Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-06-01
SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.

every uay mas Dut the more conHrincu, lnat TIC
great body of the South is devotedly attached TO
the Union of the States, and against dsorganzation
in any form. This opinion we re-afiirm, on the
occasion Of placing before our readers the follow
ing Letter. which comes to us through the hands of
Mr.. Brown, one of the Representatives from the
State of Mississippi, and with il the name of the
writer. AT the earnest desire Of the latter, Mr. b.
presents the letter for publication; and, to comply
with the wishes of both those gentlemen, we place
the letter before readers, trusting that they will
avoid, as they would the bottomless pit, the coun-
sci which it gives.
We need not say to any regular reader of this
paper that De have never said that :" there is no
discomfort in the South. .r
A REMEDY FOR THE EVIL OF THE DAY"
EDITORS NATIONAL ISTELLIGRNcER
On the above subject ask leave Of the of your columns
But first let say Whig, and have been for twen-
y years. never held Office asked for office; and
would not have any Office in the gift of the State Federal
Government.
You deceive yourselves and your raders when you say
there discomfort Discomfort exists wide and deep
exists among the quiet, reading, rejecting among the
"rea People," 1t is arriving at that point when thinking
look around for remedy. That remedy think have
found and will if carried out, be complete-perfect and
other in my opinion be eectual and lasting. All
others quack paiaives This will still agitation asia-
ton will fall dead before it. Andtat remedy SErAnATIoS
Now men Of the South look this firmly and calmly
in the face, and make more compromises IL perfect
equality of political power offered you, reject it. If
amendment of the constitutions the plan of Mr. Calhoun,
is offered reject it. Let separation henceforh alone be your
plan for surely there nothing valuable in Union of such
ncoheent materials these Northern and Southern States
Andtn rppu upffh The Mort 1 Uha van
say this will satisfy you. II will relieve you from the sin
and Of slavery 1t will relieve you of what you say
is Infamous and national disgrace If all your lives
a lie and cheat it will satisfy you. Eighteen months
ago could have made believe that these could have
been my sentiments The passage of the Oregon bill, with
the called Wimot provso, alsrmed me. Its insertion
prompted by neither patriotism necessity, nor expedency
aggression Of Government in the very madness and
wanonness of power. Next member Of Congress,
with Austrian principles and sentiments, offer untold reg
suhjugaefor that its true meaning-to sub
iugae Independent States. Is the Union to be maintained
by the sword Is the Federal Government to be upheld by
military power Next another member, with obiga-
ons hgher and hoie than the Constitution, jusii'ying
perjury and violation of all law.
These Of discontent, not to say with what
are threatened Therefore, separate and at the hazard Of
But there will be Hwould sarye to death in
year. What, think you, would England do without u.s.
She Would she permit Southern ports to
be bockad when her very existence depends upon their
being free her Then let separation be your motto, it
is your only safety for blind not to
the settled determination Of the free States bring about the
abolition of slavery in the States as they shall have
full political power And after the abolition of slavery in the
Southern States in five years would make halt mil
lion Of bales and years and without cotton
the North would wilt and wher in day, both in her
fac'ues and in her commerce.
Then Northern men, separate for separation will
the cotton rice ard tobacco crops orever and Union
,cU destroy them. 1a
And say to you men Of the slave States separate or
in the melancholy position of Ireland and Hungary, you may
yOtrO DESTINY.
' - = - A MIssIssIPPIAN.
PoRT GI BsoS, (MIss.) MAY l3, 1850.
In publishing the foregoing from one who claims
to be Whig it is proper to say that the substance
of all our information from the South is of a
opposite to that of this Letter. That there are
individuals in the South whose views are in ac-
cordance with those of our Port Gibson correspon-
dent, we have no doubt; indeed, we occasionally
receive evidence of the fact such as, for example,
the two following paragraphs in single number Of
the Charleston Mercury, of late date: ~
FROM THE CHARLESTON MERCURY.
As an example of the feeling which is sprnging
up in the South, we give extracts from two letters
received yesterday:
"CANDEs, (S.tC.) May l6.
sWe are just waking from the dream Of Union, and are
ready now for Southern Coederacy any other change
that we can make. We have ceased to look Congress-
and are heartily sick of Compromises.
stGEoReIA, May g.
There is much bluster made in this section about
the Nashville Convention, but the people right the
question. Whenever the test comes, this will be demonstra
ted. Indeed, many would prefer separation from The
North and your subscriber is Of them"
We consider these, of course, in the light Of ex-
ceptions, and by no means as establishing rule.
On this point we may have to speak more at large
hereafter, being prevented from day to day by other
engagements.
Whilst our hand is in, we give to our readers an
other letter from subscriber in Southern State
upon the same subject; that is to say, the degree
Of discomfort in the more Southern States:
MosTsoaEar, (ALABAMA,) MAY 8, 1850. /.
To the Editors Of the National hnteAigencer.
GENTLEMEN You have, for months past collected with
much zeal and industry such evidences Of Southern sent
concerning the proposed Nashville Convention and its
assumed purpose wit the devsng Of plan to say
the agitation Of the slavery question by the Northern people,
calculated to impress upon the minds of your readers
(of whom one) the idea that resistance by the South
the legitimate fruits Of this agaton-thats tyranny and OPP
pression--is not reality In this allow remark that,
far South Alabama is concerned you error The
IN Tho