The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-03-26

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| Although every patftotic citizen dasply No.
grets the recent dsarscefH scenes 10 Bostcu, y
an evidence Of the profound and powerful laiSas-
iclsm which pervades the people Of one of the
Sovereign States II this Union, yst n one npInt
Of view Il Is we'll that il has ocsurred. o.
fact IL worth a thousand theories, and whiIe
statesmen and philosophers have been theroixina
in regard to the elicaey and power Of the com
promise to settle finally and forever the whole
question OF slaseTy, an syeat Of moment has
overthrown their apeca3ations ard established
the fact that there IL n leas4 one 0tals xAlsh
sternly and unyisldipsly denies to the South
her constitutional rights. II II we'll that the
South should know this fast thus early III
we'll that thnt @etsrnal vigilance which u the
price Of liberty" should he thus asaistsd, and
truly know whom to regard a. foes, whom ~
friends.
They will hencefcrward know Massachusetts,
as foul and damning blot in the conksdency.
and will recognize in I'll Of those clothed with
authority who we're unprepared for ths cEsis, or
failed to meet 1t when It came, ~ unworthy Of
the trust confded in them, and a. having for
feited all claim to their confidence or respect
They will learn too to regard all those who seek
to palliate the outrage, or to excuse or Justify
the failure, negligence or apathy ofthose charged
with the duty of seeing the law faithfully exc
cuted as open enemies, and false or spiritless
friends. They will learn from 1t TINT there ID
mighty power in that fanaticism which il waqing
unceasing war upon our constitutional rights,
which is able to WELD in the battle II b lighting,
both the Legislative authority and the universal
sentiment Of one Of their sovereign coBfederates
Of the Union, power which can paralyxS the
arm of the federal Executive and drive him to a
weak and vacillaiing poiicy--a power which can
raise up, even in the South which it thus deeply
and bitterly wrongs, men who will defend the
conduct Of that Executive with palliations, ex-
cuses and even justifcations. For these con-
siderations it is well that this evidence Of the
popular sentiment of Massachusetts has been
| given.
| For the Fugitive slave law--for the ample
enforcement of a clearly constitutional prov-
sion-the South gave up the Mexican acquis-
tons. This was the sop that beguiled us--the
kiss that betrayed u.s. II was one Of the pat
ent remedies prepared for the five bleeding
wounds" which were to heal them at onca and
forever. Yet this little boon Massachusetts de.
MES US. This law she nulhes and tramplea
in the dust mnrshals fail to execute Il, the Pre-
sident retains them in their office, and Southern
men seek to justify hi, conduct, and call upon
us to rally around him and sustain him And
we who cannot see in the compromise that JUS
tice. equality, and healing virtue claimed for it
by it's friends. are denounced as disorganizers
and disunonsts. We VINO proclaimed that
this law would never be executed in commun'-
ties where popular sentiment condemned it.
were falsely charged with reasonable opinions!
We who refused to join the band who make
fhor o1x sr;&b< r. u. r
Union! Union r and refuse to utter inanities
in praise Of Willard Fillmore "a man upon
whom the South may with trusting confidence
rely, are styled fire-eaters and fanatical ultras
Time has, at list, and far sooner than we ex.
pccted, demonstrated the truth Of our opinions
in at least one essential point The boasted
FKgifre Stare laD is dead letter in Massachusetts
II, then, for the sake Of that law, we bow in
abject submission to the wrongs which the con-.
promise inficts, if we submit to its utter viola
ton and notification by the legislative power
and general sentiment Of the people of scver-
eign State, and if We proclaim the President
who retains in Office men charged with its exc
cution and wholly failing in their sworn duty,
| patriot, 4 statesman, a man worthy Of the trust
and admiration of the South, then there is but
one thing more to complete our degradation.
While we defy and dedicate to immortality the
men who have betrayed us, let us os.racize in
disgrace those of the sons of the South who
have barred their bosoms to this storm of fanat.
icsm--who attacked both from the North and
from the South, with calumuy and detraction.
CALAMITY resisted the e-soil spirit at everv
step of its progress. and to whom the South is
indebted for everything in the compromise ia
vorable to her people. Let us consign to in
fanny the able and unyielding Berren. Let us
Danish from our halls the faithful Turnev. let
Soule with his eagle eye, his flashing genius and
his deep and enthusiastic devotion to the South
and the Constitution, be consigned to his political
grave; and let the gallant Davis with his clarion
voice-his stirring eloquence-his indomjtable
spirit and battle SCARED form, meet with the
doom of political traitor. Let their epitaph
be these men were sacrificed by the South to
the genius Of Northern fanaticism They loved
the South and the Constitution mot wisely. but
too well y" a.t
South CARoLInA.--Some of the submission
presses are striving to excite all manner of preju-
dice against South Carolina. They admit that
wrong has been done the South, South Carolina
included. Was that State the aggressorq They
will tell you no. Did she endeavor to deprive
the North of the common territory! No. Did
she ever organize societies within her limits to
break down any institution at the North? No.
Did she ever try to steal from the North her
property of any kind No. Did she, with a
blind and reckless fanatcism, ever threaten to
destroy the peace, the happiness, or safety Of
citizens at the Northl No. Did she threaten
secession for wrongs on this slavery question
till the North refused her foot Of the new ter
ritory, and proved that she was determined to
degrade her as an inferior? No Can true
hearted Southerner revile and forsake South
Carolina, because she has lost confidence in the
affection Of her Northern sisters! ea7lil
Have not the States Of the North united With
England and France, to prosecute her and de-
stroy her institution of slavery, upon which her
wealth, prosperity, and greatness 40 eminentlv