Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-08-21

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SION IN question: to conciliate the democrau.e: oe
soilers, we must conclude (unless MIGRATE fres
others are unprncipled knayes ar -ni' foss and
like the Native American letter ar,ann LAY 'he Gao
is proved against the democratic nor,;, zen Scr
the canvass for the election Of . I Ce' Its.
democrats had superseded, the VOC oIIefnor--
free-soil Atwood, and put up anoibor oeiore, Il,
came necessary to conciliate, as far aiai--itbe
the free-soil democrats-andt to this ev,as PosSlbh
pect Gen. Pierce ventured in his sneaaI Wesus
Boston. 1t was for the local elections at Aer
for Buncombe; for, with this sinola was al
the temporizing of the politician. the v5s Of
cal career of Gen. Pierce, in Conoros.' -oie pold
Congress, presents clean record ON d quo ,outd
question, as that of any party man II ILe Saver
North or South In fact, we know Of r '"e ,uho1
whose political course has been SO free g. polaan
ish or inconsistency upon any ouestion 'ui olen.
pecially upon the slavery questions u Is
cal life of Gen. Pierce. "e lo-d.
We apprehend, however, that the nol.-
wings, in regard to Gen. SCOTS Natiro be
letters, and that extraordinary "aep and -,aIaa
document signed "Americus," is the tr' sVu1'e'
of the democrats in regard to General D. pug
speech at New Boston. It's, to say nobin, ~
it, but to let it go for what it is wortb aooA
tempts at denial only reeoiling with a55it ~ a
force. We have remarked, with the big5 1,''as
miration, the exceeding prudence Of fba ''. y a.
journals in avoiding that beautiful policaI y 'lg
ment Of "Amercus." Let the democrat. ~; ~.
mails initiate this good example in resnect T. ,S
local electioneering speech of General pia,.a 'a'
New Boston, and let it pass. d.
We have to remark, in conclusion, that vii,
both parties in the North, and among the so' NM
e 10Th 1,
there has been too much temporlzng and tr,A
ling to the unclean spirit of abolition and free IA
in all our elections, general and local, but ps,.
larly in our local elections. We doubt xbp5'.
there is single politician in the North--wbT,,
democrat-that will have the moral courags /,
has that practical common sense informatio, :
proclaim, openly and bove-board, the moran,
and the humanity of the Southern institution
slavery. There is scarcely public journal IN III
North, excepting the New YORK HERALD. tl-
has had the independence or sagacity to adopt III,
practical view of the subject. Our view of S0ua.
slavery is, that it is an institution consiss,,
alike with the dictates of humanity and the nm.
ciples of morality. And such is our view Of tie
Fugitive Slave law. The Southern slave is h.
sured against starvation or the alrshouse 4.
and his family have lien for their support US,
their masters estate, while they live. Afrs
Hayti, and Jamaica, prove that Cuffee cannot q.
along without master. Left TO himself, be IA
IDLY detcriorates back again to the savage cannis
In the same community with the white man, Tia
Is for the negro no other relation of happineS
safety to either race, than that of dependence an
submission. The institution of slavery in O.
South, then, being the only system adapted tod
harmony of both races in the same commune
we maintain that it is consistent with human
and morality, common sense, the Bible, ST. Pau
and the constitution.
But this great fundamental fact has yet to be
stIlied into the Northern mind. The speech q
trlbuted to General Pierce shows that the seed
the whole evi-that slavery is a sin--has tai,
deep root in the North; that it is almost univ erss
or that SO safe man as Pierce on the vital issu
of slavery, would never have tempered with II
sentiment, even with The most pressing Ccman,
of a local election. Ii is the SAINT sentiment vlc
induced General Scott to write in opposition to an
further annexatioES of slave TERRITORY while /
was IN favor of the incorporation of Canada mi
the Union. In such state Of things We ha,
but to choose that side which Is the safest for d
preservation Of our good faith with the South al
the obligations which We owe to the constitute
and the Union-that side and that candidate uhir
are the least tinctured with the principles or ii
management Of the party of cocrciyc rmanrips
ton and the "hgher law" Our platform is IL
Bible, the Union and the Constitution.