The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-25


Managerial address or GOV means. OF soash c.rolin.
tits somewhat difficult to give uerance TO the feelings
with which we have perused this production The style
is Of the most bombastc sophomore order OF defamation
II walks on stts and il flies with the upward bound OF
the balloon" The worthy governor is evidently man
Of uneasy imagination" whose hals when his
impassioned fancy runs in seyen-league boots" bu'
style and decoration mere matters OF TASTE and win
them we will not dispute. We come at once to the more
substantial parts Of this executive communication we
think the temper bad and the spirit most mischievous
The description of the federal government rep
rssenis il as decidedly than that OF any Turkish
dyan or Algerne council Of pirates II oneha be true
that he asserts South Carolina should have rebeed
against the tyranny years ago, and the other southern
States deserve their chains, for they clank them
without murmur or resistance. We can hardly imagine
anything so pjudca to the rights OF the South as these
wild and irrational lamentations" They out-Herod
Herod and destroy belief in what is true. because they
assert SO much that is groundess and ridiculous The
South has no doubt suffered much grevous wrong at
the hands OF the tree States but il she had borne the
1.-THE OF what Gov Means declares, without lifting hand
she mus, be pitied and despised for her pusianimty
No; this ultra school of grumbers have done much to
hiring The lust wrongs OF the South into dsrepute, and
Of all this school we have seen none 50 culpable as
Gov. Means He may dsclaim all allegiance to the
federal may swear to die under the nag
and on the bosom OF South Carolina-he may DEFY the
world and glorify the Palmetto sandardbut. after all.
Il is petty flourish OF trumpes firm. resolved, and
discreet assertion OF the rights OF the South is worth all
this spasmodic exultaton Of patriotic devotion Tins
gasconading display of couragethese "paper bullets Of
the bran"we and the world boldat cheap rate Less
powder and more bap should have been the motto oil
Gov Means, and he might have better served South
Carolina and her sister States We refer to the extracts
from this inaugural address, which will be found IN
another column, to prove how easy even good cause
may evaporate in the " uor a PrGiered nita"-sound
and fury, signyying nothing
We will preface these extracts with one further re-
mark Il cannot escape the observation OF the reader
that Governor Means is most bitterly hostile to the fed
eral Union He seems to be infected with a sort OF
dsuno, .nania The instant he speaks of the Union he
launches out into the most violent diatrbes OF abuse
He does not express or appear to entertain hope Of
reconciliation He does utter the slightest regret al
the prospect of disruption and confusion He does mol
cast single glance at what the Union has done for the
advancement, and glory Of the country. He does moi
nav it one compliment-one word Of funeral respect
4 NO; ne sees III " uOuunB uut q "oiSe off'sse'SA
than the colonial laws Of England. He breathes fre
and fury against it, and only asks for "plaes nsd'
the fastings of the guns We are sorry to see this
ill.temper and worse policy. II does no credit 10 Gov
Means; it will be only productive OF evil TO South
Carolina and by the southern States generally II mus
be regarded as injurious and humilating. Had Gov
Means taken the course that General Washington or Mr
Lowndes would have taken under the circumstances ne
would have boldly but prudenty declared his resolution
10 stand by South Carolina till her wrongs were edressed
he would have designated those wrongs; he would
have appealed to the of justice and OF duty OF the
free States for yndicaton and he would have mtgsted
the violence he saw blazing out in the legislature and
among the people OF that gallant State. This would
have given dignity to their position and weight TO their
example but who can extend helping hand 10 inns
cause whose chief supporters are rushing into open re-
belon with the phrensed excitement OF French mob IN
The DAYS OF her first revolution, when the tombs oil the
heroes of France were open and the gullotne was
dr;ppinr with blood With such chief executive off,
Ger as Governor Means, what excess-what madness
NAV NO, South Carolina exhibit We look upon her
course now as given up the guidance Of spirit OF fac
ton and desperation blind to the light Of experience,
and deaf TO the voice Of and whittier will lead
or where il will end, God only knowsl II there be
reasonable, moderate, patriotic left there-enough 10
make their influence be el,we call upon them in the
name of our common country, TO come % the rescue!
Attsc salt OF the Albany Atlas.
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