The southern press., 1850-09-09


Compromise, but reject il as applied only 10
deserts Of sand and sail lakes after the prossesi
intervention has swept away all that is raluable.
we think that if his perceptions are nnt OBJ
scure by some such visions as haunt the dreams
OF ambition, he could be at no loss to perceive
very ooe'ous, and an alLsu6fciem reason, for
'pe enahge which he imputes to others But
we Will now proceed to show from the record,
that non-Huerrention as TO all the territory.
would, in all probability, have given California
to the South. That it would have been not
only Jar, then, but il would have been worth
something to Mr. Cobb's constituents, whereas
all can see that it would be unf,ir noac, and
worth nothing
Mr. McCarver said, (page 49, !" he had heard
OF gentlemen having sent to the States for their
negroes, to bring them here an c0adition that
mey ,ny SAoatd Serre for a specified sngh Of time.
ne was Informed that many had been liberated
'c'M has understanding" "The save-owner
possessed of II hundred negroes, can iseN afford
10 h6erate them, if they engage 10 serre them for
taref years. "-What n country for the South
iiow valuable was the principle of non ninteryen-
lohto us rs applied to such a country
Mass MEETING IN MAcoN-Thcre appears
to be discrepancy in the statements set forth
by several Of the Journalist in this State in regard
10 the nnmhers present at this meeting. All!
agree as to its eDtbHS iaSm-yct the friends of the
'iay Compromise are grasping at every straw
10 deprecate 1t and represent it as failure, and
even sportingy casting its effect to the breeze
OF rldlcnle. Our telegraphic desplch, which we
received on Thursday night, represented the
number at d" len thousand" This we learn
Was IN overcstimate-We have since received
statements from the most undoubted authority,
that from between six and seven thousand were
present, which we set down rs correct.
Nothing can be more limentabe, Especially
IN S"uhhern country where honor is apI,reci,-
tcdD than to witness the politcIl trailty ex-
hhted bv several captiOus editors in eur own
State struggling to sustain their own party, by
fIlsitying the proceedings of another We say
amentable, for the ngitated state Of public feel.
ing needs every quictus that crn be admitted
instead Of turning into Eure objects, which
should command our most serious reflection.
We take no pleasure in that tanning course
which feeds that already raging flame of agit,-
ti"r. Would it not serve the interests t the
country better by appealing to the feelings OF
n people with dlspassiunato Arguments! Would
not the Oh bjects Of the South be served by
such course-the gap Of our own discorL
closed, and the fears and apprehensiohs which
h We spread even to our family circles, be ap-
pcnsed.
But, why is this degradation stopped to? The
evils are before us, and they are gathering into
threatening position. We want the substance
to bear Us through the contest-not the f.lse
statement which bears with it lis own contra
dicton. Truth alone can substantinte an hon
est cause-but its value has lost its SnrD,!
and political aspirations are found Welding to
every false breath to keep up the theme of dis
traction.
Can tic signs of the times be discemed
through the justification, and the course per-
sisted in with hope to obtain any good The
feelings OF the people are too manifest to be
suppressed by any misrepresentation which II
few Journals may continue to make from time
to time. Let US cease this triling with the
feelings of the peoplc-remembe the North re.
views every move VIC make-feeds on the mis-
statements which cmanatc from our own sphere,
and herald the insncerty which gives her bold
ness.
The South needs our united action, the scene
is tragedy, not comedy, ard we should prepare
to meet its finale, with that soleitude which
strengthens our love Of country and the pros
perity of its institutions. The "Free-soiler' may
speak his sentiments---yct they fail to effect
that class for whom they were intended, and
We have nothing TO fear from them, in compar-
ison to the sentiments which are expressed bv
many of our own presses. This m y seem sing
ular, but it is nevertheless true, for while their
sentences are clothed in conservative Ian.
guage from which no direct conclusion can
be drawn, the effect finds its way into the
feelings Of that clags of cur population
towards whom the utmost caution should be cx.
crcscd.
RATIFICATION MEErMc.-Agrecable to notice.
publIshed in the H(snllptin rpi,s - ff
the citizens Of Copah county without distinction
Of party, assembled at the Cour, house in Gala
tin, Mississippi, on Monday the 10Th Of Au.
gust for the purpose Of comforting together as
Southern men on the agl'ating questions between
the North and the South M well as 10 express
their sentiments on the proceedings Of the late
Nashville Convention.
On motion Of F.. Sturges, ESQ.,, S. H. Johnson
was called to the chair, and on motion J. X. Hill,
esq, |. S. Wood and G. G.. Smith, were 3D.