The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-11-05
Lot M Look 70 tho Fnturs.

We have commended earnestly and faithfully
tor the success OF the Southern Rights party
because We believed that the success of that
party would give commanding position and
moral power to the South, which would secure
US from the impositions of the North in future,
The Southern Rights patty has been defeated
and in that defeat the moral force OF the South
has been lost. q Until nop, thousands, both North
and South, have confidently believed, that South
ern men would defend their just rights lat all
hazards and to the last extremity" Who be.
lieves it now! The events of the last year have
destroyed all confidence in Southern threats, and
Southern resolutions. Hereafter, if we wish to
be believedswe must act. The protests, and the
declarations Of Southern men, will pass by like
the idle wind. which 10 man regards The little
Spartan band at the North, which stood up
nobly for the Constitution and the rights Of the
South, we fear will loose all confidence in our
tirnness, and give up our Cause in disgust; and
what is worse, Southern men will loose all con
| iiience in each other The Union party has tri,
| umphed, the Union is safe, but the spirit and
confidence OF the South is lost. The Union
was never in dang"r from the Southern Rights
party. But il was the policy of the office seek
ers to make the people believe that the Union
was in danger, that they might have all excuse
for a Union party. Tney have obtained their
object, they have got into Office, and now they
/ admit that the Union is safe Even South Caro-.
| liza has subm ted, and every one must now
confess that tie Union is perfectly safe. NoH
when evervh Dc feels satisfied that the Union
! ia safe, thcrais 10 longer any necessity for II
I Union party. TIC otrtt for Which X wa4
formed is accomplished, and It's mission is at IN
! end ..'' w..
But II the Union is safe, Southern institutions
are not and i: is time for all the true friends OF
the South to unite for their preservation. The
Union men have no longer any excuse for hold
ing back. They have professed to be friends
and champions OF Southern rights, and said they
were willing to 20 az far as they could tor their
protection in the Union. A few months will
prove whether these professions are trus or
false II we see them standing shoulder to
shoulder with the true friends of the South,
I firmly resisting every future cnrroachmcnt upon
our rights, then WE may believe tier profess
sions are sincere. But if we find The co!ud.
ing with Free sellers, and for the sake of fed
cral office, "givi1g aid and comfort, to such
men as Scott, Webster, and Fillmore, we may
know that all their professions ara hollow and
deceitfu!, and made only to deceive the people
and promote their selfish ends. Let every
friend OF the South watch these men, md OBJ.
serve carefully the signs Of the times D2ma-
gogues have endeayored to Withdraw our at.
tention from the North, where all the danger
lies and turn our suspicious upon our friends,
in Alabama Mississippi, and Carolina. What
harm could we apprehend from our neishbors
in these States, who have the same interests to
protect that We have, and are exposed to dan
| gers in common with ourseveS All Of the
Southern States have a common bond Of in.
terest binding them to each other, ard he is
no friend of The South who attempts to array
the preudices of one Southern State against
another Let all such men be watched, they
have some selfish scheme t, promote, and
sooner or later we shall see them selling their
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