The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-02-13

~ ~e0sSHousS W. 1880 49, ~'sAssy
puts the tsus issse
EXTREMES MkEr--Ops " ths fAvosite topics
on which The ssbmis@ssn org.ay IL the South
exhaust their wit and AiaauenSs. u the coinci.
dcnce IF purpose, on The part 1T the ul'raists
NorsAed y nth. Thsy say. hshcId the OK
trem& Abolitionists II the North, crying out for
disruption Of al political tles with the slave
holding South; and the nlttas, South, moclaim-
ing separation trem the abolition North Aud
tiss very logical deduction u drawn, that there
" coalition between tho two extreme parts to
bring about dissolution Of the Union. But
these gentlemen leave mighty gap in the argu-
ment.
Why do the friends Of the South demand a
political sep0ration! 1t is because the submits
sionists of the South have made compliance
with that demand. political and social neces-
sty Of tho first magnitude. And they have made
it so, by surrender Of the Constitution to
violation, aud by permitting the rights of the
South to be ut the mercy OF hostile, sectional
majority in Congress-. 1t was not the Fire
eaters, (wh0 stood for the C0nstitution) but the
compromiscrs who refused to defend the Con.
stituton that have laid the knife on the heart Of
the Union. For the Constiiuti0n and the Union
are convertible terms. One cannot exist with
out the 0ther,--they are Siamese twins, and to
kill one IL to destroy the other.
We charge that tho submission men Of the
South, under drlusye Union infatuation, have
stood quietly by, and seen sectional majority
put the Constitution to death. seyering one after
the other its strong vital ligamsnts, and without
an effort to defend it and now, when the con-
sequences present themselves, in general
Southern discomfort and distrust, weakening the
ties of affection and confidence, which before
found strength in the guarantees of plain and
sufficient organic law--nOw, we say, these men
who have permitted the seeds of dissolution to
be sown, and who, had they been true to their
duty and stood firmly by the Southern rights
men, could hare prevented it-turn round and
charge those who fought over the body Of the
murdered Constitution and covered it with their
shields, with being the authors and abetters Of
disunon No, sirs You have destroyed this
confederacy, and posterty. in its impartial judg-
ment, will hold you responsible for it. The
compromises of the last winter dug is grave !;
it was your representatives in Congress who
consented to the act; you helped to build the
mausoleum over 1t, to crown it with garlands,
and dignity the sacrifice as an obation to the
UsIon. Mistaken or guilty men! We care not
which: yours is the deed-,ou have raised the
whirIwind, zoe had nothing to do with sowing
the wind; you have lot 60 the sheet anchor Of
safety, and zoe are but doing our duty as men to
provide for the safety of all on board, when the
ship strikes and goes to pieces on the rock on
which your weakness ana folly have turned it
adrin.
Give US back what you have taken from us;
restore US our lost anchor rekindle the conf
dence and affection which your acts have de-
stroyed give us back our equality, our rights,
our freedom in the Union, and you may undo
the fearful work of your faulty. But you can
never do it, by hnyming the most doleful and
pious ditties to the sglorious Union" We
ask for bread, and you offer us stone" Sub
missionist! the Unions ghost "shakes its CORY
locks" ut uou - Thou art the man.