The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-11-21

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impelled by an innate desire to
posei or participate in everything
public interest transporting in our nj
We repaired to the REPRESENTATIVES II
on Tuesday night last. to witness the
ganizati0n 81 the Minutes Men, AT
early hour'a large audience. had asse
bled and very soon The chamber v
!, literally. thronged with the mind a
snew of our city Somewhat To cur S
prise, on motion Of Hon Wiley Pillar
WARREN p ANDERSON, ESQ,
an dime, conservative Wing, and
staunch supporter of the late Constit
tienal Union party, was called to d
chair He took the Stand amid lol
cheering and klg-continued appIaus
and in Nel-timed ano eiotblent-addre
def I'd his position With the Blac
Rep 5licans Empower, he was no longt
for the Union; he was now for filtee
stars aand faeen stripes Let Mr.. Lii
D coin rep-ess,i. : is,nal and infamou
party tat placed him IL power. FL
would ~ submit his rule. We hai
more ireascrs than simply our own in
terest, to taE,< % decided stand at Thu
time lie was for ses .sLIlee, but The
manner and Iiiode was to be determines
by theigovereign people ef the State Of
Mississippi. The Norfn lad been suffl-
cienty warmed. End low We will not, We
dare not su5aIit We intend to mees the
issue, face to fIee-to briA:s it directly
befHe them b We must say to them,
cithelz abandon your party, or We will
aband., n Sais Union; let them know and
feel that, as meu. ,Se arr determin d to
live free, or die ii the attempt But let
us proceed calmly, ~ statesmen--not as
hotieaded poi ticians. Les ds demand
what is right, and submit ) plthing less.
NE viii not pfStend TO give even syn
ppsis Of the eloquent remarks of Mr..
Anderson, or OF those who succeeded
hin, far our time y space would not
JustifyE;he undertaking. At tie conelu
sion of Mr.. Anderson's speech,
On motlonsof Gen. John D. Freeman.
L. Price Porter ant2 K. II. Purdom we've
appointed Secretaries Of fhe meeting.
HON. a. q. BROWN,
being then loudly called for, responded
briefly. The time for speaking, be said, BIAS
passed The time for &C aS K now before us.
No one cGaG misunderstood his attitude
but if there were thoss present, who had not
observed lis course, hGfeould tell them that
he was for Asngmg the Southern banner on
the outward wall. and voting Resistance on
every square incil He felt snore intent on
this purpose now then before the die was cast.
lie was such a rebel as was Washington HE
rebelled against oppressioi, and 50 did he. Ii
we be true to ourselves. true to our hearts.
true to our firesides, our wives, cur children
and our ancestors, We never will submit. For
himself cost what it may, As was for resist
ance. II il should cost US the Union, our |
fortunes, our Ives, let them go-better do it |
an submit to 4 disgrace so deep and damn I
ming. lie counselied almneSs in deliberations. /
If any one felt like precipitating action, he |
would have him pause vel to consider his /
position He had reflected TnGeh upon the
matter he knew the dark valley through
which we must pass, and it will require firm
resolute and determine purpose to carry US
throGgh-nothinge else Will He pronounced
sthe man who could consent to submit to this
Outrage the worst enemy Of the South. He
was for 1efty IN the Union, er for in1epen-
dence cut Of It He wCsIld rather remain in
the Union, if We could have guarantees for
our future safety, but those guarantees must
he ample, else he would go out of the Union
peaceably if possible, forcibly if we must
JUDGE S. j. GH0LS0Ne
wzs.the next speaker He agreed most
heartily with Gov Brown. that the time for
mere speaking had passed The evidences
before Is ara of so unmistakabie a character
that 10 Southern man can say he will sub
nit What can we expect from Abe Lincoln,
at th> head of his dominant paTty ?-why,
the ssIrrepressible conflict doctrine said to
ha,r af<.l fol Cd anti
with all his might But he Dad not so much
20 complain OF the mae, simply, and of his
election, but OF the party that put him in
poTer-a party built upon the single idea of :
hostility 10 on section. The idea, that We
can resist that ne dare resist that We can be
men. IS secuted BY these Abolitionists There
IS nothing % Be gained by fsrther submission,
and he that proposed to wait for further
aggressive acts, was unfit for the occasion. :
Occupying as he did . dubious position FED
eral Judge,9 be did rot want to proceed pre-
cipitately /: but when Mississippi acts in her
sovereign capacity, he i ready to come down, !
and be one Of the people. Resistance he EN-
phatically pronorneed the proper course
MAJOR E.BARKSnALE
responding TO loud calls addressed the meet ,
ing. The time for argument had 9assed. The I
hour for action--prompt and effective action {
had come. Upon the wings Of the lightning t
intelligence was borne to our ears that the q
people of our sister State lying along our I
eastern border, Alabama. having institutions II
and destiny in common with Mississippi, |
were tup and doing. Georgia, the Empire !
state of the soDth-might we not soon say.
OF. ~the Southern Gonfederacy n-Georgia, one $
Of the Old Thirteen, was coming to the rescue i
of her imperiIled rigIlss and still another
! State, glorious IN the annals OF the country
another of the Old Thirteen, which had Illus
trated her chiyairy and her patriotism in the ,
war of the ReyoIution-a State which never ,
should be mentioned in an audience Of South ,
ern patriots, without sending through every s
bosom thrill of joy and gratitude-the State
of South Carolina, loud and prolonged
cheerirgl had testified before the world that
in this perilous hour, the land OF Marion and
ofRutleage would be true % her revolutionary /,
memories- y Il
Cheering voices have also come to us from
the Old Dominion-from Louisiana. and other
States which are preparing to take the final
steps that viii protect them froFq Black he
publican domination. The immense audience
Of men Of all parties, mere assembled, with
hearts beating IN unison upon the great issues
of the day. affords striking proof that the sons
of Mississippi are ready to sacrifice all minor
considerations and to attach their fortunes
with those who may be in the forefront OF this
struggle The speaker preceded to argue
the imninency of the dangers which surround /
the South-to exhibit the purposes oil the |
Black Republican party, and its rapid progress |
-and to asimonish the people OF the south
that as their enemies had combined Tor the
overthrow Of their Institutions It was the du- |
= ~ &c Southern men TO unite for their own |
protection. lie said that the time for Union !
saving had passed, and that the moment for
3 saving the South had arrived. 1t was child's
play to talk about additional guarantees. -
What would they be worth from the Black
Republican party who had construed away
the guarantees which ars to be found in the
compact which our fathers had formed as the
toundatidn-stone Of the present Union. There
IS no safety bat in prompt separatlef The
South is poweyless TO preserve ths Union, but
she Is amply able to take care Of herself and
she viii do il.
LIVINGSTON MINIS
NEXT addressed the audience, briefly but to the
point. He had como from similar meeting
elsewhere, and told Of flag being suspended
from Breekinridee and Bell pole with the
word Resistance inscribed thereon. he felt
that Southern men were determined no longer
to submit to wrong outrage and oppression,
and he rejoiced that6e was addressing an au-
dience who know their rights, aud knowing
dare maintain them.
REV. @. K. MARSHALL,
Of vicksburg, being in the Hall, was loudly
called for. He responded by saying that he
did not approve Of elefgymen mixing in poIit-
ical meetings; but IL there is any great work
to do hereafter, he will stand b Mississippi
GOV PETTUS
,axt addressed the meeting. He eonlf1,nt
help feel that Mississippi was safe. lie know
that the blood Of no subject race thEobbedfn
the Anglo Saxon heart, and knowing tbH he
had an abiding confidence that the b<dr had
come when the South would stap< firm and