The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-05
A Plan Of separation---The Proposed
Southern Confederacy. n

We submit below the outlines Of 4 plan of
separation from the Northern States, and of
creating Southern Confederacy in lieu of the
present Union which has been broken and
virtually dissolved by the bad faith of the
non -slaveholding members
1t may not be amiss to say that this plan
was freely canvassed, during the late session
of the Legislature, and has met the approval
of many of the most intelligent and deTi,ed
| friends OF the South. 1t tenders to ali the
slaveholdinns States an invitation to co. operate
in the resistance movement which has been
resolved ulpn by Mississippi, and looks in anv
event to the establishment of a Confederacy
OF the Gulf States. with provisional govern
ment beforf1he 4th of March, at which time
Lincoln will Be inaugurated President of the
Nosfhern sEtstes, and of such others as. under
the influence of strong infatuation for
/ Union that shall have ceased to answer the
purposes of its creation, may choose to pass
under the rule of a Black Republican govern
ment organized upon no other idea and with
no other policy than the degradation and en-
slavement of the Southern States.
In pursuance Of this plan the Legislature
empowered the Governor to appoint commits
sioners to proceed at once to the other slave
holding States to make known the views of
our people and to enlist them in this move
ment-and to perfect arrangements, with such
as are ready to act, for the holding of conven-
tons to adopt constitution and take such
other measures as may be required to put the
machinery Of the now government into opera
ton.
From the lights before us, we do not hesl-
tate to say that South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama Florida, Mississippi and We hopo Lou
isiana, are prepared to act now. The public
sentiment of Texas is overwhelming for disu-
MON and Southern Contederacy, but Hous-
ton, her Governor, refuses to call her Legisla-
ture together to enable this sentiment to as
sumo practical form. When rid Of the incu-
bus OF traitorous Governor, she will haste
to join her Southern sisters with bounding
pulse and joyous heart as bride comes to her
wedding festival
Other States are also preparing and are now
almost ready for the final step: among them
we may mention North Carolina, Virginia and
Arkansas. The Fist federal gun that pro-
claims the purpose of tho Abolition govern
ment to enforce its DEGREES against either Of
| Gtafao r. oly
into the Union, will call these common
wealths, and indeed all the border slave States
into prompt immediate and resolute action
Hut whether this attempt is made or not, a
community Of interest and common bond Of
sympathy will speedily attract the remaining
slave States to the new Coniederacy; and thus
united into one great federative league they
will present as Republic of homogeneous, co.
equal sovereign States, an example of power
prosperity and success which men will quote
with elimination wherever civilization goes
and wherever the spirit of liberty dwells:
Memorandum Of the General Outlines
Of the Plan to Secure Efectual Re.
sistance to Black Republican Rule
The States Of South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Louisiana are believed
to be ready to 60 out of the Union. To these
States let commissioners be appointed now by
the State who shall be charged with the duty
of making arrangements for the meeting of an
equal number Of delegates from each of the
sal States and from this State These dele
gates are to be appointed by the conventions
Of the said States and are to be fully author.
lied and empowered by the several conven-
tons appointing them, to construct new con-
federacy between said States and such others as
may unite with them, by adopting the present
Federal Constitution, laws and treaties and to
fill Professionally the offices under the new
government
Commissioners ought to be sent at once to
the other Southern States who shall notify
these States of the steps above taken, and OF
our determination not to submit to Black Re-
publican rule, and who shall say to them that
delegates appointed by them will be admitted
into . conference convention formed or the
delegates Of the States first mentioned. II
these last named States desire our co-opera-
ton in q real and bona tiie and efecual resis-
lance to Black Rrpub'iodnism we ought re-
spectfully to consider every plan of operations
1
unite them with US in the proposed movement.
But il, on the contrary, they evince no dispo-
sition to co operate with us, and present no
plan Of operations Of the character above in
dicated, then the delegates Of the States first
mentioned, and such others as are willing to
unite with them, ought Immediately to exer-
else the powers vested in them.
If our said delegates should fail TO secure
the cooperation Of the States first above mem
toned, or of four coterminous Southern States
in the performance Of the acts required Of
them as above, then said powers shall be re-
sumed by the convention Of this State, which
said convention shall then determine the re
lations thereafter to exist between this State
and the Federal Government.
It is desirable that these measures shall be
fully contaminated at an early day as posi-
bic anterior to the 4th Of March next
MaatInp at RAYMOND,