The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-10

The editor Of the Washington Southern Press,
in his attempts to insprit his discomtted friends
i'll Georgia, adopts the language in which Millions
head-dev addresses all the other fends, big and
little, after their election from Heaven. 1t is
very amusing to see Fisher enacting the devil
or in other words playing the devil with his
party.-LouisuiLe Journal
This commentary on the quotation is trte-
secondhand even as applied to US. We thought
we could quote sentiment Of fortitude from
the speech Milton ascribes to Satan, and APP
ply it to good cause, for the same reason that
Whitfield appropriated several fine tunes from
profane music to sacred. lie did not think the
devil had right to monopose good music.
We did not think he had an exclusive right to a
good sentiment.
If parallel is provoked it will be found that
Millions devils were of The North-not South
Satan's first order was:
sAssembe thou
OF all those myrads, which we lead the chief!
Tell them that by command, ere yet dim night
Her shadowy cloud withdraws, | am to haste,
And all who under me their banners wave,
Home,oard with flying march ,chere zee possess
The quarters Of the .Nor'h''-
CAT length into the limits Of the North
They came and Satan to his royal seat"
And not only was the rebellion Northern
one, but the pretences were similar to those of
the North now. 1t was "liberty" movement
them prctence of liberty against slavery.
Thus Satan in reply to Abdiel, says:
cat first l thought that liberty and heaven
To heavenly souls had been all one but now
! see that most through sloth had rather serpe,
Minstering spirits, trained up in feast and song
Such hast thou aimed, the minstres of heaven
Scrpliiy ,oth freedom to contend"
s@ The Washington Southern Press is aw-
fully distressed at the defeat of the dsunionists
in Georgia. lie says:
With that timdity which is at times the great
est rashness, the ma jory Of the people Of Georgia
have struck madly at the embankment which alone
can stay the waters of this flood and if their ex
ample be followed, if other and more fearless hands
do not repair the breaches they have made, wo for
the South, for the Union, and the great expert
ment Of selfgovernment-al Of which this suicidal
act has put in such imminent peril.
Now isn't it rather funny, indeed rery funny,
to hear this fre-andtow Quaker enchanting
"ro for The Union," because the party in Georgia
in favor of preserving the Union has triumphed
and the party in favor of Immediately dissolving
~ L'o bSSh uelCalCu .-LONtSUuLs CUuIH ut.
Not much more funny than to hear Yankee
schoolmaster teaching that the Union can be
preserved only by Southern submission to Yam
kee land and negro-stealing, and finding South
ern people stupid enough to believe him.
~ The editor of the Washington Union at
tempts TO excuse General FooTE for disregard
ing the sentiment Of his coust uents the legis-
ature of Mississippi Speaking of tho letter Of
the Mississippi delegation, the Union says:
"That letter seeks the opinions of the Gov
ernor, the Legislature, and The people. The two
first have expressed theirs: il remains for the
atter-the most essential of ALTO decide.
We presume Gen. Foote is willing to abide by
their determination, and if they disapprove of
his conduct, whatever may be his own opinions,
to submit to their decree without n murmur."
The Union and General FooTE both censured
Mr.. BENTON for dsregarding the instructions Of
the Missouri legislature on pretence of appeal
ing 70 the people. Now the Union suggests a
similar course for General FooTE. The editor
of the Union is rapidly deserving the doctrines
Of Virginia.