The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-18

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torsi, 1.-THE fraudulent foundation Of whisA we
have just knocked Away,) are 30 characteristic,
that we will analyxe il little further.
In the very next sentence to that we have dis
seetsd. the Union goes on to say, that II any,
thing would deter honest and patriotic men at
the North from stepping forward to assist in
enforcing the law, it would be this mean AND un-
generous return they rsceips al The hands Of the
South, for their fidelity"-and then contradiets
itself in the next breath, by the assurance"
that :" the Southern Press is no true exponent
Of the feeling Of the South on this subject
land that the great body of the Southern people
do not share in such unworthy prejudices."---
The assurance Of the Union no one ought to
doubt, Tin one sense) -but it assurances contra
dict each other often, that, like dicers oaths,
they need confirmation to ensure belief.
But the real intent Of all this preliminary fall
sifcation leaks out at the conclusion Of this
model editorial. Like the blind worm, it carries
its sting in the tail--and that sting is the old
Islander about the g disunion" tendencies Of the
Southern Press which has dis-united the Union
already from so many of its Southern subscri-
bcrs, and from the confidence and authority il
once enjoyed, until It now stands the shadow
Of namc,' once potent to WELD the ficrcc de-
mocracy."
IT, in its fallen fortunes, it can derive any con
ISOLATION from the cheap luxury of vulgar vitu
pcration, it is welcome. We will not compete
with it in that, its peculiar field; but when il
ventures to falsfy the record and attribute to u,
sentiments we have never entertained, and Ian
guage we have never uttered, we feel reluctantly
compelled to put stop to such course, by al
appeal to it's sense Of shame, if not to its scnst
of justice.
AS to its rc-cchoing the slang Of BEkroE
HousToN, FoorE, g. Co., about the "disunior
designs of the Southern agtators," and the
I" Southern Press" it is in perfect keeping witt
it's present atfinities and associations however
opposite to its past
But that the Union--after aiding in the pas
sage of the spoliation bills, which gave the Abo
litionists all the territory, and slice of Texa,
besides latter encouraging the aggressions O.
the North by couuseling submission to thu
South, and declaring the acquiescence Of hel
citizens in the gigantic scheme Of wrong and
robbery, perfected by a coalition as remarkable
as that in Observation-Disclosures such an organ o.
such scheme should dare to pirate about play
ing into the hands Of the Abolaionists, is speci
men Of the most superb audacty ever displayed
on any theatre. But when in addition to this
while VIGOROUSLY an applicant for the favor o.
Congress, and dependent therefore on the mos
sweet voices of the predomnating majority il
that body, the Union talks about I" cloaks, fol
the accomplishment Of uAerior designs" it is evi
IDENTIFY haunted by an unpleasant suspicion-ant
in its attempt to smother it, relies on public
gullibility, as boundless as it's own irconsisten
cies-an. as convenient want of memory OF
of conscience the part of its readers, us it ha,
SO signally displayed in the brief compass of thu
editorial we have just reviewed.