The southern press., 1850-11-01
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tuition 100 sacred ss 70 be prctec.eA against its IN.
rosds and assrssaons,
Ths soulh can ioss noshing by opposing u. To
be succsssfsii, 4 y al imPorNnt that she should
oppose t NoW. Nut8ng can be gained by speei-
mems and spaiby. " The South should hsrbor
saeh idea asthis. ruia wiii iassisably iall upon
her. d Is ho lime 10 Fspose when we stand upon
the brink 0f a prscipice, down whose depths we
must be buried, unless We turn upon our pursasrs.
There ls nO time ioS sleep, when the earth heayes
~ ennyuisious and all thugs pOrtend destruction
% oar institutions end property. an idea OF peace
- lis and mocksry.
There u safety a. the south IA one other word
---REssstkscE 90 wrong, and death 20 Etnsticism
We must resist, or eur institutions, upon which
oar all 10 dspendsnf, viii be wFestsd from our
grasp. ~ Constitution viii protect "a, IL we
proteer the Constitution. Bai what safety re-
mains for 0s, u permit its ordinances 10 be dis
regarded and iis statutes act az naughti III We do
not oppose the Pressed aggrs~sona OF the North,
where wall they ead' u d not their great object
% destroy slavery IN the South and consequently
We not az know ihisi IL not slavery an unholy
thing ~ their eyes' DO they not consider that
they are doing Uod's service" while striving 10
work its downfall
Resistance nov Is oar culy safety. We are
pleased 20 know thai ihis truth is becoming every
day morr and more apparent 10 our people We
hear cheering news from sil parts Of the State
The people are beginning 10 disirnsi haekneyed
leaders, who look more 10 party ends than the
best interests of the State and the South. when
the people take the matter into their own hands,
. matters viii mend" A new order % things
wiil spring az. Our rights val he secured, az we
unite foT their protection.
The people ~ Georgia cannot he persuaded that
cpmproinise which depriyes them Of every foot
OF the common territory, is favorable 90 IA ir IN
terests, or does them justice. They know that
the territories are the outpOsts--that whrn they
IA i..rgf h.. IL a 4 a
and Ia danger. some ~ our public men declared
IN Congress, that they stood upon the great prin-
ciple that the South had just right 10 an ROYAL
participation in the common territories When
the people see them willing TO submit with pieasurs
to eomPromIse which depriyss the South Of
every inch, no wonder they are astonisbed, and
desire to Know the cause Of the sudden change of
sentiment.
We say then that the South can gain nolhinrby
submission 10 wrong. She, on The contrary, has
everything 10 fear from such course Of policy
Georgia will soon speak IA convention. Her voice
will lie for her rights. OF this We feel assured.
Her people, unless misfed by false issues, will he
true TO themselves. II not, ifthe whole danger is
not sufficiently apparent, " love OF false peace
oyerruies their love for justice aud their rights
the consequences, the sad and bitter consequences
will soon follow, as the result of apathy and indl
ference. We would warn them of this danger.
The elements ofdeslruc,ion are gathering over US
IL ~ AN issue OF life or death. Shall we meet il
boldly or shall we quai! in terror Shall we up
hold our institutions, our rights, and our honor,
or shall we baseiy resign thens
We cannot do better than conclude this article
by the following extract from the Columbus
Times
What stupendous folly is IL, to close orr eyes
and ears TO the sight aud sound Of this appalling
danger, and suffer ourselves to be rocked into 4
fatal security by Union lullubies. We hear the
roar of the coming tempest we see the tenth
wave of the arising ocean rolling in to enguf us
we are on the deck Of the vessel fated 10 encoun-
ter their fury--yet there are some of the crew and
passengers who are hddling and dancing and mer-
ry-making, refusing TO stop to take single sail
to meet the blast, and rejoicing as il fair skies
hung over their heads and prosperous gales filled
their canvass and blew out their star-spangled
banner. And worse than all. when the watch
full pilot points to the sinking barometer and the
visible evidences of the coming sweep OF the storm,
he is decred, and hooted at as an ultra, fanatic
and traitor. .... ..... ...