The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-12
(coM~uNIc4rED.
TIE Union Meeting ieksburg.

farce went Of at Vicksearg on Ihursday last
| The meeting in ITSELF and insts speeches
we:e of no consequence whateyers but coa
ceiged in this conservatory of police heresies
as basis OF neso conservative eenprom;se
submission ITnian-Tofy party, is worthy
of note. zz a
The last resolution you Nll observe
recommends to the people Of eydfH county il
this State "toelect delegates TO othsConyentior
upon the issues He have proclaiAAds The
repsinds of this resolution en- braces very
clear and sound proposition oE It Was in
tended to mean ansshins sslse, i compound
Of bad gramms1u, ;sr l2lS
ne new psf7s = brough forth at this
| "Unlon meeting was the 'rsi{st Of the ''Old
Gentlstaian5 Ps rsy" lataly defstnct wFitlR&A its
fossilisIns, ogyisins anG ankey sms without
any of the elements OF -resTeesf.i.:iity whQh
characterized the late Union Party. Ii
| prominent actors were lame, spavint4i, wind
brolsen, bind-stagg cred old hacks that were
| long ago turned cut to grass, and that tsow
stand neighiag ana brayng on the commons
waiting for seme sudden gust,to bow a dry
shack or blade OF fodder, within tlleir reach.
The meeting was organized as usual by
palliEss Gen. Patrick Henry to the chair. The
General is supposed to have gainei1 lis militia
ry title by being generally Oh hand as chair
man Of such meettnes generally making the
saiuo speech on all occasions and generally
doing nothing. else. AfterZG.aking the custo
mary Speech the General took his seat
apparently much relieved, and after a b1ief
consultation asnong The acouehers, Ex-Ges
3forehead from somewhere near the border,
was brought forth ZIG
SO nan was ever more inappropriately
named (uniessr forsooth, the name was given
to issdicate what be mast neededl for the
whole Of his speech proved that he is neither.
remarkably sensible, very refiecting, or very
Southern. His great merit, il hehave any as
"a politician, consists in the fact hat his high
est ''ebiect q 'patriotie desire is Enicn's Lie
vas osideatly in more Southern latitude
than Es is accustomed to, and being solne-
what fat. AID short winded heperspred freely
in the more difficult parts Of his speech. This
was tee most nethlae thing about it. @..
q 1'he speech itself was rotten and full of
holes, when he attempted to patch it In one
Face i gave @ay in another; and at the con-
clnsion the different parts hung together BY
the slenaerest shreds.
In oae part be declared "ihat it was uEse,~,
littely necessayylto ward off the danger which
is new hurried against us,'' and to do some
st to show cur indignatiofl-ou utter detes-
tation Of the election of fasectionaI geographical
maIsE' Something must ts done" In tie
next Heath he declared tf1at the evils 5nnier
which We suffer are no greater now than they
were before the election, and shat TIE election
OF LINCOLN being N accordance with the forms
of the constitution, it affords no more ground
of complaint Esran have existed heretofore I
He declared that tbs South-Cs1G bless her
7geis a united people, in the gIorioGs boads Of
the UBion." and then proved dfit necaed
proof thai the South IS rot a. united peorls.
g He declared that if the. South seeded,
Kentucky would in an Incredibly short time
become free Safe, but didat't tell Us how y
would be dora, or what would become Of the
Slaves. lie Was opposed to separate se<ass on,
and veaen he Cane to snderstasd himself
fully fsas opposed to secession altogether. He
rather limited. however. that If ali the States
went lte would 60 too. He implored US mol
to drag Kentucky out against her Eill, and
enlargR greatly On "baneful results 'saered
ancestors" and ''gloeous Union.'' Eie said if
ws were bound to one North by treaty end
they had violated the compact as they have
done isswould justly US in rcsorting to the
'saltims ratio ST nations, q and then s@.sn he
declared that the sole cause of all abs disturb
ance was the election Of Lincoln which was in
accordance with the constitution. lie said
'disupSn is treason against the hestinterests
of, the world ants to cap the ssimax declared
that wesrealt This moment IN tha enjoyment
of every rghteto which we are entiaed. He
said there were million and a half 4 eonser-
Eatiye Hen at one North, loAo lie admitted
voted fs. Lsgacoln. He went on ia tbs style. /
till hc'asFrun out' Eetting louder and louder
towards the close, as Aug whenneary empty
Of its contents
3sEx-s -shief Justice Sharkey next a,s~ered
to the roll, ! Sarcel9 know h,5g - eharae-
terizeo his speech ThS Great ovcriowering
sentiment witlathc judge seemed to be- hatred
of the secessiOnst. He begged ptrdon fer
Using the '"1isssFable term"
The Judge is very hungry hsrse and
from the manner in which he kicked and
backed bis ears, heeis little sore.
He sys there are renediesain he Union
and proposes convention of the Southern
and perhaps some Of The Northern States, for
Come purpose not very definitely sisted Ea
didn't rams rams the place for the meeting of this
convention, but i: isqalnderstood taDe Nash
vile, and thas he wilf@be candidate for the
Presidency Of said iconveation. He spoke
Selingly OF taxes and mansully of blood. He
says, finding wa. can not oppose aiis tide Of
disunion, We (the submissionisty thsst go along
with it, and try to. direct it--he didn't teG us
which. He entertains very humble opinion
of his own State of MissIssippiQ5and sneered
very vexpressively at the idea of her going out
of the Union. But he has conceived a great
admiration for the Northwest He says the
Mississippi River, which would BE- cause OF
dispute, belongs t tae Nortsuesf. was bought
10Th teir notaeya piece of historical intoEs7 7ssai
nation which h&must have acquired from the
SpaniaFTdds during his consulshp TO Havana
shortly after the Nasasilie convention
| He says the fire seateys. . meaning the Rafsl
riots of the Sou.h, don't want ny remedies
for the evils under which we suffer He
means that we don't want such remedies as
would satisfy Tories He hintea very strong
ly that the bloody fre-eaters hsd brought all
these evils upon the countrNg ind seemed to
and especial consolation in the suPposition
that there is party in the Soath responsible
for tha4prcsent condition Of thnsF. He d d
not denounce Chief Justice Efney for his
opinion in the bred seott5cise, but this IS
attributed to the fact that there is rumor
that Justice fancy is about oussign his seat
on the Bench and that there gill be vacan-
cy to be fill4: He spoke of Southern rights
alta resistance in the Union, but the joke was
SO patent that even he couldnot conceal a
smile. He indulged himseEa the expense of
the audience in several witicisms which We're
excruciating, after which theerowd dispersed
i without waiting for motion 70 adjourn.
| The performancesDwere renewed at night,
and NJ part OfSsthe audience vas more highly
amused and entertained with the feats Of
ground and lofty tumbling than the large
number Of fire-eaters who were present
i A series Of resolutions was adopted ut this
night meeting to which ] call your special
attention, as they were concocted with great
II -. x,,a,r jn.;r-...I L. q anrt Of