The Madisonian. (Canton, Miss.) 1850-1855, 1850-07-25
THE COUNTRY WANTS REposE.

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It cannot be denied that there are at the
South, as well as at the North, men of strong
consolidation tendencies, who always are and
always win be found tie adyocates Of uncOh-
ditional submission 70 any and every act Of
the Federal Government. They believe il to
be their duty to yield a cheerful acquiescence
70 the action Of majorities whether a warrant
can be found for that action in the constitu.
tion or not. No matter how monstrods and
how startling an aggression on the part of the
North may be threatened, wc will find among
Us either feeble apologies or open advocates
Of such aggression. This class Of men, how
ever conscientious and honorable they may be,
will always be found arrayed on the side of
power. II they had lived in the days of the
American revolution, they would ha We been
staunch supporters Of royalty, and woulhhaye
taken the ground that the tax Of three cents
per pound upon tea was a mere "abstraction,n
as that luxury was then little used in the col
onies-they would not have been animated BY
that proud spirit Of liberty that induced our
ancestors in the language Of the great states
man ofNew England, ITO go to war against a
preamble
Had their d%estinies been cast in the despot-
ism Of Turkey, the exactions Of her proud
sultan would meet no resistance at their hands;
OF, U in Russia, they would conceive It equally
a part Of their duty, and d matter Or con-
science with them to fling up their caps aud
sing hosannas to the Antocrat Of all the Rus.
sias-
However honest and Donscientious they may
pc, they are always the unwayering friends Of
the present ptate Of things. After a great po-
htical movement ia set on foot, they may, after
having resisted il unnecessarily in the outset,
conceive il their duty to act in concert with
Others Of their " section or v~icinage in the
new line " policy, but III the outset they are
never PiOnecrs-tbey have too much political
US inertie for such a u position.
Such men are always willing to submit to
any acts Of aggression that may be perpetrated
under the forms Of law, whether it comes in
the shape Of The Wilmot proviso, the abolition
Of slavery in the District Of Columbia, or in
any other guise It may assume.
And il is not at all surprising that such per-
sons are found advocating the Ipresent Com
promise bill, " as the best we cal. get.' What
ever might have been its features, even if il
conceded more to the North than it does, pro-
vided they believed II was the " best we could
gel" il would receive a cheerful support from
gentlemen entertaining their views.
But this class we believe to be Il small one.
L was not Of them we intended to speak
There are other advocates Of the present bill,
whose political principles and views Of public
duty are entitled to more respect. They are
those who believe that the present bill will
settle the whole question finally and forever,
and give a guj.tus to the fierce and angry dis.
c%usaions connected with it, both in Congress
and ID the country.
They say thceomtry needs rspose, and under
ths mistaken idea that the present compromise
viii give that rspose, they are somewhat dis-
posed togiys il their support. This We hon
estlybeiieye 70 h the true TessoB Why.it meets
I wish any favor outside Of he ranks of those