The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1844-03-15
TIE SOUTH IN PERIL.

interest, as ii may be popular OF unpopular with
majority of the People, for the purpose OF Sc
curing his election, provided his action be not
in violation of any of the rights guaranteed BY
the supreme law of the land but the instant he
manifests disposition, in the attainment OF a
selfish object, TO disregard trample upon any
Of The fundamental compromises or supulations
contained in the Constitution, he should encoun-
ter the .rigid condemnation of every honest aud
intelligent citizen. Personal and party attach
ments-the charm. of friendship, and even the
ties of kindred--shoud be rent asunder, rather
than the solemn Compact, formed by our revolu
lionary fathers-on which is based the fabric of
freedom, and the last hope of its preservation
should be desecrated and destroyed TO facilitate
the temporary aud unholv elevation of any as
piring individual 10 the Presidency We die
daily, and none Of us live century but the
Constitution was designed to endure forever, for
the benefit of those 10 come after us, 10 the re-
hottest generation.
And vet il is a fact-a melancholy and unde-
niable fact-that for the purpose of purchasing
the votes OF a large and increasing body of de-
luded fanatics of the North, 'Northern" can
ddate for the Presidency-who, one occa-
sion, with motives of a similar nature, though
not liable to such pernieious consequences, de-
clared that he advocated ''Soulhern principles"
is at this moment encouraging and abetting
the Preparation of an act, alike subyersive Of
the Constitution and destructive of the individu-
al rights of his fellow citizens of the South
The South and South west-the abused and
trampled States which had reigously believed
the solemn professions of Mr.. Van Buren,, and on
more than one occasion had given him generous
support-are now betrayed and despsed by this
"Northern man." since the deluded fanatics of
his own region have multiplied in numbers, and
increased in hostility to the South to such an
extent as to render it hazardous for him TO ad
here to his former professions And so the
South has been deceived and cast off by its
wooer from the North, like soiled and thread
bare garment
When we charged Mr. Beardsey, of New
York, who, at the commencement of the pre-
sent session of Congress, evnced determine
ton to secure the support OF the Abolionsts
for Mr.. Van Buren,, with being the agent and
organ Of the "Nor,hern man with Southern
principles our assertions were based upon &C.
curate information. The Richmond Enquirer
denounced his Abolition tendencies, and the
Globe denied that he acted with the appreciation of
Mr.. Van Buren,. He was removed from Con-
gress and placed on the Bench. But neither
the denunciations Of the Richmond Enquirer,
the denial of the Globe, nor the translation to
the Bench, could lhwart the purposes OF Mr.
Van Buren,. There were $1,000 Abolition votes |,
in the State of New York, and 10000 in the
U. States, which it was necessary for hun to Sc
cure ina smuch as they had been rendered on Ger
tain conditions. Immediately after Mr.. Beardsley
was translated, the arrival of Mr.. Van Buren,
In Albany was announced by the papers and
following "close upon" his advent was the pas
sage Of the outrageous Abolition resolutions
copied by US on Tuesday. The most extrava-
CANT declarations in violation of the Conslitu
tion, and in subversion of the guaranteed rights
of the South, ever uttered by the Birneys and
the Garrisons, are equalled, if not surpassed, by
these resolutions adopted under the sanction and
by the direction of Mr.. Van Buren, himself
In the Assembly which adopted the resoIu-
lions nsnuc,ing the Van Buren, members Of
Congress to vote for the reception of petitions
praying for the destruction of the Constitution,
and the seizure Of the property of the citizens of
the South, there were nearly one hundred Van
Buren, men and only thirty Wings
That act will unquestionably secure the favor
of the Abohionsts for Mr.. Van Buren,. But
who can tell what the consequences will be to
III az a1 md
emboldened, no one can say how far the fell
spirit of infurae fanaticsm will go. We can
only hope that the terrors of the sword and the
fsggot will not be added to the indiscriminate
and universal pilIage threatened to the devoted
South
The first step taken in crime, the ambitious
aspirant never pauses in his career. He will
wade through blood, if it be necessary, to at
tain his object If Mr.. Van Buren, can consent
10 the reception of the petitions of demouac ia
nalics praying for the demolition Of our glor-
Gus Constitution, for a promised equivalent to
himself how long will it be before he will be
asked to sanction its destruction, by violence, on
the same terms. and how can be refuse7 He
cannot refuse if the South shall pusianimousy
submit 10 tne uehoerate insuit anu INJURY medi-
lated in what he has already done
There may be those in the South who will
cling the closer to the man " no bossted Of his
"Southern principles" in proportion to the
amount of cruelty inflicted, like ruined, though
still con6ding and infatuated victims; there may
be Republican editors, who will endcavor to
convince their Southern readers that the dcceiv-
er's motives are philanthropic, and that he will /