The southern press., 1850-10-08
From tke .auxmsts (Gs.) Republic.

From the .augHaa (Gs.) RtpueAe.
The SUBMISSIVE PoLIcY.---During the whole
course Of the present controversy between the
North and the South, there have ut all times
been found some among us, who have opposed
any plan Of defence, any agitation among the
people, or any preparation for an emergency
At every aggressive step ofthe Free-soilers-a at
every new outrage inflicted upon our section,
,l,ey nave been ever ready, with plausible cries
of the Union and peace, to excuse the trsspass
and overlook the wrong. lnstead Of showing
{ g Southern people their danger, and putting
item on their guard, that they might prepare for
the worst, al their efforts have been to lessen
the appearance Of danger and throw Hdicule
upon those, who wished and endcov0red to point
out the alarming state, to which things were
evidently hastening Many have thus been led
+, believe that thero ia no cause Of alarnl--that
no aggrcssions have been made upon their rights,
and are wholly ignorant thnt the whole North is
a sectional party banded together for the pur.
posi- at destroying the institution OF slavery BY
excluding it from tho common territories, and
finally crushing it in the States The Northern
Representatives, with but few exceptions, stand
upon the floor Of Congress, under positive in
strucons from the Legislatures of their several
States, TO oppose slavery in any and oil forms.
The Government itself, it canno. be denied, has
shown evident signs Of positive hostility to the
South and her institutions Those who are so
slow to understand the true position Of The North,
should reflect upon the many instances in which
her Representatives. in Congress have shown
this feeling of deadly hostility to slavery.
The passage of the late bills, deprying the
Souln Of all share in California; and virtually cx-
GLIDING her from New Mexico and Utah, is but
one among the many instances IN which this
disposition to deny us justice, has been shown
The South, ut first, contended for one-haf OF
the territory. The North refused it. She then
desired, by offering the Missouri Compromise,
To ob,ain onc-thrd But she obtained not only
not one-,hird but not one Jos. The motives
which may influence Southern men to submit to
such gross injustice, inflicted time after time, are
their own. That they arc i'll advised-that they
do not comprehend the true state OF things, the
real objects of the Abolitionists and Free-soilers
that they trust too implicitly in the tender
merces of the North, we think cannot be doubted
But yet the consequences are the same we
believe it 10 be too true, that many OF our peo.
pie are slumberng in false security, and do moi
dream of their fearful condition.
And even at this day, after all the territories
are virtually taken possession of BY the North
and not one foot in the possession OF the South
there are some among us, who to avoid the
evils and dangers which, in their view, seem TO
threaten the peace and security of the Union,
ure willing to submit quietly to the socalled
scheme Of adjustment, for fear forsooth, that
hereafter they may be offered something worse
They seem to forget that every new exaction
only prepares the way for another more exact
ing, aud that it they yield to one, the way is but
opened up for fresh demands more insolent and
mere degrading. Every backward step on the
par, of the South, so fnr, has been immediately
followed by an advance on the part OF the
North. There is no cessation to the spirit O
f,naticism.
II is very evident that such policy MS thi'
can never lead to favorable results Such ;
course can never secure protection to tho rights
aud institutions of the South Such II course
can never retard the movements or check tht
.ncroachmcnts OF the Free-solers in their mad
crusade against the institution Of slavery. Sucf
a course will never pacify the country or pre-
serve the Union.
The submissionists of the present day, by
their timid policy and readiness to yield to an.
and all exactons, and Willingness to adopt an
measure proposed under the name OF an adjust
inent or palliative, are pursuing course dlrecti
opposite to that which would secure Just an
practicable settlement of the present difficulty
But still they say, that their object il to avoi
the evils and dangers which threaten the peac
and dangers be avoided by submitting to inu
tice and enduring sacrifices and wrongs wit
Job like patience! History, the chronicler {
the past, furnishes no example Of people OF
tanning their rights by submissive and coward
course of policy. The past experience Of tn
world is full Of warning on this point. And
the present instance, there is nothing to hop
from the Justice or magnanimity of the Nortl
A section, which once was bound to us BY fir:
ternal feelings and iraternal ties, is now fast bt
coming estranged. Instead of frie. ID and ally
it is becoming jealous iival. The property {
Southern men is now wished to be excluded fror
territory larger than all the States Of the Soutl
and this, too, by act Of Congress. TO this til
ritory the South has as clear and just right a
the North, and vet we find some Southern mel
ready to sanction the deed, and hope in this wa,
TO secure peace and harmony to the Union
this pitable faith in palliatives, will at las
change to bitter disappointment, and end in uttc
tutilty 1t can result in nothing beside.
But these evils and dangers which thrcatel
the Union-what causes them? Has the Soutl
created them! Is it her fault that clouds darker
the political heavens? Have any deeds Of her'
caused the storm-coud to grow blacker ant
bl.icker, and gather in threatening fury over on
heads! We ask, what are these evils and wher
do they come from! Will the submissionist
answer! Should they do 50, could any answc
be given than that the skirts of the South ar
clear in this matter, and that it is no fault of her
that the U ion is endangered! If it can b
shown that the South has caused them, we viii
also be submssionists, and strive to render JUS
tice in any ease where the South can be showr
to have acted unrighteousJy. But while We full,
believe that the present difficulty has been causec
by unprovoked and fragrant Northern aggression
upon the constitutional rights Of the South
rather than be submssonists, we would rejoice
in the names with which we have been honorcd
of ~Agitators' and "Ultras." Such names Il
MS are invested with no terror. They bring n,
shame, aud, III fact, are the surest evidence tha
We have done what little we could, to subserv,
the cause Of the South, and to arouse the spiri
of resistance to unjust and demonstrations
measures. This whole difficulty can be ea,il,
settled. As soon us the North withdraws he