The southern press., 1850-08-31

organ Of press at Washington can Scuthes
men comnanicsts with the worl ,Sor viii
each other, upon their own peculiar intei
ests' So far from writing, OF permittin
anything to be written, which, is calculate
to defend the rights Of the South, or state
case, the papers here are engaged in, lullin
the South into false security, and in mar
uIacturing there an artificial public sentimen(
suitable for some Presidential platform
though at the expense of any and every in|
tcrest you may possess, no matter bow dea
or how vital and momentous.
I This state Of things results from party OBJ
legations and regard topsrty success. An.
they but subserye the ends of their estab
lishment in consulting their own interests
and the advancement Of the party 10 which
they are pledged. You cannot look to then
as sentinels over interests that are repugnan
to the feelings OF the majority of the self
sustaining party. ,t 'ss iss isapaSi
Y In the Federal Legislature the South ha:
some voice and some votes; but over the pub
lie press, as it now stands at the Scat 0
Government, the North has controlling in
Auence. The press Of this city takes its|
tone from that Of the North. Even ouI|
Southern press is subjected, more or less, to|
the same influence. Our public men, yes j
our southern men, owe eir,public standing
and reputation too often to the commendationl
and praise oftbe Northern press. Southern
newspapers republish from their respective
party organs In this city, and in so do I
ing, reproduce unconscious, doubtless, inl
most instances, Of the wrong they do--the|
northern opinion in regard 70 public mem
and measu: es. How dangetous such astate
of things must be to the fidelity Of Your re-
presentatives it is needless to say! They
are but men, and it would be unwise to sup
pose that they are beyond the reach Of temp
tations which influence the rest Of mankind.
Fellow-ctizens, it rests with ourselves to
alter this state Of things, 50 far as the South
is concerned. Wehave vast interests, which
we are bound, by many considerations, to
defend with all the moral and political means
in our ripower. One Of the first steps to this
Sreat end is to establish Southern Organ
here, a. paper through which we may COM
mune with one another and the world at
large. We do not propose to meddle with
political parties as they now exist; we wish
to enlist every southern man in southern
cause, and in defiance of southernrights, be
he Wing or be he Democrat. Weldo no
propose to disturb him, or to shake him in
his party relations. All that we ask is, that
he shall consider the constitutional rights OF
the South, which are involved in the great
abolition movement, as paramount 70 all
party and all other political considerations.
And surely the time has come when all
southern men should unite for the purpose Of
|self-defence. Our relative power in the
Legislature Of the Union is diminishing with
every census; the dangers which menace US
are daily becoming greater; and /, the chief in
strument in the assaults upon US is the public
press, over which, owing to or supineness, the
North!exercises a controlling influence. So
far as The South is concerned, we can change
and reverse this state Of things. 1t is not
to be borne, that public sentiment at the South
should be stiAed or controlled by The party
press. ai,lt5 sli u EFss 2tia4~ e'iE
Let us have a press Of our own, as the
North has, both here ard at home-a press
"HiCu Shdi Uc ucVOteu 10 OOutneTn TlSntS,
and animated by Southern feeling; which
shall look not to the North but the South for
the tone which is to peryade it, Claiming
our share Of rover in Federal Legislation, let
us also claim our share Of influence in the
press Of the country. Let US organize in
every Southern town and county, SO as to
send thisipaper into every house in the land
Let us take, too, all the means necessary to
maintain the paper by subscription, so as to
increase its circulation, and promtel the
spread Of knowledge and truth. .5d Let every
portion Of the South furnish its full quota OF
talent and money to sustain a paper which
ought to be supported by all, because it will
be devoted to the interest Of every Southern
man. II viii be the earnest effort Of the
committee who are charged with these ar
to procure editors Of high talent
and standing; and they will also see that the
paper is conducted without Opposition, and
without reference to the political parties Of
the day. With these assurances, we feel
justified in calling upon you, the people Of
the Southern Statesto make the necessary
Efforts TO establish and maintain the proposed
paper. -......8.l Y \, l
ati''ioF'a A.. P. BUTLER, I.
4l.ia f8d wsi sfl JACKSON MORTON, q
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