con-
sideration and confidence of the several par
ties and factions which are contending for su-
premiey in tic Government A statesman
of the strictest State Rights, Calhoun school,
he accords to the candidates of the National
Democracy, Breckenridge and Lane, and to
the platform on which they stand, his un-
qualified and jealous support; and, with a CO.
gency Of logic and an earnestness of appeal
which seem to US irresistible, he calls upon
Southern men of all parties to cooperate with
him as the only means Of saving the Union
from the destruction which inevitably awaits
it if Lincoln should succeed in the Presidential
election.
The distinguished gentleman left on the
cars yesu:sIafS morning for Holly Springs,
'! - be people. He will
proceed thence to Memphis and to other
points. We ask for him a cordial greeting,
and a patient and impartial hearing, wherever
he may go.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Douglas and his Friend Gov. Letcher.

In his Norfolk speech, Mr. Douglas being
asked
II HAbraham Lincoln be elected President Of
the United States, will the Southern States
be justified in seeding from the Union
He replied
TO this | emphatieally answer no. Great
applause The election Of a man to the Pre-
sidency by the American people, in conformi-
ty with the Constitution Of the United States,
would not justify any attempt at dissolving
this glorious confeeeracy. [Applause.]
In his inaugural message of January Z,
1850, Mr.. Letcher says, with equal emphasis:
"If the aggressions to which we have been
subjected for so many years are to be repeat
ed, if mutual distrust and suspicion are to con-
tinue, and if the election of a sectional Repub-
lican candidate in 1860 is to be superadded, it
is useless to attempt to conceal the fact that,
in the present temper Of the Southern people,
it cannot and will not be submitted tor
In reply to another question, as to what he
would advise in case !" the Southern States Sc
cede from the Union upon thessinauguration
of Abraham Lincoln, before he commits an
overt act,'' Mr.. Douglas, in the same speech,
says:
/ answer emphatically that il is the duty
of the President of the United States and
others in authority under him, to enforce
the laws of the United States as passed
by Congress and the courts expound them.
Cheers. And /, as in duty bound by my
oath of fidelity to the Constitution mould do
United States tn maintaining the supremacy Of
the laaes against all resistance 10 them, coDae
ffroa seaat quarter it might. Good. In other
words. | think the President of the United
States, whoever he may be, should treat all
attempts to break up the Union, By resistance to
its lairs. as Old Hickory treated the aulEiifers
an 1882"
In his message of the 7th January, Gov.
Letcher says, with equal emphasis:
The "irrepressible conflict" doctrine, an
nounced and advocated by the ablest and most
distinguished leader of the Republican party,
is an open declaration Of war against the in
stitution Of African slavery, wherever it exists;
and | would be disloyal to Virginia and the
South if did not declare that the election of
such man, entertaining such sentiments and
advocating such doctrines, ought to be resisted
by the slayeholding States. The idea of per-
mitting such man to have the control and
direction of the army and navy of the United
States, and the appointment Of high judicial
and executive officers, postmasters included,
cannot be entertained by the South for mo-
ment',
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Fur PRESIDENT.
JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE,
or Er,rTfrnry
Announoennerts.
-, ToD CFNERAL,

= NJ; gpsTPTnsE an of the lst Regiment, Mississippi
Militia Is candidate for Msjof General o lhe seone
Division smbrsslaS ns Issouen warren. Rankin
Nsxton smith Scott, Lsuderdale, CARR ana Jasper
EiecSinn first day Of October
Mt DANIEL. Esq, Of Jackson. is candidate for
Of the Second Division Of Mississippi Mil
itis
DR. A. RICE, Of Baymond. is candidate for Major
General or the Second Division Mississippi militia
We are authorized to announce Coz. O. 8. HOLLAND,
of ciafke county, IS canai for major general
We are authorized to announce ths name Of JAS T
RUeK ESQ fr the office Of Brtgadier Senera OF the
2nd Brigade End Division of Iissspp. mi IA composed
Jasp !, smith ana Iauderdale.
We are authorized 70 announce the name Of W. W.
PuRD M candidate for Lieates ant Colonel OF the
Kinds County Regiment, at the eRsuing eleetioa.
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.
We are authorized 70 announce JOHN ". RoBB, q
candida Tor reelection to the oc OF Probate 9nage
Of Kinds County, NJ the ensaing October Elecaon.
FSr We are auth srized to announce the name On
HFEDWARDs IS Q iiiste for the Office OF ProDste
Clerk. Election In October.
xv- Wesrs authorized to announce HOWELL A
HALL. Is candidate for the oiee ofvoanty
VI - authorized to announce e A. BRIsToW as
candidate for oanty Treasurer.
r.. are authorized to announces the pame Of SAMUEL
DonNELL, IS . candidate for the oftce OF frooase
Clerk.
wr.re authorized to announce W N. RIeHEY, a. .
candidate reelection 70 the Office Of County Assessor
a the next election.
wesre authorized to announce the name Of WM, II.
TAYLOR eandidats for Reelection 70 the once Oh
Sheriff Of Kinds County.
We are authorized to announce s. s. CRANBERRY
Is candidate for surveyor Of Kinds county
Weare autharizea 10 announce J. BRADFORD, as .
candidate for the ofce Of surveyor Of Kinds County
80 A H HANDY is candidate for e-electlon as
JnS 81 the Hish Court Of Errors and Appeals for ths
rst district composed Of the Counties Of Hinds Warren
Rankin Scott Nowton Landerdaie, Kemper, Neshooa,
Teake Madison Yazoo lssaquena, Washington, Holmes,
1tfSIa Ejusfou and Noxubee. Election 1s Monday OF
October.
FOR MAGISTRATE.
We are authorised to announce the name Of
JOHN McGILL Is candidate for Justice Of the
Peace in Jackson Beat.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26


The Black Republicans of Massachusetts
are no longer entitled to their old party de-
s'snation They have gone step beyond the
pale q the Republican organization, and pro-
cam themselves John Brown Abolitionists,
Whach = Equivalent to saying that pixies and
ilreDRaHstsaTe better than votes for the pur-
pose OF government. In the nomination of
ar. Andrew as their candidate for the Guber-
natorial chair, they have deliberately sane
uoned4he horrid excesses committed in the
name offreedom, at Harper's Ferry, and which,
IN extenuation Of the guilt Of the perpetrator,
have been represented as the acts ofan insane
man. In SO many words, it has been insisted
that John Brown was mad - Now, what
are the relations of the Republican party of
massachusetts, to an uncompromising-no
apologisf, but advocate of this "mad' man?
The Boston Courier, Of the 31st ult., says:
On the 18th November last, at the John
Brown meeting in this city, Mr.. John A. An
dreW-standing in the presence of a large au-
dience, and surrounded by Phillips and En-
erson and the abolition chiefs-said: ave are
tonight In the presence of great and an awful
sorrow, which has fallen like pail upon many
families, whose hearts fail, whose affections
are lacerated, and whose hopes are crushed
no sympathy for the wives and children OF
the murdered men at Harper's Ferry all OF
nope left on earth destroyed by an event which
under the providence of God, pray will be
oyerruled for that good which was contemplated
and Intended By John Baoaen himsef."'
And again:
In this city, on the 10th of November last,
meeting was held, ostensibly to raise money
ior Mn. John Brown, whose husband was to
De hanged on the I'd of December following,
for the Primes Of murder and treason. John
a. andrew presided at that meeting. The
hey. % Nsaie thanked God g for the noble
spirit q Aerosity, and Of fidelity, and o.
nfass d Ehich John E5own had manifested
and his deep sympathy with the oppressed" "
Mr.. JohnA. Andrew said: " pause not now
to considef, because it is wholly outside of the
duty or the thought of this assembly to-night
whether the enterprise Of John Brown and his
associates IN Virginia was wise or foolish, right
or wrong; only know that whether the en-
terprlse itself was one or the other, JONI
BROWN HIMSELF WAS RIGHT"
The Boston Liberator, the organ of Garri
son, the Radical Abolitionist and open de
nouncer OF the Constitution because it reeog
nises slavery, speaks in terms of warm com
mcndatioR Of the nomination of Mr.. Andrew
for Governor Of Massachusetts. 1t calls it g:
cheering Sign Of the times,'' not only ON ac
count of Mr.. Andrews moral worth, "but par
ticutarly because he represents the highes
phase of political anti-slayery feeling as ye
developed; thus showing that Massachusett
takes no step backwards but is on the con
trary, steadily advancing in the cause of hui
manity and freedom
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
From The Feksburg Wig.
Letter from Attorney General Wharton

/ JACKSON, Sept. 18th, 1850.
/ Col. PATRrDGE-Sfr In the Whig of yes.
terday, noticing my speech in Vicksburg, on
! the night before, you said was very proper
person to address Secession audience, as
had year ago, at the festival in honor OF Gov.
Brown, at Terry, proclaimed myself "a dis
aniot,ist, a aflIibuster and Congo pirate
am sure you would not willingly do q
political opponent injustice, or create false
impression upon the public mind. There
fore it is, ask brief space in your columns
to correct what I think is an intentional act
Of injustice done to me in your notice alluded
to above.
On my arrival at Terry, on the day Of the
festival, | was waited upon by the Chairman
of the Committee, and informed that it was
the wish OF the assembly that | should ad-
dress them. For reasons not necessary to be
stated, declined TO comply with the invita-
ton Afterwards, at the dinner table, re-
peated and prolonged calls were made upon
me, not responding to which, was seized
and literally thrust upon the stand, very
much to my annoyance. In vein of badin-
age and pleasantly, which supposed was un-
derstood by every one present, for it was re-
ceived with hearty laughter on all sides, Isaid
that politicians were accustomed to tread over
the ground with velvet slippers, and fatigued
their audiences in defining their positions, and
constructing their platforms; that my platform
was a very simply one, that was aCttba
.Gllibuster and Congo pirate" Those were
the very words, and that was the very spirit
in which / used them. On no occasion of my
life, public or private, did ever declare
myself "dis,mionist." Nor have ever
been one, though always maintaining high
Southern Constitutional ground. When the
time comes that Mississippi can no longer re-
main in the Union consistently with her safe
ty and honor, and in the enjoyment Of that
equality OF rights guaranteed by the Constitu.
ton, then shall be "dsunionist'. and viii
fearlessiy ayow myself to be one. God grant
that time may never come, but / am not en-
tirely free apprehension that it may not
be near at hand.
If to bo in favor Of the acquisition Of Cuba.
and the repeal mot the violation, of all statutary
State and Federal against the
African slave trade, constitute "Cuba filli-
buster and Congo pirate. then appropriate
the epithets in earnest, and not as heretofore
in pleasantly; just as the Irigh patriot, John
Mitchell said be was '.Jelon'
You will oblige me by inserting this state
nent in the "Whig.''
Very Respectfully Yours,
= e
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Aha |!

Clingman, Of North Carolina, was the only
Southern man in the United States Senate
who had the courage to come out and acknow-
lodged his preference for Douglas, after his
apostacy, as the Democratic candidate for the
Presidency. But even he deserts him, from
the impulse of selfpreservation, as the rat de-
serts the sinking ship. The Douglas organ in
Philadelphia announces the fact, and under
takes to give the reason aohy. 1t may be cor
rect. A wholesome public opinion has kept
many headstrong politician from kicking out
of the traces:
Senator Clingman, of North Carolina, has
finally taken the stump for Breckenridge and
Lane Hs has been compelled to do 50, because
he scants to Be reelected. Is it not remarkable
that there are so few men in the South who
have backbone enough to fight for principles?
The number of statesmen who have patriot
ism enough to put their personal interests
alter those Of their country is small and far
between.