The southern press., 1851-11-01
From the Columbus Ga Times
Crumbs OF Comfort.


Some of our secession contemporaries seem to
comfort themselves under their crushing defeat,
with scraps from the papers OF other States
The Mercury, for instance stretches out its long
arms to its brother in affection, the Columbus
Times, and, all in good season, the latter pops
in word Of consolation, to be reprinted here.
We all know that the favorable influence oftho
Times was greatly diminished in Georgia, in
consequence Of its fellowship with the Mercury
and its politics, and now, when their time Of
weeping has come, we must expect that their
tears will be mingled together Stand
ard.
So speaks the Charleston Standard, the co.
operation, dsunion organ of Charleston. Ifthe
Mercury and Times can take comfort in ming
ling their tears, we are better off than the Stand
ard; for it does appear to US, that when the
Standard looks out from its watchtower to dis
Germ speck on the horizon comforting to its
views and plans, its eye must encounter naught
but barron waste Cooperation to dissolve
the Union Heaven bless US This is certain
ly spirit from the deep that 'front.' come at the
Standards bidding We too, have been labor
ing for the cooperation of the South in resist
ance to Northern aggression. We have failed
and given up all hope OF obtaining; and further,
we have given up all thought of trying to get it..
South Carolina has driven the last nail in the
coffin of Southern resistance to the compromise;
and it is quite clear that the cooperation party
of Carolina acted as undertaken on the occasion.
We say, stare deciSis--and shall never wag our
pen again in opposition to the compromises
There is neither fun nor profit in darling straws
against the wind. And we can tell our able
Charleston contemporary, if that is its object it,
may as well give over the work. The whole
South has decided to submit TO the compromise,
| from Maryland to Texas, and alas including
South Carolina. We know that the Standard
will not subscribe to this opinion, in respect to
South Carolina, and will tell us that the coop.
erationists are disuniopists, but not by the road
of separate secession. Doubtless this is true in
respect to the Standard and branch of its par.
| ty; but, has not the Standard called into being
Union party within the Palmetto borders, that
will not be moulded into disunion shapes? Will
| the spirit it has evoked under the name OF co
operation, be down at its bidding hereafter?
But, if our fellowship with the Mercury and
its politics" have diminished our favorable in
| huence in Georgia--query would il have beer
sensibly increased by fellowship with the Stand
ard! The objectionable sin in Georgia was t6
be against the Union and the Standard sup.
ports dissolution principles quite as strong as the
Merctru Now, the truth is, we differ with botf
the Mercury and Standard in this-that we
went for disunion per Sc. We have only ad
vocated the principle of secession and its prac
tical use rs q measure of protection-as
measure that we have never for an instan,
doubted would have brought the government to
a pa Ise-to do justice, to reform the admins
tration and to secure the South in the Union
One Southern State, taking the step with un
self n and heroic frmness, could have accom-
plished the great work. That State, we hat
hoped would be Carolina. She would have
covered herself with glory, saved the South anc
perpefuated the Union. This is precisely the
doctrine of Mr. Pauding, whose letter the
Standard so highly commcnds. We never have
believed that disunion was necessary to save thu
South. BIT we have believed, and do still be-
lieve, that settled conviction in the Northern
mind that the South would secede from tn,
confederacy, unless full justice was melted tt
her, was necessary to save both the South anc
the Union. We have honestly labored to fore,
this conviction on the North by the union Of tn
South, We have failed, and we now wash on
hands of il. When the South gets ready T.
make fight for her rig ITS, If We are alive, WI
, shall be it'll her. In the meantime, being force
to remain in the Union on the hard and unequa
terms of the compromise, we must do the bes
we can under the duress, and act with that part
which comes nearest TO our standard Of justice +
the South.