Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-10-24

The Fredericksburg NeacS
The editor of the Fredericksburg News, con-
tnues to berate those who are not for disunion
and the Richmond editors in particular, and YET
takes position for himself which is absolutely
anomalous. To sum it up in word, he thinks the
Southern people are disgraced by not dissolving
the Union, but he is not for dissolving it himself
yeti We quote one sentence from his last paper
to sustain the Two limbs of this proposition:
Isl, "We verify believe that no people ever had great
for rebellion and boodshed than the people OF
these Southern States They have practised submls-
sion until it has long since ceased to be virtue. They
hare quietly endured aorong and outrage until they
unworthy to be called Jreenen. And Tor what /!
For miserable G6Sfrdcta0n For Union which
bears the but is despoled of every constituent
which she uld belongs to it"
End We desire not to be understood as advising DIS
union We advocates of this extreme resort at
this time. 1t may be avoided The South can by firm
and concert avert the calamity The remedy is in
our own hands"
Of course, the remedy, which is to set every
thing right again, and raise the Union from the
sad and novel predicament of being " a mere abb
stracton," is to adopt implicitly the views of the
editor of the News and others who think as he
does, accept without question theirinterpretation
of Southern duty, read the Virginia resolutions
with all the interpretations whichthey choose to make
uponsthem-and then-why, we regret to say the
editoriof the News utterly fails to inform us what
is to be done. The 4" extreme resort " seems to
bea contingency which he does not liketo con-
template in the distant future any more than al
tEls ilaqcH Indeed like person afraid of dark
MSS, he razolutely shuts his eyes against so for
bidding a conception as Southern resistance and
dissolution of the Union. He appears even to glo-
ry in the reflection that the people of Virginia are
incapable of maintaining either their honour or
their rights, and, therefore, his time for advi-
sing disunion can never come to pass.
United, The exclaimsl never. The people of Vir-
gina will never be united in rupturing the Union or up
on any measure which has strong tendency to that
end. They have been taught to believe that is bet
Ter to berae every slave sacrifice loot OF nation
al territory pay an annual tribute of millions TO north
cupdity, and do other degrading things which no
free people ought to endure, rather than break Union,
the blessings of which they know as little as do the sub
jects OF the Autocrat OF all the Russias.
Now, this, we must tell our excitable friend of
the News, is very far from being the language of
good sense or of patriotism. 1t was not the Ian
guage of Patrick Henry, or George Washington,
when they were urging their countrymen to re-
sst the British King. Let those who consider the
measures of Congress tyrannical, take lesson
from their example. Such thought never en-
tered their imaginations as to avcw that the colo
MES were morally incapable of resistance. They
would have sacrificed their lives rather than make
so humiliating an imputation upon their country
men. But, certain new lights, of the year 1850,
much wiser than Washington or Henry, readily
undertake to assure the world of the slavish in
capacity of the mass of their fellowcitz to
derstand or defend their rights. They scorn to
argue with the people, in order to convince them
of oppression and the necessity of doing so Sc
rious thing as taking up arms. They insist
that we are all irretrievably disgraced, and are
content to share the same unenviable lot, proyi-
ded they be allowed the privilege of protesting
how different it would have been had their coun-
sells prevailed.
Now, although our Fredericksburg contempo-
rary INDUCES himself in all this high talk, we re-
memember one little circumstance which serves
to turn upon himself a good portion of his bitter
reproaches against the Richmond papers for in
consistency 10 not advocating resistance to the
Compromise measures. When Gen. Taylor's
funeral took place in Washington, our friend WIS.,
tied that city, and made his observations of the
aspect of things under the new administration of
Mr.. Fillmore. When he returned to Fredericks-
burg, he published glowing account of what he
had seen and heard, and spoke with particular
emphasis of the acceptable views of the new Pre-
sident. Having satisfied himself that Mr.. Fill
more would approve the Compromise Bill of the
Senate, he declared in substance, if our recolIec-
ton is not grievously at fault, that that acas as
much as ace could expect Of any Northern man.
Now, if Mr.. Fillmore could properly be recon-
mended to the cordial support of Southern Wings
because he advocated the Compromise, we beg to
ask if the News is not in part responsible for the
course OF those who see nothing in the Compro-
mise that calls for rebellion against the Govern
ment? And if so, it would do we'll to clear its
own skirts of the imputaton of inconsistency, be-
fore it imputes that political crime to other peo-
pie.
For ourselves, we have only to say that we
look back upon our course on the slavery ques-
ton with no repining. We sustained the Virgil
MIA resolutions ofl849-50 declaring that certain
specific acts of Congress would be deemed cause
Of resistance, not one Of which has been passed
Before The Compromise Bill of the Senate's com