The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-04

burning suna. drsnchsd by piercing rains, frosS1
by the Aercea colde; now diving fearIessly into
the deRsest forest, now wandering alone over the
most savag regions; in perils in difficulties, and
in doubts; wilh no companion TO cheer his way,
far from tile smiles md applause of society list
eni0g only 70 the sweet music Of birds, OF to the
swesaer music Of his own thoughts, he has faith
fully Kept his path. The records Of mans life
contain few nobsr examples OF strength Of pur-
pose and interchangeable energy. Led on solely ny
his pure, lofty, kindling enthusiasm, no thirst for
wealth, no desire Of distinction. no restless ambi-
ton OF eccentric character, could have induced HIM
to undergo 30 many sacrifices or sustained him
under 80 many trials. Higher principles and
worthier motives alone enabled HIM to meet such
dI.couragemen's and accomplish such miracles of
achievement. He has enlarged and enriched the
domains Of a pleasing science; he has revealed 10
US the existence of many species of birds before
unknown; he has given US more accurate informa-
ton OF the forms and habits Of those that were
known he has corrected the bIunders Of his pre-
deeessors; and he has impaired to the study ofna-
turai history the grace and faciDa,on of romance.
ny his pencil and by his pen, he has made the
world eterHally his debtor Exquisite denea-
tons Of the visible aud vocal ornaments Of the
air, drawn with 30 much nicely, colored with so
much briancy, as they are seen in their own
favorite haunts, who can adequately describe
We remember well the effect wrought on Ocr
mind, when we first saw the whole of his wbn-
deriul collection of paintings, as they were exhib-
tied few years since in New York. 1t produced
an 0verpowering sense Of wonder and admiration
As John Wilson has said of the sasne scene,
shown at Edinburgh, the spectator instantly in-
agined himself in the forest. The birds were all
there, ali were of the size oflife, from the wren
and the hummng bind to the wild turkey and the
bird of Washington. But what signifed the mere
size! The colors were all Of life too, bright Ms
when borne IN beaming beauty through the woods
There too were their attitudes and postures, in
finite as they are assumed by the restless crea-
lures, IN motion or rest, in their glte and their
gambols, their loves and their wars, singing. or
caressing, or breeding, or preying, or tearing one
another to pieces. The trees on which thew sat
or sported all true TO nature, in bole, branch,
spray, and leaf, the fOwery shrubs and the ground
flowers, the weeds and the very grass, all Ameri-
cans--as were the the atmosphere and the skies.
II was wild and poetical vision Of the heart OF
the New World, inhabited as yet almost wholly
by the lovely or noble creatures that own not
mans dominion. 1t was, indeed rich and mag
nlhcent sight, such as we would not for diadeln
have lost.
ANOTHER ALARMING SYMproM-The Ma
tional Intelgencer, one Of me Union party organs
is out against the right Of a State to secede, or
to pass any law discriminating between Northern.
and Southern labor
This is to be one of the cardinal doctrines of
the great national Union party, that is now in
the process of formation. The first grand OBJ
Ject of this party will be to consolidate After
consolidation, follows abolition Will any true
Southern man join his party, where the first
thing he has to do is to subscribe to a PROPOSE
ton that cuts off all chance Of defence If the
right OF secession does not exist, the power of
the National Government to coerce State into
SUBMISSION to any outrage cannot bequestioned;
and whenever this becomes the settled doctrine
Of the majority, the South will immediately be
reduced to the lowest degradation.
The rights denied by the InteIlieenccr. make
up the only power the South has to resist either
in or out of the Union. She cannot develope
her resources without the power to legislate in
their favor-and the right to secede being dis.
puted, the only alternative is civil war, or sub
mission to tyranny and oppression in its worst
forms.
The Union of the States under the old articles
of Confederation, was as binding, and indeed
more so, than the Union under our present Con-
sttution; and yet Washington, Madison, and
others, met in convention with only two or three
States, and proceeded to establish new gov
eminent, and declared that they would secede if
nine OF the States would join them
But polltclans are wiser these DAYS than
Washington and Madison, the makers of this
Cover ment The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that Alabama can exclude
from her limits,'by lau, the negroes of Georgia
How can we have the power to exclude slaves,
and not possess it to exclude Yankee calcoes
and blue buckets! No, the difference is, that
the one law does, and the other does not inter-
fere with Northern prosperity and supremacy!
Truly these are alarming times. The South
doomed to hopeless minority-no voice in
Cengress--stripped of her rights-insuted
drained, oppressed-kept all the time under the
back, and no way of escape.
Good heavens is there nothing that can
arouse our people to sense of their danger!
Where is the spirit of our fathers-wiIl it sleep
forever! Have we forgotten that eternal vigil
lance is the price of liberity-Eufaula (Ala.)
Spirit Of The South
THE New "UEroS PARrY"-The New Or
leans Della says;
"That sagacious party organ, the Bee, [Whigl
has been engaged for some time past in preach
ing up the necessity of organizing a new party
on the broad platform of the Union. The idea
has taken wonderfully in certain quarters. The
tishy politicians, whose past career and present
feeble claims and capabilities stand in the way
of their preferment in the ranks of the two great
political parties of the day, are very DESTROYS of
starting some new party organization, through
which they may rise to the consequence which
they are unable to attain by the old beaten path
of party The idea is quite an old one Ii has