The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-10-10

Mr.. Sumner may publish his political thee
RES. as they did theirs, to the CONTAMINATION
of nations revolution, CONFUSION and orer.
throw. But that he, and other memters 81
Congress. like him. whose chief speech con-
sists of exaggerations of the evils, real or ina
ginarv. of slave labor, really propose to ITEM
-seEcss and seek its abolition, THOUGH then knoa,
not 6o.g,-st acre uneG'fdfd to denv or doubt
| And we do not find their followers, the rnpl.
| titude who pIunges on without rejecting
whittier or how they are to 90, diminish in
numbers or zeal. On the contrary. in consid.
| ering the selection of Mr.. Andrew as the snc-
| cessor of Mr.. Banks here in Massachusetts
| we have seen not only how completely the
| sincere members Of the Republican party have
| gained the upper hand OF the insincere ones
| but how completely also the aggressive eIe
mcnts have mastered the conservative ones
and with relentless and halfcontemptuous
will sent them, to the rear, there to march
and work in patient and humble submission.
Ii matters not therefore, what the conserya-
tive men of the Republican party think. still
less does it matter what is thought bV the
mere tme-servng party calculators who nv
pocritically profess negro worship. when they
mean place and office the motive mower Of
the party, the locomotive engine of its train
is in the hands of anti slavery Zealots. anti
slavery passions are the fire and stream oftbe
machine; the multitude are but passengers in
the cars ; and whithersoever the ENGINE ooas
though madmen be its engineers, the mass
will have to follow even into the laws of inc.
vtable death and destruction.
Therefore, | say, the real issne Lefore the
country is Of .He continued existence of Stare
iaboT wit4jn tie States. All the consnicuous
current party issues, and especially the sever
al Territorial questions, are but the timid
touches of men at great thing. which thew
have not the manliness boldly to erasn and
handle. And the Republican party has been
conceived, born and nurtured into strength in
order, if possible to force or sed,sce the Federal
G0DesuD1ent iHt0 AjoEitioaisna, or else the Re-
publican party is a monstrous and ridiculous
abortion, a gigantic falsehood, swindle and
fraud And l re-assert, confidently, if Mr.
Lincoln IS elected, the Republicans will have
to burst up at oncesrfr taaetack the domestic
rights of the States.
What, then, will people of the Southern |
State, attacked in their constitutional rights |
their domestic peace, their property and their
persons, do? What will they do /? VIII |
they passively submit to be the CONQUERED
subjects of~New England +? No! I do not |
nope or fear, believe or doubt what they will
do knoae they will defend themselves to
the utterance, first with constitutional
means, and then, if necessary, with extra
constitutional means; in fine, with all the
means OF defence which God and Nature have
committed to them; and if they were not to
10 1t. they would be rccreant to the blood of
Washington, of Henry, of Carroll, of Rutledge;
they would be unworthy of the name of Amer
cans.
Let all of those among US, who, in the blind
zeal OF stupid negro worship, would thus
tr7ge the Southern States into revolution, 90 on;
but let all truly good men, all patriotic men,
III thoug httul and peaceful men, rally to the
sacred standard of the Constitution and the
Union.