The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-01-25
The Voice of Virginia

The authoritative declaration of Virginia
uttered by her Executive, has been received
with every mark of approval throughout the
South.
To that official exposition may he added the
utterances of the people of Virginia, in their
primary neutrality-suspicious. bodies in which
are freely and feariessly expressed the popular
will, unclouded by diplomatic subtleties and
unembarTassed by the intrigues of selfish
demagogues.
The Richmond Enquirer publishes the sub
joined resolution, adopted by meeting OF
citizens Of GoOchland, declaring it to be the
duty of the Southern States to separate from
the Northern States in the event of the election
Of Black Republican to the Presidency
and it affirms that the resolution expresses
the sentiment that pcrvades the entire South
ern section of the Union" Accepting this
assertion as correct so far as it applies to the
Old Dominion, it is with no little qualification
that We enumerate her in the list of States
which will stand with Mississippi if occasion
should require an appeal to the Ultima ratio.
From tie Richmond Enquirer.
The public meeting of the citizens of Gooch-
Land, the proceedings of which we have al
ready published, expressed the sentiment that
now pervadcs the entire Southern section of
the Union.
The Constitution, as it was originally franz
ed, has not diSloyaf supporter within the
Il
for the sectional advantage Of fanatical anti
slavery party, it ceases to be the bond Of our
Union, and has no binding efficacy whatever
over the Southern States In this view the
people of Goochland expressed the senti-
ments and purposes Of the entire South when
they resolred,
ID, That the election by the non-slavehold-
ing States Of any man as President of this
Union, who has proclaimed that there must
be an irrepressible conflict" with our domes
tic institutions or who aids the circulation of
books which encourage and advise servile in
surrection, or who ayows war of extermi-
nation against our property, is the elevation to
power OF party who has beforehand avowed
determination not to be bound by our bond
of union, and is therefore to inaugurate a DOW
er upon the ruins of the Constitution, and in
dissolution Of this Union and the erection of
q new government. That we will be no par
ties to any such new government That the
States supporting such new government do
thereby withdraw from the confetleracy estab-
lished by our fathers, and do dissolve our con-
nection with them; and that we will support
and maintain our rights and our ever glorious
constitution, NTH them, if we can, rit.out
them if tce must And it is the duty of our
representatives in the National and the State
Legislatures to look to the future, and prepare
for such an emergency, that we may be ready
for coming events.
To the change of Government which the
election of Black Republican would effect
the South will never submit; the Constitution |
recognized slavery and provided for its protec- |
ton, and the South will stand faithful to that |
Constitution. and submit to no change threin.
The election of a Black Republican advo-
cate of the 4irrepressible conflict" will be the
withdrawal of the States supporting such
election from the Union. Such an act would
be dissolution Of the Union as formed by
our forefathers
We commend these resolutions to our
readers as an indication Of popular sentiment
throughout the South