The southern press., 1851-11-04
E.on, "A. Galns.ton .Nt.us.

From the Galveston Nttos.
Our neighbor OF the Civilian publishes the
following extract OF letter, which he says is
from distinguished gentleman OF the North +:
Il wish the Southern press would take
somewhat different tone. Ii should not forget
that there is a large body OF honest and intelli-
gent Democrats at the North who have fought
Abolitionism for years, hand to hand, at the OK
pense of their personal comfort, at loss of all
public honor and distinction, and at large sacri-
fees of business and property. 1t should not
class all Northerners as enemies TO the South
and ts interests. The very worst part of this
state of things is, that some men get tired of
fighting forever ard being abused beside
When an Abolition meeting wishes to make
strike for popularity, il brings forward lot of
Southern papers in which the whole North is
denounced, without discrimination, as traitors TO
the constitutional compact and fixed enemies to
the South aud its institutions. While we
have been fighting and sacrificing for the South,
instead of thanking she denounces and abuses
us; and they either become lukewarm in the
cause, and, in their encouragement at such
treatment, remain inactive or, perhaps excited
at treatment unkind and ungenerons in itself,
pass reluctantly into the ranks Of her enemies.
Nothing has made Abolitonists at the North
so fast IA the tone of the Southern press, in
denouncing, indiscrmnatey, friends and foes"
These remarks deserve a few comments. We
have been pretty careful and constant reader
Of Southern papers, and have never yet seen the
first one, ever so ultra in which the whole
North is denounced, without discrimination"
and we defy any one to produce such paper.
The truth is, tbs very class OF papers against
which this chage is aimed, are constantly pub
fishing the letters and referring TO the opinions
of the few friends which the South has at the
North and whether those friends are "honest
and intelligent Democrats" or Wings, matters
not, their friendly sentiments, In either case, are
equally applauded, We have bnt recently pub
lished the able and interesting letter of the Hon.
George NJ Dallas and James X. Pauldng, esq,
and we have seen the same in that class of papers
usually denounced as ultra, and in but one other.
Does this look like "denouncing the whole North
indiscrmnateIy % The truth is, the Southern
papers which are thus condemned, have simply
stated TIE fact that The North is opposed TO us,
by which is meant, as everybody knows n ma
jority of the North. The minority, who are our
friends have no political power, and can do US no
good They cannot change or modify the leg
islation Of Congress in our favor They admit
the injustice done us, but cannot remedy it, and
our condition could hardly be worse if, indeed
+" the whole North was indiscriminatey" opposed
to us. Why, in fact, the writer above quoted
makes an admission against the North OF as Sc
we're charge as we have ever seenin the rankest
'' fire-eating" journals of the South, and that
charge is, that for Northern man to be openly
friendly to the South is equivalent to political
prescription Does not the language of this
writer admit the truth Of this charge in strong
and unqualified termsl Our Southern party
papers and politicians tell us that Abolitonism
~ tba North and INN pnfa Mt IN do no
harm, but this Northern writer tells us that
those who 4" have fought against Aboitionism"
have done it "at the expense of their personal
comforts at loss of all public honor and dis
tine ion, and at large sacrifices of business and
property"
1t is, indeed, true that Abolitionism has ac-
quired such power at the North as to overthrow
all opposition, and not only exclude its oppo- |
nents from all public honors ard distinctions, |
but after having driven them into the retirement
of private life, to still pursue them and involve
them in large sacrifices of business and pro |
perty!" We presume it must be true, for our
neighbor quotes this writer as good authority.
and he seems to know him personally, for he |
says Of him that
"He might himself have held the highest Office
in his State, if he had been willing so far to
conceal his adherence of the doctrines Ct the |
Freesoilers as to allow that party to unite with
the Democrats in his support, but he preferred
to remain private citizen"
is, therefore, plain that the writer is entitled |
to full credit for all he says regarding the over
power Of Abolitionism at the North I
for it thus appears that he is not only man of
sterling integrity, but has Jseling experience
of the truth of what he says, as he himself has
been made victim by his opposition TO Abol |
tionism
We think It may now very clearly be explain. |
ed why it is that the Abolitonsts make con-
perts to their doctrines so easily by bringing
forward Southern papers, making the very
charge against the North which this writer ad-
mits TO be true. 1t is manfesty for the inter-
estS OF those who have thus been made to suf- |
fer by their professed friendship towards the
South, to be convinced of their error-Men, as
a general rule, are very easily converted from
friends to enemies, when they find such CONVEX
sion will secure to them the "honors and dis
tinctions" which they have lost by their friend
ship to us, and save them from the large sacr-
fees of business and property" which they
have suffered. When the motive is so power
ful, any excuse is always readily caught at,
merely for the purpose of aAfording some color
ng of justification for the change; and this at
once explains what it is that the aboli ion and
rec soil sentiments of the North are so rapidly
gaining strength popularity and political inhu-
,nce.
The Public Debt OF Texas.
In our opinion the following extract from an