Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-04-19

tho en- colLed .'Comprumse measures Vi s'hei'
Of adjustment from which the south can mop ~
derive one particle OF beneht II Is u'l'l NJ
Lard 10 cav that It is mere faction at the North,
',ho ore oDnosed to the provisions OF the fugitive
c. hin the sentiment of the whole North IS
oara;nst -as is clearly shown By the resolution Oh
heir Leoislatures-and the petitions ana memo
rails which have been constantly pouring lii'o OoH
cross for its repeal Yet they, are the lovers vi
the Union, the upholders of law and the lIiehu'
of peace and order-Who are resisting py an .iiI
means in their power, an act OF Congress, WINCH ~
simply embodes provlso OF the CONSTITUTION
then. those who oppose Congressional enactmehlS
are. dsunionists where will you go to find them
If not in the Northern States, where the seeds
which were sown by the Hartford Conventlonists'
have taken such deep root, that the hres OF inc
general confagration will hardly be able to consume
them Those of the South who are aiding ana
ahettirn Northern fanatics in denouncing US, who
believe that we are doomed unless there Is Union
and action in the South; as traitors dlsunlohists
fre-eaers and are either not aware OF the charac
ter of those who they are assisting III the cohsun
nation of their nefarous designs, or they are rech
less of the Danger which is but just ahead and are
resolved to stand madly by the Union though our
fair land should be deuged in the blood OF Its ctl-
zens shed by the hand of the midnight ASSASSIN,
whose deeds of darkness yillainy, and CRIME, pre-
sent picture at which the heart slckens and Tor
the contamination of which prayers are daily and
hourly ascending-from these who are tramphng
us under foot and degrading us IN the eyes OF the
civilized world. If we lke--them were disposed
to handy epithets,-they might very appropriately
be termed Southern free SOiLerS,-but tor one L
am not disposed to widen the breach, which already
exists-or to increase the acerbites OF the strife,
which unhappy for Southern rights and Southern
honor and | might add Southern satety-has al
ready begun by casting upon those who may dliler
from me in opinion epithets OF opProbIum On
the contrary | would reason with them IN spirit
of kindness and friendship, | would ask them as
brothers--to Join US in rolling back the tide OF
Northern aggression and in relieving ourselves from
the CALLING yoke of tyranny and despoton.
Its again untrue that the Southern party has
for it's object the dissolution of the Union We are
f for resisting in effective modc-the constant
inroads upon our right and interests in the Union
= We have the power, if we would but exercise 1t,
5 and the manner in which we propose to exercise
that power--is not by dIssolvlng or seeding from
| the Union-but by banding ourselves together and
presenting undivided front, to the wild schemes
of fanatcism and the not less dangerous devices o.
/ unprincipled demagogues. 1t is fact, which re-
quires no argument to sustain it. that the North Is
e in great measure dependant upon the South tol
her success and prosperity, and thatlf we withhold
C from them patronage which while 1t docs no
' mpoverish us, is constantly enriching them, The
t sober second thought will come to them and We
f Will be enabled to obtain from them such gUaran
: tees and concessions as viii insure our peace anC
safety and as will carry the great work Of sci
e government in the hallowed land OF Washington
= of jefferson and Jackson, TO the remOtest age O
: time. By imposing such a tax in each Southcn
e State-upOn all goods and merchandise imported
, through Northern ctes--as will amount to pro
, hbtion we viii turn the trade from Northern t
: Southern cities some of the latter of which hav,
l-1.~ l. ~ = Il
e paratons to import directly from Europe. But i
n is said, that by this course will still be
n ing the products and manutactures-of those, WIKI
: entertain for peculiar insti utions deadly hos
: tllIty. True, but their voice Is neither heard no
a needed IN our government-and they are not bounl
It to US by those fraternal ties which should cOmpc
e them to foster and protect US and preserve nvIO
+ late the sacred provisions of a compact, which Wa
e formed for mutual good and mutual protection
3, 1t was the apprehension of similar to TIN
that brought into being the great 'Union rally
d at Castle garden and slsewhcre-the commercial
1t interest startled by the uprising Of the Soutl
i against impending ruin There are some few, it i
true, who believe from the past history of Northern
d aggressons and Southern wrongs that there is IL
remedy short of absolute severance of the tie
which ui2d us together These noble soul
who love the liberty for which our fathers bled AM
: which she'd its uster over the Union, in the prs
tine days of the Republic but they cannot and vii
not refuse to cooperate with in any undertaken!
which will secure our rig hts and liberties and st
preserve the handiwork of the immortal Trainer
of the Constitution. This is but one feature in tn
frame work Of platform upon which the Who'll
South can Standard yet isolated and alone if full
ly carried out, it will embrace without its range
&c all that will be necessary for the Accomplishment
e of the objects of the Southern Party. But til
d question occurs, how is this uniform system c
l. Taxation to be stabshed-throughout the South
Of | answer through the medium of a Southern Con
h venton.
: Let delegates be elected by the people to a gen
l. eral convention of the Southern States in the sam
II manner that representatives to Congress are-le
the question in its entire scope and meaning be full
ST and fairly discussed and let these delegates com
together in spirit of harmony and concession un
6 der due sense of the mighty responsibility res
d ting upon them, and from system-similar to tn
d one to which allusion has been made-havinp fo
y its object and effect, suspension of all CONNER
y clal intercourse with the people of the North tn
e improving and building up of our own immediat
e section until fanatcism shall no longer govern III
II minds and acts of those, who are our brothers bu
a who have aienated from them our affections Ie
Al every means for redress in the Union be exhaus
Is ted, them if find it unattainabe, as last resort
the strong arms and stout hearts of the sons of til
{ South Will protect her honor untamished and on
Joy separate and apart from the people of III
+ North LIBERTY AND EQUALITY Tbes
d are but the hasty outlines of what | conceive t
e be the general principles of the Southern party
1t is not composed of dsunonists or secessionist,
D. but OF Southern men who know their riobts VIII