The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-07-09
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Wh,g rapcrs in thc United siaics sinhdinE'
perhaps. a, ibl vs5y Lead Of the let. We
commend ,be sentiments contained therein
10 our Wing friends. and we aay that b is
Carrying the party spirit r.nch in the lasl
~csn,as. thcy 20 depiorcd, 10 a length n
which there is no sense, to separate from
the Democracy on these questions. We
are convinced that they do not, IN this
cosnly, desire such a thing We feel GER
tain that the bold aud independent Wings
Of osr county feel a. Southern men wholly,
and will scan what may be offered them by
Southern men as good for the country
with cain penetration. and that, even now,
they arc willing to throwoi on tsis question,
all party shackles. Gentlemen, you 'a.stake
diere is 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for the Demo
cratic paytyi in the course lhey are. who ase
not willing, aaaaim0as in desiring ihe
country 10 take on these questions. Broth
er Southerners, it is not a political scheme
for pARTY which we are engaged IN, when
we advocate a certain course to be taken.
We do not wage a war against the Admin
i%stration IN this, nor against the Wing purity,
On the contrary, we say come, go up with
Us to conquer our mutual enemies. This is
the fact. if the measures we propose for
the settlement of this question are carried
out, the Democratic PARTY is not elevated,
except so far as reetitude will elevate lndi.
yidhals; and il they do not succeed, both
Wing and Democratic party in the South
and ruined. But why do we here, on this
Southern question, make a distinction be-
tween Wig and Democrat? For this rea-
son simply portions Of the Wing press have
given to the country thar " private Free
Soil notions upon the subject, falsely rep-
resenting that ms being the sentiment Of the
Wing purity and the country, and have thus
themselves drawn the distinction.
The Nashville Convention has met, pass
ed resolutions, and given the people OF the
Southern States an Address, in which are
enumerated those wrongs which all true
Southern men feel deeply, ahd are enrhciated
those general principles Of action which all
Southern men hold us true and correct.
The compromise Of the Committee of Thir-
teed cannot pass the Senate-and even if
il did would be dropped in the House. Re-
cent events have shown the deeply felt and
widely spread opposition to it all over the
South Wing and Democrat unite in con
Idemhihg it, and other measures are pro.
posed by us, to which we can consent.
Let then us renounce party feeling, and
~denounce those who falsely represent us,
and go forward unanimously. But TO the
I article
When the report of the Committee of
Thirteen was first presented to the public,
the whole country, sick Of the agitating
scenes which it had passed through, seemed
disposed to regard it with an eye of favor.
It's features were not scanned with that
critical nicely which was Justly its due, from
the fact that it promised to produce nm effect
which all Were DESTROYS to witness. The
people, in n word, were exhausted, and they
desired rerose, at almost any cost. Calmre-
%dcctioli, however, has already detected many
blots which we humbly think should be tae
tal to its success in the South.
And first OF all, it converts rs, 000, 900 of
acres, out of which, according to Mr., Web
ster, slave States should be made, into free
I territory taking thereby the weight of at
least three large States from the South,
where il Justly belongs, and giving it to the
North6 which Is in no way entitled to it,
Nayl 90 the best Of our recollection, the
North did not claim, nor even expect, this
immense addition of prospective population
and power This feature of the Compro-
mise Bill, is sufficient to render it, in a very
high degree, distastelul to every Southern
man. 1t is sufficient to Justify the title
which the enemies of the bill have bestow-
ed upon il, namely, "A Surrender"
Secondly, we object decidedly to the
clause which gives TO Texas $4,000, 900
for the land thus surrendered. Ii that land
shall be decided not to belong to her, upon
the settlement OF her boundaries, then will
{ she have been paid this enormous sum for
+ property to which she never had any title.
II, on the contrary il shall be decided to be
hers, We see not what justice there can be
in buying Il up, and changing il intofree tor
ritory. Is this fair to the South? Is it
dealing out justice with an equal hand, to
all the members OF the conlederacy! What
equivalent has any portion of the South for
the tremendous odds which the Commutee
of Thirteen propose to give against her?
Texas may be satisfied, but this is a ques-
ton which does not alone affect Texas. Ii
bears with as much weight upon Virginia
and South Caroliaa, as IL does upon her,
IL contributes TO swell the majority of the
free States in Congress, and viii succeed in