The southern press., 1851-12-31
and the sanctity of ths lsws-snd these grave
law-making Senators voluntarily become bail
and counsel for abolition law breakers.

West, there is not II solitary instance, so far as
have seen, OF candidate for the suffrages 0
the people of any party who. in the late elec
tons, dared 10 take stand in favor of South
ern rights, and against abolition aggressions
Not one of them volunteered beyond an ap
proval Of the compromise.
IL That there is not the shadow Of party
East, West or North, or scarcely single person
that does not either approve that compromise, O
oppose it, because of the fugitive slave law, O.
because II does not directly assert the doctrine
OF The Wlmot proviso, that in future no State
shall be admitted into the Union with consti
tuition approving slavery.
| Is. That the British scribes, who take such
deep interest in the affairs of the United States
and doubtless are regularly apprised of the pro
gress OF their confederates here, all confidently
predict that siarery is doom ed"
IA. Last, though not least, that a leading states
man OF the North, called, by way Of distinction
The great expounder of the Constitution" and
candidate for the support of Southern Wings
at the next Presidential election, has of late re-
peatedly declared, in his public speeches, that he
considers the extension Of slavery to any new
State unconstitutional, and of course is pledged
to veto any law for that purpose. If so, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas are all ille.
climate bantIings, and should be read out of
meeting by their orthodox sisters. But great is
Diana of Ephesus, and still greater the great ex-
pourder. Surely, after this, the Southern peo
ple--at least the "friends of the Union''-will
rally round him. especially if he goes through
the catechism preparing for him by the Georgia
tnumvlrate, and answers their questions salts
tactoriy, when they come fishing for candi.
date
could cite scores of equally decisive proofs
of the decline and approaching downfall of Alb.
olition and Freesosm in the North, and else
where, but presume the preceding will be suffi-
cient to satisfy all reasonable Southern men that
fanatcism is on its last legs in this part of the
world. But seriously speaking-for it is rather
a serious business-l would ask those Southern
Senators and members of Congress who visited
the North within the last and present years, and
who vouched for the " "soundness" of public
sentiment there, in relation abolition, from
what data they draw thsjr conclusions
Do not these facts, which are as notorious
as the sun at MONDAY, prove directly the
contrary; and show beyond contradiction
that Abolition has penetrated to the very
marrow of society in the North, and got far
above the control of the Constitution and the
laws!-That neither the proclamations of the
President the acts of Congress, the decisions of
courts, are of any authority when coming in
with the higher law" and the popu-
lar feeling THAT Abolition has got possession
OF the pulpit the jury box, the schoolmaster's
desk, the scholars bench, the rural fields, the
domestic fireside, and the cradle! If they did
not scent it in every breeze, hear it in every echo
and see it in every religious and political organ,
they must have left their FIVE senses behind
Them; and If they did see and hear all this, they
betrayed their trust deceived their constituents
and ought to be ashamed of themselves. So
far as my observation extends, there is scarcely
man in this part of the world who is not ready
to push Abolition just so far as it can be done.
without driving the South to something more
than legislative resolutions. This apprehension
rs The only security for phot remains of Southern
r'ghts, and de only measure Of Northern forbear
ance.
pretend to no claim to intrude ny opinions
or oiier my advice to the people of the South, on
any other ground but that of an old and sincere
friend to their rights as guaranteed by the Con-
stltu,ion In that character | may be permitted
to say few words on their present position and
future prospects. The time fear, is not far
when the blind will see, the deaf hear. and the
most drowsy awake from their slumbers. |
therefore respectfully, but earnestly, warn them
to be wary, watchful, and jealous; for there are
times when even jealousy is virtue. Let them
be wide awake, for they have an eremv that
never sleeps. | warn them against the web that
IS weaving around them. | warn them against
The pledges of any future candidate for the
Presidency from the North, lest they give their
'"h'"sSo W al hbOiiiOilSt III OlS1ulse, 1OT
nothing is more certain than that no candidate
who gives satisfactory assurances to the South
,an hope for support in the North, unless he is
secretly pledged TO violate or evade them
warn them to reserve and maintain a distinct
md separate organization, instead of relying on
,ither of the contending parties in the North,
both of which are more or less dependent on
ibolition support, Their only secure position
5 that of self-dependence. | warn them against
heir enemies enlisted under the banner ofl
British philanthropy, and especially against their
pretended friends enlisted under the flag of that
Union of which they are sapping the very foun.
Iation. warn them against all those who tell
hem of the "soundness Of public sentiment in
he NORTH And, above ALL I reterate my oft.
epeated warning, to unite IA men embarked in
me bottom, and who must sink or swim together.
So shall they save themselves ani the Union
" at once receiving their own rights, and the !