The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-11

The editor of the Vicksburg Wing complains
that we have done him injustice in regard to his
political position. We expressed the belief that
the "h'g differed with the Southern Opposition
in this that his party generally 'believed that the
South is entitled to equal protection in the terri
tories belonging to the United States, that in them
Southern property is entitled to equal protection
with Northern property, including slaves" Now
we assure our contemporary that we did not intend
to aScriss to him false position, and are really
rejoiced to find that we were mistaken, and that
he is not near as bad a man POLITICALLY, of
course,) as most people take him to be- But, like
nearly every one who reads the Whig-and we
are glad to know they are thousands-we were
led into the error by the general tone of its col
umns. The Wing has increasingly abused and
denounced as aisunionists, fire eaters traitors, &c.,
Democrats who insist upon equal rights in the
territories and that it is the duty of the Federal
Government to protect slavery in them; and that
failing to receive these the Union should be dis
solved. Why abuse men who are standing by and
battling for the very principles the Wing enter
tains? This looks strange, to say the least of it.
But it may be hat the editor of the Wing abuses
the Democratic party because it goes step far
ther in defense of Southern rights than he is
willing to go. The Southern Democracy say that
the election Of Black Republican President upon
q platform declaring that slavery must be re
strcted to its present limits that no more slave
States shall be admitted that the fugitive slave
law shall be repealed that the Supreme Court
must be rcorganized, so as to give the Black Re-
publican Interpretation to the Constitution of the
United States, is q sufficient cause for dissou.
ton Of the Union. We do not think it wise, or
that duty or patriotism requires it to wait for an
overt act If an incendiary approaches our
dwelling; with torch in hand, swearing that lie
intends to burn it, and every previous act of his
life proves that he will carry out his purpose, we
do not believe it the part of wisdom to wait until
the torch is applied and our house in flames be-
fore we resist 1t would be folly to resist after the
overt act. If Black Republican is elected to
the Presidency, who says beforehand that here
is a higher lao" thar the Constituton--that his
oath to support it is not obligatory-that he will
administer the government so as to exclude the
South from an equal participation in the common
territories that he will approve bill repeating
the fugitive slave law, and in every form that his
Wickedness and ingenuity might invent, make
war upon the rights of the South, we would say
1T we're the height Of folly to permit him to be
inaugurated,-t permit him to get control Of the
treasury, the army and navy to enable him 10
carry out his hellish purposes. Now, If our
friend Of the Wig will come up little higher
take this "third STEP" and say that the South |
cannot submit to be presided over by such man
as Seward, or any one entertaining his views,
without di'honor and degradation, we will grasp
him by hand, and say that he is as sound a
Southern man as we wish to meet, and it would |
give us infinite pleasure to fight side by side with
him In resisting the Inauguration OF Black Re-
publican President.
The Wing says: But never did it enter in the
brain Of ANY man before, to suspect that such a
candidate BLACK Republican, would declare "bc-
fore hand" his intention to deny the South her
rights" Did not Fremont declare that he would |
administer tie government according to the prin-
ciples Of the platform upon which he was placed !
And moso assuredly those principles constituted
declaration before hand that he would deny tn
South herrights