Southern telegraph., 1838-09-05


he accounts of the festival, iht no occa-
ion of the kind has ever excited such un-
lounded admiration and notice as this, ow-
NJ, perhaps, in a considerable degree, TO
he fact almost the whole Union heing |
and the toasts of the committee
heing i complimentary character to una
ny of the States So that the whole was n
exceedingly happy interchange of social
cheer and graduation, 50 favorable to the
peaceful perpetuity Of the UNION.
MisslSsippI was handsomely toasted by
venerable patriot Of b B,ston, which called
forth speech from Mr.. Prentiss of such a
character, that il is admired and copied by
he press almost universally throughout the
country. And at the close OF which he re-
turned the following compliment to Massa-
chuSens:
"The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts:
First among the States in the formation of
this Repablic--second to none in the abili-
~, integrity and patriotism with which she
has always continued to sustain it,"
Now, sir, The occasion AND THE STATE OF
MASSACHUSETTS is thus denounced by the
Free Trader:
awe wish 10 see how the planters of Mis-
sissippi will relish Mr.. Prenri,s' pledge on
that occasion He toasted Massachusetts.
her men, her lirmness and her principles,
and pledged himself that Missi >ippi would
stand by her Mississippi by MasSdchu-
sets Ia State that has sullied its revoIu-
tionary fame by refusing to reinice at our
victories during the late war; "A State that
| a 10, T.
and among them The very man To whom this
dinner was given; State which has con
stanily endeavored 10 have the Snuh taxed
10 support New England manufactures; a
State whose members in both branches of
Congress are all ABoLITIoNIsTs, save one,
and which has sent on peiilons, signed hy
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND of its citizens for
The abolition Of slavery! And this is the
State that Mr. Preniss would place side by
side with MiSsissippi--these are the men he
has eulogized so hignIy-thesc are the SEN
Iments the Courier desires to promugate
in the South"
In The name of God and our Country, have
we come TO this! That State Of this u
nion must be thus denounced and spurned
from The Confederacy! The State, too, of
| Massachusetts--The home of Bunker Hill
valor and Bunker Hill blood 1.-THE resi-
dence of the TEA MEN--The land Of never
questioned chivalr., in The DAYS which tried
mems souls The State which has eve,
been ackno" edged as the great champion
ofthe North, aciing in brave and daring
concert with Virginia, the great champion
ofthe South, in the bloody struggles which
purchased life and name ana home for
freedom! Shall she, by degenerate, un-
grateful apostacy, be spurned as an out cast
from the Union, which she contributed So
unsparlngly of her blood To establish
Shame! shame! shame! lngratitude and
treachery! No! no! it shall never be said
The foul spot shall never stain our fair and
beautiful escuicheon. Mississippi. so Iono
as gratitude and patriotism swelIs the bosom
other sons, will never refuse t, sssTAND Rvc
the HARBOUR and the HILL of the B,y
State; or any member of the family com.
pact. The warm chivalry ofthe S,uih will
ever stretch forth the hand of fellowship
and union 10 the patriot repubcanism oftbe
Norm. And never, no, never--God help |
us 10 Keep The plsdge--never will we lend |
volco IN that low detested scream If dis
union, which admits the possibility that the !
base ianaticism of few miscreais and dis
satisfied renegldes can endanger the stabil- |
Ity # TIE UNION OF THESE STATES. MIR
shall Sanihern Tory ambition reckIesslv
grasplng after power, shake orr confidence
in The system, mncl less, enlist our sneers
and repulses IN cndeavoring TO effect i'll
There is no room in the soul of ReDubIi-
can t1r such sentiments. The South shall
spurn The Impntation attempted to be cast
upon the North as a sIander. And the
spirit which prompts us TO "stand by" the
rights and the sovereignty of the States
shall repudiate the asperlion with an indiq-
nant frown.
1t The spirit of Arnold's treachery was
here and could breathe the atmosphere ofl
America, II could not invent ductrine or
disseminate principle more coincidentwth
IFS own feelings and propensilies, than that
oi non-intercourse of sentiment and social
greeting between the several States, and the
stirring up of discord in the great whole.
The pnny squeaking of "0bolhionism''
that grace the columns OF most of the loco
focO prints of the day, is sufficiently disgus-
ting, when aimed at individuals, wihoutIe-
yelling is sdiscorant pipes at member oftbe
Contederacy. But the cant slang of par,v
madness has Of late set its tune peculiarlv
to the hated sound, and nothing can be heard
bat The ready made cry Of "abolitionsm.n
IN opp siirfn 10 every Republican move
ment or Whig triumph. Bur so coarse and
common place has become his hackneyed
sound that II has lost a respect and consid- +
eraimn with men who think of all parties or
preferences. lfa Wing candidate is IN for
office, he Is. by pre-exis'ent rule Gfnse 1ar.
ty, ian aholitonist." Mr.. Clay, Col. Blpg.
aman. Mr. Prenliss, and all other Southern
Or Western statesmen not Of "the faithful,n ,