The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-26

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Ay'tas, ,si Apology to Mr.
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again. 'esa3o mems to sing
The Union has assembled the .,oo, - 49,,
tence sooner than even we exnsctaa po-'-
predicted, it has veered about again. and declare
in yesterdays issue that its censure Of Mr. c.
was hypocrit- no : hypothetical that IL
never believed he merited it, In short, that the
Tnion in imitation of the individual described
in Longstreefs Georgia Scenes, was not in o.
passion, as it pretended to be, but merely SEQ
ing how it mought have fought" Thus speaks
the Union: tssg.
"The Press is thrown into state of mysteries
ut its perusal OF our hypothetical censure of Mr..
Clay for proclaiming that "he would adhere to
theU Union, though the Federal Government should
abolish slavery in the States against their consent
If, in fact, he ever uttered such sentiment:
and we do not believe newer took such a ground
The Press rolls up the whites of its eyes and
turns out the palms of its hands as if this were
something very extraordinary All! 1t Is extra
ordinary, indeed, our grandmothers wore night
caps; and the opinion has prevailed for some
generations, among Juveniles, that 'when the
sky falls we shall catch larksw What say the
political Columbuses Of the Press to these pro-
found discoveries of early times! Probably
patent could hardly be obtained for either OF
these inventions -
Whether this be intended for wit, irony, or
argument, we know mott being about on
par with the usual attempts at each from the
same source-and dismiss it with the simple re-
mark, that there can be less doubt on which side
the puerility is to be found than the juUenility.
We regard these " discoveries" as on a
par with that made by the Union and its
allies rs to the great gains of the South under
the Adjustment, and think that patent for the
one, would be just about as valuable as for the
other of these Inventions"
| But this frivolity to distract attention is fu-
tile. The Union, like lady caught in an equi-
vocal situation, resorts to hysterica laughter to
hide confusion but such merriment is more
mourntul than tears.
In another part of the same paper, the retrac-
ton is made complete, by an Interpretation Of n
corrected copy of the sentence, which CONTRA
diets itself-thus:
The DISPUTED PASSAGE IN THE SPEECH-
The Baltimore Patriot Of last evening gives
(from the Louisville JournaD an authentic copy
Of the speech by Mr.. Clay Mt Frankfort on the
18th inst. The version that it gives of the pas
sage which has given rise to 80 much common
tary is as we expected, and clears Mr.. Clay of
any objection. 1t runs thus:
"Show me-what | believe impossible to
show me-that there will be greater security
for liberty, life, property, peace, and human hap
piness, in the midst of jarrng jealous, and war
i,,rr i,,IA 81, thoY,
under the eagle of the Union, and will consent
to its dissolution. ! would yield to it (viz
dissolution) if Congress were to usurp power,
which am sure it never will, to abolish slavery
within the limits Of the States for in the con-
tingency of such usurpation, we should be in
better condition as to slavery, bad as it may
be, out Of the Union than in the Union"
That is to say, we shall be better off out Of
The Union than IN Il.
That is to say Mr.. CLAY will "nerer, neuer,
nerer, consent to the dissolution of the Union
under any conlingency'-yet, that under some
contingencies he will consent to it!
s-9yr The Charleston Mercury contains the
noble speech of Judge CHEvEs, which created
so profound an impression on the Convention
We lay it before our readers to-day.
The Mercury accompanies the publication
with these remarks:
JUDGE CHEvEs' SPEEcH-The Nashville Ban
npr, of Saturday, received by yesterdays mail,
contains the speech of the Hon. Langdon Cheves,
delivered at the Nashville Convention. The
space occupied by our weekly Prices Current,
and the claims Of our advertising patrons, pro-
hbt us from giving place to it this morning.
but we will spread it before our readers in to-
morrows paper 1t is production worthy of
the venerable patriot and statesman who deliver
ed it, and the fervid and eloquent manner in which
he depicts the wrong and injustice that has been
perpetrated on the South, will warm up the pa
triotsm of her sons and incite every true-hearted
Southerner to maintain and defend his rights, let
the sacrifice be what it may.