Mississippi palladium. [volume] (Holly Springs, Miss.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-07


s5bslsgy, and State control, they viii rem
der Il impossible, by any process short of
treason or revolution, to convert the con-
seeerscy into the means of destroying the
equality Of is own members, or TO direct
iis energic. TO fulfill the behests of some
higher law starting up Ike the cyultica of
the minute, from the ever-ranging and in
czIculabIe phantasics of the inner man.
/ have dispasSiona:ely, but anxiously,
watched the manifest of political sentiment
N the North and East, since the adjourn
ment of Congress, and shall be most hap
p 10 fad my impression dispelled in the
future At first the movements of the
masses were independent of leadership
and gave noble earnestness to indicate
their good faith, and TO maintain the insti-
tHtions and harmony of the Union, but,
and say II with reluctance, the horizon
was not long permitted to remain so flatter
ing. The abolitionists beat again their
barbara gong, the love of representative
assemblsges, regular or casual, was a
gam taunting and vindictive, paltry and
personal ambition renewed the agitation
BY which alone its hopes are fed; Vermont
Massachusetts,, Ohio, New York, and even
PENNSYLVANIA, exhibited in succession sad
proof that their respective portions of the
great whig party were unwilling to forego
The customary rallying outcry against the
South. They affected not to know, to dis
believe as fanciful, or to despise ifreal. the
dangers of their course, the bold bully of
anti-slaveTy defied to his face the eloquent
apostle of Union, and defied him with i'm
punitv. The newspaper editorials, with
exceptions few and far between, merged in
the common current; at last it has become
quite manifest (has it not? and why re-
press our convictions?) that the expecta
nOn fondly indulged, of tranguilizing the
country by the legislative measures, is de-
lusiye- The act for the extradition of flu
gitives Is the pretext for protracted and per-
>everng war upon the guarantees OF the
constitution; and if We are to raise the siege
10 which that instrument is still subjected,
csn We do better than reinforce it from the
arsenal, and with the orders of the people?
| desire nothing so much as the safety of
the Union-place it beyond the striking
distance of cunning as well as mad fanat-
Iclsn-do this, If YOU can, without resort
ing 10 the final remedy; but, if you cannot,
then give 10 the constitution an express,
positive, prohibitory amendment, which
shall forever end the entanglements and
pretexts OF Interpretation.
But what, YOU may ask, if this doubtful
and dilatory course should prove abortive?
Much Ume and opportunity will have been
= foT3e3- Congress, the Executive and
The people viii have perceived that the re-
sources Of the constitution for the defence
q States Rights were patiently exhausted,
and NAV become sensible that single fur
1her step Of invasion will, like the last fea-
ther on the camel's back, break down the
coafe1eracv. At al events, the response
hility of pertinaciouSly perverting, after re-
i1ers1ed warning, the functions of the l.
mon viii, even more strongly than now,
rest with those who dare gravely claim to
domineer the condition and conscicnces oi
others Instead OF forbearing remonstrance,
Of reasoning, and of appeals to the bulwarb
Of the fundamental compact, the quick in
sTinct Of elf-preservation will alone be left
Even az that crises, when disunion, partIa
OF temporary, shall seem the alternative
oa which 10 Shun consolidation, / shall no
cease 10 hope that faction may yet be stun
ned into sobTiety, and that the confronting
presence Of liberty and unsurpation may
n this western world of ours, terrify the
latter into retreat
DO not think that / misludge my coun
Trymea IN saving that the party in tn
wrong must ultimately yield; but it is wei
10 remember that in order to retain the po
sl6on Of night, extreme forbearance is nee
esss-y, and that perhaps gross oppression
, nay for a season be most henorably borne
a contests of speculative politics saluta
II something can always be anticipates
from the soothing and truth disclosing in
iuenoe OF time. To fling the gauntle
While vet the civil controversy is undecid
el; 10 mutinv from and quit garrison
within which vou NAV really have NOR
friends Ihsn foes, is chivalry of the kin,
: painted by Cervantes. Napolean, the res
: tive and Intractable, owned and inculcated
as 70 al projects, the wisdom of waitln,
; I'll the pear IS ripe" and not initiate th
savage who cuts down the tree to reach tn
, fruit Southern men whose faith waver
: n the meaning and purpose of the consti
sz;son, as to State equality and non-inter
=
: cEsc by their owa missyiving; but it is tn
+ Province Of conscious justice and perfec
: conviction 10 be palient and to abide the in
! sEIssbse triumph of truth. Nor ought
: % be forgotten that, however, convenien
: AID admissible in ordinary parlance tn
Z azagaage Is, there are under the constitu
! nsa no such seperaie realities as "South
: e-n rights" ths1 an outrage upon reserves
: sovereignty on any subject is just as muel
1 an Infringement of my right in Pennsylya
: ma ss Of yours IN Texas, and that larg
p proportion oithe people on this side of Ma
: sca and Dixon's line have been taught b
? experience and reflection to knew that thei
: dangers n peace or IN war have thei
: sources IN the North. A citizen who tru
: y estimates and loves the Union, who
: czrxble Of comprehending that to the dc
: nessic tranquility and enduring freedor
: 81 the American people, it is a politics
J necessity. feels as sensi.ively blow inflic
? scd zpon one great interest or region a
r upea another upon the fisheries, the navi
! -zzion Of the Mississippi. the liberty of tn
seas. The freedom of the press, or the Ia
: czl sovereignty over soil and slavery. Tn
; night 10 fish is no more Northern tha
|. Soarhen: the right which was in momen
, tzry jeopardy at Ghent, of exclusive us
r q the waters offhe Mississippi, is no NOR
I western than eastern, and the right not I
: BE impressed BY British naval audacity va
/ cherished alike in the Geld of Kentuck
: aud o- The Atlantic coast. and so / tell yo