The southern press., 1850-10-29

sion or degradation, and with our degradation
and the destruction Of our institutions, fanaticsm
triumphs, and revelation yields to higher rule
of morality. r.
From The Lyp,chbt1g tya.) Republican.
SoUTHERN ULTEAs. Every days expe-
riencc and observation but servo to confirm the
wisdom of the course adhered to throughout
this unfortunate slavery agitation by the true
and tried friends of the South, and our once
glorious constitutional Union. Though incess-
antly denounced, even by professed Southern
men, as nLtras," (. factionisfs,r adisunionists,n
dc, fr., they have pursued the even tenor of
their way, contending for nothing but the con-
stitutional rights Of onehalf Of the States Of the
Confederacy, and protesting most solelnnly
against legalizing by Congressional Legislation,
the miserable fraud and trickery by which tile
South has been etfectu:lly deprived Of all right
and title to an empire on the golden shores of
the Pacific. In spite of the showers Of yitupera.
ton aud abuse that have been so copiously
poured upon their devoted heads, they have the
proud satisfaction Of knowing that although de-
fented in the patriotic aim for which they so
gallantly contended-the perpetuation of the
constitutional equality OF the States-they have
nevertheless succeeded in materially Improving
some of the worst features of the recent acts OF
Congressional robbery-miscalled Compro-
mise. They succeeded in securing to Texas an
area of $4,000 square niles OF the finest portion
of her territory, that was not allowed her by the
Clay Omnibus, and they succeeded in passing
Senator Mason's Fugitive slave bill, which is an
hundred fold better for the South than the bill
reported for the same purpose by the Compro-
mise committee of thirteen Even now, de-
rided and denounced as they are, BY their own
fellow-countrymen, their influence for good is
seen and felt at the North--the hot-bed of abo-
litionism and dsunion-and every Indication of
a returning sense of reason and justice on the
part OF the Northern people, may be found to be
directly traoeable to the manly and patriotic
course Of these much abused Southern asultras"
As case directly in point we extract an article
from the New York Mirror, of the 18th inst,
appealing In strong and patriotic terms to the
merchants of the North--arousing them to a
true sense Of the dangers fdissolution, because,
to use its own language, "ther pockets are threat
ened 6y the organizations noao being formed at
the Soaih, binding The planters not 10 trade uith
city represented IN the Senate by an Abolitionist"
The Mirror goes on to state that these anti.in-
tercourse leagues at the South, with determi-
nation to stop the machinery of Government
at Washington, would be a practical dissolution
OF the Unon-"a consuaamatOa that WOULD IN
sTANTLY CONVERT New York "PRINoEs" INTO
BEGGARs, AND New YoRK STOCKS, New YORK
REAL ESTATE, AND New York MERCHANTS
WOULD INSTANTLY FALL LIKE LCcIFER FROM
HEAVEN" f.>-.. @a'
What tribute to the wisdom and patriotism
of the so-called Southern ullraS," who are,
strange to say, denounced at home as g disu-
nionists, factionists," &C. Oh, shame, where is
thy blush? Would to God that the whole
South had been ultra in the same way. Had
such been the case, who so blind as not to see,
that our constitutional rights would have been
respected, and the Union of equality transmitted
to us by the patriots and sages of the Revolu-
ton, perpetuated. Alas, however for the frailty
Of poor human nature, our worst enemies have
been found in our midst. Instead of presenting
an Undivided front to the hordes ofour Northern
aggressors, some of our leading public men, ad-
vertised in advance that we could not get what
dernier resort, we should accept of the capitula.
ton prescribed for us by the Clay Omnibus, as
the best ",oe could GEL" Most overwhelming
and convincing logic truly! Many prominent
Southern men who had heretofore proclaimed in
flaming capitals upon their banners EQUALITY
OR INDEPENDEkcE"-" $500 or fight" instantly
lowered their patriotic flags and Joined with all
becoming seryility in singing the Cuckoo notes
Of " Compromise" :. Compromises the best zoe
get" de-, atthe same time pouring out the yials
of their wrath upon those tru> hearted Southern
men, who still adhered to their original position,
as essential to the maintenance of the rights of
the States as guaranteed by the Constitution
our only bond Of Union. The result is what
might have been expected. Indeed, it is won
derful that the ultras" succeeded in improving
the Clay Omnibus, in any particular.
The moral force of fifteen sovereign States
united to a man in asserting their constitutional
rights, would have been irresistible, and would
have placed such Northern men as might act
with them, upon impregnable ground at home
The strangely suicidal course Of the Submission
lists, however, turned the fortunes of the day
against the South, and by depriving our North
ern friends of the only means by which they
could sustain themseves-the sanctity of the
Constitution and the integrity Of the Union
sealed the fate of the South, and paved the way,
we fear, to speedy dissolution of the Confed-
eracy. The country is already beginning to
reap the bitter fruits of their fatal policy. In
stead of the boasted peace which they assured
us was to follow the success Of their famous ca
pitulation, it has proven 10 be productive only
Of new sources of discord both North and
South. "' =
This is truly sad picture! But, whatever
may be the result, the true friends of the South
and our constitutional Union, have the proud
satisfaction of knowing their skirts are clear
A degraded posterity, rent asunder and impover-
ished by intestine feuds and interminable wars
of caste, will not .shake their CORY heads at
them," and say "your fatal, shori-sighted timid
Facilitating, treacherous policy brmghl these I'M
told ills upon u.s."
MISSISSIPPI CoTTos CRor OF lS43-The re-
turns made to the Secretary of State of Mis-
sissippi, represent an aggregate of 340,283 bales,
without including the yield of 30 counties which
made no returns, many of which are highly pro-
ductve. Marshall, the third back from the river
on the northern line ofthe State, returned 29,SS6
bales, De Soto adjoining it on the west l4,O36,
and Tippah on the east 1856 Wilkinson, the
second in amount, at the Southwestern corner
Of the State, returned 25sS9 bales. Adams,
(shpping port Natchcz) the third in amount, re-
turned $4,000 bales, and Franklin, next east of
it, 4,3ol Jefferson, on the Mississippi north of
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