The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-25

III our views IN relation TO Mr.. Giddings were
new, we should not deny the fairness of this in
ference. But we have ever thought Mr.. G's.
course injurious rather than beneficial TO the Of
freedom. And with such opinions we certainly
have no wish to see his term Of public service pro-
onged, though nothing of this was ino our thoughts
when we reprobated revolving sentiment found
in MIR. G's. recent speech.
The Fredonia Censor, in its notice Of Mr.. GIp-
DNG's malignant assault upon the Secretary OF
State, says:
Having no sympathy at heart for the cause he
advocates he scruples not to endanger its success
by malignant attacks for the sole purpose Of ag-
gravating opposition whenever he judges il will
subserve his own selfish purposes. His course
Of conduct during the last session Of Congress be-
tokened the thorough demagogue. InAicting upon
the country useless speeches during the earlier
part OF the session--he abandoned his post, and
leaning the appropriation bills to their fate, and went
home TO stump It for re-electi,n.
Observe the double edge with cuts which this
Firstly the course Of GIDDNGs is injurious,
rather than beneficial to the cause of freedom"
that is, when you wish to bag your bird yon
never 60 shouting into the feld-and secondly,
he abandoned the interests of his constituents,
by leaving the appropriations bills to their fate"
unlike JOHN GLPIs, not having frugal
mind" What the interests, are, the Fredonia
Censor does not definitely state.
AS Robespiere blandly absorbed all the lesser
lights of Jacobinison, SO the great demagogue
of the Free soil movement intends to sweep
away from his path, all the noisy brawlers like
GIDDINGs-and therefore lets him take rope
enough to hang himself, as a labor.saving pro-
cess--frst having the moose adjusted by his
dearly beloved editors When such men assail
Messrs GIDDINGs g. Co., and preach "peace"-
for the present-who can doubt the sinister OBJ
jects which Turk behind? Who can believe that
they honestly intend such truce to be LISTING?
No one but madman or fool could SO believe
certainly astute and sagaeious politicians CAN
not.
So much for the end Of agitation" n Con-
gress-that is the abstinence of SEWARD and
his supporters from assaling the slave States
for two weeks and half! phenomenon so
wonderful as to call forth the congratulations of
all the self appointed dry-narses Of " this gori-
Gus Union" That Mr.. CLAY should, however,
venture to affirm with an air of gravity, that she
country ,oas nom free from agitation" and that
4" there pas nop q calm in The public mind," proves
that he has listened only to the hattering tales
told by obsequous toadies and blind admirers
and has mistaken their most sweet voices"
for the voice of the people. Why, every man
who uses his own eyes and ears-who reads the
newspapers, or conyerses with persons from
different sections of the country, cannot fail to
acknowledge that the public mind never before
was so convulsed and agitated throughout the
whole expanse of this country, as at this very
time-and that the stiffness here, at the Capitol,
is but the ominous lull of the elements that al
ways ushers in the full fury of the storm.
Gravely to argue this matter in full view Of the
movements now taking place North, South,
East and West, the tone of the press and Of
the people, would be worse than idle.
That this is the time to do something for
the relief of manufacturing industry" is con.
clusion in which Mr.. CLAY will be more apt to
find the Sewardites concurring, than the South
ern men, who spurn the hollow truces of their
open enemies, as well as Of their protesting
friends. Ifmore compromises are to be made
if the Southern sheep is to be shorn closer STILL
and left shivering and naked to the cutting
blasts from Boston, and the universal North
in Heavens name let not the wrong and robbery
be perpetrated while peans of peace arc pealed
forth in concert and resort had to an hypoc-
risy too shallow to cover the shame and degra-
dation, which an abject acquiescencc in repeated
wrongs and insults must make the portion of
people, who either dare not, or care not to assert
their own title to an equality bequeathed them
by their fathers.