The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-25
THE GLORIOUS SOUTH.

i. we fear, soon TO become implacable hatred.
But we trust not.
We will give sketch of the rise and prog
ress Of this prejudice We can easily trace its
origin 10 the quarrels Of few powerful party
leaders, and so slavishly subduing has hitherto
been the influence of these leaders, that they
have assumed on many occasions 10 settle the
most momentous affairs of the nation with
cut consulting the People. They have abso-
for their constituents Thus, (though we have
presentlment that the reign Of Demagoguism
is over) were sectional jealouses and enmity
engendered. The partisan leaders marshalled
their hosts on the field of batlle without even
lmpalting to them the merits of the cause they
were engaged in, and thus the People were
summoned to the polls like so many mercenary
soldiers, TO render an unconditional obedience
10 The mandates Of few self-constituted polltl,
cal generals. One year the North and South
are at peace--the next, their prominent politicians
quarrel, and fraternal friendship is Immediately
changed to savage luminosity We ask the
People of the North and the South, the East
and the West, if it is conducive to the welfare
and safety of the country to permit a few ire
sponsible Demagogues thus to throw the brand
Of discord among them at pleasule2 We know
they are tired OF such impositons, and will sub
nit 10 them no longer.
But TO our history During the Adminstra-
ton of Mr.. Monroe, some OF the Northern pol
itcians conceived the resolution to circumvent
and humble the power and influence OF the South.
But feeling was conceived in their own breasts,
and nourished by their vaulting ambition. The
People whom they represented partook not of
theirenmity, nor do the great mass OF them TO
this day, because there existed no Just cause Tor
such enmty. But these aspirants Were tired Of
Southern Presidents. They wished to make
themselves the Washingtons, Jeffersons, Madi-
sons and Monroes, Of the North. And there
never could be more propiuous moment than
the time Indicated The leading Northern poll
texans were Hartford Convention Federalsts.
The Republicans of the South disdalned all
cllques, secret associations, and caucnses, de-
pending on the justice of their cause Their
sres had freely poured forth their blood in the
Revolutionary War for the principles which
they continued to maintain They were not
capable of resorting to unworthy articles to
maintain their ground, or to overthrow their po"
ltcal enemies. We would be distinctly I'M
derstood as asserting that the scheming Fede
ralists of the North were not upheld and justi
fed by their constituents-on the contrary, ma
ny, very many Jeffersonian Republicans dwelt,
and still dwell in the North-men, Americans,
whose comprehensive estimation of the broad
principles of justice and patriotism scared, and
still soar, far above any petty sectional consdera
lions The Northern Federalists were rich
manufacturers, and continued 10 promote and
protect their individual interests by National
Legislation The Republican leaders of the
South as ked nothing more, and were justly con
tent with nothing less, than the privileges qua
ranteed in the original compact. They fought
their part in the struggle for independence, and
joined the Confederacy with their Southern soil,
their slaves, and State lnstltu ions. They were
willing TO contribute their quota Of revenue to
the General Government, IN their opn ray,
contending that if the requisite sum was pro-
duced 1t mattered not to others holo it was rails
ed, 50 it was not done in contravention to the
Constitution. But they protested against taxa
ton for The benefit Of The manufacturers Of
the North. And thus the quarrel began
The Federalists of the North Eve always mean
the Hartford Contention Federaists-the ma
bob,-uot the masseS) next became the cham
pions. patrons and controllers Of that n ltional
Chartered Monopoly, the United States Bank.
The Southern leaders (the true Representa-
tives Of the People, sought no adventurous adj
juncts whatever. They were content with the
sovency of their sound State Institutions But
the Hartford Conyentonsts left no stone I'M
turned which they could raise aud throw at
their Southern brothers. In lucky hour (per-
haps mlacky) they not only succeeded IN get
ting passed a high protective tariff law, but
avaied themselves with avidity of the Golfers
Of the Monster Bank to push their monopolis
ing enterprises. v Nor was this all. That they
might the more ehectually secure the advan
tages thus obtained, and even extend their tri
umphs, they set about establishing pensoned
presses not only in the North, but the East and
Vest also, that they might drown, with a con
certed camor, all the eloquent appeals and IN
answerable arguments of the poor abused
South These presses answered the purpose
most admirably. They were not only the un-
hnching champions Of the Mammoth Mon
ser" Uo which they were indebted for exist
ence) but they were the potent advocates Of
that greatest Of all humbugs, the American
System, and became the manufacturers and
defenders of great men. The advantage the
North thus obtained over the South remains to
this day. While there are but comparatively
hundred, established directly or indirectly by
the friends Of the Bank and high tariff, which