The southern press., 1851-04-09


auction sales, vast editions Of dangerous and un-
truthful works. Some of the Boston houses
seem particularly Jealous in this species Of abo-
ltion literature. II is seen in thr weekly news
p1pers, in the leading magazines and reviews of
that city, and in hundreds of books which are
sued from its prolific press and its conse-
quence sooner or later, must be that the South
will deem it prudent to interdict by individual
example, the sale of works emanatng from n To-
caity so deeply infected with the disease of
socialism and anti-slavery, the spread of which
threatens to sap the very basis of the federal
compact
We give the warning to the New York pub
fishers In time, that the publication of such
works as we have alluded to, will be sure to
rrove injurious TO the book-selling trade. Men
will not shut their eyes TO the insidious spread
of doctrines which are aimed at deprivation Of
their political rights and privileges, as established
at the formation of the Union Already they
begin to inquire into the political opinions of
authors; and hence it is that Hildreth's works,
and other similar efforts, springing from party
feeling, are deemed by oil sensible men devoted
to the Union, as unworthy of being read as fair
and just representations Of practical and honest
truth. Should our warning not be needed, we
know the inevitable result The publishers who
VIII supply tnt puutn hNu sStu'ftWtSt VIII % 10
Gated in districts where the taint of abolition
ism has not corrupted the literature of the day
BREAp.-The London Times swears solemn
y that the English people will never consent
again to eat bad bread" rs they were forced
TO do by the spirit of protection"in in 1877. On
this point the Times is emphatic even to the
menace Of revolution II says--"We warn
these noblemen, then, that any attempt what
ever, under whatever name or pretence, to re-
strict the people of this country to the short and
spoiled harvests Of our own soil, will be met by
the most determined resistance. Should any
body Of persons in the position of Her Msjesty's
advis ers only divulge an unmistakable intention
to bind again the chains of monopoly, and to
stretch the victim once more upon the rack Of
death, there would certainly be an almost uni
versal determination to resist, at all epenfs, even
10 the last appeal and there is not an institution
in the country that would stand before that re-
sistance. The British people will not have pro-
lection" SO that John Bull has got his dam
der up"-hbout good bread--and wo to those
who would con6ne him to short provender
Let all nations feed their millions.
THr CRrplroRs OF rsxAs.--A long Treasury
Circular is published in the Washington ropers.
together with a correspondence between that de-
partment and the comptroller of Texas, which is
both interesting and important to those having
claims against that State, in connection with the
indemnify she ia 10 receive from the United States,
under the act Of the last Congress, for settling her
boundary. Tie circular speaks ofnumerous letters
having been received from the creditors, and says;
" The general impression Of the writers Of the let
ters thus received appears TO be that this epsrt
ment will pay from the reserved five millions the
amount due to those creditors who hold that por-
ton Of the debt for which the duties on imports
were pledged sfier they have signed and filed their
release of the United Stntes instead OF which. so
soon as oil such creditors have executed the re-
leases aforesaid, The reserved FIVE millions are then
to be issued TO Tcras, when all further action by
this Department respecting it VIII cerse, and the
creditors to look TO Texas for the settlement Of
their respective claims.