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The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
The Freeport Doctrines Re-Avowed
by "The Renegade"

The infamous doctrine of Douglas in his
Freeport speech, that no matter what the Su-
preme Court fthe q. S. States may decide,
still the power of the squatter Legislature in
the territories to exclude slavery therefrom, is
ample and complete, was re avowed by him
in speech at Rochester on the 18th inst.
Wecopy from his leading Western organ
the Cincinnati Enquirer:
After he had concluded, question was
passed up to him. to this effect Do you
hold that the people ofa Territory may abolish
slavery during the Territorial state p
He responded that he held that the Terri
torial Legislature could admit, establish, EX-
CLUDE on ABOLISH slavery, just as they
saw fit. And he expressed his earnest con-
tempt for the intelligence Of any man who,
after listening to the full and frank ayowals of
his opinions and principles necessarily EN-
bfacing the matter Of that very question,
should now, for factious purposes PROFOUND
such an interrogatory.n
The Enquirer adds that Douglas has an
swered this question in similar manner "a
hundred times.n
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Black Republican Honors TO the "Rene-
gade."


The " Wide-Awakes" is the name of a
large volunteer politico military organization
extending throughout the Northern States
We see from a late n. Y. Herald that Douglas
arrived at Elmira, New York, on the 18th
inst, and ia band Of music and procession of
these Wide Awakes, as well as large num-
Der of citizens received him at the depot"
There is no longer any doubt, says the
Montgomery Advertiser, Of Douglas eompli-
city with the "irreprcssible conflict" of Sew
ard, Lincoln & Co, against the South. lie
had already announced his intention at Peters
burg, and elsewhere, to support Lincolns ad-
ministration, and helpto whip the South into
submission, if any attempt should be made at
secession or resistance to abolition rule. But
now the thing is clear. Even the Wide
Awake, Black Republican military organ
ization, greet him as friend of their move
ment.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Important Facts for the sopth.

-
We know that there are objections to pub
fishing articles like those we quote below; but
at the same time it is most important that the
people Of the slave States should see clearly
the perils that environ them-perils which
will be immeasurabiy increased by the cleo
ton of Black Republican President To
show the temper of our Northern brethren,
we give the following extract from an article
by prominent and influential Black Repub-
lican
Fafchmnn, aghat of the NTqlt!-" All the
States must be free" whether the people there
of desire it or not, is the standing text Of the
Democrat at Chicago, edited by the Republi-
can Mayor of that city, and leading spokes-
man for Lincoln in Illinois. In late article
or the Texas insurrection, Wentworth thus
discourses:
The only thing that prevents general in
surrectiOn at this moment among the slaves in
the border States, is the belief that in such an
event the whole power of the Federal Govern
ment would be brought to bear against them,
and crush them to pieces.
Once let this fear be remoyed-once let it
be known by the slaves that in the contest for
freedom they would only have to fight their
| masters, and nothing could prevent an instant
revolution.
Much would depend upon the manner in
which the whites at the South treated this in
surrection, when it did occur If they should
see that resistance was vain, and that their
only hope of safety to themselves would be to
| yield to the negroes their liberty, much of
carnage which would otherwise follow would
be avoided. But if, on the other hand, they
| should attempt, as no doubt they would, to
| put down the rebellion by fire and sword,
there would ensue such tragedy as the world
| has not witnessed for centuries.
Fancy four millions of blacks, with tropical
| blood, intermixed with the more nervous
blood of their masters, boiling in their veins,
with the memories Of lifetime of oppression,
and the hope of lifetime of freedom, urging
them on; maddened by the desire for the graft
fication of long -smothered revenge, and with
| the full consciousness that they must triumph
or meet fate worse than death-fancy these
men, animated by this spirit, engaged in life
or death struggle with the whites Of the South,
and you have picture Of what must occur in
every Southern State, if they resolve to de-
stroy the old safeguard which they now have,
the Union of the States.
1t is undeniable that at the moment of dis
solution there are men in the North who would
find secret entrance to the Southern States
and there aid the slaves in the work of organ.
izing and preparing for insurrection.
Remember, reader, that the foregoing are
the words of leader of that party which Mr.
Douglas, at Norfolk, pledged himself to aic
Fagainst the Sout,! They are the words of {
prominent leader Of that party, resistance tt
which Mr. Douglas said at Baltimore ought tt
be punished by hanging, AS VIRGINIA HUNG
john Brown ~
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A BLACK REPUBLIcAN Search. "A fellow
Of name somewhat like BaadY was arrested
few days ago, by some citizens on the line Of
the Florida road, for having declared himself y
Black Republican. Although New Yorker,
he swore on his knees, when arrested, that he
did NOT haoso sctat Black Rey,ablicda meant.
The committee discharged him, but wc believe
they will consider his case and, perhaps, vote
him "a halter gratis. ~ Montgomery Mail
Wc understand that All aEewea supporter
Of Lincoln passed up the railroad by this city.
on Saturday last Our people should BE- on
tho look out iOr these incendiaries and ufe.
para the halter for them whenever they IS.
trude themselves upon Epnshern soil.
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- -
Signs Right !!

Our exchanges come to US literally laden
with accounts of accessions to Breckenridge and
Lane, in the Southern States. The reVolu-
ton is carrying every thing before it. Breck-
inridge and Lane will carry the entire South,
with California. Oregon and New Jersey.
Pennsylvania is the battlefield, and our friends
are becoming more and more confident of VIC
tory in that State, Notwithstanding Douglass
attempt to break up the fusion there against
the Lincolnites. In a late speech at New Or
leans, the Hon. John Slidell spoke hopefully
of the prospects of the candidates of the De-
mocracy in the old Keystone State.
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SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT THE PENITEN-
TIARY.-On Saturday evening last, bold and
reckless attempt at escape was made by some
thirty or forty prisoners at the Penitentiary;
but they were thwarted by the prompt and
resolute action of the officers Of the institu-
ton.
The circumstances arc these: A few min
utes before the usual locking up time, the
prisoners, to the number we have stated, rushed
from the weaving room, armed with brickbats.
loom-weights, &C., with a view to knocking
the guard from the wall, who had charge of
the western entrance to the prison yard. He
Immediately opened fire upon them, in the
midst of the missiles which without avail they
directed at him. Almost at the same instant,
they were fired upon by two other guards
from different quarters. Nine shots were dis
charged, killing one man and wounding six
out of the ten who reached the gate, and
were attempting to force it None escaped.
The name of the man who was killed is
George Dix, daring and resolute burglar,
who was sentenced from the city Of Vicks-
burg. None of the guard sustained injury ex-
cept Mr.. Robert Armstrong, who rushed to
the gate to prevent its being forced open. He
was slightly cut upon the head by brickbat,
during the melee.
Too much praise cannot be awarded to the
guards for the readiness and intrepidity which
they displayed, nor to Mr.. Hardin, the Supers
intendent, for the well-appointed arrangements
which prove him to have been prepared for
every emergency.
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Jorsr BAnBEcur AND DrscussIos AT MD-
wAY.-We are requested to give notice that
there win be joint Barbecue and political
discussion at Midway. Kinds county, six
miles Southeast of Raymond, on Saturday
Oct. 9Th prox. Hons. a. e. BLYTHE and
LIVINGSTON MINIS. win represent the
Democracy, and speak in behalf of Breckin-
ridge and Lane, on the occasion. Everybody
is invited.
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Discussion at Hazlehurst.

Iniispensableand unlocked for engagements
prevented Us from meeting our friends at
Hazlehurst on Saturday last, according to an
appointment which they had courteously
made. But We alone were the loser. We
learn from . friend who was in attendance
that the Democratic cause was eloquently and
triumphantly sustained by Gen. Wharton,
who had the good fortune to meet in debate
Gen. Lake, one OF the ablest and most re-
nowned champions of the Opposition party
Our informant assured US that the triumph ol
Gen. Wharton was complete and overwhelm-
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Public Barbecue.
public barbecue viii be given at

A public barbecue will be given at
BROWNSVILLE, FRIDAY, 2srH INST.
On which occasion Hons. c. 3. HOOKER
LIyISasroS MINIS and R. Fl. PUBDoM will
address their fellow-citizens, in advocacy of the
.clgims of Breckinridge and Lane.
o. The public generally, and the ladies es-
pecially, are invited to attend
BRowssvnLE Sept "a. 1860.
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Lightly, swiftly our bireh canoe
Skinned the waves Of the smooth bayou,
And the measured beat Of the dripping car
Was echoed afar from the silont shere,
As If the winds through the woods that moan,
For ages singing al alone.
kcjoiced 70 hcas kindred tone.
Oh, wild and strange are the soenes nc visv
Far up the shores Of the lone bayou.
Tall trees with BREACHES hanging over
Tho murmurs Of the rippline rsvcr
As hangs the dusky Indian lover
over mis- bride, whose ripe lips quiraf
With snathes of some piaihlive song
VI bleeding love or tyraAt's wong
Through wastes of avid Itn9iinass
We track the watery wiIIt1ncs
On either shore a bOnndlas, wnti
Ajoy-subduing solitude. }ssse
A solitude on either shore
" hich ne'cr saw human face before.
Where even our buglel echo seems
Like cries Of anguish heard IN dream.
Deep cypress shades with horror thichea
And every heart Is torror-stricksn.
w nat was that scream of ffensy f-speak
The CATO mountains demons-shriek
Eoreboding sacrifice Of blood
10 the dark spirits Of this aood,
And swells upon The started ear.
Eager to catch each cry of fear,
The deep growi OF the grixxly bear
The hollow sigual Of despair.
Heavily, slowly the heron isw
Over the breast Of The dark bayon.
Flew with strange and hideo1s CIV.
And CLEAN OF fear In its startled eve.
Til II lights 60 : dead and ghaytiY tree
That looks Der the cypress giraled aea,
Softly, swiftly the horned-owl feur
Ger the sluggish waters Of the Iene havou.
Noiselessly as the snowy feather
Eloats IN the wild December weather.
Straight ~ Indians well splumed arrnv.
speeds he through the opening narrow
So fantastically made.
Through the dismal mossy shade.
From the dead log BY the bank.
The sprawling alligator sank,
And the iaGy moceassin slunk "a its hoIe
And the eotton-mouth clipped from ia spnnv kpoil
And from the snag that foaied slow.
Tho turtle plunged 70 is pool below.
But, 0hwith What resnlandent crest
Tho tfighted hamingo qnits her nest.
A thing Of beauty surprising fair.
She Aoats Ger the water, Goats In the nirl
30 that the sunsFsaeetea CLEAN,
FLASHES crimson glow on the stream.
And haming hue On everything
That catches the light of kor fisunine wines
", Inc iairess In form and the brightest 81 hue
That giaddens the eye on the bread hayou.
sESros, Miss Nay 10th, 1880.
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Yours Respectfully,
Hi @ I1yTTT NEG
Gen. sup't N, O., ]. & G. n. R. R.
,ouTHERE R. R. COMPANY.

SOUTHERN r. r. COMPANY.
V1oKsBuRa, Sept /, 1860
J. r. WILLIAMS, ESQ, sec,y s. A. B.
DEAR SIN: Yours Of the 30th, to VIC
Smedes, President, has been received Mr..
s. Is now on a trip to the North West and
NAV not return for some weeks; in his alb
gence, / will say in behalf of this Company,
that our charges for machinery and animals
Going to, or returning from the fair, shall be
fnlly as liberal as the other Roads
Yours Respectfully,
NJ. EMANUEL, 4.
Vice President.
So / presume all other Rail Roads viii do.
j. j. WILLIAMS.
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State and District Fair.
New ORLEANS. Sent. II

New ORLEANS, Sept. II, 1860.
J. J. WILLIAMS, EsQ.-Seey State 1gricul-
turaJ Bureau-.aokson Miss.-DEAR SIR -
Your favor of the 3oth ult., to Maj Ranney,
President, has been handed me to reply there
to. | would state that we will charge on
all goods going to the Fair full rates. No
charge on goods returning, but freight at
owners risk.
Yours Respectfully,
T.. S. WILLIAMS,
Gen. Sup't N. O., j. & G. N. r. r.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

Fos MAo1srsarE.-John McGiil has &C.
ouiesced in the desire Of his numerous friends
and consented to serve the public in the capa-
city Of Magistrate in case he should be elected
on Monday next.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Black Republican Bible.

Here are afew extracts from Helpers i'm
pending Crisis, the @anti-slapery Bisle' Of the
Irrepressibles, indorsed by Lovejoy, Wash
burne, Kellogg, Farnsworth, and F. P. Blair,
OF Missouri, &; Co. These are the sentiments
Of conservative Republicans:
Shareholders are nuisance
f1tis our imperative business to abate nriis-
ances.''
awe propose to exterminate this catalogue
from beginning to end.'
1--WE believe, that THIEVES, are. as a gem
eral rule, less amenable to the moral law than
SHAREHOLDERS"
SHAREHOLDERS ARE MORE GRIM
NAL THAN COMMON MURDERS
Shareholders and savetraders are. as
general thing, unfit to occupy any honorable
station in lfe.''
at is our honest conviction that all the
pro-slayery shareholders, who are alone re-
sponsible for the continuance of the baneftll
institution among US, deserve to be ATONCE
REDUCED TO A PARALLEL WITH THE
BASEST CRIMINALS THAT LIE FET-
TERED WITHIN THE CELLS OF OUR
PUBLIC PRISONS"
''Were it possible that the whole number
Il. e. OF the slave-holders) could be gathered
together and transferred into four equal gangs
of licensed 6FROBBERS, RUFFIANS,
THIEVES and MURDERS, 20 society, we
feel assured, would suffer less from their
atrocities than it does now"
$50 it seems that the total number ofactual
slave owners, including their entire crew Of
| cringing lick-spittles, against whom we have
to contend, is but three hundred and forty.
| seven thousand five hundred and twenty-five
Against this army for the defense and propa
/ cation Of slavery, WE THINK IT WILL
BE AN EASY MATTER, audependent ofA
negroes sc}eo, IN nine cases out Of ten, scould b
delighted ,ciM an opportunity to CUT THElE
| MARTERS THROATS, and soitEom ercep
ting single recruit from either oftle yree State
England France On. Germany, TO MUSTEI
] ONE AT~LEAST THREE TIMES As
| LARGE AND FAR MORE RESTECTA
BILE, FOR IT'S UTTER EXTINCTION.
'tBut we are welded to one purpose, from
which no earthly power can ever divorce Us
| WE ARE DETERMINED TO ABOLISE
| SLAVERY AT ALL HAZARDS-IN DE
FIANCE OF ALL OPPOSITION OF
WHATEVER NATURE WHICH IT II
POSSIBLE FOR SLAVEOCRATS T(
BRING AGAINST US. Of this they ma,
take due notice, and govern themselves ac
cordingly.
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Still they Come.

Hon. Francis s. Barstow. one of she leading,
and most influential memhers of the opposi.
ton party, IN Georgia, has declared for Breck-
inridge and Lane
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

RoBrssos 8 WnDLEr-These gentlemen,
IS viii be sesn IN their column, have opened .
wholesale department in their establishment
and are ready TO furnish dealers ct reasonable
rates.
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Doa-rS-rHE-M MASeER PoLICx--The Bell
men knae that their candidate stands no
chance but they insist on keeping in tho
This Is poorpolicy for Southern men.--lHaa
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Gone Over to the Black Republicans.

The newspapers are publishing letter
from the Douglas candidate for Attorney
General Of Illinois, declaring his purpose to
support Lincoln on the ground that the pros,
poets of Douglas are hopeless, and that Lin
coins views are more acceptable to the Squat
ter Sovereignty faction than the views of the
Constitutional Democracy.
Douglas has made the line which diviGes
his own forces from the Black Republican
party so narrow. that it is an easy matter to
go from the one to the other.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

DEMOCRATIC RALLY AT CHARLEsToN.-The
Tallatchian brings us glowing account of
grand rally Of the Democracy at Charleston
on the 18th inst. It was addressed by Hons.
Reuben Davis and H. G. Chalmers in speeches
of remarkable power and effect. Tallahatchie
viii roll up an increased vote for the Demo-
cratic standard bearers.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

f15- Gen. Il. 8. Acee is canvassing the river
counties IN favor Of the construction Of an air.
line railroad from Memphis to vicksburg.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

BELL II FLoRrDA- The Ezeeor Deoliasi--
We lcarn ffom the Ocala Home Companion 4
the 2lst that the Ben and Everett electoT q
East Florida declines the position. The Con-
panicn says:
Hon. James A. Wiggins bang loudly calles
for delivered short but eloquent speech, e
which he stated that be had declined re
nomination Of the Bun and Everett party 9
thus STATE IS their.candidatn for elector. ns
did not however define bis position any i.t'
ther than y say that ~ weuld support y.
candidate for President who eeemed mpat
likely 70 defeat the BlRck RepPplicapa'
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This gentleman win speak at
lacks n Monday mighty Oct. lst
Canton Wednesday, Oct. Sd
Ficksbarg. Thursday might,
Midway fHinds Co., 6 miles Southeast Of Ray
rnond SATURDAY. October 6.
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sw- Blood Food, Blood Foodi See advertisement IN
..o,her column. march % eo-iy.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
FFom the Weekly SoEaeynei
THE RED RIVER BAYOU.

BT 9. H.F.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26
Appointments for Hon. Z. K. Blythe.

We are authorised to announce the name Of
JOHN McGILL Is . candidate for Justice OF the
Peace in Jackson Beat.
The weekly Mississippian., 1860-09-26

Land Offlce against 6bO,5l9 iafmerS IN the
South euery owner Of Iand-but throw those
doors wide open to 100, 900 landless aboli-
ton heads Of fami1ies' at the North. Was
there ever measure proposed that would
have given abolitionism such q money lever a.
this sassig.abIe and transferable, land-grab-
bing amendment Of Mr.. Bell? Was not Mr..
Bell helping the Helpers, when he thus fur
nished them with an 'assignable and trans
ferable' claim to one hundred and seventy |
nine millions Of public land, to raise money
upon to prosecute their iniquitous war upon
the South?D
But We win now proceed to show that Mr..
Bell voted in 1889 with the abolitionists, in /
favor of the Homestead bill, before it was
stripped of some of its worst features BY tile
conference committee, which even then was
SO Questionable that Mr.. BUCHANAN felt it his |
duty to vetoit. The bill had passed the House
of Representatives and was sent to the SEN
ate. Mr.. Bell at that time was in the Senate
Mr.. Wade, Of Ohio, moved to postpone the
prior orders, and take up the Homestead bin,
which motion was carried. We have before |
Us. Horace Greeley's Political Text book and |
we viii let him tell the history Of that strue-
gle. Where the votes are cited, the Republi-
cans are in itafic. He says, at pages 1867:
The Homestead bill was up, and, so far as
It's friends were concerned, nothing was asked |
but q vote, which would not have consumed
ten minutes. But vote was precisely what
the Southern managers were determined to |
avoid.
Instantly, therefore, upon the announce
ulent Of the success Of Mr.. Wade,s motion,
which brought the bill before the Senate, Mr.
Hunter took the floor, and moved that it be
set aside, so as to take up another bill, viz:
tie Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
bill.
No question of order was raised upon this
motion Of Mr.. Hunter, but il was well charac-
terized Is Z csilds play to move to set aside
! bill, instantly after vote TO take It up.
Pending some conversational debate upon
Ar Hunters motion, tho hour Of IL o'clock
arrived, and the Vice President decided that |
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