The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-15

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WASHINGTON CITY.
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WEDNESDAY. JANUARY Is, 1851,
Northern Loyalists aud Bouthesn NAL
contents.
Tbs National Lnleligsncer, true 10 its voca-
ton, u b~sily engaged ON alternate days. in mag
nifying ~Norhern loyalty" and abusing 4Sonth-
e-n malcontents" In its issue OF yesterday is
f,licws np IT. paper broadside on the State Of
hoath Carolina. Ito which we have probably dedi-
Gated more attention than il msrited) by an Gu
logiHm on HoRrHERS LoYALrY! commencing
thus;
almost every day brings to us from the
Norh some fresh expression Ut loyalty 70 the
Consultation and the law, especially, and there.
fore the more welcome, from the clergy Of the
country. These reverend teachers have been
drawn forth by sense OF duty, in unnsual num-
Der, to rebake the EAnaticism with which some
of their brethren, and a fe,o followers, have de-
nounced obedience 10 the law"
The Iaselligsncsr evidently borrows ita idea
from the message of Gov JOHNSTON, Of Penn
sylvania. After suggesting notifications Of the
Fugitive slave law, this very loyal" gentleman,
in the true Pecksnitian STYLE goes on to laud this
glorious Unionn-and thus gives the cue about
. local disloyaIty:'
"One other matter, connected with our Fed
eral relations, claims your attention. It il the
Uuion OF the States, and the dangers which are
supposed to threaten it in connection with the
Question Of slavery Whether slavery be the
cause or pretcxt Of infdelity to the Union, and
to what precise extent disaffection exists, it is
not my purpose to inquire. There was local
disIovaity long before slavery became the i'm
mediate source OF excitement, and there Will be
local disloyalty long after slavery, and the ques-
tons connected with it. are finally adjusted"
After referring by name to the efforts OF
some estilnable divines, for their judicious en-
deavors to cast oil on the troubled waters" &c,
the InielHgencer calls attention to extracts from
their sermons on another column, and concludes
with this complimentary remark:
Let Southern macontents read and see that
there are strong men in the North as well as IN
the South"
Now, the Compromise presses generally, have
abused, without stint or limit, those Southern
clergymen who have ventured to touch upon the
political duties of their brethren-but what is
undiqni6ed and irreligions in them, is worthy,
it seems, of all honor in those who arc so for
tuuate as to live in more "loyar-that is,
more Northern latitude.
aPolitcs from the pulpit" cry out these
sticklers for the separation Of Church and State,
when Southern pastor ventures an exposition
of the religious obligations resting on his flock
--how very indccorous The clergy coming to
the assistance of the peace measures =" show
truly evangelical and delightful cry out the
other wing Of the same coalition, when North
ern divine lauds Messrs. CLAY, CAss, and WEB
srER, or abuses :" the dsunionists!"
But passing this by, let us examine this new
division of parties into NORTHERN LoYALTsTs and
SOUTHERN MALcoSTENrs. We think the former
name is the best we have seen, to indicate the
true character of tie compronisers: and as it is
more euphonious than the term sUBMIssIoNIsT,
now generally applied to the Southern wing,
may probably be adopted by them; and if SO,
the Inlelligencer will be entitled to vote OF
thanks. tits fully as odorous name as that Of
Federalst or Consolidationist, which may well
be applied to the faction 1--WE cannot call it a
purity which the Hteiligencer and its aids are
striving to build up, on the ruins Of the Consti-
tuition and of State sovereignty.
There never was period in the history Of
this country, when "loyalists" were not to be
found to uphold the arbitrary acts of power
and to condemn all opposition to the registering
of JUS edicts as "factious, seditous, and traitor
ous.r There were aloyasts" in the Virginia Con-
vcntion, to cry ont treasonl" when PATRICK
HESRy's eloquent warning to King GEORGE
sounded the first note of alarm. There were
sloyaists" after an appeal to arms was made,
who denounced GEORGE WASHINGTON as a
traitor. At later period, there were equally
loyal subjects of our Northern ruler, JOHN
ADAMS, who punished with fine and imprison-
ment those indictments who dared to pub
lisb seditious' structures on his policy, in the
public prints.
And now we find the seeds of new set of
loyalists sewn broadcast by the IntelHgencer,
q and the first specimens of the new crop on the
congenial soil of the North, exhibited triumph
antly, to shake the souls Of Southern malcon-
tents" But the Inteuigencer straining its vision
ever TO watch the signs of the Northern heavens,
whence its political polar star now shines. is
deaf to the angry muttcrings, blind to the vivid
flashes of the storm which it has aided to con-
lure up. In South Carolina alone it sees a
spcck of cloud, while to keener eyes unblinded
by the pride of opinion or invcterate prejudices,
the aspect of the whole Southern heaven daily
becomes more portentous. In Virginia the birth
place Of those old " Southern malcontents,'
GEoRGE WASHINGTON, and PATRICK HENRY
the nursing mother of JEFFERSON and MApIsoS
and who yet can point in our federal councils
to malcontents," well worthy of succeeding
them-movements are now taking place, which
show that the spirit Of those men who deemed re-
..tance In MI nfraction Of State rights the first