Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-01-01

his organ. Immediately after The adjournment Of Congress-
on the 4th of March, 1898 that Congress which, by the
compromise law, had put an end TO the painful excitement
growing out Of notification, when there general dis
position throughout the land TO enjoy repose from internal
agitation the editor Of that paper began the publication of
series Of naammatory articles. He called upon the 'South
10 awake TO of her danger" The North,
he said had arisen invade the institutions Of the South
Under the principles Of the then Administration he said
that they preparing berae the slaves He searched
the whole country and repubshed every abolition docu
ment and ohy ncendary paragraph he could find He de-
cared that the whole North was unsound and preparing it.
self for crusade against Column after column of this
sort daily out, containing the most offensive
which he could invent and publish Those Southern papers
which refused to echo his views he denounced Secular
presses The Richmond Enquirer, of the same political
party, IN June of that year, this language: "Ihe
United States Telegraph charges with abandoning the
cause OF the South because do not cry wolf upon
the question of slavery This is folly il is falsehood
We do not deam about slavery because cannot believe
that the citizens Of the North mad enough to trench upon
our rights" The Pennsylvania, Of the political
party, from the North, uses this emphatic language The
conduct Of the United States Telegraph in relation to the
slavery Of the South is ncomprehensible Day after day
that incendiary print is endeavong to stimulate excite
ment on this fearful opc by representing the despcabe
Journals Of few fanatics in New York and Boston the
emanatons of the late patriotic proclamation Of
BILE President The Telegraph Processes to be friendly to
the South, to have the especial Of her
and yet ITS course appears only to be calculated to stir up
such horrible the Southampton tragedy, to
awaken the sumbering sensibites of the North the
great original momentous, and fearful questions Of slavery
tand liberty Does the Telegraph, in its insane paroxysm
want to open this dreadful question Does it want to un-
settle the constitution and spread confagraon through
society -
Such language brought from the Telegraph only gross in
suits In the paper Of June 18th he says. We ask the
people Of the South why is it that the Northern politicians
ARE fond Of the Uno2 Is it because they desire to
profit from }" Sometimes his language betrays his real
object In the No. of June sth he says " We say to the
'people of the South, awake The incendiary abroad
rhaT ic in AlraaJv fha IF
forth against best and wsest statesmen Fidelity
'to you is political death them Treason you the
surest passport to federal promotion Is wise, is SAFE
honorable to sleep such wrongs His principal
had then but recently too declared his speech Of the pre-
cedng session that henceoh every Southern to be
excluded from office. Such declarations made by these
coaborers at time when Southern STAKEHOLDER had just
been indicted into office second time with an immense vote
at the North and when the South had large share of the
Offices of the Government and much influence at the West
it had But simply because Mr. Calhoun excu-
ded from Office the South oppressed and degraded
few satellites echoed these things but the and people
generally at the South expressed dsappova OF and disgust
with these proceedings will venture the assertion, in which
appeal to the candor of all Southern men to sustain me,
that out Of the State Of South Carolina to which do not
profess speak, Mr. Calhoun sustained in any
State in this Union by five per cent of the population In
fact his strength at the South about great that OF
the abotionsts at the North His violence denuncaon
was food for the abolonists just their anatcsm gave him
materials to work with
The South, generally, had chosen him 10 defend her,
and viewed his efforts in her behalf naiG fde Though
he might state principles that she approved, she would not
trust tina follow his lead and he had the modification
Of finding that he added nothing his influence popularity
When these occurrences began the people Of the Norh not
understanding the game that to be Played seemed
pised They declared that the South too tmd and too
sensitive the question that there danger to be APP
pretended from the Vaccinations of the abotions and
that their movements condemned by ninety out Of
every hundred of the citizens OF the free States If it were
not for consuming much Of the time Of the House
might refer published letters and speeches of the first
all through the North Intelligent Southern men, too who
travelled through the Northern States declared the thing
Large meetings gotten up all the Northern Cities in
which the abolition denounced in the most
emphatic manner Many remember the meeting at Boston,
at which Otis made that noble and eloquent speech.
Strong demonstrations were made all through the North The
persons Of the aboons being dlstubes of the
public peace, suffered violence aud the houses where they
held their meetings burnt All these things far from
diminishing the Fictitious excitement gotten up in the South
seemed to have produced the greatest irritation the "ee
graph" becoming furious than ever and denouncng
the Northern generally fasehearted and hypocrca
and slough faced" Such returns seemed chill little
the generous enthusiasm of the North The great body the
Southern people being quiet and SILENT they did not know
how much these ncendiary efforts condemned and des-
pissed at the South, generally These Efforts, however, were
persisted in for two three years and though they did
duce feng between the different sections Of the
country and weakened the position of the South essentially
and seriously diminished her influence the Union, the
efforts far failed TO any present purpose which the
actors had in view that the attempts finally Abandoned
in the main
There was however, feeble effort connect the slavery
question with the Presidential election in 1886. Mr.. Van
Buien, Northern opposed by candidate IN the
South and these persons having that particular time strong
objections to the former, and wishing to unite the South, re-
presented him being aboions in making which charge
they joined by of the party presses and party
OF that day. The charge glangy unjust that It was
easily rened and Mr. Van Buren, received at the South
larger vote than did his Southern competitor In the
csedng election in 1910, Of these persons, having
changed sides and gone from Of the great political parties
to the Other seeing that they had not been able to prove
Mr. Van Buren, an abolonis endeavored to show that hs
opponent In this effort they failed sgnay in
the former and General Harsons being well
KNOWN he received much larger at the South than did
his competitor by sort Of fatality, il seemed that these
persons killed OIL what they embraced just the aboonism
Of the North has destroyed what il has fixed upon.
passing notice perhaps due, Mr. Chairman, to the last
Democratic Baltimore Convention great effort has been
made IN some portions of the North to create strong preu
dice against the South account Of OF the dongs OF that
Convention The slave power" is denounced as having
over,hrown great Northern statesman-viZ MIR. Van Bu
renby the two thirds rule and strong attempt Is made to
excite his old personal friends against the South not
little singular that who assisted in his rejection are now
making the charge To those who acquainted with those
proceedings nothing could seem absurd and dcu
lous than suchtharge In that Convention the free States
had majority Nifty votes and the Convention, by simple
majority vote, agreed its rules Of order and mode Of voting
This done too after weeks Of discussion in the public
prints when the effects both Of majority and twohrds votes
canyasscd and perfectly understood was well known
that majority Of the leading politicians Of the party had come
10 the conclusion after the results Of the spring elections in