Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-31
TOME OF THE SOUTHERN
PRESS

TOME OF THE SOUTHERN
PRESS.
For the purpose Of apprising our renders of
what ls at this time, going on in the slave Suites,
we have looked over large number of South.
ern editorials, ana selected he following, as best
embodying the spirit and general tone that pre-
walls, with few exceptions, the whole.
UNION OF THE SoUTH The following is an
extract from letter winch we recently received
from one Of our Il representatives. IN Congress:
WAsHINGToN, Dec 81, lef9
"joAN CHAIGN E*q,-Dear Sir: We are all
surprised here at the tone of the press in Alaba-
INA at the present time.
Every political moye of the statesmen and
parties Nurt', is evidently ipfvudrd TO degrade
the Southern States, on account of thnir lnstitu
tons and with the view mot dsgulsed of their
ultmnt" destruction.
" No fact can be palmer and vet like the
Jews when besicged by the Romans. the press
OF the South are keeping NJ a strife among the
iacllous " called chTary and bunker whigs,"
and "chlvary and bunker Democrats" at the
very time we are assaed and ought to act, thnk
and feel, as one man. Cannot editors find in the
s'lfrlng events Of the times more important mat
ters Tor public consideration than the revival Of
Slahg, some ttteen or twenty ycars old Do
you NOT know (ail yon, wings aud democrats
hat II is by and through ouI divisions that the
enemies Of our institutions expect to succeed !;
ana that n they saw us united. they would
recon-, at once, from their outrageous aggrcs
slons?
IF you know or believe these things, why in
the name OF all that Is dear to Us, do you notEn e.
mite IN yoar attack upon the common foe? En-
courage the waVerHg-dGnounce the treach or
Gus, and cheer on all, who stand by u.s. rive
them the right hand of fellowship, whether
heY be Wings or Democrats, "thivalry or Hun.
kes"
1--WE nave no man t. spare who is true to the
South, and whoever lives among us, be he who
he may that tries TO stir up strife an4ong South,
ern people and thereby weaken our cause. should
be held as The country's worst enemy. He does
US more harm than five Northern Abolltonsts
Of equal capacity and remote from us.
elf these strites and contentious in the South
are not put down by the people or abandoned by
those who stir them up, no one can tell the state
OF degradation, misery aud woe reserved for our
people,"
We do not pretend distinctly to understand
no IS aimed at, or who is hit by the above re
proof: our wthes" at least. 'are ul.wrungn
We have endeavored until the subject to us has
become stale and tiresone, to show the vital I'm
porlance TO the South Of the most perfect union
am harmony on the subject of slavery Hence
our recurring SO often to the meeting Of the
Southern Representative last winter in Wash
ngton Then emphaucaIly Of all other periods
tl,o g., .I,,,
juncure in which every Representative shond
have looked upon all private and party consider
atoms as "trlfes light AS air" compared with the
one great subject OF Southern rights and South
ern honor. The mere form or character Of tlc
4@-LA------~s'~s urntu,; vFtieuier, tuoeeu' Wey
/ should publish an Address at all or not, was
nothing absolutely nothing but that they
houId all be UNITED on sOMETHING--on some
nlau of self defence. was EvLRY THING. We do
not hesitate to say that had all the Southern De.
mocrats and Wings come together on that c.
cas,on aud acted az onn man, there would scarce
" have been dissenting voice from the Po'"
nae 10 the Rio Grandp on any course ct acton
nat they niuht have deemed nnce,SarH to pnr
.ne Tbenthe tide OF our aff'iirs" was at rs
flood" and had il been l0dlrlou'ly ''aRfn ny
,ur kppre ,ptatives, the fortunes" Of the South
i
rl,,her uolesratun. But tn golden opp"rl"'
nlty was uol properly lmprC we'd, 1t was worse
.hun Ihnwn away nay, It was so ann"t" "S ~
be in effect litIe else than an open betrayal u
,hn GREAT interests of the South, and almost ~
fatal as the throwing dawn ofouf defensive ms
for the admission OF Il l'rolan horse FROM t'lht
tune. we began to hook upon the possibility OF 'he
South ever acting up to the requirements OF CUE
preat, all absorbing and unanInnns sentiment
"a an idle dream--l mere Otupmn fancy. ana
after we saw the course OF MeSSfS. ill'iIa'u'
Stephens g. Co., warmly approved ny 'heir c0"-
stituents, themselves retained 10 congress Wy
increased mGiortl"s, and their misefaoIe' Pr'Y
trivial and absurd excuses pronounced S7tiS'"0
tory. our doubts about Southern uh'on' were
strongly though most grlevotaly coniif@'u' hu'
lstilI notwithstanding all thus, as snnh dS we 81"
the stand taken by stephens, Toonos ana 'i','
lard in the present Congress, a'thon4h we ""g"
have our private opinions as tutAtlr mot'tfS' yt
for the sake Of aiding to unite the S"n'l, we
were willing to overlook ali past iransgfPSsoH'
and ready to hail them as patriots faithfully DC
voted TO the cause Of their country ANA WE
sill think it the duty of every Southern lnan tt
exert all his influence in eifectng perfect I'M
ion of the slaveholding Suites On the question o
slavery and, indeed, we are proud TO say tina
there is a very fair prospect now that the SoutI
will be united The public press, however con
hiciing on party topics, seems now, on the South
ern question, to speak with but me voice; on
Legislatures on that subject recognize but on
party. and the people, we KNOX, WREN their tru'
situation is understood, will be animated witt
but one impulse one sentiment, and that vii
be to maintain their rights atany and every sac
riice.
We must confess that he remarks in the n
bove cxtracl took us somewhat by surprise. ant
we are disposed to believe that our correspond
ent is somewhat inclined to cxaggerate matters
We hear little or nothing said now Of" Chvol
nv" or llunkerism," and we expect to hear stll
less; and the press, we r"pelt, on the Southern
, question: seems TO he nearly unanimous. Eth
Legislatures and leading spirits of tn" South WI
now only act judiciousy and with coolness, W
believe there will be little more to fear froD
Northern ianatcsm, so well satisfied are W.
that inst so soon as lhe Free Soil agtato-s per
ceive that the united South has at last cone t
the determination to Weld not one hairs breadt
q Of her ground to any threatenQd invasion howeV
er ruthless and formidable, they, in the words {
e our friend. will recoi at once' and retire {
h their barren hills with the benefit OF lesson tht
# they can never torget-.4labnar .Alas
GEN. TAYLOR Ar LAST SUR