The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1850-06-18

The abolition party can always be hear
Though its press at the seat OF Government
but through what organ or press at Wasl
ngton, can Southern men communcat
with the world, or with each other, upo
their own peculiar interests! So far fror
writing or permitting anything to be writ
ten, which is calculated to defend the right
OF the South, or state truly its case, the pa
pcB here are engaged in lulling the Soutl
into false security, and in manufacturin.
there an artificial public sentiment, suitabl,
for some Presidential platform, though a
Z the expense Of any and every mtsseS; yol
may possess, no matter how dear or how vi
tai and momentous.
This state of things results from party ob
legations, and a regard to party success
And they but subserve the ends OF their es
Enlistment, in consulting their own inter
ests aud the advancement of the party tc
Which they are pledged. You cannot loob
to them as sentinels over interests that are
repugEant to the feelings Of the majority o.
a seli'sustaining party. I.,.
In the federal legislature, the South has
some voice and some votes, but in the pub
lie press, as it now stands at the seat OF
Government, the North has a controlling
Influence. The press of this city takes its
tone from that of the North. Even our
Southern press is subjected more or less TO
the same Influence, Our public men, yes,
our Southern men, owe their public standing
and reputation too often to the commenda-
ton and praise OF the Northern press.
Southern newspapers republsh from their
respective party organs in this city, and in
50 doing reproduce, unconscious, doubtless,
in most instances, of the wrong they do, the
Northern opinion in relation to public men
and measures. How dangerous such state
OF things must be to the fidelity of your rep
resentatives it is needless to say. They are
but men, and it would be unwise to sup
pose that they are beyond the reach Of temp
tatlons which inauehce the rest'of mankind.
Fellow-citizens 1t rests with ourselves
to alter this state of things, SO far as the
South is concerned. We have vast inter-
ests which we are bound by many consd-
erations to defend with all the moral and
political means in our power. One of the
first steps to this great end, is to establish a
Southern organ here, paper through
which we may commune with one another,
and the world at large. We do not pro-
pose to NEEDLE with political parties as
they now exist; we wish to enlist every
Southern man in Southern cause, and in
defence of Southern rights, be he whig or
be he democrat. We do not propose, to
disturb them, or to shake him in his party
relations. All that we ask is, that he shall
consider the constitutional rights of the
South which are involved in the great abb
clifton movement, as paramount to all party
and all other political considerations. And
surely the time has come when all Southern
men should unite for purposes of sef-de-
fence. Our relative power in the legislature
Of the Unionis diminishing with every CEN
sus, the dangers which menace us are daily
becoming greater, and the chief instrument
in the assaults upou us is the public press,
over which, owing to our supineness, the
North exercises controlling influence.
So far as the South is concerned, we can
change and reverse this state of things 1t
is not to be borne that public sentiment at
the South should be stiAed or controlled by
the party press.
Lei us have press of our own, as the
North has, both here and at home---a press
which shall be devoted to Southern rights,
and animated by Southern feeling; which
shall look not to the North, but the South,
for the tone which is to pervade it. Claim
ing our share of power in federal legislation,
let us also claim our share of influence in
the press of the country. Let us organize
in every Southern town and county, so as TO
send this paper into every house in the land
Let us take, too, all the means necessary TO
maintain the paper by subscription, so as to
increase its circulation, and promote the
spread of knowledge and truth. Let every
portion Of the South furnish its full quota OF
talent and money TO sustain paper which
ought to be supported by all, because it will
be to the interest of every Southern man.
1t will be the earnest effort of the committee
who are charged with these arrangements,
to procure editors of high talent and stand
ing; and they will also see that the paper is
conducted without opposition and without
reference to the political parties Of the day.
With these assurances, we feel justified in
calling upon you, the people Of the South
ern States, to make the necessary efforts to
establish and maintain the proposed paper.
A. p. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON,
r.. TOOMBS,
J. THOMPSON.
May 9th. 1850
Any person wishing TO become a subscri-
Der to the paper, the price Of which will be
moderate, can send his name, and that of his