The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-09-26
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! The undersigned. cit;zans of the Souther
j. States. accidentally assembled at the Whit
Sulphur Springs, hayesread with much su,
prise the speech of jude douglas, recent
y delivered at Norfolk, and being many Of ther
: too remote from their homes 10 take part i
any public expression IF opinion there deen
= il due to themselves u make known in thi
1 manner their dissent from Is doctrines.
In this address, Mr.. Dehglas declares tina
if the Southern States part, but all
t shall secede from the Union, upon the inaugu
, ration Of Abraham Linco!n ] vim be the duty
; of the President of the Unissa States, who, il
| the case supposed, viii bs 6incoln. by arms tc
punish or subduethenl, I'D hat he will coun
sci him to do so. and aid IN to do 50, by al
the means in bis power.
Now, as there is a larse krty at the North
ayowing the most impladiih hostility to the
! lliiustituliess &c 81 g candidate @,
the Presidency is Mr.. Libcoln, this declara-
ton of Mr. Douglas IS IN effect, that the elec-
ton of man to the Presidency of the United
States, by the votes alone Of one section, who
is pledged to use all the powers of the Govern
ment for the destruction of the rights and
property of the other section, would not JUS
tify the weaker in resistance; but that if in
such an event, the fifteen Southern States
should assume to determine on the extent Of
+bo;- 40 orar o1d To ouiotI, 1rox,y from, -
he should regard Their action as revolt, and as
such to be punished with.all the forcswpf the
Government. Than this We can conceive of
no doctrine more dangerous to the South. It
confounds resistance to the established law, by
individuals, which it would be the duty of the
Chief Magistrate to punish, with the peaceablc
secession of States frem compact no longer
consistent with the interest or existence of its
constituents; but it treats the Union as a per
petual bond, exacting unconditional submis-
sion forever from a weaker to a stronger Sec
ton. It strips the States of the chief attribute
Of sovereignty, to wit, the right todetermine
when their existence is put to hazard, as to
the means necessary to their preservation, and
affirms that, while it is legitimate in the peo-
pie of the North having control Of the General
Government, through it, to infict upon the
States of the South whatever wrongs it may
be consistent with their interest or feelings to
impose, it would be treason in the people of
the South to obey the orders of their States
in onnoc;tior, IN Federal authority
Fraught with error as this doctrine is, sub
versive of that constitutional theory in which
alone the rights of the States are to be found,
it has at this moment and under the circum
stances, bloody significance. The enemies
of the South, in the Northern States, have Sc
lected Abraham Lincoln to lead them in the
"irreprissible conflict which he has pro-
claimed Mr.. Seward, the most distinguished
counsellor of Mr.. Lincoln, declares at Boston
that the election of Lincoln is sure-that with
it the power of slavery will end, and that the
I" irrepressible conflict viii be pressed to its
infamous and bloody close.
At such moment the proclamation of such
sentiments by Judge Douglas, coming imme-
dately after Seward's Boston speech, uttered
here at the South, and addressed to the citi-
zens of a State whose Executive declared to
Gen. jackson that z Esz&a1Sl troops si.anld only
cross her 80 ss--sSlls.
by a manIfrs the North, from the neighbor- |
hood Of Lincoln himself, a candidate for the |
Presidency, volunteering his counsel to Lin |
coin, and in the event of his election his aid to
wage war upon our people. and to slay them
in hattie as rebels, or hang them in cold blood
as traitors, If they shall render obedience to
State rather than Federal authority-is re-
pugnant to every sense Of right and merits,
from the people of the South, the scverest re-
buke. Such a rebuke, we sincerely hope, will
be given the doctrines and its author at the
November elections.
JAMES LYONS, Richmond City;
JOHN PERKINS, Louisiana;
ALLEN S. IZARD, South Carolina;
II. K. BURGWYN, North Carolina;
Fl. r. RUNNELS, Texas;
EDWARD HALLE, Florida;
L. w. SPRATT, South Carolina;
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, South Carolina;
r. v. BARKSDALE, Virginia;
GEORGE R. DRUMM0&D, Virginia;
JOHN MARS, Virginia;
E. c. THOMAS, Virginia;
j. G. KEITTS, South Carolina;
A. r. BLAKEY, Virginia;
JOHN G.. GRIFFIN, Virginia;
A. B. HENEGAN, South Carolina;
CHARLES IRBY, South Carolina; i
T. NJ. L. FAINT, South Carolina;
j. DANTZLER, South Carolina;
w. ETHERINGTON. South Carolina;
PHILIP H0WERT0N, Virginia;
WILLIAM H. TERRILL, Virginia;
n. f. BOWIE, Virginia;
ROBERT NJ. TAYLOR, Virginia;
GEORGE NJ. BATES. Virginia;
JOHN w. STREET, Virginia;
w. A. STREET, Virginia;
H. B. T0MLIN, Virginia;
WIN. POLK, Louisiana;
w. E. JOHNSON, South Carolina;
JOHN PROSSERs TABB, Virginia;
MIERS w. FISHER, Virginia;
LELAND NOEL, Mississippi;
LANGDON CHEEES South Carolina;
WIN. G. BEE, South Carolina;
WHARTON J. GREEN, North Carolina; |
EDWARD o. SATGHELL, Virginia;
GEORGE F. WILKINS, Virginia;
A. SALTMARSH, Alabama; /
JOSEPH A. GRAVES, Virginia;
THOMAS B. LYNCH, South Carolina;
WIN. R. PECK, Louisiana;
j. A. RIDDICK, Virginia;
w. A. SELDBN, Virginia;
JOHN A. SELDEN, Virginia; |
n u CANGETTAPY North Carolina