The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1851-01-28

tossed over his head or kicked into the din
if they hold him TOO tight There are sew
erai reasons thar occur 10 me. for this sud
den moderation and forbearance on. the PAR
of Northern politicians. who / ought to ap
prlze the people Of the South, are far be
yond them in the trade of politics. The,
have to deal with men who were in in
tFigue, brought upon Intrigue, and whose
parents were engaged IN an iatrgue when
they were begouon They have grown
grey in political bargaining. and become SC
sharp by perpetual coalition that il is almost
impossible 10 sc4 their edges. They have
gained all they expect by steering on one
TACK, and are now abon: trying the other.
They have made the most disunion IN the
South, and are row drumming up recruits
Fin that quarter to sustain the Union
i Perceiying the fugitive slave law, is now
the great rallyng point of the States which
are willing to acqniesce inthe compromise
measures, on condition Of its being earned
out in the North, their object is TO persuade
them that it viii not only be suffered to re-
main intact, but that our warlike President
| is determinedto see it faithfully execnted--
at least so long as no attempts are made to
carry it into execution. Any further en-
|croachments willtherefore probably be post.
poned to the latter end of the present ses-
sion, when the distribution of bribes for the
next Presidency viii be completed, or per-
haps unit. the next meeting OF the new
Congress, almosta all, if not all. the members
|of which are pledged TO Abolition, or its
a5ias-Free-soilism
There is still another reason fort pause
The advocates II submission, headed BY
the Washington Union, have sworn that if
the Northconlmits any more offences against
the South, and especially against the fugi-
tive slave law, they will positively and for
the last time--as they say in announcing
a play -defend themselves tat all haz-
ards and to the last extremity" i have
a strong suspicion. almost amounting TO a
conviction. that this is but a Seward oath !;
still it is possible that they may redeem their
pledges to escape indelible disgrace. It is
easy TO perceive they are in great trbula-
ton, lest they should be placed in this disa-
greeable predicament
! earnestly hope the peopleof the South
will not, like raw sailors, be lulled to sleep
by this delusive calm, and fancy the storm
is over, when it has only paused to gather
new force and violence Whoever heard
of fanaticism starving. while any thing was
eft il to deveur2 Whoever heard OF read
Of its shutting It's nav even when choked
with frnitiong Whoever expected n,oder-
alton from madness, or forbearance from hy-
pocrisy, except to deceive and decoy Or
whoever knew the tiger to spare his prey
after he had succeeded inhis first spring
Do the people Of the South fatser them
selves that those to whom the law of God or
man is not binding, no oath however solemn
Hof the obligation, and no ties of country
sor brotherhood of a feathers weight, when
balanced against fanatical dogma, will
thus stop shortin their career, as if by mag
lie, except TO look around for new victims
Do they really believe that hypocrilical am
hition. will ever voluntarily cast away the
great staff Of its support, OF fanaticism put
4 strait jacket on Itself
| would not have the people Of the South
suppose that we Of the North are all either
mad-men, hypocrites, or fanatics, for such
is not the case / only mean to say what j
know to be true, that they are all, more or
less, educated in holy horror of African
slavery, without feeling any extraordinary
sympathy for the free negro, who IS gener-
|aly an object Of contempt or dislike, they
indulge themselves in the luxury Of plying
the imaginary snIferings Of the slave, and
weep, as they doatatragedy, over the griefs
of Othello OF Poronoaka This feeling is in
many cases, and indeed Ia all in difercntdc-
grees, reinforced by party feelings, sectional
ambition, and preludices against sayehold-
ers as a class Though when gentleman
OF the South visits the North, he is received
by those who give dinners and bills with
cordial hospitality. But this class don't gov
ern the State, or represent the popular feel
ing and when the time comes for IL, will
nine times inten support that party which IS
now mostcoaspicnous 10 its demonstrations
against the South. They will not, il the
alternative were directly presented, give
the Union for the abolition Of slavery but
they win support a party. and sanction mea-
snfes, the object Of ons Of which Is to as
cend 10 power by the ladder Of fanaticisln,
and Of the Others TO place that Union in inn
minent jeopardy now, and 70 ensure is dis
solution at no distant period Tie people
Of the South have been for the last fifteen
or twenty years assured that the Abolition
ISIS constitute but small portion Of those
of the North. II may be so; but i it Is, |
have kept very bad company Of late, for !
solemnIy declare, ] have not for The last
two years, conversed with a single man. OF
any sect or party whodid not hold the opin-
ion that Congress not only had the right,
but was bound 70 execute. il TO exclude Che
people OF the South from every foot Of terri
tory possessed Or hereafter acquired by the
United States, where slavery does nol 81
present exist. This is the universal sehti-
lment here, and Of what consequence Is i,