The New York herald., 1850-05-16
Lamentations OF the Union.
From the Washington Union. May l4l

THK soUrnERs ADDRESS.
We received, yesterday copy OF an address to the
establishment at Washington City. Of newspaper to
be devoted to the support aud defence Of Southern
interests The rights Of the slsvehoding States have
been most wrongtully and wickediy assaied; aud
preeses have been established at Washington and else
where to break down Southern institutions aud de-
nounce Southern men in the fouest aud st offensive
terms Wedo not complain that Southern men should
rcpe the assaults which have been made upon them,
and upon their Just rights and that they should estob
lsh and sustain presses. whose whole time be de-
voted exclusively to the support aud defence Of those
rights, guaranteed to them by the constitution,
leaving out of view the other questions which agtac
the country-though cann0s very weh see how
Southern press can be Necessary il the present ayita
ton shall be settled every patriot hopes, by amt.
cablo compromise Nor eau very well gee how such
press can be necessary under proper arrangements
with the present presses the adiressers contend
But had the address adopted by the late meeting of
portion OF the Southern members of Congress- stopped
rightly compisnrd of such course But the address
does not stop at the right point for 1t casts or endea
cast imputation upon the press OF washing
ton and indeed OF the whole South which Is unjust
ungenerous. and unounded To guard against msap-
| prehension, cepy the words which convey the i'm
putation.
| We have nothing to say with regard te the other
presses in Washington; nor do know whether they
regard the ipputation cast upon them unjust,
that they not satisfied with the positions assigned
them in the extract quoted They speak for them
selves. But, for ourselves, say emphatcaly that
ii is not true that there is anything in coaduct
which gives The color Of truth the charge that
preservation Of sixteen hundred millions Of property,
the equality and liberty Of fourteen fifteen States
the protection Of the white man against African equal
uy paramount over, or equal to, the mainte
of some political organization which to
President, and who is object Of interest not be-
cause he will certainly rule perhaps ruin the South,
but chiefly for the that ho will possess and be-
stow Office and sroilsn No man. and 20 set of men,
from any quarter OF the country. have the right to
speak Of us after that fashion-nor shall they do
publicly with impunity-mor especially when
among them those who defeated the Clayton oompro.
Iu ed he rcti Of
Taylor and Millard Fillmore. after the Sgual letter,
and the Pascagoula letter and the letter to the Erie
abolitionists and those who moving heaven and
earth to elect the real original inventor aud dscoverer
Of the Wilmo proviso Speaker Of the House of Re-
right interfere with slavery and were laboring day
and night to sustain the great democratic principle of
non-intervention.
Where the necessity OF perpetrating this gross
injustice to the Washington Union What journal in
this widespread land has yindcated with greater
spirit the rights Of the South Who has repelled with
more indomitabe energy the infamy Of the Wilmot
threats to disturb slavery in the District
of Columbia Who has held up with more witheriny
scorn the men who have advocated those alarming
measures? What paper has lashcd the abolitionists
and the free-soiers the political demag who
have associated with them, more severely than the
Washington Union What paper has asserted with
greater boldness the equality of the sovereign States Of
this great confederacy to the benefits
and subject to the same burdens! Whence the
cessity then of denying that this paper has done
it (and by brethren of the same party-from their
associated wings we expected no favors, asked
We have been assaied- unjustly assailed-and that,
too by men who shouted hosannas at the installation
Of Southern Stakeholder aud Northern abolitionst
ana OF motley cabinet, composed of Southern wings,
and Northern free-soers aud abolitionists and we
shall defend ourselves without fear for tho aut is
unprovoked, and because our quarrel Is just Among
those whose names give sanction to the Southern
address, arc many high and lofty men-men whom
we would go far to serve-men with whom 20 differ
gives pain, and from whom would bear much
and towards whom would fprbear much. But
we are consoed by the well founded impression that
the names Of some members Of Congress have been
used TO give weight TO that paper who. far
are advised, " until II printed and pub
shed. To what extent this is true. know not but
have to believe that Is in than
one instance. We charge no improper motives Per-
bsps inadyertenco will account for it, Perhaps Mr..
Clingmans resolution to instruct the committee. in
pubs hing the address to give with II the names Of
the senators and representatives in Congress who
cur In the proposition TO establish the Southern organ
manifested by their subscription the several
pies OF the plan in circulation.
theeye But IL strikes that IL would have been vol
and more frank 10 have appended TO the address, in
addition to the four committeeman, tho names Of
those who approved its statements at least to have
given the names Of those who voted for its adoption
instead Of the names Of those who willing TO sub
scribe TO purely southern paper, but who
one line OF the address until IL printed and pub
lshed. Tomorrow We will publish the whole of this
paper. when Mr. Clngman's movement may be more
fully understood In the mean time, repeat we
have objection to the establishment at Washington
OF paper whose sole object shall be the defence of
the just rights Of the South; but will sit tamey
by and motives misstated and position mis-
rrrIeseutcl before the