The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-10-08
From me Southern Press
T II E NEW ERA.

constitution was to secure the harmony OF
the States. That has at length failed
About one-haIf of the States have engaged
in course of policy destructive to the rights,
the interests, and honor of the other half,
and have already succeeded in securing a
majority vote in Congress for their spolia-
ton, 1t was the intention aud belief of the
trainers of the constitution, that the power
Of the States shonid he equal to their own
protection, and that danger was to be ap-
pretended from their encroachmeuts on the
Federal Government, rather than from Fed
eral encroachment ON them This has been
completely faisite1 by experience. It was
distinctly held by Mr.. Madison in the ieder-
aIst, that State patronage and honor would
preponderate over federal, and that men
would be elected to federal office. on ques-
tions of State policy rather than federal
aud that the danger OF the new Government
would be from conflicts aud anarchy among
he States, rather than consolidation. H.
tcad Of that, men are elected generally
wen to the most trivial Offices of a State
according to their federal politics, and that is
'1nsoidarion.
Thus the progress of consolidation has
)een 50 great, As at length to result in CO.
lion of hal the States having a majority
II the population, to oppress the other hal.
and through the influence OF parties III fed.
rraI politics. to obtain in such an attempt
he support of portion of the Representa-.
lives, and people Of the victim States.
What then is to be done When our fa-
lhers found the drticles of confederation ill.,
adequate for their welfare, they proceeded o
amend and they ended by changing them.
Let US do likewise. The Nashville Conven-
lion meets again in about seven weeks
Let delegates be sent from every State and
district where the people are not lost to
sense of their rights, or to spirit for assert
ing them. Let that convention when it as
SembIes, deliberate upon the evils we have
suffered, the dangers that are impending,
aud the mode and measure of redress aud
safety. Let them not listen to the language
of submis,ion--et them not think for mo-
ment of abandoning the South to future
of shame, of injury, Of ruin Nothing has
been done, which people worthy of being
free cannot undo Let South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida aud Mississippi,
take their stand, aud the rights of the South
and the integrity of the Union can be pre-
served. Let Virginia, North Carolina, Lou
isiana, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Tennes-
sec, Kentucky and Maryland send delegates
But let no man expect unanmity. Never
yet was great movement made for the as
sertion of right or the resistance of wrong.
with anything like unanimity. The inc
qua tiles of human character forbid it. The
glory and even the existence of every peo-
pie always depend Oh the sagaclty. patro-
tism and energy of part, aud there are now
IN the South as large n part of her people
endowed with the high qualities of their
race, as ever led a country in defence of her
rights.
Nor let any man suppose there is danger
of civil war from an honest, enlightened and
manly assertion of southern rights. The
North is more depend ent OIL the Union than
the South, aud will always derive more ben
eft from it even when its powers are hon.
estly exercised. Manufactures and Com.
merce may flourish in the South, but neither
the genial sun Of the latter nor It's fertile
SOIL can never shine or fructiy in the North
The Northwest can abound in grain, but
the South can produce more than on abun-
dance of her own bread, and the cotton that
clothes the world can never grow in the
valley of the Ohio.
The North will prefer union and equal
ity of the States to disunion. The South,
we trust, will never acquiesce in the attempt
made by Congress TO divest her of all share
Of the territories recently acquired. Caiior-
mia can yet be diHided--and if millions can
be paid to Texas for territorial Claims for the
sake of northern encroachment, let millions
be paid to California for southern right.
The South will demand security for the
future also. And this will require moditi
cation of our federal system.
We have had much discussion for the last
few years, on natural aud political rights
We shall have more. These questions wi
be examined thoroughly. The operation
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