Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-19

of others. In the language, therefore, of inspi-
ration, (and no language is too sacred placed be-
fore you this day are good and evil. Choose We!
Virginia and South Carolina.
In another place win be found, copied from the
Richmond Enquirer, cercs of resolutions elabor-
! ately studied out by Special Committee of thr-
teen worthless, and adopted almost unanimously by
the House of Delegates, on Tuesday last. The
Senate have not yet acted upon them, but we JUDI
from the vote of the House that they must pass,
and that they are consequently to be considered as
the voice of Virginia, and what a voice it is =
what a faint hearted whine, to replace the trumpet
note that used to speak from the lips of the Great
! Commonwealth.
| We have observed for some time past In the
Richmond papers, and the Washington Union, the
symptoms and preparations of this appeal of Vir-
ginia to South Carolina, against State action
Their articles on this subject have been very much
commended by Northern presses, and no doubt de-
served all the praise they have received from that
quarter. Part of the design, indicated by these
newspapers, is that Virginia should depute one or
more sufficient men, to come boldly to South
Carolina, and use their utmost strenuous industry
to prevent her from running off the track They
fortify this suggestion by aformerinstance. When
South Carolina they say, was on the verge of col
slon with the General Government in 1882, Nir-
ginia interposed with her friendly advice and good
offers, and sent one of her distinguished citizens to
South Carolina, peace maker The result
was that South Carolina delivered out of the
lions jaws, and the Union was saved! Such is
the account which these veracious and interesting
chronicers give of the settlement of the nulifica
ton struggle. We remembervery well the mission
of WATKINS LEIGH, and that he was kindly receiv
ed, and that the purpose of his visit consider
ed as respectable as his personal character eS
timable. We have always understood that his rep
reservations We're listened to with entire courtesy
but we never before heard it limited that his mission
had any more weight in the settlement of the con-
troversy, than the mission of Mr.. Hugh S. Legare
to Belgium, which took place about the same time.
This action of Virginia was taken proof of res
pectful sympathy on the part of sister State and
as such responded to with honest cordiality.-t
But inasmuch as neither the ambassador nor the
State that commissioned him, professed to have
any power to treat on the question involved, and
inasmuch as South Carolina passed the Ordinance
of Notification and Congress met it by the Compro-
mise of '33' because they did not dare to meet it by
armies and navies-it is really most unaccount-
able pretenson this that Virginia settled that con-
troversy by sending Mr.. Watkins Leigh to South
Carolina, with a bundle of advice, not scrap of
which was ever used.
But we desire not to undervaue the attentions of
Vrginia-far from it. If she shall decide to send
deputation of her citizens to present her remon-
strances and her opinion to the Legislature or the
Convention of this State, we feel assured they will
meet kindly welcome and a respectful audience
We think, indeed, we are justified in promising,
that the attention will be recprocated, and that
some trustworthy citizen of Carolina will be sent to
Richmond, provided with copies of former resolves
and solemn pledges of Virginia, (Which this State
has done no more than copy and follow up, and
commissioned to invite and urge her to resume her
Office of leader of the South, and return to that po
sition, whence alike her honor and her safety
mourn her absence.
Certainly the Carolina representative would have
much the most inspiring office. His work would
be to win powerful ally to noble and sa
cred cause.-the cause of organized liberty against
the attacks of reckless agrarianism. What, on
the other hand will the Virginian say to us? Will
he urge that Virginia has disowned her principles,
dishonored her pledges, and skunk away from
contest of which she the first to mark the i'm
passable boundaries, and that, therefore, it is
proper that as Carolina followed her lead to the
battle field she should also follow the same leader
in abandoning the batteries and desertng the stan
dardsl
Will he take these latest Legislative resolves,
and expound them for our ediication and correc-
ton 1t will call for an ingenious man to extract
much matter from them. The most serious propo-
stion contained in them is, in effect, that the
sion of South Carolina would be dangerous to the
integrity Of the Union and the only practical
measure broached, is the instruction to the Cover
nor to send copy of the resolves to every State
except Vermont. So we have here new Virginia
platform, made up of the profound deduction, that
secession is unfavorable to the integrity of the
Union, and of the comprehensive remedial meas
ure of cutting the acquaintance of Vermont, and
there is to be embassy to South Carolina to set
forth these immensely important matters
Charleston 4Mercury.