Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-08-30
DeStiRy Of the two Parties.

Destiny Of the two Parties.
Our friends must not feel discouraged that eeerg
body does not coincide with them now. Men act
Truth is gradual in its progress as it is certain in
its results The State Rights party is formed on
the Jefersonan construction of the Constitution,
and it appeals warmly to all the democratic and
popular sympathies of the people 1t will ulti-
mately absorb every man of both the old whig
and democratic parties, who adopts from principle,
the Republican doctrine of the relative powers OF
the State and federal Governments; and hence it
must soon become the great and dominant party of
the entire South; just the anti-savery viii be
the powerful party at the North
The self-styled ''Union party is not founded
on principle, and it proposes no policy. 1t origl-
mated in popular panic and seeks only the spols
of office AS political organization therefore, it
will die of nanition for the want of plunder or
gradually pass into nonehtity with the disappear
ance of the panic which created it.. The State
Rights party on the contrary founded upon the
eternal principles of truth, whatever betide its
varying fortunes, viii always rejuvenatc, for,
"Truth crushed to Earth, will rise again,
The Eternal years of God are hers,
While error wounded, writhes in pain
| And dies amid her worshppers'
This sentiments illustrated by the history of our
party. The South was beaten on the ieor of Con-
gress Overpowered by the number of her as
sailants and weakened by detection from her own
ranks, she was defeated, but not conquered The
people of the South have now rushed to the res
cue. They have aroused themselves To action
and the great Southern heart pulsates in warm
response to the appeals other children, nor will
these appeals be in vain. We see the masses
moving. Mississippi is ready to take her stand;
and State Rights and Southern Rights, firm, man
y constitutional resistance to aggression will soon
animate, pervade and control the entire south
Already has the decided stand taken bv many
Southern patriots carried terror to the hearts of
our assailants Those bold Southrons who first
dared to brook the tide of aggression as it rolled in
upon us from the North, may take comfort to their
hearts, and grid round their loins for a stirring
contest, and glorious triumph, They may read
in the public manifestations, in the popular SYM
pathies, and the natural sequence of events, the
progress of our party and its brilliant destiny.
Friends of the South and the Union be firm.
On Monday and Tuesday next Mississippi ex-
poets every man to do his duty. Let the men of
the South unite to protect the South. The Sub
missionists with the pertenacity of sinking men,
have organized a desperate scheme to create pan
c on the public mind, about dsunion and civil
war. On this point we were struck with remark
of Gen. Quitman in his speech here. Appealing
in his own style of high bred gallantry to the gall
eres, whence beamed upon him the lovely faces
and bright eyes of hundreds of fair patriots. he
declared thatfhis gottenup panic had not fighten-
ed any of his fair country women If there was
any alarm it was confined to the breasts of timid
men. The ladies were cool, calm, and iindaun-
ted.
If there are any weak nerued men, who-dread
the displeasure of the great North at the indepen-
dent action of our State, let them learn frmncss
and courage from their soices, and sisters, and
/ sweet-hearts whose warm bosoms are ever LOYAL
and true to their own native and sunny South
If every man does his duty at the present elec
ton, we shall carry the Convention and all vii
vet be well. The skies are bright in Georgia
The bold Mcdonald bears down upon the Sub
mission ranks as gallantly as his immortal name
sake charged the squadrons- of the Allies tn,
field of a Wgram. The Southern feeling has jus
triumphed in the Congressional election of Arkan
sas 1t has taken deep root in Alabama, Tennes
see, Louisiana and Florida, and win yet bear gol
den fruits. With united front and bold presence
the South has nothing to fear in the future LIE
the voice of Mississippi ever gallant yetever just
go forth to the North in tones calm and dispassion
ate, vet firm and undaunted 1t viii do more /
rebuke the North and force them to sense of jus
tce, more to preserve the Constitution and main
i tain the Union, than all the shouts of sgloriou
0 Union that have ever been uttered by man.
d We say then to our people whatever has betde
r the efforts of our friends in other States, to stan
: firmly by their party, their principles, and the
It candidates in this contest. It's of paranao". in
portance to the South that our parsv should carr
it Mississippi in this election. r.efeat on our pa
would embolden our No fbern foes and their Sout
/ ern Aiiies' 90 -oner or later the State Rgh
pais nlas predominant in the entire South. II
emp -,aticaHy party of progression 1t eontai
all the elements of exoansiea and growth Fou