The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-30
Fcon d, savannah Ca Morning .Ns,os.

How THE NoRTH AND SoUTH ARE DECEIVED
We fear that the people, North and South, are be
ing fatally deceived IN regard TO the true attitude
Of the great question which now threatens the
destruction of this Union Every day gives us
evidence of this fact. A portion or the press In
botb sec,ions are not only endeayoring to sup
press the truth in regard TO the MATER out 10
convey wrong impressions abroad IN reference 10
the state of public opinion IN their Wclnlties' on
the vitality important question now agltating the
country We notice that the Northern papers
are furnished with glowing telegraphic accounts
of The ~ eat;ngs of the so called Union party In
This CITY. while the meetingsof the opposing party
are never made the subject of DESPATCH and rarely
noticed by the Northern press.
Thai orr readers may see how the game rs work
inc, we nnblish the following extracts. The first
is from the Boston Journal, prominent anu-sia-
Good ns,rs from Georgia.-The Savannah Re
publican saws the Union ticket to the convention
will succeed in nearly every county IN the State
Upon this extract the Southern FrsSS very prop
erly remarks: " w hen the o''lEen % 49,, !,
so deep an interest in the success OF thal lchet
surely is an suspicious omen OF union espe-
calIv af,er the treatment Of the Georgia ambassa-
doris - With what effect such paragraphs as these
are thrown in the teeth OF the Northern dough-
faces, y" as they are called, who, taxing the aiarn
at the resolute position assuiheu ~ P oan
of our people in defence OF their rghts, are en-
deayoring to check the aggressive spirit or the
| AboIitionists, will readily be perceived. The
peopIe of the North are made to mlsconstrue anu
| misunderstood the position of the Union party
here, who are there represented as the aht-oouth,
ern rights party, or the party VINO are PcePare N
TO submit TO any wrong, to "any degree OF degra-
dotionU for the sake of the Union, and such ex,
tracts as these from Southern journals, are quoted
TO allay the apprehensions OF the timiu. nus uIe
orr enemies embroidered to persist IN their en-,
croachments on our rights, and the perPe'u''y VI
our Union endangered ~ NJ, !.
ceived Our own people are sought TO be luileu
into false and fatal security by similar course Oh
proceeding on the part of the Southern ealtors'
who seem to regard the triumph or party as para
mount to every other consideration, ana VINO are
resortins to the schemes of common party lactica
| IN the canvass Of question with when are ideh,
,fed the most vital interests Of the South, as wei
40 NJ the whole Union. They give but half the
| trutb-tl at part Of it which makes for them-aho
suppress the balance, which, to our mind, Is worse
than the suppression Of the whole AS case IL
point and bearing strong attlnltyto the one aposs
we pivethe following from the Republican, OF wed
| nesday last. ,L;;,.o,
Good .Ne,cs from Boston---From Geographic intel
lioence to the New York Journal of Commerce
and National Intelligencer, we learl mat meet
ING of the Democratic party OF the CITY OF boSlon
was held at Faneuil Hall on the 9Th nst' at whici
| resolutions were passed III la'o' VI 'He 'o'
slave law and of the Union. ,. .t..
Now. the same mail which brought this 'gooe
news from Boston, - also brought the following
| bad news from that city NJ, q
| Great JFhig Meeting at Boston. -BoSLon, NOV.
There was a large and enthusiastic wing meet
inc in Faneuil Hall, last night. The speakers al
went for modfcete" the t',g aa S'a'S 0"' D"
denounced any notification OF the law
Bv reference to the Morning .Nsi0s OF w ednes
dav' it will be seen that we published both these
| accounts In doing so, we were actualeu Wy ue
sire n Give our readers both sides OF the question
in order that they might form their own conclu
sions as to how much confidence was " oe nc
nosed in the good faith of the people OF Boston
When it is rccollected that the Wing party Is tE'
majority party in Boston, 1t would seem tha' th =
nroceedngs Of their meeting were OF quite as nuct
interest to the South as were those OF the Demo
cratic party. epoo,
That a large majority of the people. of Boston
Of all parties, are opposed 10 the n e.
which has been but too well attested by the dis
graceful and revolutionary proceedings Whlch NaYe
recentlv taken place in that city and that the re-
representatives. in Congress of Massachusetts, WI
90 for its repeal, or modification, IS not doubted
Il is equally true that the people OF Georgia. q gA
parties, lciH nerer SUOMI" 10 e"e ''PS"' " ""'' "
| modification of that bill.
This being the true state of the case IL becomes
| us as Southern men and Union men, TO LOOK lh'
danger full in the face, and not try to deceive our
Ives into feeling Of security ard confidence
| AGAINST our own judgments Aggression Is tht
settled policy of the North resistance is the de-
termined purpose and imperative duty ofthe South
One or the other must recede. The North mus
either cease to agrees, or the South to oppose
We have already been driven to the wall. Can
| we make further concessions? All parties here an
swer NO! Does it not become us, then, to dea
nlainlv with our Northern brethren, and no Longer
permit them or ourselves to be deceived' Should
we not assume such position on this great ques
| ton, rs would leave them no room to doubt mo-
only is such a course necessary for the preserva
ton of our social and political institutions, but to-
| the preservation of the Union itself.