The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-05-23

: and other Southern ma af sepTesen
= nxes. TO the Southf# Il oerfz qEzchi
+ the proceedings of Oh ~ n
and expressive .of lheirsslews ss
4 course the dictates Of sound poi'cy ana tfie
duties which they owe to their principles and
4 the rights of the slaveholding States, demand
* that they should take in the existing state ol
affairs.
4 We have read this address, epanating as it
$ does from men whose devotion u the rights
= 81 the South and the doctrines 70 which her
delegates aaahesdi ii efaasstbli. sWill not be
questioned, with the more pleasure probably
because IN It's chief aims il corresponds with
4. the line IN policy which was indicated in ths
Missssppian Immediately on the return of the
delegates from, Charleston We then stated ted
that we believed it would be sound policy for
1.-THE Democracy Of Mississippi, in the event .eI /.
l'sucfi' was the opinion Of those who withdreE
in concert with them at Charleston, TO AGREED
it tie deteeates who are. appointed to Rich
/ ruond also to Baltimore. 1st, to prevent the
.l|lHdhlic sentiment Of the party from being mis-
1 q - :
!. repfeSsnted BY bogus delegations at thelatter
/ place, in the nomination Of a candidate and
! the adoption of PLATFORM These bogus DELI
i dgstions, REPRESENTING in reality not one one
| in a hundred of the DemocBcy,, could
! ty co-eperation with the Sqaatter Sovereign
~ or freasoil Gas neutrality-suspicious. tile
sound Democracy Of the North, i't succeed
probably in giving Douglas or some other rem
r''sentatiye OF the S4uatter Soxereigat1s min
Tqiles lllesssssasspce Of ulisaal nomination:
- - s0fl, t0Tftio1sds4asl
llef96cfatc as it would unquestionably. .be,. /
might to some extent be attended with pres-
tige; and exert an influence, that would oper.s
ate inJuriously to the cause Of the true De
nociacy-the defenders of the Constitution
North and South q ..,-ei 5z-ee-f@
2d.-We believed thatthis policy would even
t,late eitherin forcing the Squatter Sovereign
ty wing TO abandon their ground Of I'M uniting
the lehole Soutd, and the reliable Democracy.
.afsthe on-slaseholding States of PehnsylVa-
MA and New Jersey together with portions
Of New England, part Of Indiana and al Of
California and Oregon, upon the same Presi- !
DENTAL ticket and upon the Majority Platform.
This plan would Feayb the Doagfasites, il they .
did not choose to surrender, to the tender
nereies Of the Black. Republican majorities in
their several States, for it will Ibe borne in
mind that 1I'0af Of the 10 States whose del
egations voted for Douglas and his platform
in the Charleston Convention, went forl tina
Black Republican candidate for the Presiden4
cy in 1856, and are still under BIaek Repub-
hcan control. And the lunsound portions (the
Sauatter 6rfA bolitioniIeds elemcnt) Of the
Democratic party, having sloughed' of, it
would come forth purified and renewed for
the pending contest.
at all events the South teould be gaited,
and this above all things, we will hail as the
dawning Of better and brighter day -.
We are encouraged in the belief that this
glorious result viii lie the consequence Of the
policy here indicated. by the fact that Messrs
Hunter aud Mason, rejecting the sentiments,
Of the Virginia Democracy, have signed the
address. We have taken their appeal to their
Southern brethren as pledge that if the free
soil Dcmoefasgg should still persist. Gas we
fapdidIy think they wilD at.Baltirnore in re-
fusing to- consent to the adoption ola plat.
otsn embeayihg the principles of the Major
| ~ Report, that Virginia will withdraw
from the Convention and unite, with the
seceders. In the event Virginia goes out, the
other slave States will follow heriexaInple.
The sisners Of the Address propose that
the holding Of the Richmond Conventions
be deferred until after.the trial is made at Bal
timoze.a I'm this view we do not. CONCUR
Whether a nomination is made at Richmoiidi
Or snps.i the Democracy. who stand upon. the
Majority Platform ought to assemble there
Reconsideration and to secure concerted ac=
io ,ii:......-. .s-..s.. ..-.li.s51 t's- izs-i.
If it is deemed best. to make. the .nemina-4
ton at Richmond, despite the considerations
above urged, we doubt not the Democracy Of
Mississippi wiz cheerfully abide the DECISION
Of those enlisted in the same cause with them
selves; R4it IS. deemed best to adopt the
plan. proposed in.the address, they viii not,
We are confident, fctiously oppose their will
to the decision of a majority of their. friends.
! We,Gn safely pledge this much for them.
however: - They piH neuer lotcey hefr sian IN
dard, nor cease to make war upon freesoilism,
whether it comes IN the gtiise Of Squatter
/ Sovereignty with Douglas as its tnouth-piece,
or in the shape Of Wilmot PrpyisoSs;iinl,, with
lincoln as its champion. .''~.'' - '.'s':'''''..
, .sts55i-siei "A. United Party. - - s.'..