The southern press., 1851-06-04
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Louisiana.
It has been declared that Louisiana YVES al
most unanimous in favor Of the Compromise
The ~ o. Della, one of the most influential pa
pers in that State, concludes calm but search
ing analysis of this measure, with a recital off
consequences, as follows:
Hhas been The greatest disunion measure which
ioas euer enacted. III has, in sic months, made
greater inroads ON the Union, than all the other
political measures for the last sic gears hare
been able 10 make. 1t has produced state OF
things, which has familiarized an immense IN IS
Of our people with an idea from which few
months before, there was scarcely man in the
nation who did not turn with horror.
Were the friends or the opponents OF the
measure which produced these effects, the real
Union men ? We put this query to the con-
sciences Of the getters-up OF the St Charles
theatre meeting. We ask them if their great
Compromise has not proved Trojan horse,
which bore peace on its front, but which con-
tanned within its bowels the very elements to
overthrow and destroy those for whom it was
designed as a favor and gift!
est minds, that the Compromise has proved a
deplorabls failure Could it be otherwise, when
its main features were wrong, injustice, and in
equality,-when it required the South, which had
shared the toll and sacrifice Of the acquisition of
the new territory, to give up all claim to any
share of il, to submit to such appropriation In
consideration of the agreement Of the North to
execute provision already imposed by the Con-
stitution, of the benefits Of which we had been
long deprived Submission begets usurpation.
Power, like avarice, grows by what it feeds
upon. When that submission ceases,-aohen a
compromise is made, founded in justice, and
equality, and equity, the Union ,oiH be safe, and
not until then. +
The N. 0. Courier, very able and infiuen'
tia Democratic print, thus refers to the action
of South Carolina.
South CARoLMA-All eyes are now turned
towards South Carolina, one Of the original
thirteen States, one distinguished in the revolu-
ton for her heightened and chivalrc patriotism,
distinguished in every war that we have since
waged, and distinguished at every period of our
national career for the intellect, the eloquence
the commanding craftsmanship which she has
contributed to the Union. No State in the con.
federacy has more individuality of character, OF
an idiosyncrasy more conspicuous for high and
generous qualities. Her very foibles "lean to
virtues side" The Carolinian's devotion to his
State, her soil and her sovereignty, is species
of idolatry, a holy enthusiasm which men must
admire and respect, however they may depre-
cate the extent to which these are sometimes
carried. z
Like the famous artist of antiquity, who fash.
toned model so beautiful that he pelished OF
Al. u Ill l.. "a
Carolina has created for herself an ideal sover-
eighty, which she will die sooner than abandon
Her pride-her amor patric--her convictions OF
duty-her devotion to liberty-are all involved
and she is persuaded that not to be loyal TO her
SELF is to be mean, degraded, cowardly, and
perfidio There are no traitors on her soil
Her territory is covered with battle-felds. Her
sons have never refused to die for their coun.
try-on the field, in the dungeon, and on the
scaffold. Nor can they be charged with sci.
fish, and sectional and me-cenary line of con-
duct in the national councils, while the speeches
of Pinckney, Laurens, Lowndes, Cheves, Cal.
houn, Hayne and McDuffie, live upon our re.
cords, and shine, like beacon-lights, in the chart
of history. They were, in every sense of the
word, national men.
We will not now recte the events that have
placed South Carolina, in her present position
They are familiar to our readers. 1t is posi-
ton that inspires the most serious reflections
No triaiug cause could induce a great State
one of the old thirteen-oue bound to the
Union, by so many ties-to assume the stand de-
tailed in the proceedings below.
We had hoped that other counsels would
have prevailed, and that no definite action would
have been agreed on by the present convention.
But that formidable body Of men, it seems, have
decided otherwise with singular unanimity, and
the course of South Carolina can no longer be
a matter Of doubt. Some months will elapse
before the convention Of the people, authorized
by act of the legislature, will assemble.
Let us hope that, in the interim, the same all
merciful Providence that has blessed and pros
pered us thus far, may so shape events and in.
fuence mems minds, as to avert the shock that
menaces the Union. We know that it is no
trifling storm, that can drive from its moorings
this sacred ark of the nations safety But the
secession Of sovereign STATE, in character, in
position, in fortitude and resolution like South
Carolina, ,ohh he sympathy she niH inspire, and
The contagion Of her example, ,oiH conuulse our
country, and perhaps cause its rising sun, now
in the morn Of its glory, TO 60 down in night
of blood.
The occasion is one that demands the
thoughts and the counsels Of every patriot. Let
the North yet do lis duty, let the South still, for
a while longer, be patient and hopeful.