The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-05-30

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II has been declared thai Louisiana was al
most unanimous in favor Of the Compromise.
The N o. Delta, one Of the most influential pa
pers in that State, concludes calm but search
ing analysis of this measure, with recital Off
consequences, as follows
IL has been The greatest disunion measure ,chtch
DaS eper enacted. IL has, tn sir mouths. male
greater inroads on the Union, than all the other
political measures for The last sir years have
been able 10 make 1t has produced y state OF
things, which has famiarized an immense IN ss
of our people with an idea from which few
months before, there was scarcely man in the
nation who did not turn with horror
Were the friends or the opponents OF the
measure which produced these effects, the res.
Union men +! We put this query to the con-
sciences Of the getters-up Of the st. Charles
theatre meeting We ask them if their great
Compromise has not proved Trojan horse,
which bore paace on its front, but which con-
tained within it's bowels the very elements to
overthrow and deftroy those for whom it was
designed as favor and gift
There can be no doubt in any candid and hon
est minds, that the Compromises has proved a
deplorably failure Could it be otherwise, when
its main features were wrong, injustice, and in
equality, it required the South, which had
shared the toll and sacrifice Of the acquisition OF
the new territory, to give up all claim to any
share of ito submit to such appropriation in
consideration of the agreement Of the North to
execute provision already imposed by the Con-
stitution, of the benefits of which we had been
long deprived Submission begets usurpation.
Power, like avarice, grows by what it feeds
upon. When that submission ceases,-Wtsn q
compromise is made, funded in justice, and
equality, and equity, the Union '0iH be safe, ard
mol until them
The N. O. Courier, a very able and infuen'
tial Democratic print, thus refers to the action
of South Carolina.
SoUTH CARoLINA--All eyes are now turned
towards South Carolina, one Of the original
thirteen States, one distinguished in the revolu-
ton for her heightened and cbivalric patriotism,
distinguished in every war that we have since
waged, and distinguished at every period of our
national career for the intellect, the eloquence,
the commanding craftsmanship which she has
contributed to the Union. No State in the con-
federacy has more individuality of character, or
an idiosyncrasy more conspicuous for high and
generous qualities. Her very foibles "lean to
virtues side" The Carolinian's devotion to his
State, her soil and her sovereignty, is species
of idolatry, holy enthusiasm which men must
admire and respect, however they may depre-
cate the extent to which these are sometimes
carried.
Like the famous artist of antiquity, who fash
toned model so beautiful that he persisted of
the fatal and Unsuitable passion it inspired, South
Carolina has created for herself an ideal sover-
eighty, which she will die sooner than abandon
Her pride-heramor patric-her convictions of
duty-her devotion to liberty-are all involved !;
and she is persuaded that not to be loyal to her
self, is u be mean, degraded, cowardly, and
perfidious. There are no traitors on her soil.
Her territory is covered with battle-felds. Her
sons have never refused to die for their coun-
,ry-on the field, in the dungeon, and on the
scaffold. Nor can they be charged with sell
fish, and sectional and mercenary line of con-
duct in the national councils while the speeches
of Pinckney, Lsurens, Lowndes, Cheves, Cal
houn, Hayne and McDufie, live upon our re-
cords, and shine, like beacon-lights, in the chart
Of history. They were, in every sense Of the
word, national men.
We will not now recte the events that have
placed South Carolina, in her present position.
They are familiar to our readers. 1t is posi-
ton that inspires the most serious reflections.
u
one of the old thrteen-one bound to the
Union, by so many ties-to assume the stand de-
tailed in the proceedings below.
We had hoped that other counsels would
have prevailed, and that no definite action would
have been agreed on by the present convention.
But that formidable body of men, it seems, have
decided otherwise with singular unanimity, and
the course Of South Carolina can no longer be
matter of doubt. Some months will elapse
before the convention of the people, authorized
by act of the legislature, will assemble.
Let us hope that, in the interim, the same all
merciful Providence that has blessed and pros
pered uSthus far, may 30 shape events and in
fluence mems minds, as to avert the shock that
menaces the Union. We know that it is no
trifing storm, that can drive from its mornings
this sacred ark of the nations safety But The
secession of sovereign Stale, in character, in
position, in fortitude and resolution like South
Carolina, ,oith the sympathy she miA inspire, and
the contagion Of her example, riE conpuise our
country, and perhaps cause its rising sun, now
in the morn of its glory, to go down in night
of blood.
The occasion is one that demands the
thoughts and the counses of every patriot Lei
The North yet do its duty let the South still, for
a while longer, be patient and hopeful