The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-02-18
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Gle Of the Courier IN the same good nature that
seems 20 govern IT,
The Courier quotes from the Republican the
sentence IN which We said, Zoe the sake Of
peace, harmony and union, We are willingio
'scquiesce, ia common with the mas Of the
Southern people, in the late adjustment law,
but II meets our unequivocal disapproval"-
The Courier takes this for is text and pro-
ceeds with a string Of extract. from other pa
pen and persons, by which It seeks 10 prove
that we have given In our adhesion to the IN
ionists Had our friend examined the cortexi
Of our article, he would have seen that there
was condition in our submitting to the adjust
ment law. We freely admit that we are no
disunionist, five can, with honor to the South,
avoid such a result; bot as dearly as We love
the Union, and cherish all the hallowed fecol-
lee tons associated with il, we look upon il as
decidedly secondary TO the constitution. Sweep
away the constitution, aud where is the Unionl
1t viii exist, as it now partly exists in the az
%ieclions Of some, and in the wickedness Of 9TH
ers, Of our people; it will be a shadow with
out a substance, a marriage without a bond
Mans nature i%nclines him to the worship Of a
supreme head-hc is naturally distrustfnl ofhis
own powers, and seeks TO shift; the responsible
ity Of his destiny from his own shoulders
This fnilty is peculiarly strong In a grea, por-
ton Of the people Of the North, and ii exhibits
%itselfon every possible occasion. II has ever
been the desire Of some Of our people to cou-
%centrate the responsibility Of the government
in the hands of the legislative or executive de-
patments; they seek to abolish the system Of
checks and balances, and leave to its mbri-
died will, a single department they conceive
a faith in a particular branch, and are willing
to shut their eyes, and conide to il their polite
al destiny. A knowledge ofthe existence of
this fatal disposition, induced the immortal
sage Of Monticello 10 warn the people that III
is a dangerous delusion for a confidence in the
men OF our choice, to silence our fears for the
safety of our rights; that confidence is every
where the parent Of despotism thai free gov
ernmentSs founded in jealousy, and not in con-
idence,f &c.
There is too much confidence in the present
administration. Gen. Taylor, against whom
we now say nothing,l was elected not for his
craftsmanship, but because Of his immense Po-
pularity with the people; had he lived, his ma
tive honesty might have saved us the severe
penalty his successor has visited upon our con-
fdence. Mr. Fillmore came into power the
first thorough wing thai has occupied the Ex-
ecntive chair since the time ofJ @ Adams
The entire wing party North, and a great ma
jority or it South, still adhere to him, and we
believe will defend him in any measure he
may pursue. We opposed Mr. llmors's cleo
ton, because we thought him a dangerous man
for the South, and. now, when he has so signal
" filled the measure -four worst expectations,
we can hardly truckle in with a party who is
determined 10 sustain him in q crusade against
the constitution.
Although we nave expressed our willingness
to submit to the adjustment bill, provided con-
gress will give a guarantee that it will not le-
g~islate upon the subject of slavery, so long as
one State objects, yet we think the c%onstitu-
ton has been grossly violated, and that the
South has ample cause for secession. Did we
deem it polite, or were 70 certain that con-
gress would not give us such a guarantee, we
would not hesitate to be the foremost in the
rank OF the secessionists. But 10 say nothing
of duty, or moral obligation, we believe it is
more than the North dare do, to refuse any de-
mand the South may unitedly make of her
We are agriculturalists, she is speculative, If
we fail to raise cotton, what will become OF her
factories, her canals and her railroads-and of
the millions of laborers who are dependent on
them? Thrown out Of employment destitute
Of ife's comforts, yet entitled to the privilege of
vCting,th necessities Of nature will drive them
in to wild democracies and agrarianisms, and
there will be no longer safety or protection to
property. Immense standing armies, or a to-
tai abolition of the right OF voting among the
laboring classes, may for awhile postpone the
destruction OF Northern capital and wealth, bu,
even these direiul resorts, will eventuate in
anarchy and ruin. And what is to become o
the negroes at the North They, too, will be
granted the privilege OF voting, and will turn
with fearful rapacity and vengeance upon thei
northern friends,
This is a sad picture, but ii IS as certain tt
follow a dissolution ofthe Union, as effect will
follow cause, Congress cannote effect the South
The North is dependent upon us; she con
sumes but oneihird of cotton, and the improve.
ments in steam and navigation have brought
the manufactures of France and England a.
near our doors as are those of Boston and Low
ell. Congress may-and probably will-en
act law to abolish slavery in the District o
Columbia, but there is not strength in all of the
North-with her free negroes in, to make u;
submit. II had as well initiate Xerxes, and is
So, &c or1ar 10 tha M,se,xSinni IN rovarsa itS