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The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
For the MississiRpian.
Speaking at Oxford.

Mr.. EDITOR: Col. Lamar made here to-day
one of the most mastery and effective efforts
of his whole life. He held his audience com.
pletely enrapt and spell-bound for more than
two hours, in grand rally to Southern union
against the common enemy. His graphic
and fearful picturing ofthe threatening storm,
and his broad, statesmanlike views of the
only means of averting the impending calam-
ity, warmed every heart and strengthened
every arm. The feeling flowed deep and
strong, like great river. And though there
were some in that large assemblage whose in
stinctive hatred of the Democracy, and per-
chance few whose welded love of squatter
sovereignty may prevent their striking hands
in November with him and his party, yet
there was not one, perhaps, who was left un.
impressed with his great powers as an orator
and statesman, as well as with his whole
souled devotion to truth and his country's
cause. Mississippi may well feel proud of
her gallant and gifted son.
LAFAYETTE.
OXFORD, August 18. 1860.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

ADoN QUTxorE IN THE PoLIrIcAL RING
A FooTE KNIGHT ERRANr.-The Honorable
Henry s. Foote, who has broken lance FOL
and against every political party during the
last twenty years, is now penginating in favor
Of Mr.. Douglas. He has tried the stump in
California, in Mississippi, and other parts.ol
the confederacy; and, generally, the side
against which he contends comes out victor
ious. He recently held forth at the Cooper
Institute, In behalf Of the representative q
SqHaterdom, bat somehow or other. the peo-
pie either did not read his lecture or did not
care for it, which neglects can only imagine
to be the cause OF its total failure in making
any impression, or in provoking the slightesf
criticism. The @Ki1ghf' was last heard from
q Saratoga Springs, before gathering of is
idle loungers, Of all shades Of character and
opinions. One would suppose, that if be really
wished to defend Squatter principles, and thor
representative, his proper field Of operations
would be in Mississippi, where ii said they
are drying sP'' more rapidly than the drought
dried up fresh water ponds, and the juices Of
corn and cotton plants. Exchange.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF MISSOURI

THE Or h1ooOOhl
Concurring fully in the policy proposed by
Senators Green and Polk, and acting upon
suggestions made by democratic papers, and
leading democrats throughout the State, l, as
the member OF the Democratic National Com
mIttee for the State, do hereby request those
democratic voters who adhere to the princi-
pies enunciated in the Missouri platform, and
by the Convention which nominated Brock
inridge and Lane, to hold preliminary meetings
within their several counties for the purpose
of appointing delegates to democratic State
Convention, to be held at Jefferson City en-
Thursday the tacentietb dayof September 1860;
which convention will revise the electoral
ticket, and take such further action as the
interests of the party may require.
JAMES NJ. HUGHES.
Member for Missouri of the Democratic
National Committee.
Upon the above the Bulletin comments as
follows:
"This action has been the result of unani-
nous recommendation on the part of the dem
ocratic press Of the State. We hope that the
call will be generally responded to, and that
there will be large convention assembled at
the appointed time, to form an electoral ticket
pledged to the support of Breckenridge and
Lane, and to take such other steps as will
secure the vote of Missouri to the representa-
tives of true, constitutional democracy"
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Hon. John A. Dix and the Presidential
Election.

In recent letter, the Hon. John A. Dix, o
New York, declares his purpose to support
Breckenridge and Lane, and assigns the rea
sons why he cannot as a Democrat counte
nance the candidates Of the squatter-soyer
eighty faction.
He says:
From the moment the Baltimore Conven.
tons adjourned, 1 resolved to vote for Brock.
inridge and Lane, if there should be an cleo
toral ticket in this State for them. The rea-
sons which led me to this conclusion are
briefly these :
l. The nomination Of Mr.. Douglas was, in
my opinion, forced upon the Democracy Of
the country in violation of all those feelings
Of Cancellation and mutual good will, to which
we are indebted for our past political sue
cesses
2. It was not in conformity with the estab-
lished usages of the Democratic party, nor
with the resolution of the Convention by which
it was made.
8. It was obtained by the exclusion of del
egates who were fairly entitled to their seats
Under these aspects, regard it not only as
an unjust and tyrannical exertion of the
power Of numbers, but as an example of ir-
regularity and disregard of the interests of
the Democracy of the country, which can
not sanction by my vote.
Besides, do not concur in the views of
Mr.. Dougiason the rights of the people of the
Territories. His doctrine Of non-intervention
is partial--it is non-intervention by Congress
only. The question which has vexed the
country so long and so painfully, cannot, as I
believe, be settled on so narrow q basis. Nom
Intervention, to be what the word imports,
must be absolute. It must be non-interven-
ton by the Territorial Legislatures as well as
by Congress. The Territories must, while
the Territorial condition exists, be common
ground, where the people of all the States can
meet and enjoy unmolested the rights of
property which they enjoyed at home do
not believe the question can ever be amicably
adjusted on any other basis. The territorial
condition, with the active enterprise of the
country, IS very brief; and the moment it ter
inmates the inhabitants of the Territory are
free to regulate, by the Constitution they
frame for their own government, all their do
mestic concerns as the majority shall deem
Just and conducive to the common good. Mr..
Douglas and his political friends stand on
sectional platform-one on which the people
Of the Union can never harmonize, and winch
leaves the most dangerous question ever agit-
tied in this country open to continued dis
cussion.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
The Election in Missouri.

The returns (says the st. Louis Bulletin,
demonstrate one fact-the utter impotence o
the Bell and Everett party in Missouri
They have not only been completely prostra.
ted in this District, but throughout the State
disaster and ruin have been their attendants.
They have fought their last fight. Theirrank
and file are enlisting under the banners of the
two great parties which are destined to con-
tend for supremacy in the nation. Many Of
them may serve for time. under the banner
of Douglas, but his faction is fastening to its
end, and its disorganizaGon will leave but
two parties in the field. Every sign in Mis-
sissippi points to the consummation of these
facts. Let every Democrat buckle on his ar
NOR for the contest, and glorious victory in
November will crown our exertions.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Fran the Petrol
The Ground Swell for Breckenridge and
Lane.--The Spirit In Calhoun.

The evidences that the great mass of the
Southern people are moving, as one man, in
the great battle for Southern rights, under oul
chosen leaders, Breckenridge and Lane, crowd
upon us with rapidity that makes Us regret
our limited space, which prevents us from
laying them all before our readers. That
spirit will go on and increase until November,
when it will proclaim in thunder tones that
we are one people, determined to have our
rights, in or out oftie Union
A ratification meeting was held at Benela,
Calhoun county, last Friday, to endorse the
nomination of Breckinridge and Lane. Though
in an old Wing precinct, over three hundred
Of the people turned out, and were addressed
in strain of stirring eloquence by Hon. J..
NJ. Thompson. After his speech, one of the
oldest and most respected Wings, now for
Breckenridge, requested Mr.. Thompson to
take the vote Of the meeting. All who were
in favor of Breckenridge were requested to
rise, and out of three hundred all ercept sve.
three of whom were good democrats, and the
ladies too rose to their feet
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

MEssRs MIns AND MERw1s.-These gen
tismen, candidates for slsctor Of the Demo-
cratic and Knownothing parties respectively,
for this district opened their canvass on Satur-
day, at Stems Greek. 4 correspondent has
furnished US with . full account Of the dis
cussion, which win appear in our next paper.
Friends who were Witnesses Of the debate
assure US that the triumph Of Maj. Minis was
complete. he more than met the highest
expectations Of bis party. and 1t the onset
completely endorsed his adversary. He Is .
gallant and eloquent champion Of glorious
e.use, and We predict tue most favorable re-
suits from bis hbors.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
whittier Drifting :

The Philadelphia Press, Col. John W, For
ney's paper. which has all along protested The
strongest preference for Senator Douglas IS :
candidate for the Presidency, has the iOIlOw-
ing in its last weeks issue:
"Therc is one common ground upon which
the citizens who prefer Stephen A. Douglas
and Herschel v. johnson, those who prefer
Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin, and
those who prefer John Ben and Edward EF-
eretts can heartily and effectively unite. They
are all opposed to the disunionists Of the
South, and to the dark and fatal plot con
cocted BY James Buchanan, Jefferson DAVIS
John C. Breckinridgs and Jo Lane, to throw
the decision Of the next Presidency into tn'
Congress Of the United States"
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Part Second of the Farce.

We find in the Vicksburg Citizen the Sec
ond part of the farce called the " Democratic
State Convention of Mississippi" which was
played at Grenada on the 18th inst, in the
interest of Douglasism.
1t is known to our readers that when this
body held what purported to be its first ses-
sion, at Holly Springs, it claimed to be repre-
scented by eleven counties, and adjourned over
to later period and at more central point,
for the purpose of securing fuller attendance
Well, the leaders, under the main direction
of Gen Taylor, of Holly Springs, the Jupiter
Tonans of the faction, went energetically to
work to fill up the delegations. A formal
proclamation Of the approaching event was
made, and an earnest appeal was addressed
to the friendso of Douglas to come to the res
cue and send on delegations. The day "big
with the fate of Caesar and of Rome,' at
length arrived-the clans gathered together
and to the dismay of the leaders it was
found that but SEVEN out of the sirty-tsco
counties in the State were represented. OF
these seven, one was our own county of
Kinds, whose Democracy were represented
by Mr.. George Dobsoa, in accordance with
the wishes of an immense meeting of the
soyereigns, the proceedings of which have
not however TRANSFERRED yet. George had as
much authority to represent Kinds as any
other delegate had to represent any other
county, and he was therefore entitled to the
compliment Of Secretaryship of the Conven-
ton. We suppose his primary meeting was
q fair .sPeeins-. -..s-...-,-A --A shAIl
eept i as ~ criterion by which to test the
merits and solidity of the amusing concern
called the douglas party' in Mississippi, pro-
vided we shall have occasion to refer to it
again.
If the proceedings of this little conclave at
Grenada had not been of caste so dismal
and melancholy, we should have said at once
that its object was simply to poke fun at the
public, for never before in the history of par
ties and factions in this State, has the like of
it been witnessed. They managed to fill up
their electoral ticket" placing upon it the
name of Col J. F. II. Claiborne, that talented,
true and tried Democrat of Hancock, who is
warm advocate of the election of Breckin-
ridge, and will feel indignant and mortified
that his name has been thus dragged before
the public by the wretched little moon-struck
faction, whose members imagined that they
had part to play in the Presidential contest.
The gentlemen proposed as elector for this
District is "Mr. John Calhoun of Rankin" of
whom we have made diligent inquiry. butte
gain no information. If Rankin county
boasts of apatriot bearing that name, we have
always been in blissful ignorance of the fact.
We take it that he is a man of straw set up
by the Convention" merely to "fill up'' in
the absence of the genuine article of flesh
aud blood, marrow and muscle, which could
not be found in the 4th District. With this
achievement, the curtain dropt
upon farce that is too absolutely ridiculous,
stupid and contemplate to provoke smile.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Mississippi Items.


SAD AccrDENr.-A man named John Gray
says the Port Gibson ReveiIIe, went, las
Friday. under the shed of the depot of the
Grand Calf and Port Gibson Railroad, ct the
latter place, while h state of intoxication
and lying across the rails, was run over by the
train coming in, and killed.
TAXABLE PRoPERTY OF VrcKsBURs.-The
assessor snd collector ofthe city of vicksburg
gives the amount oftaxable property for 1850
IN that place, as 81. 9e5. $50. This d an In
crease in one year Of $6l2860.
MuRpzR-Mr. W. G. Haltrse, living few
miles below the city OF Natchez. was Shot, .
IeW nights since, while sitting on his gallery
with MS iamily, and Instantly killed. The
assassin was seen running away afser the oor
mission Of the deed. The IDENTIFY az IL I'll.
lain, It . believed. viii be essablished.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

or The newspaper editor is in fact the
creature Of politicians and statesmen. He
tolls that others may rise; he sows that 9TH
ers may reap. In the loom of his eyer-work-
ing brain are woven the theories and the facts.
the arguments and the appeal, with which the
ambitious aspirant clothes and strengthens
himself Rarely considered, the editor is like
the ladder upon which the statesman rises to
distinction, too frequently to be kicked away
the moment the statesman attains the long
coveted prize. Thousands of these men are
to-day laboring and starving, while those they
elevate are proud and prosperous. In one OF
the latest novels of Mr.. Bulwer, he tears away
the veil and discloses the secret and ma,hin-
cry by which many Of the English leaders
are enabled to witch the world with noble
deeds Of craftsmanship. A pale student
spends nights and days in collecting the infor-
nation and preparing the speeches Of the cold
and lofty orator, and as the latter entrances
the house with his statistics and logic, no one
thinks Of the patient obscure and unknown
instrument by which he has been enabled to
obtain all this information. Horace Greeley
has been the architect of many dazzling
reputation. With his unceasing efforts, his
fertile intellect, and his enthusiastic devotion
to his great profession, he has forgotten him
self in his zeal for others. He has seen the
prize Of high place, the emoluments Of great
Office, the honors and the distinction Of par
ties and of combinations absorbed and mo-
nopolized by others, shrewd and cunning
who, while Watching his energies,
have ayailed themselves Of the fruits Of his
brain.-Phild. Press.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Judge Douglas in 1S54-.-His conStr1c.
ton of the Kansas Bill,

Judge Douglas demands for the Kansas
Nebraska bill construction which be him.
self refused to give it during the voting, (says
the N. 0. Courier) preliminary to its fhal
enactment. Nine Republican Senators and
one Democrat gayeit the Squatter Sovereign.
ty construction thirty-six Senators, embra.
cling every Southern Senator present and
every Democratic Senator present, including
Judge Douglas, and excepting Mr.. Dodge, o.
Wisconsin, repudiated any such construction
Let the record speak for itself:
Extracts from Congressional Globe, First
Session of Thirty third Congress, pages 1874
519 and 2o-Februry 10, 1854.
The Senate, as in Committee of the Whole
resumed the consideration of the bill to or.
ganize the Territory of Nebraska; the pend.
ing question being on the amendment sub
mitted on the 18th inst. by Mr. Chase, to
add to the 14th section of the substitute re.
ported from the Committee on Territories, a.
amended on the motion of Mr.. Douglas, the
words:
Under 'n7tich the people Of a Territory
through their appropriate representatives, 1.-THE,
see fit, may prohibit the existence of slavers
thereia..--
| So that the part of the section relating t.
that matter would read:
That the Constitution, and all laws of tn,
United States which are not locally applicable
shall have the same force and effect within
the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewher,
within the United States, except the eight
section of the act preparatory to the admis
sion of Missouri into the Union, approvet
March 6, 1926, which, being inconsistent will
the principles of non intervention by Congress
with slavery in the States and Territories, a.
recognized by the Legislation of 1850, com
monty called the compromise measures il
hereby declared imperative and vo;d-it bein,
the true intent and meaning of this act not t
legislate slavery into any Territory or State
nor to exclude it therefrom but to leave tn
people thereof perfectly free to form and regu
late their domestic institutions in their owl
way, subject only to the Constitution of tn
United States under a0hich the people ofa Ter
ritory, through their appropriate Representa-
tiues, may, il they see tit, prohibit the eristenc
Of SLAVERY therein.
March 2, 1854, the vote was taken an,
resulted as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Chase, Dodge of Wisconsin
Fessenden, Fish, Foot, Hamlin, Seward
Smith, Sumner and Wade-1O
Nays-Messrs. Adams, Atkinson Badger
Bell, benjamin, Broadhead, Brown, Butler
Clay, Clayton, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge, of Iowa
DOUGLAS, Evans, Fitzpatrick, Gwin, Hous
ton, Hunter, johnson, Jones of Iowa, Jone
of Tennessee, Mason, Morton, Norris, Petit
Pratt, Rusk, Sebastian, Shields, SIidell, Stew
art, Toucey, Walker, Weller and Williams
Sc.
Mr.. Douglas now insists that the construc
ton of nine Republican Senator'S attempted il
1854 to be put upon the Nebraska bill, is lth
true Democratic construction. He did no
think so then.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

or We are rejoiced to find that the re.
nowned Chemist of New England, DIR, ArER,
has at length turned his attention to the dis.
order which hangs like blight on our com !.
munity. Our section is as healthy Is any
other. with one single exception, and that 4
the Fever and Ague, which haunts US on
every side. But his remedy does cure, as we
should know it must, il be made It. Cast
out this baleful distemper from amongus, and
ours is one of the lovliest spots in the West
Sentinel, Fairfield, Iosoa. Aug. 1'60-1m
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

ADDREss OF Hos. O. r. SINaLEroE.-or
Friday evening last, an address from Hon. o
r. Singleton having been announced before
the Breckenridge and Lane Club. the Hall o.
the House of Representatives was crowded
at an early hour with alarge audience many
ladies being in attendance.
The speech was mastery effort, and went
home to the hearers with telling effect.
The canvass is now fairiy opened, and the
enthusiasm of the Democracy speaks well
for the Overwhelming success Of Breckenridge
and Lane even in Kinds county.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22
Holly Springs.

A Democratic Breckenridge Club wa,
formed at Holly Springs on the night of Fri
day. Hon. w. s. Featherston was choser
President About one hundred and twenty
names were obtained at once. Among then
are the names Of Major I. B. Cottrell, R. l.
Watson and w. H. Bishop, Esqs, and Others
who have hitherto been jealous members Of
the Opposition. Major Cottrell was one the
Opposition candidates for the Legislature last
year. Hon. Sam Benton, we understand, has
declared that Breckenridge and Lane are the
only candidates who stand any chance to de-
feat Lincoln.
Thus the good work goes on everywhere !;
and in November Mississippi win roll up such
majority for the candidates Of the Constitu-
tional State Rights Democracy as will aston
ISL Ill old fogies.-H0lly Springs Star.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

ASorHra YAscEY.-The vicksburg Citizen
a neE-Aedged Douglas Sheet comes out in
the Language of the Memphis Appeal, and
would make our feIlow-townsmen, Captain
Estelle, very Yancey in the cause Of Brock
inridge and Lane.
Such speakers as the Captain will continue
to throw frebrands into the ranks of the
ell-Everett- Douglas-J ohnson faction from
now till the election.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

THIRD DlsrR1cT. Capt. Lidden has COM
pIeted his List of appointments, walking over
the track without . competitor. his able
speeches have done much good. Our friends
write rs that the good cause is upward and
still onward IN the Third District and that
the majority for Breckenridge and Lane will
be counted BIZ thousands.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

Two FULL MooSs.-A strange astrOnOmi-
cal occurrence takes place during the present
month-that oftwO full moons. On the first
day Of the month, at IL o'clock and 80 min
utes, the moons phases changed from quar-
ter to full moon; on the 31st of this month
there viii be another change, at O'Clock and
81 minutes, from a first quarter to fun
moon.
The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-08-22

T Some disconsolate tool of faction put
IN circulation silly report that Mr.. Breckin-
ridge had Withdrawn from the Presidential
canvass. In response to friend at Mem
phis, he stamps it as mere fabrication of the
enemy. A resort to such trick only betrsys
CONSEQUENCES of weakness.