The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-18

= Mr.. WEBSTER declared % the Wiimot" to b
l. and, at he earnest solicitation Of his anxiop
a friend Boris, would only amend his regrets tina
Is slavery existed in the States, and that Congress
had not the power TO abolish il there, by the al
y teration of one ,oord This was Z" concession
d enough for the Southern acquiescents," an'
e they have accordingly acquesced most humbll
in this explanation of the expounder-nay. some
y have had the impertinence to pirate about tbs
R injustice done Mr. WEBSTER in the matter, anc
Il TO pretend that his explanation was satisfactory
: But the PRESIDENT feeling that the "pro
s gress' Of his PREMIER was more rapid than his
0 own, and being !" no orator as BRUrus is
Q checkmates him by letter from the White
House, addressed to his dearly beloved lieges Of
Boston, in which he |" fools them to the top
of their bent" and establishes his own Free
soil orthodoxy.
But there are lower depths even than the
Wilmot," or the principles and the people it em-
braces, in this movement. These are the aris-
tccrats of Abolition--but it has its subter-
raneans, too, winding like moles in dirt and
darkness, and excavating their way with steady
pertnacity. OF this class, the responsible editor
of the New York Tribune, Horace GREELEY,
is the type, and the conservative" WEBSTER
Wing organ of the city of Boston caims fra
ternity and affinity with him and his projects,
and endorses his course in Great Britain This
we shall prove by the production of the entire
record on which we base the charge.
The Boston Courier, the acknowledged organ
Of the especial friends of DANIEL WEBSTER in
New England, which is supposed to speak by
authority" for him and them, in its issue Of
Monday morning last contained the following
article under its editorial head
1t would be idle for us to add one word of
comment on such plain exposition of Abolition
faith, such an emphatic declaration Of the SYM
patty entertained by the national Union COM
promisers of New England, with the "pious
labors" of GREELEY and his colored friends"
in Old Englard
Coupled with the Republics championship of
the same individual the other day, this article is
more sgniicant--and in view of such endorse
ment the Fourier Free-soiler may well exclaim,
" The cause of Boston is the cause Of ALL"
ANTI-SLAvERY AGITATION IN ENGLANp.-We
commend to our readers the subjoned letter
from Mr.. Horace Greeley, which appeared in the
New. York Tribune few days since. Mr..
Greeley is man entitled 10 much respect for the
qualities both ofhis mind and character. He is
a vigorous and original thinker and an excellent
writer a man of unconquerable energy and in
dustry, and of truth and sincerity. HIS enthu-
sdsm IS genuine and his phiianthropyis unaffected
He has some fantastic notions and some twists
in his brain, but he is equally manly IN the ex-
preston of his own opinions and candid TO those
of Others On this occasion, IN England, he
spoke the toords of truth and soberress, and we
have no doubt that some of his hearers will re-
member what he said The statement of Rev.
Mr.. Henson, that Great Britain is 8 the land of
true freedoS -nd equality, where simple man.
hood is respected without regard to COLOR Will
surprise and amuse ell white Americans who
have visited that land. A lady from this coun
try, in England, was once asked by an Engish
friend what were the two things that most
struck her. She replied, "your cathedras, ana
| the 81 wish manners of your lower classes
There is no country in Europe where Is SUCH
universal prosration of the spirit before rank and
title, as in England Nowhere is man 80 little
respected, and his accidents, so much. There Is
| no court in Europe, where the etiquette Is so
stiff feudal, and aristocratie, as in England
From the moment an American lands IN Eng
| land he is either shocked with the brutality oil
the lower classes, or Disguised with their serye
sycophancy. If you would wish to see hu-
man being eating the largest amount of dirt, IN
II the smallest amount of time, see London
tradesman in the presence of lord
4 L.
against color does not exist in England. Fo
, this there are two or three reasons. In thu
first place, colored man is so rare there, tt
be sort of lion. In the second place, anti
slavery zeal has been for long time the pc
!, virture of England; and, lastly, whenever Johr
! Bull paws attention to n coored man, IL involves
y a little snubbing of Brother Jonathan and wher
g John Bull can season bis own virtues with the
sauce Of his neghbors faults, be sits down to The
dish with marvellous relish.
Mr. Greeley did well TO tell his Enghsl
; friends that It did not become them to look SC
carefully after our social evils with such fright
ful social evils at home claiming their attention
, He might have gone further. He might have
told them that nothing would be greater OBJ
stacle in the way of the elevation and imprison
ment of the colored race in America, than tC
: have the subject of American slavery agitateC
in England. And the reason is obvious to any
man whose brains are not simmered away II
!, the frying-pan of fanaticism. Such course
erlisfs The powerful passion of national pride ~
e defence Of aorong. Suppose we should get W
. popular meetings, all over the land, to agitat'
upon the wrongs Of Ireland, and listen TO foam
ing harangues from Mesian agitstors, wha
: would be the natural response of high-spiritec
: Englisbman p" Right or wrong, this is none
or your business, and we wont be bullied into
9 doing even what is right" And will not :
hiph-spirited American feel in like manner anC
> make the same response We do not mean q
o sag thai in either case, Il mould be right or mag
y unanimous, but uis natural
h An Indian once said TO y boy who was teas
r ing him TO make bow and arrow, the NOR
! You say bow and arrow. the more | won
u make them" So we say TO our English cous
Re ms, /" the more you talk about American SLAYER,
En- the more we wont do anything about it,
in British Ami Slarery-The annual mectin