The southern press., 1850-11-05
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selves, are yenturing a small sneer at us for inti
mating that interest was the motive principle of
the late New York movement,
II is notorious to every one who reads the
New York papers, that the prints which first
brought forward the suggestion, and afterwards
pressed it through, did level their appeals prin-
cipally, if not entirely, at the merchants pockets,
the newly discovered seat of patriotism.
We have cited most abundant proofs of this,
which the very patriotic @pacifcators" take very
good care to suppress, on the insane ostrich
policy which they have all along pursued
So they do not inform the Southern people of
these facts, they suppose they will never find
them out, and be prepared meekly to turn the
other cheek to the smiter, when additional in
suits are to be offered to propitiate the Soon
science" of the National North s.
We have no objections to make to the naodus
operandi by which the Northern press may seek
to create a reactionary movement against a
policy which, in the words Of one of them, "wll
cause the grass to grow in the streets of New
York city," but we will not aid the canting hy-
pocrisy which suppresses facts, and INDUCES in
tone of the New York press:
The New York Mirror of the 18th inst said
"The New York merchants, whose pockets
are threatened by the organizations now being
formed at the South, binding the planters not q
trade aoiAh a city represented in The Senate By an
Abolitionist, are beginning to wake up to the
dangers of disunion. They can discern, through
the keen commercial sagacity for which they are
so remarkable as class, that an antiintercourse
league at the South, and a determination to stop
the machinery of government at Washington, is
nothing less than practical dissolution of the
Union. Such consummation would instantly
convert our princes into beggars, and New
York stocks, New York real estate, and New
York merchants would instantly fall like Lucifer
from Heaven r .n.. :, @, ..q-.... K.
We have abundant evidence that our CONNER
cial men are beginning to foresee that this will
be the inevitable condition of things, if Seward
and his abolition minions are notspeedily checked
in their mad career" f 2" Vs. "7 #E#ss
The same air was played with variations by
its affiliated presses. @. 'tam ""@@ %@>
The Southern people are sick Of the slang Of
professional politicians and partisan hacks, whose
purblind eyes cannot compass a larger area than
the party platform. They want the truth, and
the whole truth--they want the naked facts, not
the skilful CLOSES which are put upon them, in
order that they may be made to suit respectively
the Northern and the Southern market-and
cheat the latter. "
Those facts we have given, and shall continue
to give them; and the wincing of the jades
whose CALLED fanks have been exposed encour
ages and incites us to continue the good work
Of detecting and exposing sham patriots and
sham patriotism. ...5 $.s.-..g a5 na
The conservative element of Northern society
has doubtless been aroused by the recent alarm
ing strides which radicalism has made on Their
free soil. They have good cause to tremble al
the successive bounds Of the tiger they have
northumberland the instinct Of selEpreservation
and selfish fears, may well spur on the mer
chant princes of the Northern cities to pu
down the agitation so pregnant with loss ant
danger to them. "'a. e'.+
Let them if they can restrain and prison thi
raging beast, Aboliton--it is their duty ant
their interest so to do--for never would it have
been so powerful or so dangerous but for theil
connivance or protection. Yet it does not be-
come Southern men to pour out hysterical pro-
fessions of gratitude and sympathy for such
action on the part of such persons--for low
indeed will they have sunk when they will be
ready to beg as n boon, or accept as charity
the performance of a simple duty on the part o
their Northern brethren. We do not believe
that the South has sunk quite as low as thai
yet or that she is yet prepared to be "thankfu
for the smallest favors," as some of her nominal
organs are in her behalf, adopting the motto OF
the poet: t'+5 @."f .""
"Contented with little .s.... .tta.s
| And canty with more" ...@s
The appeals made to the pockets of the mer-
chants have been succeeded by some of the
same sort addressed to the manufacturers. New
England at present being in rather a stormy
state, the New York Journal Of Commerce thus
essays to pour oil on the troubled waters. Ii
will be observed that the appeal is not made to
the memories of Bunker Hill, &c, usually so
forcibly resorted to for ornamental purposes, but
a severely practical application to the pocket
| We call attention to the fact merely as such
not for any invidious purpose, since the Journa
doubtless understands how to come home to the
business and bosoms of those it addresses:
! MANUFACTURES ExTRA.-The manufacturers
of New England are just at present engaged in
making rope to hang themselves with. By
their attempted notification of an act of Con-
gress intended as peace offering to the South,
though no more than is demanded by the Con-
stitution, they are doing what they can to hasten
the day when the South, as a separate and exas-
perated nation, will lay prohibitory duties upon
Northern manufactures, &C., and upon cotton
exported to the Northern States, or establish
non-intercourse law, while on the other hand
they will adopt system of free trade with Eng
land, receiving her manufactures, and sending
her their cotton, free of duty. This would make
a pretty kettle of fish for Northern consciences,
wouldn't IL We'll IL is iust what fbav will