The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-25

Ing NJ sttaWS, arc PitcouSis chuc"'otihS W many
little capital for the peace measures" Gas they
facetiously term the firebrands they have thrown
into the South out of the sullen silence which
thus far has been observed at the capitol on
these subjects. .,'.
With an effrontery which is almost marvel
GUS, IN view of the deep-seated discontents and
dangerous excitements which still toss and sway
to and fro the masses North and South, they
dare to insult the intelligence of the country,
and seek to stultify the public, By prating of a
peace which they well know is now more re-
mote than ever. Do these men suppose that
they are dealing with idiots or with children,
that they resort to such shallow attempts ut i'm
position! Are they not aware that the whole
country knows that the enemies of the South,
flushed with their recent triumphs, not ouly over
the Southern agitators, but over the late Com
promise acts, and the feeble representations of
the President, that they would at least preserve
the forms of decency, have granted a respite
only because they seek more securely to bind
the victim, after wrestling yet more tribute from
him by more spoliation acts!
Does not every one know that the policy of
SEWARD himself, of the New York Tribune,
and of all the political Aboitionists, is, a "mas-
terly inactivity" if it be not proclamation to
apply those well known words to such crew
and such cause!
Does not every intelligent observer see and
know, that the little squad of fanatica Adolf.
tionists, of whom GIDDNGs is the head, like
blind vipers Kissing and striving to strike, have
been dscountenanced and disowned by the
great leader of the Free-soil host, who but re-
Gently enjoyed the Inequalities of the White
House, and who now,
"Like the toad
q Squat at the ear of Eve,"
meditates far deeper treachery, and more effect
nal ruin q! Not to believe these facts, familiar
to an aroused, an excited and an attentive pub
lie, is an insult worthy Of those who sought to
palm off on public credulity that miserable
thing of Legislative "shreds and patches as n
plan Of Compromise that could "give peace to
this distracted country"
Whit can intelligent readers at a distance
1--WE will not say here) think of such statements
as this, which we clip from one of the city pa
pers of yesterday:
In the Senate, yesterday, Mr.. CLAY presented
memorials from citizens of the States of Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania, in favor Of modfca-
ton of the present tariff. One of the memo
rails was from citizen Of Albemarle county,
Virginia, representing that he had invested a
lorra cupo in n ton focforv ond fbof updar ha
present rate of duties he could not carry on the
business without loss. Mr.. CLAY, in presenting
these memorials, took occasion to remark that
the country ,oas noao free from agitation, and
safe, and that there ,oas nOao calm in the public
mind phich he hoped loas real. An opportunity
was therefore afforded to take up the subject
presented in the memorials, and consider it with
deliberation and calmness, and do something for
the relief of manufacturing industry.
On this extract, comment is almost unneces-
sary, for it looks more like broad burlesque
than sober seriousness on the part Of the Great
Emancpationist. We will only touch upon
two points which the paragraph naturally sug-
gests, and give the key both to the pretexts and
the reason therefor. The North by the late spo.
lia.ion acts, has, like huge Anaconda, taken
into its capacious nav all the land in dispute
1t pronounced" for the whole or none-it has
seized upon THE WHOLE.
When the Anaconda has just gorged himself
he lies quiet for a time, and peaceful, but soon
as the pangs of hungry appetite pinch him again,
the native greed and fierceness return with re-
doubled force, and the vast throat yawns wide
open for more. But unlike even this greedy
reptile, the appetite of the North is never stated
the cry of the daughters of the horse leech "Give
Give" is ever on it slps-and its wide nav is as
Unsuitable rs the grave.
Not all the spoils of our victories over Mexico
not the control of our national councils-and
all the power and the patronage Of this govern
ment-not the possession even of the graves of
the dead warriors of the South, whose children
are excluded from the heritage bought with their
blood-not even the open withholding Of the
only palliating drop in the bitter cup of the Com
promise-not all these, and much more, can con-
tent the North. More concessions from the
South are caimed-more tribute IS demanded,
and cajolery is tried, before bullying insolence
is resorted to. And the new compromise is in en-
bryo. In consideration of having yielded up so
much, more is required, and plausible politicians
are ready to plead to the Southern people, that
they should, in honor of the great measures OF
pacifcation, allow their pockets to be practically
picked, as another of the blessings of " this Clio
rious Union"
The biddings for the Presidency are already
beginning, and at the North the strug lie for the
succession will lie between the compromises
and the anticompromisers.
Both see the necessity of ingratiating the pop
ular feeling by that most touching Of all appeals
the appeal to the pocket: and awakening that
pecuniary patriotism, of which we have had such
striking manifestations from those who either
enjoy the spoils of office, or are greedy for them
Listen to the tone ofthe leading Free-soi organs
Of SEWARD in New York. From the Albany