The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1861-01-02
From the Constitution
An Empty Delusion.

1t is commonly asserted by those who eth
er wish to lull themselves and their friends
into false security, or who desire wilfully to
conceal the truth, that the South havinga
majority in the Senate, she need not fear any
injury from Lincoln's election.
Aside from the absurd fallacy Of supposing
that a majority in the Senate, did it exist
could be sufficient shield to the South against
all the dangers and calamities TO which Black
Bepublicanism exposes her, it is Obvious to
everybody who examines the facts that no
such majority exists, and that alter the fourth
of next March, the South, even should we, for
the sake Of the argument. suppose that every
Southern State remains in the Union, has not
a certain majority in the Senate. The Senate
is now composed of sc members In the next
Congress, by the admission of Kansas, that
number will almost certainly be increased to
6S. OF these the fifteen Southern States,
even il none should secede and South Carolina
should send back her Senators, have thirty
members. Add Mr.. Bright Of Indiana, Mr..
Thompson of New Jersey, Mr.. Rice of Min
nessota and Mr. Latham OF California, Demo-
cratic Senators from Northern States, and we
find thirty four to be the number of those on
whom the South could rely to shield her from
legislative wrong and injury. live add Sena-
tor Douglas, OF Illinois, aud have the charity to
hope that he will act firmly with the party OF
which, in days of yore he was so brilliant an
ornament, we should find thirty five friends
of the South against thirty-fsur OF her enc
mics, thus giving Mr. Douglas the casting
vote.
Thus will the Senate be constituted in the
Thirty seventh Congress, which expires on
the 4th Of March 1868. How will lit be in the
Thirty eighth Congress Is there no reason
to fear that black-republicanism will FIJI the
places of Messrs. Bright, Thompson, Rice and
Latham Is it not almost certain that, with
the exception, perhaps, of Mr.. Thompson,
whose State, alone Of the free States, has par
tally stemmed the tide OF abolition ianaticism,
all the seats now occupied by democratic
Senator's from the North, will be filled by
black. republicans, and that Messrs. Bright
Rice and Latham will share the fate Of Messrs
Bigler, Fitch, and Pugh Where, then IS
the fancied majority Of friends Of the South in
| the Senate? When black republican shall
preside in the Executive mansion, when black
republicans shall have clambered to the bench
Of the Supreme Court, when all the civil and
military offices in the gift of the Executive are
| filed with men ofthe same sable faith, are We
to expect that the Northern States which
now exist. and those which will soon spring
into existence from the swelling tide of popua-
ton ceaselessly flowing westward where the
rampant fanaticism Of black-republican hatred
| of the South now exercises uncontrolled sway
and irresponsible power, will send Senatorsto
Congress animated by love for the South and
her Institutions
Before Judge Sharkey, of Mississippi at
tempted to persuade his fellow citizens oil
| Vicksburg that the majority Of friends Of tho
| South in the Senate" had the power to block
the wheels of Mr.. Lincoln's administration,
refuse appropriations, and defeat all objection
able Executive appointments he would have
done well to have examined the composition
of the next Senate. Had he done so, We sup
pose that he would not have INDUCED in the
strain Of false hope and delusive promise
which marked his harangue, and made i OBJ
noxious to the severe criticism which 1t has
received.