Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-16

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to Mr.. VAN BuREN's reelection to second term,
(hs first term having then but just cemmenced.)
In favor ofwhich proposition the "Reformer" says:
"I would give satisfaction to the two great divisions of
the country. 1t would restore harmony and good feeling
between the North and the South woud strengthen the
bonds of the Union. ,oouM gire quiet and security to
'the shpeholding interest"
In the same paper of the 26th August, 1887,
may be found the following:
"THE USIos DAssER.-It would be but closing our
eyes against and fact express any other
opinion than that the spirit prevailing generally in the
non-slavehodng States openly threatens the Union of the
States large and rapidly increasing body of deluded men
have TOR years. been engaged in the neaous attempt
disturb the social relations existing under the Consu-
stion," &c.
In the same paper of August 2I, 1897, we find
communication under the signature of "John
Thompson the object Of which is to recommend
the annexation Of Teas in connexion with the
selection of Southern candidate for the Presidency,
from which we take the following:
cit is in vain longer delude ourselves with hope The
great question Uheh must decide the permanencu of this
Union ALREADY and the Southern and Western
States will be untrue themselves and degenerate from their
sires, they fail to roy out their banner from the outer
,caAs, and meet the enemy from the very outset"
Upon this article the "Reformer' remarks:
GAS to Texas and Abolition, cordially concur with
John Thompson in the expedeny Of meeting questions at
The South has borne this and insulting inter-
meddins in its affairs long enough We must prepare for
the worst but at the time every exeron 10 avoid
extemities We should ask than what are will
ling to allow to Others and be satisfied with nothing less.
Upon these questions the South must be united as one man,
and brace ercry sine,o for the contest"
Again, demanding the annexation of Texas Teght
years before itacually took place the Reformer =
says:
The subject calculated to the attention of
this whole Unon and cannot be disposed of
the way proposed 1t may be laid upon the table, but will
not sleep there twill rise up again and again. until shall
secure fair hearing, and then shall know toeh tcele
States ofhis Union prepared to surrender up their
rights under the C0nstuonto bow down at the footstoo
Of abolition, and to doom themselves and their posery
perpetual imbeciliiy, uthouta struggle"
These brief extracts will serve to show the spirit
in which the newspapers in the Southern interest
engaged in this controversy. But heavier metal
than this was brought into the field to which chiefly,
at this moment, it is our desire to direct the aten-
ton of our readers It was rather before the date
Of the preceding extracts that there was written and
carefully and neatly printed at the Telegraph office
in this city, Romance of love and politics, the latter
greatly preponderating, entitled " The Partisan
LEADER" the object Of which was TO prepare the
public mind in the South, but especially in Vir-
gnia, for the establishment of Southern Confed-
Grafton, in the event of continuation in office, by
reelection, of President VAN buren, and his party.
This work was, at the time of its publication,
freely, but wrongfuy, attributed to Judge UPsHUR,
of Virginia. It was written by another Virginian,
Of the same politics as the Judge, gentleman of
character and ability, and an ardent politician, now
no more. Weshall not trouble our readers with the
story Of the work, furherhan to say thatt writ
ten in anticipation of the history of the future de-
scribing certain things having occurred (remark-
ably enough) in l849-50-that is to say, at the
time now current-and resulting in adding VIRGINIA
to other States which had at somewhat earlier
period cast off the yoke Of the Union. The story
opens with an incident supposed to take place in
October, lS49, but it goes back to the second term
of President JAcKsoN's Administration, to describe
the father of one of the personages of the story
worthy Virginia gentleman, who had had the
aoeaness to resist the importantly Of certain of his
friends, at some time between 1885 and ls4s,
whose views are thus presented
"They remarked the steady tendency of Federal measures
ito ,ceaken the aicontet States in the South and to in
crease the their Northern oppressors and those
'qe General Government Hence they feared that when
Virginia. any other of the slaveholng States should
find itself driven secession the other party, in the conf
dence of superior strength, might be tempted orciby
resist the exercise Of the right They thus arrived at the
conclusion that separation, (hich they deemed ineria6)
so be peaceable, be prompt These ideas had been
laid before Mr. Trevor, and in proportion to the urgency
with which they pressed his alarm and bis dispo
son adhere to the Union. He, last, had brought
himself believe union, any terms better than dsunion,
under any circumstances. As the lesser evil therefore, he
determined to forget the Proclamation and striving to
concile himself all the of the Administration he
regarded every attempt to unite the South support oa
Southern President, PRELUDE FORMATION OF
a SOUTHERN CoNrEDERAcr," &c.
Mr.. VAN BuREN is supposed to have been re-
elected President in 1852 and the story goes on:
1t clearly that he had determined to use the
power thus obtained, and to administer the Government
solely with view to the interest Of that sectional faction
by which he had been supported. Vac victis = sWo
to the vanquished the word II had gone forth and
Northern eupidty and Northern anaticism .cere seen to
march, hand in hand to fe plunder and desoation the
South"
Under these circumstances, the Southern States had
been length forced that the day for decisive action