Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-12-27
TIE condition Of the Abolition Question: and The srop,,
LuLe Of eonAuct Tor HE SautA mi S.,,.L.r.. ....

TIE condition Of the ABOLITION Question: and The props,
rule Of conduct for the South and Southern men,
To II i quite obvious, that the Abolition question h.,
been grossly mi5managod nj Washington 10y Southern IT, M
brrs OF Congress and home by Editors and Demagogucs.
Had been pos-blecould be possbleto OPPOSE
every attempt agitation. foreign or domestic Stern
and contempuou Gus sileneetat unquesonaby, had been
the best and most efficient assertion of Southern Rights
and the most philosophical aud approved method OF killing
off all excitement In the whole range OF defensive poti
cal war; nothing dsarnis like unaffected contemp nothing
is 50 effective as silence. lmpencncc live under
the cued hp Of genuine scorn and all wise men know
f,at taadfies'g poTishes under uon.resistlncc.
The course Of the South should have been a high and
chiSarous c"rtcsy towards these her cruel and ab
surd enemes-nen VIM would PROSTATE their brethren Tor
th" sake Of foreign race, whose condition ioy did not
understand and whose happiness they have impaired by
nphanhtopy and an impairment interference The
South should have opposed resistance 10 the petitions of
these fools and mddmcn. To do was necessarily 10
whct their zeal by opposition and far more Boy the idea that
the South shruk from their attacks To receive and hear
her pctitons-to give them tlieir conmecs-o let
them report aud suggest force them into the
position and responsibility Of showing thot they could do
nothing IN aid Of the petitions except by oyerroyyng the
Constitution and reyuutioniling the Government was
beyond controversy, true wisdom and true states
nanship. The controversy, had this course been pur.
sued, would have terminated years ugo. Compelled
either 10 admit that their schemes could he accomplish
cd bat by laying the Constitution low, recommend their
pursuit hy laying low. the Aboionsts woud wears age
have been starved into quescencc and compelled 10y the
weakness Of he position fall back the insgnifcanco
which - the proper condition Of the real paucy of their
numbers.
We need say what has been the very different conr.e
/ pursued. Had diaboIical cunning studied 70 invent
the best means Of continuing Abolition It would ccrainly
have selected the which portion Of tho South,
Southern dcmaVoguos Southern editors and Southern mem.
b'rs Of Congress have employed Ravng and dcnunca.
ton, instead of COO. and heartfelt contcmpta contempt
justly inspired by their numbers less than their imprac.
uoabie principles slarm and repdsuon instead of wise
and p.usOpho moderation ;ohaiup the tide Of fanati
cn, and fcnd ring IL furious by obstruction in toad
Of giving 30 way aud permitting Il to exhaust IT, own VIC.
lenac there have been the Of the South committed
by her dcmugoguo however who havs appropriated this
question 10 making personal and party capital not by the
bulk of TIC pcopesayo in 1892, the People Of the South
IN masses hasenever regarded Aboonsm with the slight.
ct apprchen.on-huye always drped and dofed H. and
hardly Ices the dcmagogues from this quarter who have
taken e South under ucf peculiar and unsolicited proec.
ton.
Whbtrc South wishes u opinion -, that the Aboi.
uoui''- n,y be- allowed 20 their own f,uo-t1 petition
% haze committee, To make repou'-o say what they
peosc. and Or what they pepse Above a IL wishes In
own Repre,niauycs oucat them with tho contempt which
they dc.srvr and 10 give them oil the rope which may
/ nrce.sary 20 hang themselves.