The southern press., 1850-10-29
ff0m Ne Macon (Ga.) 7rissne,
Hishoo Andrauy

Hishop Andrew
The Columbus Sentinel of the 10Th instant. thus
notices recent letter of this gentleman, which the
Submissionisis have sought 70 make capital Of in
their zeal TO do the " glorious Union p reverence
coincidng as we do, with the sentiments ex-
pressed we transfer to our columns as follows.
" This venerable divine, for whose character as
Christian gentlemen, and whose opinions as a .
theologian, we claim to entertain unsurpassed re-
spec, has addressed TO the Southern Christian Ad-
yocate, letter onthe subject Of SoutherY. hdepen-
dence. The Columbus Enquirer has transferred it
10 its columns, and heralds TO lis readers as eyi
dence Of the sympathy Of the great and good man
whose name Is annexed TO il. We can better
imagine than describe the modification which
| Bishop Andrew must feel, should he know that
his opinions had been quoted as authority for
shameless submission to wrong. That he Il on
posed to secession, except dernier resort his
letter very clearly indicates, but it with distinct
ness declares his conviction of the necessity for -,
dress Of some sort for the wrongs which have been
inflicted upon the South. Mark his words: /" vi
any rate, let as RESOLVE, Southern men tn oro
ceed calmly, deliberately Justly. patiently, IN oar
REsIsrANcE, rhaf zoe deem the UNJUST AGGRESSION
Qf our Northern brethren Let as erhausf ereyu ~.
gument, and try other means Of REDRESS before nee
indulge for moment He idea Of dissoiring he Unio.
Of these States; and irhea This catastrophe comes IN
come m,tsi, isth ndGs al the last ditch hapg fried
erery peaceabie REMEDY, READY WITH ARM AND
| HEART TO DEFEND OURSELVES.
| II seems that the Bishop thinks the South In.
some grievances; some cause Of COMPLAINT: and
should demand some kind or redress Buf whst
says the Enquirer Mr.. Toonbs thinks We have
no wrongs to remedy. and Of course the Enquirer
thinks so too Our neighbor's authority ihen
proves too much for his side Of The queston.
There are many Southern Rights men 10 Georgia
who agree exactly with this view Of the case.
They see that the rights Of the South have been
outraged, and like true hearted Southerners, they
would demand redress As tothe mode and mea-
Il Jatrraa of hat radra "A L
cessity for a convention Of the people; and 10 de-
termine whether we shall resist at ALL but 10 agree
upon the time, the manner, and the extent Of that
resistance.
But Bishop Andrew does not stop with a bar
rem declaration Il at we have been wronged and
should seek redress; he goes on to point out ,he
mode of that redress. He is for a species of non
intercourse. He has not yet spoken of CONNER
cial non-intercourse, but the Recommendation
which he makes, involves the identical principle
contended for by those who favor the idea. He
advises that Southern men should keep their chill
dren at the South for the purpose OF education:
that they employ none but Southern teachers: use
Southern text books, and patronize Southern
newspapers and periodicals.. And what is this
but on-interco,vse What is it but the first step
In series of measures looking to the ultimate and
complete alienation Of the North and South? Now.
there are some men who may fancy Union in
4 which the parties have nothing TO do with each
other, and the Bishop may be one of that class,
but we confess that when the time comes when
all community Of sentiment, and feeling, and trade
shall cease IN the two sections, we are unable to
see any very good reason for preserving the Union
we Will not quarrel, however, with any of our
friends about the in which we are to resist
"the urjust aggressions of our Northern breth-
rem, RESISTANCE of some kind is what we ask,
and we promise to be content with any mode
which the people Of Georgia may adopt. 4.
The enquirer goes on, however, to connect
with this letter some very sage and feeling re.
marks about the causes which led to the separa-
ton Of the Methodist Church, and concludes with
few Soomonic aphorism about the impropriety
Of connecting Church and State Perhaps II our
neighbor should enquire more diligently into the
history of that affair, he mght be stirred up TO a
little honestindignation at the course Of the North
II is to be presumed that Christian church is ce-
mented by ties more hallowed and sacred than
those which unite with political communities; and
yet the Methodist church was severed because an
attempt was made to degrade Bishop Andrew
from the Episcopancy for the sin of holding
slaves. We suppose this, with our neighbor,
would be regarded but 81 light and transient
cause, for so grave a step. And now how does
this compare in enormity with the outrages which
have been put upon the SOUTH. Weare excluded
from an equal participation in the common pro,
perty of the Union, for the sin of holding slaves
and we have been denied the right to carry our
property for purpose of trade into the District OF
Columbia. These are among the "light and
| transient grievances Of which the South COM
plains, and Bishop Andrew has had the heart To
feel and the head to know that the South cannot
with honor or safety submit silently to them.''
The TRUE IssUE.--Among the various false is
sues presented to the people, by the demagogues
of the day, and the insidous class of politicians
who are seeking to distract and divide the South
there are none more perncious and deceptive
! than those involved in the terms Union, and Dis
union as they have the effect of reversing in the
public mind, the position Of the parties, Of which
these terms are considered as the ralying cries. or
as dividing into the friends and opponents of the
| Constitution. The dextrous substitution by the
submsslonists, of tile electromagnetic term
Union, for that of the Constitutio,,-now getting
to be rather unpopular and obsolete*--has, been
the source OF this fatal confusion Of ideas, by
| which those who are for sticking to the compnit
themselves, and requiring the other parties 10 il
to DO the same; are impudently represented to be.
ard even insultlngly pointed at, as its enemies
and Observation-Disclosures while those who are for
dcquiescing ~ its violation, for the sake, as they
say, of fpresent peace and harmony, have succeeded
in passing themselves Off or are ateast seeking 10
do so, as its friends, and the great conservative
party OF the Union!!" Awaiting themselves of
the attachment Of the people to the Union, they
have used that endeared term-that star-like word
which still shines 'the cynosure of all ewes IN
dazzle and mislead and paralize their minds-as
| the hre hunter employs his treacherous torch at
! night, to attract the gaze, and draw within his
reach, his frightened and bewildered game. When
the southern States appeal to the Consultation, and
ial PACK upon for protection, the cry is raised
that the Union is in danger; as IL the Union was
something distinct from, and of a higher character
than that sacred instrument and great charter of
Liberty. If those who are for ,.phoiding the Con-
shn,on, are to be regarded enemies efthe Union
1t follows as an unavoidable corollary, that the
upholders Of the Union, are the enemies of the
Constitution, as they are indeed sufficiently shown
to be, by their willingness to violate the latter. in
order to preserve the former. The people of the
fed on this subject, or he imposed upon by the
! daily repeated trick and sanctmonous whine of
these doube-voiced and oracular deceivers-who
cry Union in high note, and Constitution in a
low one--or in a scarcely heard under. tone, and
hope thus to pass themselves off as the only true
patriots and statesmen in the country
The people of the South can never be drilled to
acquiesce in a compromise by which they would
be made 10 pass under the spear, and subjected to
humiliation lower than that of the Caudine Forks
u humiliation by which they would aloose half