The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-19
viii Mississippi Stand BY Georgia o
by Massachugettss

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Our rea5ars will pardon. the concern we
maniles9souching the, gate ofpuhlic sentiment
in Georgia, upon bs tae vlsll issee Which is
now uppermost in most mems minds. Her
geographical position--her resaasses and pow
er--her age and revolutionary aatecedents-
her identity of interests with olsls-giye her
an Importance in the movement ter Southern
emancipation from Northern thFaldorn, pos
sessed by no other State.
We are reioiced to know tisss every sign
which ifs1icates the course s'ls vii take. is
favorable to the Southern cause. The prima-
ry meetingsof her citizens--her nowspapers--
her statesmen-her public auttorities- almost
without an exception, give uttslsnce to the
language of resistance, promps alia effective.
Her Legislature scouts the idea 81 inviting a
Convention Of all the Southcra ses, af1n-
volying4a the end, tame subn "a. Their
idea 5-scSde .Jsrst, and co-c1esafe iie5s To
reverse the scheme is to procrastinate, and to
procrastinate is to lose the tide which is nov
at its food This is the Georg; idea. and it is
the only feasible one.
In addition to the otbssevidences ofthe pre-
valent feeling in the empire State of the South,
heretofore laid before our readers, we ask that
special attention be given to the following ex-
tracts from the New OrlessS Bulletin-one of
the most temperate of all our Southern ex-
changes. The facts stated by the writer
whosE setter it introducess9o its readers as the
emanation of "a conservative politician, de-
vot"d lover Of tie Union, , will leave no doubt
as to the line OF actioE2whch that gIori61ls old
Commonwealth has chosen Will the people
of Mississippi, take their stand by thqe2e OF
thenFgrethren " Georgia, or their. -defin-
ing, implacakEe enaRlies of MASSACHUSETTS, p
This nasnentous question will be answered
on Thursday next:
vi From f1yhe Commercial Bulletin
WHAT GEORGIA ISTIsEps TO Do.-A few
days ago we asked the question, "What will
safeorgia do ?'' To this interrogatory we have
received a response in the following letter from
an esteemed friend, a native OF that good
old State, and of large experience as a public
man who has filled many offices Of hoSor and
trust, ably ard faithfully. To appreciate the
views he enu1Eiates, we will further say that
he has always been an ardent conservative pol
itician, a devoted lover of the Union, and as
sagacious, calm and prudentan actor upon the
political stage as any one we can call to mind.
No one, as close observer and apprcciatve
judge of passing eveRts, is ffs5Fe competent to
form an accurate opinion of the public sent-
ment of Georgia than the writeroi this letter
Macon, Ga, Nov 9@ 1860.
My DEAR COLONEL sr-In days lang syne
you anal Struggled to put6klorious old IiaE9
Clay in power How sad that we and his great
party failed Sectionalism would have been
a@nquished ivy his might and iron will As
It 49, all is lost. But let by-gones be by
cones.
You asked ta one of your last numbers "what
will Georgia do p In my opinion she will
link her destinies with the Cotton States for
veal ofSvoe. Every prominent man in the StattN
is for resistance to Lncolns administration,
except Stephens. | mean, by immediate
State action. In 1885, you remember, Howell
Cobb and his friends arrested the Nashville
ConvenaSn movement. Now, Cobb and all
his friends are for secession. So that Nc
Donald, Cobb, Iverson, Toombs, apd old Z sasn
men of 1850, and old Southern Rights mAe of
that period are united for action. Such inve-
terate qaRservatiyes as Judge Law, Judge
Nishbet, Barlow, ands James Johnson, are in
the same line.
No, my friend, "Illium fuit . the G,aion is
gone, and ifit couM last, it wouldbe I'D niqp
it would be discordsF-a warring, $r;sksliIigg,
jarrihg disunion. The spirit Of theA Mon
has hedsa. There is 10 peace in it. no sapurity
for propsfty, Nd n6safe calculations for bus-
ness or invesiRlents Cobb via come home
as soon as he Sends in his report to Congress,
and take the stump for seeeSsiSa. Judge
Nisbet will be ottahe secession trket in this
county for the Convention. ChaPell is adyo
eating it in Muscagee, ami so you see nearly
all the old Union leaders Of 1850, are ripe for
action. God protect tlss right.