The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-21

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Saving the Onion How they do It,
Agitation for the purpose Of putting down
agitation, it seems is to be carried on briskly BY
the sclfconstituted Union salvation party Of
New York. @
Though the grand demonstration for the pur-
pose Of setting up central bank for the manu-
facture of public opinion, (and the next Presi-
dent) has faied--yet these metropolitan gentry
are issuing their shinplaster Union currency ex-
tensively, on their individual credit In several
of our exchanges we have encountered the fol-
lowing card-accompanied BY rather contempt
nous commentaries, as to the authority of that
enterprising clique to take the weight of this
Union on their Atlantean shoulders.
The names may be good names in New York,
and well known on change" but as constitu-
tionaI expounders, or interpreters of the popular
win, they do not happen to be quite SO familiar
to the public ear. Here is the circular
New YoRK Dec. 2, 1850.
DEAR SrRs Another e~och in the history Of
our country inyokes the attention of every pa
triot. In the brief but cventfuI record which
makes up our annals, must another page be
written conveying to posterity the knowledge
that secession and resistance to the law are
boldly proclaimed All men who advocate
feaIty to the Constitution and obedience to the
laws, cannot but view with pain and mortifica-
ton the contempt with which both are regarded
by portion of the American people. A prompt
and effectual resistance must be made to these
heresies, by all who would protect the Consti-
tuition, and preserve, unsullied the majesty Of
the law. The crisis will not admit Of DELAY
Each moment the fatal doctrine nf notification
gains nd iitional strength, and if not speedily
condemned, will acquire sufficient power to
overcome the resistance which is made 10 its ca
reer by wisdom and patriotism.
II is necessary to specify the aggressons
which have been committed upon the consttu
tional rights Of the South by the Northern
fanaticism. They have been deeply regretted
by large body Of our citizens while they are
made an excuse for advocating secession in the
Southern States Each demonstration made by
the Abolitonsts against the supremacy of the
law, is the signal for renewed assaults upon the
Union party OF the slasenoldng States. The
Abolhionisfs, following the example thus sci them,
make the Incorporate language Of their Southern
allies the preferf for another onslaught upon the
Coreruafires Of The North.
Unscrupuloss candidates for office have vastly
increased the notification and abolition excite
ment, BY yielding to its demands for the purpose
Of obtaining votes. The most effectual method
of arresting the evil, is to teach all aspirants for
political honors, that they will lose more Union
votes than they will gain from the disorgan zsrs.
To correct and develope public opinion, ar
rest the fell spirit of notification, and re-estab-
lish that fraternal love which once prevailed
throughout the Confederacy, was the design Of
those patriotic men who assembled at The Union
meetings which have been recently held at the
North. Here the demonstration should not be
confined. The invocation in behalf of the Union
should ascend rom every city and hamlet in the
land The moral power which always flows
from these patriotic demonstrations, in already
indicated in the more healthy tone of public SEN
timent in the city of New York.
The undersigned have been appointed cor
responding committee by the "Union Safety
Committee" Of the city of New York. It is
our pleasant duty to open a correspondence
with prominent men throughout the Confeder-
acy. Great results can alone be accomplished
by large bodies of men acting in concert.
We shall be happy to learn from you at an
of the Union have established sUnion Safety
fealty to the Constitution and obedience to the
laws We are, very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
GEoRes Woop, J.. b. CHASE,
HIRAM KErcnUM, J. T. Brady,
GEO. B. BUTLER, a. G.. Benson,
GEO. DOUGLASS, Committee.
Now, this document Is very remarkable one
in more respects than one. The tone Is oracu-
lar and authoritative--th inspirations of an I'm
erring and infallible judgment breathe through
every uttcrance Of this Union Safety Com
mttee.~ The bulletins Of NAPOLEON were not
more emphatic and decided. "The Union is i'm
perilled by Northern fanaticism,' and is being
made an ercuse' for advocating secession in the
Southern States
Instead of {" FIVE bleeding wounds" as DIR.
CLAY declared, this board Of surgeons declare
the body polite to be troubled only with too
the Notification and abolition exctemcntsr
and on the trne Sangrado principle recon-
mend the copous use Of warm water, and more
depletion, through the agency of "Union Safety
Committees everywhere. They declare the
sanitary effect Of their remedy in the city Of New
York to be satisfactory-and want trial Of it
in every city and hamlet in the and.
Now, from the date Of this circular it appears
that this pastoral letter was written and circu-
lated on the I'd Of December, precisely one month
before the collapse of the proposed great meet
ing on the 22d February, as proclaimed by the
sub-organ in the Sun and Ledger. It may BE-,
therefore, that the publicity given to this docu-
ment at this time, is rather unfortunate--the re-
suit rather Of the impetus before given, than of
any active agency now working, As cars will
run considerable distance down a railway by
the propulsive power already given, after the To-
comotive has been detached
Until, therefore, We hsvs ascertainsd whether