The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-08

u,isers are driven ia their own despite To bluster
and beg most piteously ia the same breath. In
spite Of the grand national organ's anthem. and
its ponderous addition to the evils Of the day"
IN msny viadiag 'bous,
HssksdAarshssss long drsDa out.
it seems the minor organs dare not grind out
the same tune, for their "rejoicings" have been
already cha9ged to lamentations--their shouts
to groans--ther countenances become "quite
chapkllen."
High and exultant was the pealing strain
which first rose on the air, when the healing
measures" Of paci6cation passed--yet, like the
aged harper,
'They strike the chords Of joy--but low
And mournful answer noten Of woe.
And the proud march which victors tread
Sinks in the waings for the dead
ominous Of disgrace, disaster, and defeat in the
one case as in the other. Every one remem-
bers with what suddenness the Richmond En-
quirer relieved its pcnt up modification, and
plucking up spirit, extnguished the candies
Of Jackson, The noted AboHtionist!" forgetting
that for an inward bruise spermaceti was the
most sovereign thing on earth"
No one can forget how its competitor, the
Wing, swore like "our army in Flanders" about
the Fugitive bill--while the Times got sadly
out Of joint" with the party about the same
thing.
The memory Of man can never be oblivious
of the " buster-and- back-out" platform erected
farther South, in which acquescence was nc
companied by a declaration of war, in the event
Of certain c0ntingencies-the nest important
Of which has already come to pass while the
platform builders are dove failing and smoothing
their boards to make a bran new one. These
things have not been done in a corner--nor have
the squabbes, the distractions, and divisions of
the allied army of spoilsmen passed unnoticed
or unknown These "architects Of ruin" are
already crushed beneath the falling fragments
of the Constitution they SO wickedly and so
wantony dragged down to build their platforms
with.
And now "a flute voice of Infinite wail"
comes from one of the most forlorn and des-
ton. the Mobile Advertiser. Terrified by the
crashing of the party in all directions, this print,
hitherto the most faithful echo of the IaielLgea-
Ger, the most supple and subservient of all the
tools of party, feeling the dire necessity of
propping itself up, endorses the action of the
North Carolina Legislature repudistng the car
dinal article Of faith with all orthodox Wings
protective tarife-and on sectional grounds
Imagine the feelings Of the Huelligencer when
this additional evil of the day"-in the defec-
ton of its obsequious echo-meets its wonder
ing gaze. Will not its editor cry aloud with
JOB
"Oh that mine eyes toere rivers Of tcars.''
Eight columns more of random recollections,
and compilations from The Federalist, must fol-
low such stroke.
We quote the article from tho Dallas (Ala.)
Gazette, which repubshes it with comments
First, the Advertiser insists on the superior
nationally" of the Southern Wings originally :
MOBILE ADvERTIsER-THE TARIFF, &c.-In
an article on resolutions recently passed by the
North Carolina legislature, the Advertiser says
|" The first proposition in the preamble should
have been qualified as it is not historically cor
rect For some years subsequent to 1928, the
Southern States were nearly unanimous in their
opposition to all tariffs in which the principle of
protection could be discovered; and, rs gen.
eral rule, the Democratic party in the South has
incorporated this opposition into their party
creed, and more especially since the controversy
was opened by the expiration of the compro
mise bill in 1872 But the Wings of the South
have occupied more national position upon this
policy"
After Boosting of the national" course pur-
sued by the Southern Wings, the Advertiser
says:
But uhat return have they received from
those who have benefited largely and directly
by these liberal and national votes given in Con-
gress by Southern men? We have The answer
IN The newspaper editorials, resolutions passed By
abolition meetings, and IN acts passed by iegisla-
lures IN The Northern States, denouncing slarery
and attacking, in erery Imaginable ,cay, This spe-
cies Of p. operty al The South. Northern manu-
facturers and heir friends hare returned erH for
good--hare Sung The hand that fed them.
Self-profeotioa is The first lai0 Of nature"
While these attacks In the national and State
legislatures, as well as the assaults from out
siueTS CUuuuut cOLHeTN VHLSS arc uOSOITPu
from all national obligation TO sustain policy
calculated 10 strengthen The hand Dhich is raised
10 gire the fatal 6iow TO their dearest rights and
most cherished interests
"Takng this view Of the case, it will be seen
that the North Carolina legislature has occupied
the true position. Not vote should be given
by Wing or Democrat at the South calculated
to promote Northern interests, to build North
ern manufactures and mining, so long as the
agitations, malicious and vindictive attacks, by
Legislation and otherwise, upon the institution
of slavery, are continued at the North. These
fanatics can be killed off by shooting at their
pockets. The people at the North may be
taught a lesson out of this Legislative book,
which will show them the necessity of crushing
this abolition spirit under their feet, if they
expect any more favors from Congress-
These are pregnant admissions and avowals
coming from a died-in-the-wool submission
paper, edited by one Of Northern uilinities
They do not manifest any returning sense of
duty TO the South on his part--but give an I'M