The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10

wronged;--they have not the hardhood to deny
it,--yet they are opposed TO every mode of resist
ancs which can be suggested. The conclusion il
plain. They are the enemies at heart Of the
South. Many Of them are aliens to her in birth
They are the emmissaries and propagandists OF
her enemiss. Others, again, though native South
erners, in the pay of the enemy, or hope to be
| These denounce US to the uniformed. whom
1 they would deceive, as dlsunionsts as II every
/ promise Of the Union to us had not been taslhed
| by our enemies :--as il those who trample our
rights under foot, and set the Constitution aside
for our oppression and ruin, had not already de-
stroyed the Union Of our fathers, and were not
now threatening us with the sword TO compel US TO
yield to such Union as our masters would give
US. To submit, is to give up the Union. 1t is
more 1t is to give up our honor, our rights, our
equality, our liberty. The remedy of our fathers,
under circumstances less threatening, with Wash
! ington at their head, was separation. This was
the remedy of Samuel Adams, John Hancock,
Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. BY the
tories OF their times, these men, and the patriots
who coDcurred with them were denounced as ut-
trns, agifafo,s and rebels. A price was set upon
the heads of some of them by he tyrants of that
age. There are tyrants now, who would do the
same thing. If Georgia, our native State, to
which the whole South is looking, falters now,--
if she tamey yields her equality as member Of
the Union, and the equality of her citizens with
those of other States ;--if she baseiy submits, af
ter all her brave resolves, it shall not be any fault
OF ours. Let the iniamy and disgrace rest upon
e. ose who talked valiantly of fighting for the Mis-
been ready ever since, to take SHE best they can
get" Anything will be good enough for them
No fate which can overtake them would cause us
the least regret. Our only sorrow would be for
our native land, and the brave men who would be
involved in her fall.
From the Talladega, (.3la.) Watchto,cer.
THOUGHTS ABOUT THE >SoUTH.-Among other
purposes, Constitution was formed to establish
justice, insure nestle guilty. promote the general
peia1e, and the blessings of liberty 10 our
selves and 10 our posterity. All the States, North,
ern and Southern, entered INTO the constitutional
compact as free, independents and veregn States.
They formed conyedsraey Of equals. The Con-
sti ution--the articles of agreement between the
confederaring States-creaied the Union. Out of
the Constitution the Union has no existence.
When, therefore, the Constitution is violated in
its essential features; when the equality OF any OF
the contracting powers is no longer recognized;
when Georgia does not, and cannot in the Union,
have and enjoy the same rights, immuntes, and
privileges Massachus etfs, obviously the Union,
as formed originally, no longer exists. Whether
the weaker party, whose interests subjected TO
the will of dominant and oppre ssive majority, is
willing to continue longer in the Union, is merely
a question Of expedency and proprety
Patrick Henry was regarded an enthusiast
and dreamer, by the great majority Of the people,
in his day, when he predicted that the Fedora.
Government would be stronger than the States and
tyrannize over them. The general opinion WIS
that anarchy was the great danger under our sys-
tenn of governments and that the States would be
the preponderatng power. The practice is now
The nd he Of tha Eade list
were wrong. Ours is fast becoming consolidated
government. An irresponsible majority is ncreas-
ing its ers to an indefinite extent. The ends OF
the Union, as far az the slaveholding States are
are no more regarded. The South Is
despoiIed Of her property, stripped of her rights,
and prescribed as people. Those guarantees OF
the Constitution against the expressions TO which
our peculiar institutions are exposed, and without
which the Southern States would never have
agreed to the compact, are not observed, but dis
regarded and nulliiied. The burdens of the gov
eminent fall on us, while scheming, and reckless
and fnatical majority insidiously deprive us OF
the benefits The public territory, acquired in
part by Southern vaor and Southern treasure, is
forbidden TO US, and opened to Mexican highway
men, Gillian prisoners, and Botany bay convicts.
The abolition of slavery in the District of Column
bia is avowedly deferred to more suspicious
season. The institution in the States only awaits
the filling up Of the territories by our Northern
site majority, to alter the Constitution ma
ority, whose legislation g is marked by every act
which may define tyrant" is unfit to control
equal sovereign and independent States. Resistance
nop when we are. strong, or resistance hereafter
when we are weak, is the alternative. The legis-
Iation Of the last few weeks Of Congress has
placed that matter beyond peradventure. We are
not the disunioniss, not the aggressors. With
earnestness and sincerity, we have adhered to the
Union Of the Constitution but now that it has lost
is power to protect and defend, we think, in the
language Of Toombs, that every slaveholding
State 8 should strike for independence. -
1t may be necessary to say, that we apprehend
nothing like civil war If we did, it would all be
he same With our views Of this confederacy,
we hold it be the clear and unquestIonable right
Of every State to secede peaceabLy from the Union.
1t ia absurd to suppose, that sovereign State
can be compelled to remain in partnership of
equals, when new partners have been introduced,
whose views, interests and feelings are abhorrent
to hers, or when the old partners act to her injury
and detriment. 1t may, also, be well enough to
say. that with firm consciousness OF the justice
of the of the South, we are not afraid Of re-
proachful terms. Disunionists, ultra, factionist,
extremist, are not terms of horror. Nicknames
become battle "The wood on
which you cruelty the reformer, becomes the sign
in which his successor shall conquer"
From the Eutauia (.aia.) Democrat.
CoNGREss.-To-day breaks up the most impor-
ant national council that has assembled since the
formation Of the Government. Its opening was
attended with porentous omens. There a
gloomy sentiment Of distrust, widening Of Sec
ionsl alienation never before so palpable, and
hen the nmcal bitterness of that struggle in the
House, which for three weeks stopped the who e
machinery oflegislation, these things gave token
" a coming conflict that filled mems hearts with
apprehension, and made even the most hopeful
hale htS hand in, n,plap hnu in
Is he contemplated the probabilities of long en-
lurance of the once glorious Republic of the
United States. The removal from his adoring
people Of that great light, beaming 1t ever did
with the brightness and purity of the heaven to
which it has been recalled, and shining like q
covering landmark in the South to guide her be-
wldered children into port. This was caami-
" in no wise calculated to dissipate the gloom.
The pillar Of our strength gone. The Hec
or that michi have saved Troy. Ind sunk his