The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-11

gulae tntH Surrender 70 ffccsoitsIn, were Oh
srssni fsilscis.. things that had but name, ant
90 bs.e. no % srow. no substance.
u |. insisted. hoscyer. that We should no
distaFb The peace and harmony which the com
psemise has given the eoanty, nor stir up th,
spirit ef shs Ssath.ra people by reminding
them % the wrong. thy have suffered, and o
che DANGER. which ALL bsset them. Az. We ar,
asked b. tara eaf fsces from the frightful phan
tam and 90 saif.r yau 10 lie quiet aud eont.ntet
10 ysaf hsmiliailsa aud ruin. | scorn the das
tar1ly alviee. ID can a bea suit q Russian SER
or an Aa tTias minsoa Has u come To this
tsst we ara enthusiastically nqaired 10 crouch Ia
ne dat under the feet Il our eppressors. lest By
lecklag them In The face ard walking erect By
thslr SIDE. 90 might move their Ire and provoke
their ls-hi ] fear them not; nor should you
fss thrm. Jest give way 20 your fears. and
there 10 no form ~ menace. NJ degree Of insult
no measure of degradation wih which they will
not visit you; far iasol.ace Of the espresso,
I. IN nFoporten o. the tameae.s Of the sufferer
We are next ibid that. bad az Il is, the CON
promise afiss ali. has eif.cied an adjustment OF
aar dill ,allirs, and constitutes compact which
from IL very mature, h irrepaaiabie.
Z. n soi
Mr. Fillmore cleprly did not view Il In that
light, when, after declaring in his message that
he reyards ths measures embraced In Il aas d
settlsmen, In priaeiple and Substance. ms final
settlement. &c.,' he gors on, gently sdmonish.
ing and recommending adherence 10 them - Nm
III tims ard sreeyiea,1 shall demoasra,e the ne
eessiiy If further legislation 10 guard agains,
evasion az abass."
Nor was II 90 construed BY those who sIsoED
rHE Usrox PLEpGg with Messrs Clay, Foote,
and Others, when. after ostracising. politically.
NIL those who were opposed 10 II. they never.
theless admit the possibility Of is being re-
pesled or altered by the general consent Of the
frieDds Of the measure"
Nor L. il understood by the Wings of New
Yo.k In their compact Of coalition with the Alb.
olitionists Of that State, when they gave their
assent 10 the proposition that the right of citi
gems, q. voters, Il und.niatle 10 discuss with
full regard for the rights and interests Of all
parts Of the confede-a,y. the expeliency OF such
laws (the adjustment laws) and the propriety OF
any Of their provisions, aud ~ seek. by eonsti.
tutional means, their repeal and modification"
Yet Gen Downs, referring 10 that subject, in
his speech at Trinity, would have YOU to think
q that &c the compromise has had It's day and
passed. you can no more bring il back than you
can reverse tho wheels Of time, bring back yes
terday or last yesr."-Page l3.
However, after thus fixing character of i'm
mutability and perpetuity upon il, he chides the
Southern members opposed TO IL, who were OF
the following session Of Congress, far moi having
attempted 10 remedy Ibis evil IN ths ordinary w1y
Page "a.
But we ought to submit for, says my col
league, ait is the natural result Of one Of the
least doubtful Of our republican principles that
the majority must rule and We acduiesce."-
Page %.
And thus. whenever that majority shall have
spoken out, be it, e1icts as reckless Of the Con
stitntion as vs. have known them to be, we must
bow our heads in humble aai respectful submis.
sion, because The majority must rule. Az, rule
IL must; but, says the great Pitt: $50 rule as
not 10 contradict the common principles that are
common to all" The MAJORITY must rule, was
the dictum with which British ministers used to
answer the complaints fthe American colonies.
What, submit to evident, undcniable wrong
We may ENDURE 1T! Endurance implies not
consent Bat surrender our convictions, our
sentiments. and cover down in silence before
the wrong doer. sinking like slaves beneath the
pressure Of our sufferings Upon my heart and
and soul, NEVER, SEvER!.!
Let me bit ask you, what would your revolu.
tionary sires have thought Of any one who, in
the cant OF modern submission, had told them:
4" Tho Stamp Bill, the Boston Post Bill, the Bill
for transferring political deinquents beyond the
seas tn be tried in distant land" hare had their
day and ,oere passed by majority in the Impe-
rial Parliament and cdn M more be recalled than
you can recall yesterday or last yeari The ma
Jority mua rule and you must dc9uiesce! All,
sirs, methinks see them striving to compose
their muscles and hardly able TO suppress their
indignation. They would have pointed, no
doubt, 10 that noble device on their escutcheon
which was decyphered by Jackson half cent?.
~ afterwards: "WE DEMAND NOTHING BUT
WHAT rs RIs HI, AND YIELD TO soTHIsG THAT Is
WRONG"
Fellow citizens, be not mistaken your a,ti.
tude In this awful crisis will determine your fu-
ture fate; and unless II be such m will command
forbearance on the part Of the North, your doom
IS sealed; and you are destined Ia be but subjects,
humble, abjrct subjects, in this once glorious
confederacv Of yours you may deceive your
selves by vain and empty words, you may retain
your rights, your independence, your sovereign.
ty, while you are permitted 10 send your SEM
tors and representatives 20 Congress, there To
pander TO the exactions Of your Northern kings:
you will but retain the shadow Of what you
were, soon To sink beneath your own conscious.
ness Of degradation and ruin.
"Hab VIII W DC Out the th1 ana DllLer realZ1.
ton OF the remonstrance which, on a memorable
occasion (the Missouri compromise) Mr.. Pinck.
ney addressed 10 the growing arrogance Of the
North you may squeeze down a sovereign
Sta 10 the size Of a pgmy, and then. taking Il
between finger and thumb, stick II into some
niche Of the Union, and still continue, by way Of
mockery, to call Il A STATE. You may waste Il
10 shadow, and still keep Il in the society Of
flesh and blood, an object OF soorn and dersion !:
you may sweet and reduce Il TO thing Of skin
and bone, and then show the ominious skeleton
beside the rudy and heal,hfu members Of the
Union. that every one may witness the lamenta.
bic difference !"
am not for breaking thi- confederscy; lam not
for advising this State 10 Join in any secession
movement which may be made by other States.
| stand ready, stil 10 endure past wrongs with
you; but cannot bring myself 10 acknowledge
that they are not wrongs, and while ] live,
shall, with all the energies Of my lungs, protest
against them. wish not 10 discourage you, bat
10 keep you on the watch; and ! sound the
alarm because see danger ahead Of me Others
may find their interest or pleasure In luling you