The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-10
THE SPIRIT AT THE SOUTH.


From the Huntsru!e (.1ta.) democrat
Tm DurY OF THE SoUrH.-What is the dur,
of the South in the present aspect OF affairs! He
first and her last duty is to be united. Her SON
.hould remember the fable Of the old man, hi
.ons. and the bundle Of rods. The old man drec
ted his sons to try the strength of each rod by il
self and they readily broke them. He then boun
the rods together, and asked his sons to try tn
strength Of the bundle. Their strength failed Il
bend or break the bundle. Thus, he taught hi
sons, that in union amongst themselves Their
would be strength. So we would say to the South
ern people In union and harmony amongst your
selves, there will be strength, which myrads o
Northern Goliahs would be unable to overcome
IL the South were at unity with herself, she woul
he like Sampson unshorn Of his locks. Shout
the North fancy her bound with withs, hand an
foot, ready to be delivered over to ruin and de
struction, and some faiihess Delilah should cry
"The Phiiistines be upon thee''-the wths wou
break as a thread Of flax, when it toucheth tn
fire." We would beseech our people to rehec
upon what are their true interests for the presen
and especially the future, and without longer tenn
porising unitedly set about adopting that line Of
policy, which is best calculated to promote those
interests.
What is the present condition of the South p
She has lost the last element of her political
strength in the Union, by which she enabled
to check the aggressions Of Northern fanatlcism
and ambition. The balance Of power, WHICH she
held, in the United States Senate, so long as the
slaveholding States were equal In number to the
on-slaveholding, is gone, forever gone. The ad-
mission of California into the Union gives noml-
nal preponderance Of two votes in the Senate to
the North, but larger actual preponderance, be-
cause Delaware is essentially Northern State,
and she, and occasionally other savehoding
States are found, in their federal representation,
faithless to the South. Thedecree has gone forth
from the fanatica North, that no more slave States
shall be admitted into the Union. The South will
ko Il nd ,xtha n
and it is estimated, on what seem to be the most
reliable data, that in from six to ten years, there
will be two-third's Majority of Northern over
Southern States. II is highly probable, almost
certain, that this will be the case; for the North
ern States admit of almost indefinite mu!tpca-
ton, while the South is doomed to stand still, or,
at best, have four new slave States carved out Of
Texas--a most remote and improbable contingent
cy So soon as this two-thirds Northern MAORI
ty shall exist---or sooner, if Southern meekness
and fOrbearance great enough TO endure this
further degradation from her constitutional rights
slavery ,ciH be abolished in tie Stales:for North
ern fanatcism will not brook the restraints of the
Constitutions or stop to consider right, when il has
the might Indeed, it has been distinctly declared
nv senator's from three Of the Nothern States
Ohio, New York and New Jersey-even since the
passage Of those wonderful Compromise measures
that were going to silence agitation, and restore
peace, harmony and good will throughout the
Union--it has been distinctly declared, but the
first in the system of abolition measures had been
taken and that agitation would be persevered in
till all was accomplished.
What, then, is the South to do? In our opinion
we must defend and maintain at all hazards, the
right Of secession; so that can adopt thut remedy
AZ u dernier resort, when all other proper and
practicable remedies fail Let every orator and
newspaper in the South insiil the doctrine of Sc
cesson, us a reserved and inalienable right Of
the States, or of any one of them, when the bur-
a.. H. ha sHortfn cd
to the benefits, and state of separation shall be
a state OF safety and prosperity. We do not say,
secede now but be prepared for secession, when
ever the people shall determine secession to be
the proper and immediate remedy. When that
time shall be, we will not undertake to decide,
but leave it for wiser and more experienced
heads.
But there is one thing we are prepared to advo-
ea,e now, and that is fur it is practicable and
constitutional, the adoption of rigid system of
non-intercourse, with the Norshern States, as ne
cessary to our safety, welfare and sef-reapect. Let
the Southern Convention, when it shall meet (as
we hope and expect it to do) recommend 10 the
Southern States the adoption of this system. Let
it be impressed upon all who are engaged in COM
merce and all who travel for pleasure or health.
Let Southern Rights associations be formed, and
let their members pledge themselves to patronizs
no merchant, who buys his merchandise north of
Masons and Dixon's line. lie, Southern sons
and daughters 60 to Southern institutions Of learn
ing, conducted by Southern teachers, and leave to
the North to support her own schools and col
leges. Let Southern manufactures be built, and
let railroads traverse the entire South like net
work, so that the unbounded resources Of the
South may be unlocked, her wealth and strength
be fully developed, and her capacity to maintain
herself independently of the North, be completely
established. And, as further element Of pros
perty and greatness, let direct steam navigation
with Europe and other parts of the world be es
tabshed Let these things be done-and we feel
assured from the favor the nonntercourse policy
meets with in almost all quarters, Wing and Dem
ocratic, that an effort will be made to adopt it
and the South will bound forward in wealth, pros
perity, power and greatness. and may defy the eff
forts of all her enemies She will be able to COM
pei the North to respect her rights and do her JUS
tioe whether in the Union out fit.
From, the Advertiser and Gazette.
JACKSON COUNTY ERECT.-It is with no little |
interest and pride, that we notice the noble De-
mocracy of North Alabama, coming 10 the rescue |
of the South, in this, her hour Of travail. The |
Wing submissionsts hereabouts and elsewhere,
have calculated with much confidence upon the
cooperation of the Democracy Of North Alabama,
in their pusIlanimous course of submission to the
aggressions, wrongs, and injustice OF the North,
headed by Free-soll President. They mistook 1
their apparent caImness for submission; and we |
have been tainted with the deserton of our breth-
rem of this section of our State. Not so fast-the
waters of the mighty deep are not ashed into
foam in a moment, but when once sufficient
cause does put them in action, the more terrible
the consequences of that commotion.
That our brethren of North Alabama, with whom
we have been battling all lives for SIate-rights,
against the perncious doctrines of consolidation,
as advocated by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster,
would now desert those principles and Join the |
standard of Clay, Webster, Fillmore, Benton & |
Co., against the South, We never for one moment
harbored the least suspicion or apprehension.
Events are fast transpirng, which will prove that
we were correct. We have heretofore had FREE
quent occasion to alIude to various meetings in
Madison, Franklin, Benton, &C.. TO the gallant
stand and bearing of such papers the Huntsville
Democrat, Franklin Democrat, Jackson County
Democrat and others from that quarter; but TO
tell the truth, always felt perhaps more solici-
tude, hnd attached more Importance TO the action
of Jackson county, tnan to any other, and this we
think has been the general feeling. Napoleon
never looked upon the movements of his great
marshal Ney, In any OF his great battles, with
more interest and solicitude, and we may add
with more confidence, than Jackson has been
looked upon by the friends of the South in this
crisis; and she, like the brave old soldier, will not