Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-09-29
Tone Oft South.

The following article from the Charleston Mer- |
sury Of the 18th, indicates the tone OF feeling in
that quarter:
The DEFEAT OF THE SoUTH.-Our readers Will
perceive by the intelligence from Washington, that
the South has been vanqnished. The Wilmot
Proviso is incorporated in the Oregon BILL and the
poor protection Of the Missouri Compromise has
been denied US by both houses In the House II
was voted down by l2tto 50, every representa-
tive from the North, with the exception of four
voting against it, In the Senate the action of the
House in rejecting the Missouri Compromise was
ccncurred in by vote OF 20 TO 2o-every North
ern Senator voting with the majority while Ben
ton. of Missouri, Houston, of Iexas and Spruance,
oil Delaware PLAYED traitors to the interests of the
States they represented. The contumely and in
suit are complete There is nothing to be added
except the submission of the South to the attempt
ed degradation The Southern States, by the joint
vote of the Senate and II Juse of Representatives.
the unanimous vote OF the Northern members,
comprising numerical majority in one House, and
the addition of three Southern Senators to the North
ern in the other-are pronounced interiors IN the
Confederacy There is no protection in party
Wing and Democrat are alike trustees when the is
she is made between the North and the South and
the compromises OF the Constitution, and the Mis-
souri, Compromise, are spurned alike by wing and
democrat No dependence can be placed on Their
sense Of Justice, honor, or llberaiity 1hey have
numerical majority, and their consciousness OF
power prompts only to its abuse. Our only rell-
ance is upon ourselves, upon tue determination Of
the Southern States to merge all other questions in
the one great absorbing and paramount issGe-JUs-
TiCE AND EaUALIrY TO THE SOUTH. While we
depote the inlatuaon Of such of our friends look
for remedy for this evil in the election of the
Wing nominee because he is stakeholder, while
in fact our objections to this nominee and his par.
ty grow and are Strengthened with each new devel-
opment, we say most emphatca!ly that no reliance
can be placed on either party for faithful adhc-
renee to the guarantees OF the Constitution. In the
non-sayehoding States Whggery has always been
against us and Democracy, never entirely sound,
each year becomes less So
Again, we say, our reliance must be upon our
sclyes-upon reunion Of the South in some def
mite course Of action independent of minor diticren
ces of opinion and of Presi lcnt-m making. To be
wasting our time and our energies upon such sub
iccts at the present moment is TO be fddlng while
Rome is burning. In this respect it will be useful
10 take a lesson from our adyersares With the
purpose of more promptly and efficiently carrying
out their nearous purpose against the South, they
have assembled togetherat Buiia DIN immense num-
bers, regardless OF all former party associations, and
with the one paramount principle OF Destruction
to Slavery" they have nominated as their standard
bearers Martin Van Buren, once the leader OF the
Democratic party, and the son Of John Quincy Ad-
ans the toruler leader OF the Wing party OF the
Union. They have banded together for our des-
truction cannot we band together TOR our defence
The South, the whole South-whigs and Demo
Gratis, Taylor men and Cass men, and those who
are no mans men, should be directing their united
energies to effort OF safety and defence against
the maehinations OF our enemies with an earnest
ness and devotion that would leave little thought OF
leisure for playing in the politician glmc Of pres
dent making.