The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-08-06

we commend 10 the consideration of tn
!, II National" prints, which believe that the Gen
eral Government can crush the rights Of tn
J South with the same ease that glutton swal
lows an anchovy, to the following warning from
one Of the uery moderate Southern Compromis
J prints-the Savannah Republican.
1 Aluding to the result of the recent meetin.
in that city, (where we are informed by privat
correspondent, the Compromise was voted down
by about five to one,) the Republican, afte
grooming and grumbling little, says
t 1t can hardly be necessary for us to attemp
a report of the various speeches made on tn,
occasion. There was one sentiment however
in the speech of Judge Law, to which we trus
we will be excused for allnding. He differed
he said, from many OF his friends present as Il
the best plan for the adjustment Of our presen
difficulties-bm IF they could mol go scith him, HI
lcould go 10Th them He was in favor of tn,
Union, for upon its preservation he conscien
tiously believed the hopes of the world and thu
best interests Of mankind greatly depend. Blu
i if it could not be maintained without degrading
and dishonoring the South, then he was ready
to strike for our affairs and our firesdes; and, i
need be, to sacrifice all he was, and all he hoped
to be, in the cause of his native land" He
i believed that union among ourselves was all
j important, if not more important than the part
cular plan which might be finally agreed upon
| Harmony at home was the first consideration
for without that we would be unable to accom-
plish any good, much less to maintain oul
rights.
The proceedings of the meeting, and espe-
| cially the feeling which characterized the action
of the Nashville advocates, has satisfied us that
the Union is in greater danger than the North
seems willing to believe. The Southern people
are deeply and powfully excited, not so much in
favor of this or that plan of settlement, as il
consequence of the unholy interference of the
| North with subject with which they have nc
rightful concern, and which is vital to u.s. We
warn them, therefore, to beware of the conse
quence ofgoading us on to desperation-of dri-
wing US to point from which there is no retreat
There were men present at that meeting, and
intelligent men too, who are ready to go to al.
most any extreme, so profoundly have they
wrought upon by the unjust and overbearing
conduct of the free States. Things are rapidly
tending to a crisis big with the fate Of the Re
public, and it is for the North to give repose to
the country and harmony to the councils of the
nation. They are responsible for the excite
ment and it is for them, and them alone, to allay
| it," s
1t is probably remembered by all, that at the
last session of their Legislature, resolutions were
passed, ordering the Governor to convene the
| Legislature in case of the passage of any uncon
stitutional measures by Congress- which
the admission of California with the boundaries
claimed by her was specially referred to, as one
| of the measures indicated.
Any one who knows any thing Of the people
of Georgia must be satisfied that they are nc
braggarts, but will perform as they promise.
! nzy' The Richmond Examiner, print sec
ond to none in the South for the zeal and bold
ness with which it advocates the common cause
handles Mr.. CLAWS speech and its s'claquerers'
without gloves in the following editorial:
Very great laudation is bestowed on Henry
Clay's last long speech upon his overturned ON
nibus AS usual, it is the greatest speech he
ever made For it must be recollected that Mr.
\ Clay has made no speech of an hours length
for the last twenty years, which has not beer
pronounced by his toadies of the press and his
toadies of the bar rooms, the greatest that has
ever been spoken by him,--whose least efforti il
a flight beyond the loftiest and best of any one
else. Those who will take the trouble to dir
into its interminable current, will be forciby re
minded of the efficacy of place at the head par
ty, and in seat in the Senatorial Bear Garden
in assisting the delivery of great speech
The truth is, this long document which fills the
papers of the Federal party, and is the subject
\ of so mich editorial commentator, is one
which might have been written by any cour
house oracle from Main to Louisiana. 1t is
mass of balderdash, of superficial ideas, of false
logic, and of theatrical clap trap, which nobody
would ever dream of reading, were it not the
speech of hero of party and of fifty defeats
1t smells of the tavern booth, and of the barre
from whose head the candidate for election to
the State Legislature pours forth with deafen-
ing yells his schemes for the regeneration Of
Virginia, and the settlement of the Unions trou-
bles. Who has not heard at such places, and
twenty times over, the selfsame witty retort
with which Mr.. Clay uses up Mr. Mason, and al
which the galleries were SO much delighted that
they could not be restrained from " loud APP
| plause?" Mr. Clay charged the Southern mem.
bers with concert of action with the Free-soil.
4 ers and limited at caucus Of consultation be-
| tween them. Mr. Mason arose to state that the
charge was untrue That neither the Southern
members in body, nor any individual among
them, had ever held a consultation with the
Free-soilers. The orator then sharply question:
ed the Senator from Virginia, whether the South
ern members had not frequently held consulta
tons among themselves?
Mr.. MASON. l will answer freely; there Ger
tainly have been frequent consultations between
Senators from the Southern States upon question.
involving the dignity, honor, and safety of th'
Southern States, involved as they conceived in tn
provisions of this bill.
Mr.. CLAY. And so, undoubtedly, did our con
situations relate to the dignity, honor, and safety
of the UNION. Loud applause from the gal
lery.]
aloud applause from the gallery" The fea
of the officers, the dignity Of the assemblage
and the danger of disgraceful expulsion--al
these were insufficient to restrain the spectator:
from giving vent to their extravagant delight a
this telling retort of the witty patriot. Great i
the efficacy ola name.
RATIFICATION MEETING.--We are pleased t.
learn, says the Georgia Federal Union, that pub
lie meetings are shortly to be held in severa