New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-04
TIE PRO-SLAVERY REBELLION.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
THE CONVENTION.

NJ tho ,veek to look at tho State Convention,
xhicb met in the Capitol on Monday noon.
only designed remaining day or two, but the
sessious bave been so interesting that l Will
neither leave them nor forsake them until the
Convention aGjourus.
Jackson is q pleasant little town which claims
population Of eight thousand, but if it has
more than half that number, they are not visible
10 the naked eye. Its aspect is wonderfully quiet
and pastoral and when there is no pubic BODY
here to cast ripple upon the surface OF It's tran
guilty, existence at jackson must be an unVa'
ryibg round of Sundays. But In one respect IL
is mournfully metropoitan-tbe price OF board AZ
its principal hotel. You are charged ~ on per
aay for accommodations which in New-York
would range somewhere between second and
third class. The halls are high and airy, the
waters toerable, aud the fare economical No
body will ever become equity from boarding here.
The butter, especially, is detestable; its appear
ance is like lard; its Odor is Ike the ofense OF
Hamet's uncle. The landlord-a round, unctuous,
jovial Teuton-bears the formidable patrOnymc
of Hllzhem.
81 hebus, what 8 name. -
To fill the speaking trump Of iuture fAme!
Who would expect good butter from man by
the name of Hilzheim Is such heathenish ap-
pellation Christian name, anyhow
But 70 the Convention. 1t consists IN the az
pregate of hundred members, though many are
now absent. 1t is pronounced by those VINO
ought to know, the ablest dellberatye body ever
convened in Mississippi. Its attention has been
almost exclusively devoted to the permanent
Montgomery Constitution. One party favors tie
immediate ratification of that instrument by this
Convention; another advocates calling new
Convention to consider it, aud third proposes
TO submit it directly to the popular vote.
TIE uatter has been very fully canyassed, in
three sessions q day. The immediate ratiica-
toniss argue that either OF the other cOurses
will involve the State in needless expense con-
sume yalu,ble tiule when there should be no de-
Law. and tend to throw doubt upon the fidelity
of NJ ssssippl to the Southern cause. They a.
sest tuat jeff Davis fayors their plan, and that
its failure will ipure his prospects for the PIesl-
depcv under the permanent Government. They
couteud that the real issue is ratification by this
Convention, or reconstruction OF the Union; ana
intma that the opposition to them is based on
desire to curry favor with the masses. Three
meubers of the Montgomery Congress winch
framed the Constitution are in this body, and
with charming modesty not only talk and vote
in favor of ratifyug their own action, but urge
others to JOIN them in it.
Those who oppose ratification by this Con-
yeption Indignantly deny the charge of demogog-
i,m and al captandum appeals They do not
taxi. issue upon the merits or dement's OF the
mix of
cised il adversely They profess to be heartily
In favor Of it; and speaker asserted last
avsnino that nineteen twentieths of the people OF
the State would vote for it. They deny that
A.e,, or any considerable party in Mississippi,
favor reconstruction or submission to Black
Republican" rule. But they contend that it
would be indecent and iDdecOrOus haste to ratiiy
the instrument before the lux with which it is
written has had tune to dry. They urge that as
matter Of right, and in conformity with tue
principles of republican government, 1t should be
submitted TO the people. This is their strong
point, and they press it ably. They also lay great
stress upon the fact that refusal to submit it will
be o most potent argument at future elections
In the hands OF those who oppose the Secession.
ists. One Of them remarked privately last even.
ing: - shouldn't be 80 particular myself about
submitting this Constitution 10 the popular vote;
but four hundred Of my people have notified me
that if it isn't done they cont stand IL" Those
were his exact words.
A vote will be taken to-day, and the telegraph
will no doubt apprize you Of the result before
you receive this letter. The indications now are
that the instrument viii be submitted to the
people, either directly, or through new Conven-
ton To be elected by them on that issue. The
weight of the speaking, at least, is on that SIDE
There is a strong pressure against choking down
the people any longer Many complain that the
haste OF the Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama
Conventions, in adopting the Constitution as they
have, is bringing the Secession movement into
wore oder than ever before with the
In North Alabama, number Of public meetings
have been held to protest against the action taken
BY the Convention of that State.
This Convention viii probably adjourn sine die
Tomorrow evening. In the session yesterday
afternoon, one Of the members stated that he
had just received intelligence that Texas and
south Carolina had adopted the Constitution
through their Conventions. The announcement
elected faint applause One of the delegates, who
was a member of the Montgomery Congress, said
In reply To a question, that the permanent Gov
eminent Of the Southern COnfederacy would 20
into operation about the first Of next January
He also stated that the provisions favoring free
trade, and prohibiting the African slsve-trade,