The southern press., 1850-11-01
Southern Sentiment.

But let me perish in the face of day" ...
Southern Sentiment.
History has not recorded a more singing taunt
than that of AYXA LA HoRRA, the mother of the
last Moorish monarch of Grenada, addressed to
her imbecile son after his surrender As he de-
parted forever from his favorite city to pass into
exile, he turned to take last look, and tears
stood in his eyes.
"You do well, said the stern matron, "to weep
like woman for that which you failed to defend
like man.
The high-souled woman would have preferred
the death, to the degradation of the child she
loved The same spirit animates the daughters
of the South at the present moment, when foe
as crafty and as cruel as FERDINAND, is seeking
the subjugation of the fortress of its strength
and persons who finch or falter now, may ex-
rect from them the consolation which BoABDm
received in his hour of remorseful regret
We find the evidences Of this in many Of our
Southern papers, more especially in those of
Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. Not
only do they give to the good cause the utterance
of speech and song in letters and in verse-but
they lend to public meetings the inspiration of
their presence.
. At one meeting in Alabama, the editor of the
Montgomery Advertiser, (the gallant Col. Sci
BELs, who served in Mexico,) was presented by
the Ladies OF Macon county with flag, with the
following inscription "SEcEssroN IF THIS BE
TREASON, MAKE THE MOST OF Ir,"-in testimonial
of their appreciation of the course of his paper
About fifteen hundred of the yeomanry of
Dallas and Lowndes counties, Ala, and taco hun
dred ladies, assembled at Old Town, on the 9th
ult under beautiful flag upon which was in
scribed: "UNION OF THE SOUTH"
When such spirit animates the daughters of
the South-when they take their position under
such flag, who can doubt that her sons will all
mothers of the Revolution have borne daugh-
ters worthy of being descended from such a
stock-nor will their brothers and sons shame
such parentage. For even those who deprecatc
must still respect such a sentiment as animates
those whose shrinking timidity is proverbial,
and to whom publicity is ever painful.
~ We did not observe until we saw it quoted
in another paper thatthe Republic, the Presidents
organ here, had come out against the repeal or
modification of the Fugitive slave law. And we
therefore give him the credit due.
Per Contra Mr. DUER the confidential sup
porter Of the President and manager at the late
secession of the Wings from the Syracuse Con-
vention is against it: ,...
"Mr Duer in speech at Utica explained his
position. -.. .....
He declared that that was not Wing measure,
for the reason that Wings had differed upon it.,
he had not spoken in regard to it; that it was
carried by Democratic votes. An accident had
prevented his giving his vote upon the bill, but
he should have cast that vote against it, as he
had publicly and privately asserted. He believed
that the provision Of the Constitution command
ing the surrender of Fugitive was as imperative
as any other in that instrument; that so believ-
ing he would have voted for a law that would
effectually carry out the intent of the Constitu-
ton, if the rights and liberties of the free negroes
had been properly protected by it. However,
this was Democratic measure, and Democrats
seemed most desirous to re-agitate it.
We have been striving for some weeks past
to keep alive the two great national parties Of
the United States Washington Union.
We did not know before that it was the duty
of Democratic organ to keep both parties alive.
We know however that having lately become
accomplices in large robbery, with an under
standing that the spoils were to be divided, the
two parties have a joint interest in defending
themselves against the Commonwealth. Hence
the Union certifes to the good character of CLAY
and FILLMORE, and the Louisville Journal praises
FooTE and CAss. We rule out the testimony
1t is against the law of evidence to permit ac-
complices to testify in each others favor
FAST SAILING.--The new steamship Pacific,
of Rowland g. Aspinwal's Chagres line, during
her recent trip from New York to New Orleans,
made the run to Havana in four days and twenty
hours. In one day she traversed distance Of
three hundred and sixty miles--the greatest
distance thus far accomplished in twenty-four
hours by an ocean steamer The Pacific, of
Collins line, has made 666 miles in two days,
and the. Atlantic, of the same ine 323 in one
day-Bah Clipper.
The Pacific does not belong to Howland &
Aspinwalrs Chagres line, but is EMPLOYED pro