Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1849-11-02

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NOT lis sympathy which is excited for III -
0iton OF Inc save, and that Il "a not IL sol'
dlton which itappears 80 anxious to s Ile con.
but IFS own; and that, too, at the ernscet
The South. SeIfshness is the ma;n.srs; nse Of
IT'S achonss and an utter want Of eva.,'.s ol
like nnagnanilniiv and nobleness 81 T.1.hg
urges on the Northern fanatic TO belle tba
situations of the South. Thu No,tI, s.. s IN;
on by thirst for power and sell. aeefaf,d;s.saa
ment, has, ever since very early after The IL
nation OF the constitution, been insulting n.
rights OF the South ; and if any Soutbe,n.s
should oppose those Northern Anrroa .h,o,"eet
he is called a disunionist. Whet M Cis
houn, who acts as the ever.yie;lant san, Gal,
on The watch.tower Of The Soufh bv h. ', oia
investigation and foresight, ,infolds The selsse
designs Of the North. he IS branded yy;, I' M
epithet of /" disunionist. But, we wonld ~; -
ouire. where does the csllse of disunion IL
Is II Mr.. Calhoun. who vindicates and defaOa.
The rights and institutions OF The South Ubos
encroached upon by The North. or is i TN
North. which insnlts The institutions and r;rh.'
of The South. and acts The mart. Of an invaS;n~
enemy without cause ), .Jlstice would dec;5s
and saw. thai the North Is not only an enerot,
TO the South. but the entire cause Of disunior
We would ask when. in the history of on,
country, has Mr.. Calhoun, or any So1therner,
insulted the institutions or encroached .upor
the rights of the North History answers
never. Even here at the South, we hear Mr.
Calhoun called 6 disunonist p and this
proves that there are those at home who do
not have proper feeling about their own
rights, nor acorrect understanding of the well.
fare of the Union. Mr.. Benton, who, by bis
giant powers. should be standing up for the
rights OF the South and showing the falIacy
of Northern movements, has turned the cur
rent of his power to the vituperation of Mr..
Calhoun, and is giving S aid and comfort" 10
free sOllissn. When mans ingenuity gels
in advance of his honesty, he must be watch
ed, and deserves no longer to be trusted No
sincerity of purpose is the object of his calcu-
lations, and no justice is the result of his ef
forts. We would ask those whose sympathy
seems to be so much excited for the condition
of the slave, when and where, in the history
Of the African race, has its condition been BET
ter and happier than it is now in the slave.
holding States of the South Those who will
visit and observe the condition of both Sec
tons, can testify that the condition of the
slaves at the South is much better than that of
the free negroes at the North. The Northern
States gave their slaves liberty, and what is
the consequence of that liberty Let their
unparalleled suffering and wretched poverty
answer The personiied misery that crawis
about the suburbs of its cities, proves that, if
charity begins at home" the Abolitionists
have no sympathy for the condition OF the
black man. Statistics show that the actual
want and crime of the North are much greater
than that of the South.
When Northern sympathy proves itself 10
be nothing but selfish and sectionalinterest-
when its whole aim is 10 wrest our rights from
us-to bar our privileges and TO insult our in.
s,itut;ons rouid NOT disnnion he better a
While Northern fanatics are renaatedlv on.