The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-19

TN CAusz IN GsoxolA.--Ws rscsive, hom
AZ aaeFtegA the NEST sEssfyipg. iutslhgsaes
81 t6e stability and increase Of tn r0eufheynl
Rights party Of the State. The defeat which y
experienced in the canvass for the convection,
has mt had the slightest effect in dampilg thu
spirits Or crushing the enssgisa Of it members.
The tarty II still Intact ard vigorous There
action, which followed its defeat, has nd1ed
much 10 it, power and inAusucc The d1naera
which threaten the institutions Of the South, The
fears which are felt for the permaneney az our
property, the total disregard manifested by the
Free-soil majority in Congress- in relation to
Southern interests. the notification OF laws in
tended for the better security Of Southern pro-
perty in slaves the insults and injuries which are
continually heaped upon us, are all 20 many
causes tending daily to swell its numbers and
advance the glorious cause which II advocates.
We can assure the friends Of Southern rights
in other States, that the cause in Georgia 10
gaining ground We hear Of no faltering any
where. The spirit Of resistance to Northern ag-
gressi0n animates the bosoms Of its members,
and is spreading In spite Of the hsllow cries OF
dlsunion and ultraism resorted to by Its oppO-
nents. The masked battery" from behind which
IL rapidly becoming an object Of ridieule rather
than Of apprehension. It cannot longer answer
the purposes or accomplish the aims Of those
escon'ed behind it. A people. who feel moth
ing but oppression In the measures Of the gov
eminent, and are keptin continual agitation from
the efforts of blind fanaticism to cripple and de-
stroy their institutions are not to be frightened
from considering the means Of securityy by any
empty and delusive cries Of athe Union" The
Union was formed for the protection and secu-
rity of tue citizenit 10 not to be turned into an
engine Of foul oppression and injury, without
some effort being made to ward off the conse-
quences.
The causes which led 10 the formation of the
Southern Rights party still exist The dangers
which threaten our institutions are still as fearful
and pressing as before. The objects which the
party propose to secure are the same--the prin-
ciples the same-the cause the same. Its ends
are patriotic its principles pure, its cause invin-
chile. The party is wholly Southern in feeling
and in action. It must triumph, sooner or later.
1--WE have confident faith, and hope that the
Southern Rights party, which has 40 long sus-
tanned the vilest imputations, and assaults upon
its character its principles and its purpose, will
not flag or grow weary in the accomplishment OF
its great and glorious ends Bearing aloft the
brave old banner Of State Rights--embIazon
with those true and undeniable declarations,
that submission to wrong but invites to further
aggressions, and that Incorporating resistance
to Northern aggression is the only hope of the
South--wisely and deliberately do we wish to
see it move forward, "unawed by power and
unseduced by place." We firmly believe that
the salvation Of the South, the security of her
property, and the perpetuity of her institutions
are in the hands of the party now in the minor
ity. But if it stands true to its principles, the
inevitable course of events, will, unaided and
alone, work out its triumph. Already is it suf-
fciently powerful in numbers to control the
popular elections in many of the Southern States
the members of this party will keep themselves
distinct and separate from all other parties, and
support no man for office, who is not in favor
of stern and incorporating resistance to the
aggressions of the North, they will soon force
both the old parties to take common ground
with them, in defence of the rights and institu-
tons of the South. If they will adopt this as
cardinal principle, and carry it faithfully into
practice; if they will refuse all alliance with
any, and every party, which counsels tame sub
mission to our wrongs, the day is not far distant
when the union Of the Southern States will be
effected, and the triumph of her cause celebrated
throughout our land.
We believe, with the Columbus Times, in the
wisdom of the policy of keeping the Southern
rights party erect on the basis of great princi-
pies, and aloof from the Presidential m@lstroom
in which Southern rights have always been
wrecked. If either or any of the new organiza-
lions will come to us with a platform in which
justice to the South indemnity for the past and
security for the future, are cardinal principles
there is no reason. why we should not join stan
dards and march with them to political battle
Otherwise, it is the policy and duty of the South
ern rights party to preserve an armed neutrality
and be ready to strike where the most eficien,
service can be rendered to the great cause OF
preserving the South from the ruin which is to
follow the destruction of their institutions
Augusta Republic.