Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-18


the community. Institutions embody ant
manifest predominant thoughts and opin-
ions. The mind of a community in its high
est developments, and nobleSt aspirations.
sooner or later. acquires the conduct of the
community. 1t Is IN vain that we hope for
a stay 10 this current from favor drawn from,
the transient interests and erhemeral con-
Idiloas of society. Commercial ideas, con
nections, pursuits, arc essentially uastahie
They are derived from circumstances Huc-
tua,ing and prccarious They do not bind
the hearts and consciences Of men. Pow
erful, then, as the counieryailins infiuen-
ces we have noticed are, fair inquirvr
must see that they have already proven
J their own inadcqpacv sspTle demand upols
them, sslra .1Ias IT, valne IS s--,sr-r=
of daily reduction.
Of the Opinions OF Public Men.
An inquiry into the opinions of leading
and representative statesmen of the North.
may be useful. We can gather from these
various marks of popular sentiment, the
lines of the prospect before US. Some
thing says ore of the older class of Nir-
ginia statesmen, of the Titan age of that
Commonwealth, has suggested TO the mem
bers of Congress the policy of acquiring ge-
ographical maiorites. This is very di-
rect step towards disunion, and must foster
those geographical enmities by which alone
it can be affected The something must
undoubtedly be a contemplation of particu
: lar advantages to be derived from such ma
) iorities. five can discover what these are,
5 and can also remove the temptations, we
shall destroy the most dangerous enemy to
the best system of government which ever
: EXISTED. And is it not notorious that they
consist of nothing else but asarPation ofin-
! terRat poacerS oper persons and property by
/ which they can regulate the Internal sceaith
: and prosperity of individuals and States
|, UnquestionablY, the employment of the
! Federal Government to affect the fortunes
+ of classes and individuals, in the shape of
: bounties, projections and expenditures, has
: led to the sense of the ovcrweening power
of that 9oyernment--and the consequent
:, responsibility of our citizens-for all it does
:, or omits 10 dc. The State Rights poiti-
= clans, who opposed the acts of the Federal
5 Government of this character from defer
d ence to the Constitution, form small class.
q at the North. Most of the Democratic pol
\ iticians, acknowledge the power of the Gov
Of ernment, and dispute on measures with
r reference to their expediency. Judge
y Woodbury., who has given the weight of
his great mind and great character to the
IS support of strict doctrines, confesscs, the
2 States become weaker and feebler daily, as
1 their number increase, and the whole Union
IL increases-being now thirty to one, instead
l. of thirteen to one-and the Central Gov
l. ernment becomes still stronger and that
II. .f Il IL.
L Union by construction to absorb and ouer-
n whel5a the natural and appropriate rights
Is of sovereign States He admonishes his
brethren and the country: a course of
Il harshness towards the States by the Gen
e eral Government, or by any of its great
Is departments-a course of prohibitions and
v qualifications, as to their domestic policies,
S in doubtful eases, and by implied power,
/ is violation of sound principle: will alien
Is ate and Justly offend, and tend ultimately,
e no less than disastrously, TO dissolve the
S bonds of Union SO useful and glorious 10
IS all around
u The class of politicians connected with
: that of Woodbury., and in the politics of
IS the country associated with him, are those
who, with General Jackson; opposed the
l. incipient movements of the abolitionists-
l. who sustained the 2lst rule and voted Cal
s houn's and Atherton's resolutions; who
l. supported the annexation Of Texas; who
d voted and supported in I848 the Missouri
al Compromise to the Pacific ocean, and who
h continually receding before the mighty
N torrent of Anti-Slarery sentiment-have
l. fallen back upon Non-Intervention;' who
re support the Fugitive Slave Bill as right
e. of the South, and who would have done
l. more for the South, had it not been for the
ID Southern barriers of Clay, Benton, and
le their Southern confederates. The repre-
is sentatives of this class are Dallas, Buch-
Sc anan, Dickinson, Douglas, Bright, and we
he add Cass
We think but little of their doctrine Of
m Intervention; but it is no slight test
It, mony to the disordered condition of the
ne public mind at the North, that the friends
IN of the South have been driven to, and al
E. most driven from it. The doctrine that the
u Government, holding the powers Of peace
r. and war, of making compacts and alliances.
It. of acquiring territories and forming gov
Fe ernments, owing no duties 20 tie propert-
s, of fifteen States on those territories, is a
I'd proposition addressed to the credulity OF
e, the South, and which nothing but credulity
Il. can tolerate. Still we recognize the states
IL men who hold it, as the nearest to US of all
I'd who represent opinion from the North.
II At long interval from these comes a
az class, which constitutes what is termed the
. Conservative class-men who are willing
ct to rest for time on what they have Mr..
Id Webster is the representative of this class.
at We propose to examine his position. In
he August, 1913, Mr.. Webster said-'My
at opposition to the increase of slavery in this
o. country, or to the increase of slave repre-
n scntation, is general and universal. 1t has
n 10 reference to the lines of latitude, OF
e. points Of the compass. l shall oppose al
such extension at all times and under al,
e. circumstances, even against allinducements
ce against al limitations of fgreat interests
sh against all ombinations-against all com
le, premises
y. In l847 he said: we should take tbs
n first, last and every occasion which offers
1T, 10 oppose the extension of slavery We
er might follow Mr.. Webster from the Bostor
h meeting of 1919, when he urged the Mis-
Ii sour restriction; to Niblo's Garden in 1887
when he forged the thunderbots he no
~ long ago accused Mr.. W;lmot of stealing
M to the Feneuil Hall address of I845 on tht
an admission of Texas, and from thence t.
to- show the ground for the statement IN IN,