The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-20


The Hon. Henry Clay delivered grand Union
speech at Frankfort, Kentucky, to-day.afog@
Correspondence OF the Southern Press.
NEW YoRK, Nov. Is, 1885,
The reaction is now a manifest thing. The
compromises of Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Cass, Mr.. Web
ster, Mr.. Fillmore, and Gen. Foote, the men who
stood out on the footboard of the omnibus to call
up the passengers" Ride up, sir--only twelve
inside--Mr. Clay is a safe driver, sir" From
MIR. Clay down to General Foots, North and
South, there has been awful breaking up of
the crockery Of the president-makers.
Our Northern elections have " inscribed upon
their banner, in characters too legibe to be mis-
understood" the motto of /" Repeal the Fugitive
aw-the Proviso for New Mexico and Utah
| abolition of Slavery in the District-no more
slave States--no more anneXations Of slave terri
tory--no connivance in the support OF slavery in
the States" '.~ W." 'h
ern doughfce, Of the amiable temper of the North.
Seymour, by the Castle Garden meeting, was
identified with the odium Of unionism-
tism--obedence to the laws as they are. 1t de-
stroyed hint elected Hunt, while the Demo-
cratic State ticket otherwise is successful by ma
jorities ranging from to seven thousand. Free
soil and Abolition did it. They have the Legs-
lature-they have Congress-they have the State.
So much for Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Dickinson.
How is Massachusetts,, Never has there been
such triumph of abolition in this country as
that of Horace Mann over Daniel Webster Gall
you this the law and Constitution abiding Massa-
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preme. Very like conciliation and harmony.
Look out for a particularly offensive assault by
Horace Mann upon the South at the opening Of
Congress. Thus much for Mr.. Webster. @t'
Abolition rides it rough-shod over Michigan.
General Cass was kind enough to dodge the Fugi-
tive slave bill, but he proved TO have encour-
aged Mr.. Buell., of the House, to go it.. Mr. Buell.
is down, and Free-sol rules in Michigan. So
much for General Cass. ..,.
Delaware is accounted a sort Of slave State.
Mr. Wales voted, in the Senate, for some of the
compromise bills. He is condemned, although
almost as good Northern man as Seward. He is
too much Southern even for Delaware, and he
and Clayton are laid among the wrecks of
the adjustment. Beautiful harmony delightful
concord! most fraternal spirit of Cancellation, how
it spreads! ST..
Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin tell the same
story! No compromise with the slave hunters-no
concessions to slavery-no quarter to the sou-se-
lers of the South! Splendid! Satisfactory, no
doubt, to General Foote, and Sam. Houston but
if Henry Clay does not plead guilty Of deception
deusion at the coming session, he will fall short
of public expectation.
The Tariff, you know, was the passenger in the
boot of the omnibus. The tariff was to be the
share of Pennsylvania and New Jersey in the COM
promises. They have not been rewarded as yet,
with those desirable increased bounties in the way
Of protection. They know they must have some
Southern votes to get them. Hence the triumph
of the compromises in the late New Jersey and
Pennsylvania elections. Let the coming session
close without doing something for the iron bust
ness, and you will hear different music from the
key stone State.
What is the South about? We see that some
wise doughfaces" propose that if Congress pass
the ten million bill over again, or admit another
State in the same way that California was admit
ted it must be resisted. :" Knock me down again."
said the peace man, and will regard it as an in
suit. We look with anxiety to Nashville. 1t is
time there was some definite Southern platform
laid down--something upon which to stand and
to rally. This backing out from one position to
another, as the North advances, is worse than all
unconditional surrender. The North is in for the
determination of slavery. Mercy, says the South.
Jenny Lind is still the honess, though the Ital-
ian, Parodi, is winning golden opinions at each
representation, at the Opera house. Stocks are
up-cotton is up, and there is very general inn
preston that the South is too weak to resist, and
ought to have the privilege to buster; that the
Union can stand any thing, and that the prosperity
of New York is founded upon the imperishable
basis Of the commercial centre of from thirty to
forty States. Hence every thing in New York
city goes prosperously, while the interior is in
a ferment, of which even South Carolina resist
ance affords but weak comparison.
1t is time that the South should proceed to de-
termne upon an unconditional surrender, or n
spirited resistance to the avalanche Of aboli-
ton, which will pour down upon it With the meet
ing of Congress.
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