The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-09-13

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host, and, by their indomitable irmness, compelled
the proud majority to abate their unjust demands.
To their unslrinkng resistance do we owe the re-
pudiation Of the Wilmot Proviso, co aomine, over
which votes Of praise are daily sounded by the
Washington Union, and other kindred presses
To their untring efforts we indebted for what
ever is valuable in the fugitive slave bill, and to
their unyleldlng hrmness may We also ascribe the
saving of more than twenty thousand square miles
Of Texan territory from the tender mercies OF free
soism.
But vet these noble spirits are denounced AS ex-
tremists, ultras, dsunionists and other opprobri-
Gus epithets, heapcd upon them for the purpose
of breaking down their influence, and that too, by
southern men, But these efforts will sgnally fail.
The great body of the southern people have too
much intelligence not to perceive who have de-
Tended and who have abandoned the high and sa-
cred trusts committed to their charge, and they
have too nice sense Of justice not award to each
q merrted condemnation or approval, according
as their acts may justify. e8s
A CAUSE OF SOUTHERN PUsrLLANIMITY.--Th
South is celebrated far and wide for the hospitaIi-
ty, generosity and kindness Of its citizens, North
ern men have availed themselves of this sectional
characteristic to come and sspitch their tents"
amongst us, and have found homes, regulations
and fortunes. These men are the first to intrude
themselves upon public attention, and to volunteer
their distinguished services in high places. They
find commanding, lucrative and honorable posi-
tons in society and State, such as teachers in
our schools, lawyers, doctors, editors and politi-
cians and no sooner is this done, than they attempt
and often succeed in giving tone, shape and char
acter to public sentiment among us. Their opin-
ions ure in accordance with first impressions, and
these first impressions are in opposition to the
morality and political policy ofAfrican servitude.
Hence in all questions, in which our peculiar do
mesc institutions are concerned, they are not for
us, but against us, and often take sides overly
covertly. Thus cortraband public sentiment is
imported in the South, which, in all its elements,
is directly adverse to our interests. From their
personal weight OF character, their daily and close
associations with us, they gradually instl the
poison which weakens and enervates the South
ern mind. Then follows as a remote but certain
consequence, fatal security, indifference to our
rights, pusanimity, submission. Now, that we
can have the past to look back upon, who, cannot
trace the tame submission inclinations which are
by no means rare nowadays, in the South, to
misplaced generosity in the first place, and then
to the attentive audience which we have given to
Northern teachers Of political and moral principle
1t is not our desire to give offence to single hui
man being, by these remarks nor would we be
understood as CHASING all Northern men alike in
this respect But the critical condition Of the South
requires that should speat out and nothing here
after shall prevent US from saying boldly what
we think Upon the vital subject Of Southern
rights the South should cease to give ear to Yankee
They are dangerous counseIlors. We must rely
wholly uron ourselves in this trying emergency.
These Northern men have already contributed in
no small measure, to bring the South to the very
brink Of the yawnng chasm. Will they be per-
mitted to lure us into the gulf below, The
{" Wooden Horse" has already entered the city Of
our strength. Let us prevent it from disgorging
its countless number Of armed foes. Southern
men, shareholders and the friends of shareholders
beware how you follow the lead Of Northern
men! 'sTimeo Da,aos, ct dona Jerenies '--Ortord
(1Miss.) Organizer.
g The Organizer is mistaken in supposing that
we objected to that paper publishing an account
Of what is called Z" Union meeting. But we did
and do still object TO the attempt made by that paper,
TO credic capital for crusade against the U,tio and
in favor Of the Nashville Convention"
The above is taken from the Wing Star OF
Thursday last. The charge that we have attemp-
ted to "create capital for a crusade against the
Union, is grossly and absolutely false. This is the
mildest language that we can employ in its denun-
citation. Our position is well known to our read
ers, and could not have been unknown to the edi-
tor OF the Star, when he wrote down the libel upon
| US. We are determined for the future, that such
SANDER shall not escape US. We have no con-
cealmen'. and if this charge were true, we should
not hesitate to acknowledge it. We write
what we think, and think what we write, Our
| opiniona are our own property, and we expect to
entertain them without duress, and to speak them
without fear, as long we live. The columns OF
the Organizer viii furnish the best refutation Of the
Stars libel. We have been, and still are a con.
sisent, and fast friend to the Union. THE Gov
sTIrurroNAL UNIoN-the Union in which slavery
is recognized, and the equality Of the States guar
anteed; but at the same time, we are Just as mimi
cal to that effgy and mockery ola Union, in which
the abolition of slavery is recognized as dogma
and the equality and nationality of the States de-
MED. And if the time should ever come, when we
are compelled to select between DOMESTIC SLAYER,
| on the one hand, and the FREE-soIL UNION, on thu
other, we shall not hesitate TO make and avow GU,
CHOICE and that choice will look to the protection
Of the South, her property and her people We
have calculating love Of the Union. We love il
/ for what it is worth without the idolatry of thu
craven submissionists--and when it ceases to bt
what 1t was designed to be--the Union of LIBERTY
EQUALITY, FRATERNITY, then we may be writer
down a disunionist. That time may be i'm 2
twelvemonth. 1t may be, we could wish it would
be, never. Until then il Ia injustice without mea.
sure, assumption, without parallel, and falsehood
without remorse, to call us an enemy to the Union
Oxford (JMi.) Organizer,
MApIsoN RATIFICATION MEErNos,-Tt affords
m great pleasure to publish the proceedings Of the
useetings at Whites Tan Yard and in Huntsville
Alabama, on Saturday and Monday respectively.
They were proud days for the friends of the South
They confirm us in the opinion, that an over.
whelming majority Of the freemen Of Madison are
| ready to resist Federal ensroachments, and will
never submit to be degraded from their constitu-