The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-07-31

II ~ tic hiot SiuhN SoINctIttiC hSiu ~ A''N'~'-~
mum very conflicting counses were given by
the leading spirits there.
All sought to accomplish the same end--the
reign of Anarchy-through the overthrow OF
all owed fealty and allegiance: yet the plans
suggested were as widely variant as the charac-
tiers of the eounsellors. So is it with this Free
Soil crusade against the Constitution, engen-
dered by fiendish malice, and fanateal ma
Lightly as fell as that which prompted the first
great revolt against that Order which is Heavens
first law--we trust to be as signally frustrated.
Let us present few points of the parallel
AT the Conventicle referred to were to be found
various counsellors.
There was "BeelaebuJ," a pillar of state, ma
jestic though Sin ruins whose eloquence made
the multitude ''stl as the noontide air. and he
evil cause. ~ t sf ~
His compeers are to be found among the Free
Soil Statesmen. There too was Belial, indus
trous ITO perplex and dash maturest COUNSEL
more cowardly than cruel--a tilne-serving truck
Ter, advocating .ignoblc ease, not peace:' and
anxious to keep his party together even in the
pit His type is easily found. a
BY his side Mamnlon the least erected spirit
that fell the grovelling seeker of the spoils,
whose counsels always sayored Of his interest
The Belials and the Mammons always pull
together for interest is a common bond of
anity between them. 3eaf
Higher throned and more conspicuous sat
Moloch--yet less dangerous fiercest spirit
of them all, who sought "revenge, not victory"
His true disciples are those fierce fanatics, who
would incte the contented slave to midnight
massacre and conHagration, and glory in re-
vval of the scenes of Saint Domingo in the fer
tile fields Of the South.
That there are such human hends among us
no man can doubt who has watched their pro-
ceedings, and read their deliberate avowals.--
From their Bible, the Boston Lberator, the fol-
lowing extracts are taken:
+ g. Resolred, That to bein religious fellowship
and political partnership with Shareholders is to
TeCO1HZt anu
to the scandal OF the Christian faith, the mocke-
ry OF all the principles of republicanisn, and the
fullest participation in all the crimes and horrors
of the slave system. a Il ~ s
II q. Resolued, That the Constitution of the
United States is to be branded and treated as "a
covenant with death and an agreement with hell"
by all who fear God and regard man, because of
its slavehoding compromises, by rirtue Of mhich,
.(according to the solemn declaration Of John
Quincy Adams) The preserratio,s propagation
and perpetuatiom Of slauery are made the rihal
and aainaatiag spirit Of The national government.
g. Resolped, That a Union under whose fos-
tering influences slavery has extended itself till
it covers 100000 square miles of territory--till
its victims are counted by millions instead of
it has secured absolute mastery
over Church and State, and makes them both
its obedient yassals; and in one half Of which, |
neither personal security nor the liberty OF the
press or of speech is allowed; is a Union 10 be /
dashed in pieces as potter's uessel is broken.
r Yet are these not the enemies most to be de-
nounced and dreaded. Against the blind fury of
a mailman, it is easy to guard-whe, subtle
knavery slips unsupported by, and stabs while
sleeping. aHt.a#&#la ~ @
Far more of evil is to be apprehended from
the Belials and the Manmons of this Internal
faction, carrying out their designs with more eau
tious cunning than these ritfian "reformers!"
Against the open assaults and unveiled atroci7
ty of the fanatical Abolitionists we are forwarn-
ed and forearmed; but the stealthy steps of the |
political Abolitionists, or Free-soilers, send out
no echo. Like the tiger, they crouch in the COW
ert, that their spring may be more deadly and
more sure. sag tr. 5fs.sa4s e.
What is the final end and aim of all the
schemes of Emancipation, but Aboltionism p
Wherein consists the choice between the advo-
Gates of Free-soi, canting about peace and fra
ternty and mutual concessions, and those fierce
fanatics whose whole creed may be condensed
into one maxim" hatred to the stakeholder 2"
On the one hand we are menaced with open
war and speedy destruction, by avowed enemies
On the other, the protractcd agonies of a linger-
ing death, are proffered to us by protesting
friends sass gg5 10 g. .suss lst# m
+ Little as the true men of the South have cause
to love the Abolition madmen, they are COM
PEELED to respect them more than their hypo
critical coadjutors, who practically cooperate
with, while they revie them. The choice be-
tween venomous creatures is difficult to make !;
but we prefer the rattle-snake to the viper, for
he gives warning ere he strikes the fatal blow,
and does not creep into the hearth-stone to
sting away life. The most dangerous and fatal
enemies the South has now, are to be found
among the Ioudest reviers of these fanatical
Notwithstanding out peace, peace, where
there is no peace; patching up hollow truces
the true friends of the South; and
falling PROSTATE before the idols of party, when
patriotism pleads forgetfulness of party distinc-
tons. Add to these the toad-stools of party, en-
geudered out of its corruptons to wither away
and die in wholesome atmosphere, and prop
them up by the timid, the time-serving, and the
walters on Providence, and you have the most
dangerous enemies to the South, the Constitu-
ton, and the Union. H w rHsn5 @
To protect all three from false friends, selfish