The Yazoo Democrat., 1850-10-03
THE sUBMIssIoN1sTs; WHO ARE TIE ENEMIES
OF TIE sourr

OF THE soUTM
Under his head, SONS windy animal
came braying through ths y big Of the 9Th
ult., evidently intending most gr andilo-
quent 5ust, & which was no doubt designed to
be Ineligible. If so it was a "plendid fail.
ure." II it had been the bray Of tho Mad
am, we should think her in earnest, when
she promised to progress so rapidly under
our tuition, that "Hone but her bOst lawyer
subscribers would understand what she said "
After running and snorting, with head and
tail up, through an entire column, keeping
up an immense degree Of "sound and fury,
without sense" the animal winds up with
the following blast, which surely strained
his wind>ppe ,aud which needs an interpre'
ter:
"lr,he south is in danger, It is not from
Northern aggression, but from Southern
treason. n.-Treason to the cOnsttulion-trea-
son to the rights OF the majority OF her citi-
zens, and to the dignity Of human nature
The present crisis is a fiery ordeal that will
purify the whig party Of the South, Of many
fits excrecences, and bring into co-opera-
ion with it, the independent and patriotic "i
the other political party. All good men and
tue, will seek protection under the broad
wing Of our national eagle, from the auar-
chy aud civil strife that the Submissionists OF
the Nashville Convention seek to bring up,
IN our fair, broad land.
What is to be understood here by "Soath
srn treason" and tho dignity of human ma
ture?" Are the supporters Of the Mash
vile platform" the traitorSl and placed be-
meath the ''dignity Of human nature" by the
contemplate scribSler, who seeks impunity
hehind pettiCoatl Is it opposition TO the
unjust Legislation Of Congress he styles trea-
soul Such an assumption is wilfully false.
! The writer knows full well that the actors
in, and the supporters Of the Nashville Con,
vention, as a mass, are as true patriots as
-ver lived; and that their country and the
South are as ''dear to them as the rudd,
drops which visit Qheir) sad hearts" In
stead Of plotting treason they plO. only
against treason.
That there are traitors among us, howev-
"r, we are willing to believe-persous Fl
only for treason and spoil''-but that the,
are Nashville eonvsntionisls we deny. No
doubt we often meet them. at our tables. fire.
sides, and altars but they are those, if any,
who are reared in frigid climate, where
he generous Aensibilities Of the soul are 50
roze up, that not even a long residence
under the genial influences of cur Southern
cline has Ihawed them-lhose raised to alb
hor oar manners and institutions, and come
Souh 10 instruct aud write aud coin public
sentiment for US, and to poison the pubic
mind and that OF our youth with their abom.
nable heresieS--he who, for the emolument.
Of some Iu 'rative office, or the ephemera
2 DRY ola 6lthy Newspaper scribbler viii
mortgage soul and body to the devil.
How nobly Southern! How truly patriot,
uc! The South IS not in danger from Nor.
lhern aggression, but Southern treason! And
50 Jaw abiding too! The submissive crea,
lure will submit to the constitution and the
laws" to the "decision Of the Supreme
Court and any honorable compromise. .
His southern heart warns with pious indig.
nation at the thought OF having slavery ex
II. IL al Z r Il IL z 90
legs. and 80 Minis" but he is willing TO see
slavery excluded from all the territory south
# that line, where aature would permit it lc
go, by an honorable compromise" Aud
The patient. fellow is willing for this to bea'
The OPProbrious epilhet Of submissic nist-a
real second job.