The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-10-19

pndnt Says put generosity on one manu- anu graz
itude on the other" But to return TO more seri-
GUS matters.
At the risk Of being denounced as dsunionist
and traitor, ten times more loudly than ever, re-
peat what ! said in former letter, THE SOUTH
MUST DEFEND ON ITSELF. II is only by union
among themselves, and a sacrifice OF all party
distinctions that the slayeholding States can main
tain their position in the Union. There Is no use
IN argument, for fanaticism is governed by
"higher law" than human reason. There Is no
safety in the Constitution, for there is a "higher
law than that The principles ayowed by the
AboItionsts, and sustained, in substance at least,
by every party in the North, are calculated and in
tended to render all human laws and institutions
Intellectual IN their operation political social
rights. The assertion of "higher law than
that of the Constitutions, as applicable to legislation
and TO the administration OF the statutes at once
renders them inert and rugatory, and they can no
longer be depended upon for the protection of
person or property. The Jewish law supersedes
the law fthe land. and perverted text of Scrip
ture is Of higher authority in the courts, than an
act Of the legislature or provision Of the Constr
tuition. "a
A Judge in the capital Of Pennsylvania has deeid-
ed that slave has a right to steal horse to aid
in his escape, and il follows matter Of course,
that he has an equal right to murder his owner or
his master; and, if necessary TO his purpose, all
tie family-set fire to the house and run away by
the light Of it. Other Judges in various parts Of
New England have eitter acted on similar princi-
pies, or have declared their intention of doing;
and il will probably not be long before the blood
thirsty dogma Of fanaicism, which declares that
"The condition Of slavery absoves us from all
the obligations Of mankind, /" is recognized as u
settled principle in our Northern system ofjuris-
prudence. t "+# a'-
Already the ignorant dupes and future victims of
this doctrine among the blacks, adopting it in
their private conduct and public declarations and
have announced To the world that in future, s.the
hny knifa md he N, he he
instruments of their deliverance. This is only
CARRYING out Mr.. Stewards "higher law" and
precisely what might have been anticipated from
practical application Of his principles. Fanati-
cism has got the rule in the North and East, and
fear in the West too, either as a scruple Of con-
sciences or a political instrument of both parties;
and nothing can result from it but continued ag-
gressions on the South, unless the people Of that
section take stand which shall convince all
tional, rejecting men, that speedy and absolute
secession will be the inevitable result of what has
already been done unless it IL retfacted, or rene
died by satisfactory adjustment which shall
atone for the past and give security to the future
For my part, it is with almost absolute despair
that look to the possibility Of any present or flu
ture remedy for the wounds inflicted on the Con-
stltution and the Union by the flaming sword of
fanaticism. Every attempt TO do justice to the
South will be only met by more furious denuciations
and more extravasant demap6s in the North, as
Is at this moment demonstrated in the proceedings
every where adopted in oppositionto the Fugitive
Slave bill-the only little mite to balance the one
sided compromise-and you may rest assured
that in the coming session of Congress--or at
least after the next Presidential election-a COM
bined effort will be made to repeal that act, which
after ALL will only put the lives of your agents in
jeopardy, much oftener than it assists in the recov-
cry Of your property. ..-. -
Such is brief sketch Of the "friends of the
Union" in this quarter; and this the course they
are pursuing with an art, perseverance, and Il
fury, such as alone can be engendered in the hot
bed Of fanaticism. Either blind or Indifferent to
what must inevitably be the final result of the tri-
umph of their dogmas, they are not only prepar-
ing the way for a rupture of the Union. but at
the same time arraying the two races against each
other, and thus either ensurlng the determination
Of the blacks, or their still deeper degradation.
But let us not forget the great ring-leaders in
this conspiracy-the politicians the candidates
for the Presidency, who are, one and all, it would
seem, climbing up to the seat of power by the lad
der Of fanatcism. They are at the bottom of all
this mischief Instead of assocatng their per-
sona ambition with the more hallowed principle
of patriotism; standing forth boldly on the old
well know principles of their respective parties;
and appealing through their previous services to
the hearts and the reason of an interrupted, intel
iigent people to decide between them, they are
playing with thunderbolts, and stalking the Union
on the issue. They are counting the support of
every faction that arrays itself against the laws
They cannot, it appears, depend on their personal
merits or services, but become political scaven-
gers rakng in every polluted gutter for the rub
Dish, and enlis,ing Anti Renters, Abolitionis,s,
Socialists, and negro blasphemers of the Bible and
the Constitution in their behalf.
Were it not for this infusion of political gas in
the cauldron of the Abolitionists, their efforts
would be comparatively harmless. The fire would
burn out far lack of fuel, or they would perish
in their own furnace. But tl.ey have become
President makers, forsooth and must be concilia-
ted, like the tabled dragons of old, by the sacri-
fee of the iustrIous virgins composing the sister
States. Every man who aspires to the dignity Of
governing, must crouch at their feet, and can only
hope to reach the summit of the pyramid by UNI
dermining its base. This is the only shrine at
which they worship, from " the greatest prod-
ges of intellect" down to Gerrit Smith, Sam
Ward, and down, down, still lower, to the dead
level of degradation: William III. Seward. "Call
you these great men ?" set of drivellers, whose
folly and wickedness deprives them of all SYM
pathy in Disappointment, and make even success
ridiculous. Why not end the contest at once
initiate Caligua, and make sold Whitley = Presi-
dent. He is an honest brute, and warrant him
a genuine Free-soier. -. ... rru. Dos.
l am not one of those who soace their insight
fcance by bringing down others to their own
level. i delight in the contemplation Of super ior
genius and exalted virtue, and feel myself emo
bled by the consciousness of being one of the
same race that has produced the great benefactors
of mankind. Still l cannot but see that these
conflicts Of ambitious, INSCRIPTIONS men, many
of them unfit 10 preside over a village school,
much less this vast confederaton--men who have
no other way of reaching the object of their
wishes, than by appealing to sectional interests,
and lighting the fires Of disunion and anarchy.
cannot but see, that their .unhalowed acts, and
suicidal efforts, fast preparing the way for the
utter annihilation Of all human confidence in the
capacity of mankind to govern themselves, or Ell
joy the blessings of liberty. 1t is time, high
time, that these disturbers of the public peace
should be stripped Of their tinse, and placed
naked before tho world: for Of all the enemies of
freedom, they are the most dangerous.
A NORTHERN MAN, AND
. '.. FRIEND TO THE UNION.