Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-06-28
sou.l,er,. Address.


Florida, Alabama, Tennessee Kentucky louisiana
Texas Missouri, Arkansas, Delaware ana NhsTiss'p
pi We publish it in full in this weeks JOURNAL IN
order that all our readers may have an opportunity
to peruse it for themselves and form their own
ment We have no wish to forestall OPINION py any
remarks of ours we cannot however torbear 1he eA
preston of regrets that its very title Snouu nave
been so strongly tinged with sectional character
In our humble view, it should have appealed 10 the
people of the whole country, and not to poron on
ly. While we in the Union, and aim at It's pre-
servation let us not act as though regarded 1t as
already dissolved This we fear has been an error
in most of the Southern addresses which have been
put forth since the commencement OF TINS slavery
agitation There is no word the South has to say
no right she has to demand, which may not as well
be said and demanded from the North as from the
South She has nothing to ask incompatible with
the rights and interests of the whole Union, and of
the whole country. Why then, should the assertion
and maintenance of great national and constitutional
rights be made the ground work of sectional ap-
peal We look upon this feature as palpable error
So we regarded similar feature in the address put
forth during the last session of Congress under the
auspices of the lamented CALHOUN. Not all our re-
spect for that great and pure patriot could enable us
to see it in any other light. We say this with all
due respect for the addresser many of whom occupy
and deservedy too high and enviabe position in the
confidence of the Southern people. We say 1t also
with intention to express dissent from the address
with most of which heartily agree, especially its
history of the progressive aggressons upon the slave
interest at the same time that We by no means
subscribe to its indscrimnate denunciations of all
Northern men, its unmeasured reprobation of the
Compromise bill of the Senate. In the first place,
think it does injustice to the many noble spirits
at the North who have sacrificed themselves to their
devotion to our rights, and who have been content
to retire to private life rather than yield t. the
rent of abotionism and recent political history
affords many such instances. While such names as
those of CAss, DALLAS DIcKINSoN WOODBURY., BRIGHT,
BUCHANAN, and others remain to us would be do
ing violence to our of justice, were We to
forbear the expression of admiration for their
noble exertions Their case is far different from that
of the Nashville Convention. The delegates to this
latter body went to Nashville the representatives
of strong Southern feelings, to which they
pected to give utterance Not so with Northern
Democrats-they had no popularity to gain-no con-
stituency to applaud them. They had to throw
themselves into the breach and stem the torrent of
fanaticism at home Many of them, as was the case
with Gen CAss, entered Congress under instructions
in favor of the proviso and with determination to
resign their seats rather than obey. That the tai
ents and influence and reasonings of Gen. CAss and
his compatriots have been successful in efecting
revolution in the opinion of their States is the
highest tribute to the efficiency of their efforts 1t
should be remarked also, that Gen CAss has stated
in debate in answer to question of JEFFERSON DA-
Wis, that should it be deemed necessary, and afford
fair prospect for the settlement of the slavery ques
tion he would vote for the Missouri Compromise,
almost any other measure that might be satisfactory
to the South. Under these circumstances. We must
confess that we regard purely sectional appeal as
least unfortunate and hardly just friends
the North for we are of the number of those who
believe that we still hare friends there.
Another thing: the Compromise bill is still under
consideration and is daily receiving amendments or
notifications, and are happy to notice that every
such change is in favor of the South calculated
render it more acceptable to gentlemen from that
section If We mistake not much, the number of
Southern men in the Senate who likely to oppose
the bill upon final vote, has been much lessened
since its first introduction and have doubt that
it will yet be so amended to obtain the vote of ev-
cry Southern Senator, with perhaps three four
eeptions and also think that it will eventually
pass both Houses
The Compromise bill is especial favorite of ours.
It contains features do not by any means like ::
but must remember that it is part of the journal
ist to state his impression of facts they are-not
as he could wish them be. Our candid belief
is, that acceptable not this bill in some form
shape, is destined to pass nay more, believe that
it is better that it should pass than that this ruinous
agitation should be kept open All past experience
has shown that the South has every thing lose and
nothing to gain in this struggle. The very eompo-
ston of the Nashville Convention shows the impos-
sbiliy of obtaining concert of action the thinness
of the meeting. the difficulty of obtaining any action
And still another thing The address makes men
ton at all of the Presidents plan By not con-
demning it, does it endorse it or does it, in fact
consider it too contemplate for notice. More likely
the latter.
| We started out with the determination to say no
thing for against the address, but find that our
remarks have exceeded both the limits and the la-
tude we had prescribed for them. We must con-
clude BY calling the attention of the reader to the
: address itself. 1t will amply repay perusal.
BaTThe Feds" are trying to make handle of
Col. REDS acceptance of the Democratic nornina-
ton after having written letter expressive Of his
wish to decline. They seem unable to understand
how gentleman's modesty and delicacy Of feeling
should lead him to withdraw his name lest the posi-
ton in which he stood towards the party might tend
to embarrass the free action of the Convention. or
, how his devotion to his principles and his party