Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-08-04

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spirit of pure and patriotic devotion to the oonstitu- lion, and an drdenf aHachaent 10 his native South These suffice for the sincerity ot your pro iessions, and yuu can now repose upon the golden opinions you have won by attaching yourself to the ,it of 50 loyal and unsupported friend 10 hs " na tive South" 1 wonlI not, if l roul, disturb your tranquility
 dare not, from such signs, hope have satisfied your scruples; but l trust that have, al any rale, drawn the attention of other true friends ol the per secuted South these constitutional views, winch abler heads but not sounder hearts, will be enabled 10 give it. have can, assed the positions sumed by Mr. Bolts, ani, like all egotiss, have at least concluded that his arguments are far from being either '' incontroyertihe'' or '' unansweTabe. - am unfortunate enough, also, to have slight lnklngs of 1oubt regards this parade of attachment to h's s' native South" and may be permitted to add that this sceplicsm ls by means dmlnIshcd lf0nt sun dry c0nconitant circumstances. However, il IS pro- per observe that the music o his professions har mOnIzes very mperiecty with the dangerous and sell Inm0latng consequences which would inevitably re- suit to the Souh the great body oi her sons to bring his vove offerings to the altars o her domestic institutional It will not be anIss t9 add that there can be security in our councils, when the public press, at home uph0ds such doctrines as Mr. Botts has advanced, doctrines, which, if fostered, Will lay the nest egg from winch will be produced Guerilla contest, war to the knife, and the knife to the ht You will, therefore, pardon me for disrusting these cIapetS SU bnOWeTcu uOWH upoH ohi uc- voted brows, for still remember our schoolhoy es- son-" taeo danaos, ct dOaa ferentes."
 We will not plead guilty to the charge, sir oi he ing 1" unprincipled agtators and incendlares. Ney- ertheess, we contend, that slight as may yet be the assembage of signs, they are sufficiently oinnous
 Great exhibitions, sir, are always announced by the rockets, which ever and anon are thrown up Hs preludes to coming events and so has the great IRA GEDY which the South will witness, unless averted by firm and unwaverng resistance, been preceded al distant, yet prognbstic intervals, by the move ments the part of foes and the apathy and cre dulity among ourselves We are told that the very nolse which the abolnonists making should con vince that no dangsris 1t hand: l once believed SD, myself, sir; but they have seized upon this fatal security they took advantage of the opinion, and as- tutely covered their approaches by the very means upon which, they peceiyed, relied for protec tion They proved themselves masters of both arts, and well acquAinted with the fact that " en- thusasts altogether mad not to be great rogues for these two qualities of knave and fanatic 30 very lovingly togaher."
 This may be stroig language; but question if any man, '" whose heart is in the right place" when he reviews the proyosaton, will condemn it. It ia not sufficient, sir to be among us-it is necessary to be of us. ..- -..-
 From i'' all that Mr Bolts had written, one would have supposed that le had exhausted the store house of his in,ention and would have rested content with the empty honors which he had lmpored and drawn frem sources whic, he should have spurned'with pi- ous h,rror. But tiere was yet another obaton which he panted to throw into the damned caudron of onr adversaiiesA another faggot to hur upon his own domestic hearth mean, sir, the paragraph of his letter to which this number has been devoted It was the inkindest cut of all, and which it has ne, CT before been tie lot of the South to iee-one that was reserved for her to receive the hands of her son. who, Icing unworthily trusted, has un- grateful, rgewardedi ...-- Do mol suppose sir. from what may have said, during my exanination of Mr. BOtts' letter, that fear he result, il we ourselves, that the strong of Justice will not protect us from harm, if those who promise most can be relied on. No, sir, fear The windy decEunations oftle abolition- isIs, although pregnant with danger, because they fan the flame of disconten and nsubordnation, are, nevertheless, pOr q prtteea nihil. -= '7' -'
 The furlongs of parchment signed, from the drive- ling dotard to the inbfeeched urchn, nothing than names, show which way the wi nd blows, teaching us the necessity of throwing up our ram parts upon that we'll known axiom ill self defence, that the surest of avertng danger, is being prepared to meet it." That fanfaronade of English sympathy and rfe bury blackguardism of OConnel, are all drops in the bucket. The South has measur- ed the extent of her sol-she has placed a proper value upon her rights, and with her foot firmly plant ed and her arm justly nersed, she hmrls defiance at her congregated foes, conscious, if overpowered by numbers there vis still refuge eft-an honorable grdpe, rather than yisid one inch
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