Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-09
70 THE EDITORS.

GENTLEMEN The uniform fairness and courtesy that has
characterized the conduct Of the National Inteigence
induce to hope that you will not refuse place in you
able and influential journal to the following plain statement
Of facts connected with :" Southern Agitation and "Ag
taors" BY doing you will only extend to large class
of your readers and friends that justice which you claim fol
yourselves To you, therefore, and those who honestly
think with you your ancient allies the South address the
words Of the Athenian, 6 Strike I but hear"
SOUTHERN AeITATIoN.-FAcTs Us. FANcIEs.
From frequent editorial references and illusions in the
Northern and Washington prints, and from ppant asser
tons the floor Of Congress- the impression has gone abroad
that certain class of persons at the South styled The
Agtatos plotting dsunon, and that their presses
openly proclamng such be the settled purpose well
the interest of the Southern people, Attempts have also been
made faen upon Mississippi and South Carolina the
pcon of coalition for such purpose, irrespective of the
settlement of the slavery question, for atwood purpose
firstly inspire sentiment Of dsus in the motives and
actions Of those advocating the necessity Of the South TAX
ing counsel in solemn form by exciting against them the
popular prejudice against Notification and, secondly to
divert the minds of the Southern people from the real pur-
poses and objects which its call intended to accomplish.
To sustain these allegations and insnuaons proofs
wanting, has been had nnuendoes and nerences
drawn from the and language of the Southern
which have spoken plainly out the Southern question,
and the strained Interpretation Of the avowas and adis-
sons made by Southern Senators and Representatives the
floor of Congress
As private and humble citizen of the South occupying
no public position and desiring none the writer of this
muncaton has from the beginning of this controversy devot-
ed most of his time and attention to the movements which
have taken place in the Southern States regard to it, and
can confidently pronounce all such allegations insnuaon
and innuendoes false in theory and equally false point of
fact And to sustain this statement let facts be submitted
to candid world"
The first charge is that there exists and has long existed
serious intention the part of the Southern Agators Gas
the advocates of Southern equality unus,ly desgnated
to dissolve this Unon without reference the settlement
this vexed question: peferng it per most beneficial
the South challenge the production of proofs give
even the color of probability this charge to be drawn either
from the proceedings of Southern Legislatures the decara
tions of Southern statesmen, the language of Southern
presses claiming to represent embody the public sentiment
of their respective sections. reference those the only
authentic sources Of information, will prove the fact to be
precisely the rece, and that in the State of South
Caona the scapegoat of the Conedeacy, made to bear
the burden of the sins of ALL any public record public
nvowa public act be pointed out tending to show any in
enon or desire the part of her people propose re-
sort to disunon except alternative and in that
operation with her sisters who have taken the initiative in
measures of resistance to Northern aggression. In taking
ven this position she has arrogaed assumed the ead
'u has followed in the footsteps of Virginia and Mississippi
declaring her readiness to cooperate with them in the
'ny formal utteance Of her opinions which she has given
Virginia, IN her resolutions first up the flag of resist
nce Mississippi in her State Convention proposed that The
South should meet in councils and the universal assent which
hat announcement has throughout the Southern States
how that they will all be represented at Nashville coak
ngs 10 the contrary Notwithstanding The call for that Con-
enlon is well known made y the people Of Missis
ipPi assembled in Convention, irrespective of party and
session the people of the entire South looking forward
With hope and confidence, eserving until that period ary
ressons Of sentiment manifestations Of purpose which
ght conflict with embarrass its deliberations inal
on Pending its convocation. however, this oucry has
cen raised about the gorgons hydas and chness dire Of
isunion, Southern ploers Southern confcderaces pro-
rammes Of Southern confederaciss which. like Millions
nsge of DEATH are the monsrous and appalling be-
ause so utterly shapeless and obscure
Without casting needless mpuaons upon those who have
onceivsd, those who have either partially fully adopted
,ese erroneous views Of Southern sentiments thus much
lay confidently be a6rmed tha, tact admission Of their
nth might Re implied, they allowed pass uncontya-
cted And hence this call for the production Of the proofs