The Yazoo Democrat. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1851-03-19

mere Trades Unions, composed, according
TO all appearances, OF the friends Of cone
mercIal intercourse. secretly directed by no
itical leaders, who; having made most ef
| abolition support IN the late elections. ara
now trying what capital they can mako
by pretending to oppose it, did not zee
the name Of single prominent friend If
Mr.. Clay among the officers aud ora;ofs.
acd Of the democratic parry there wa
barely enough 10 make speeches. IL
seems rather to have been = meeting Of
merchants, the leaders Of which were ira.
ding politicians, aud the following traders
III cotton, rice aud tobacco. II they ever
fight the battles of the Souih, il will BE-
from behind the cotton bags aud tobacco
hogsheads.
There is no safety for the south but 60
bring the conviction home TO the north
by acts, that cannot be mistaken a. dis
tlnct indicationS, either of secession. sr
retaliation. Legislative resolutions ara
laugl. at aud despised, as they deserve
to be, since, the reereancy of old Virginia
and company, and especially sincO the
manifesto Of she 'Empire state Of thu
south" which is by far the best apology
tor northern aggression, and the most ccnr
teens, encouraging remembrance, inviting
tutuEe lnvasions OF southern rights, that (
have seen. n ither will dancing minuet
one step forward and two backwards an.
swer the purpose. Least of all will the
course pursued by that great bulwark az
southern rights, the Washington Union in
pledg;ng itrelf to resistance in the event Of
contingency, soltly on the presumption
that 1t will never happen. That paper
haS now become the finger post by which
the northern politicians graduate their
approaches towards th4 citadel oe southern
rights. All this is more than idle; II has
become ridiculous, which Is ten timea
worse than being wrong. In politics. the
party that has the laugh against il is NJ.
ready defeated. The north must be made
to look serious, and think seriously too.
am neither alarmist, agitato: or dish.
niouist. don't affect to smell a rat when
there IS not mouse stirring, and 70 see
this now great, and once happy conFedera
ton rent asundeT, would bereaye me of one
OF the dearest CONCENTRATIONS of my old
age. But cannot shut my eyes, dim "a
they are, 10 the convection that the prinei
Piles declared and acted upon by the aboli
tlonlsIs, AID those avowed by The most dis
tinguisired leaders in the senate. ineulca
tlug the old exploded doctrine of massive
obedience aud non resistance. as ann:ica
be 10 the States hI the old confederation
DaokeU by those assumed by the Preudep,
IN hts declaration OF war against Texas-E
canRat but see, that. il these should super.
cede the letter and spirit Of the constitution.
then the days Of the Union are numbered.
At cannot aud ought not to last. If it does not
go off in cOLvuls:Ons, it will lipger ON
through an inevitable process Of decay, and
, stand ruined temple without any cement 70
keep 1t from crumhling to pieces at the frst
shock OF ;ha elements. The abOliionis,s
must De put down, not by being nursed and
allotted by all parties, either openly or in se
cret, but by being disdaiusd by it, not BY s.
ing cast of by one party, to be adopted By
| another. s
But hoW is this to be brought about. /
anewer by the south, and not thenorth. The
most dangerous enemies Of the south are
fustered IN her own bosom. They are the
men, who, after betraying her in the cOuncilo
: Ofthe nation, went home and used all their
: influence to make the people traitors 70 them
q selves. They are the men who, first led
q the States they represented iAto position
8 from which they could MOI retreat with hon
or, and then led them out OF it covered with
disgrace aud rid,cule. Hthere are any disu
Il niOnists or traitors in the south, these are
II they; lor il is clear asthe light Of the sun.
Il that if they had not baSey deserted the
= cluse oflhe south, that Compromise. whjch
wilIyet prove the death-knell Of the Union,
or the ruin of one-half Of it, could never
have been perPetrated. do not wish wan
tonly to. assail any mans motives; but whel
Isee him adducing reason for his condue
>. like those paraded in the manifesto Of Ii,
Of Georgia Convegtfons SO utterly insufficient 1,
m sustain the conclusions drawn from them,
lie have right to suspect he is Influenced by OF
ed er motives, which he does not choose toaF0a
e It needs no extraordinary sagacity or expert
ne ence to predict, that so long as these men con
:" tinue in position to blind the people,
;" hrowing dust in their eyes, the south viii
es paralyzed stnltifisd, supplied, betrayed an
lo- sold in her sleep.
'es In Specializing as / have of:en done, 0
e, the result Of these sectional contest. wllic
!. are inevitable in Confederation of sue
ne vast exrent comprising such divereitieS
Use soil aud climass, have always hithsfl
- assumed as a fixed fact, that the southeI
he states having q common inleaest Of sut
'ee vast INVALUABLE Importance and far o.
!'a weighing al! party considerations wou
ieu always, though placed in q minority
81. able 20 protect themselves by Visins q q
sr' great common Of union. Bat i appes
tas was mistaken, and that the paltEy int
ilse ests Of party, and the rivalry Of polite
i.' pelIifoggers, are too potent for the vi
'f'h principles. aud happiness. and safety .