Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-03-06


oaded into madness and they can break things, but
will thew The South has been goaded burdened
NTH useless expense, wronged and insulted, and yet
humanity rises in her midst ands says don't break things
II has not been ordered by the Ruler of the Universe
TO make remedies always uxdries, particularly where
the evils endured are the result of mans misconduct
Whore peope with needless indifference allow them
selves TO float on the stream of folly satisfied by the
excuses which the interested and corrupt frame to
conceal their individual cupdty, they have no right to
expect their way back will be either through flower
gardens or amidst outrageous groves They ought TO
be thankful if they find themselves safe ground a.
gain without those who led them into their msiortunes
Acting upon this principle, we are not satisfied with
the excuses framed by Foote, Cobb Clemens, Halett
Donelson Cass, ct ii one genus, to conceal their iu
tre designs upon the honor the safety and the inter-
ests of the South.
five might be permitted to express an opinion, it
ould be- that the Clarion has lost its reckoning-its
latitude and longitude and that tits attempting to give
:aid and comfort those who have, on every conven
lent occasion either aided in robbng the South or have
stood passive and permitted others to do it, and then
divided the plumber with them As sure as sheep are
bred with little heads, the fools of the next generation
will be smaller fools than those of the present. or there
will be an awful settlement for of the scenes OF
folly which have characterized the wisdom othis age
1t would be fearful pastme to measure the imbecly OF
the coming generation by the standard of that III which
we live provided that there fair degree OF truth
in what people say in regard to the amount of wrong
committed by the North upon the South and further
that there was any truth in the aedged amount that
the South lost by the passage Of the Compromise meas
ures Clay said she lost all but her honor, and If
this is true with present leaders, Foote, Clemens,
Cass and Donelson, all proclaiming themselves Ma
tioaaI Dcmocrats-and Ben Hallett too-and deter
mined Will again unite with those who robbed the
South what we ask, would be the chance to save
Southern honor the next time it being all she has to
lose now save her lberty-her equality having already
been conveyed and bonds through the action of the
celebrated November Convention Of 1851 given for its
faithful recognition. What chance has she we ask
The Clarion says sge "wish new political organi-
zation How sadly it errs cur readers but too well
know. We have never advocated either new or a
third party organization. We have been plain and
straight forward in our course. We believed that the
resolutions of 1853 taught the doctrine of State
eregnty and the right of Peaceable Secession. We
desired the 8th January say it plain TERMS so that
no one could be deceived. We believed that we had
been wronged by the North, and opposed going in
to convention with her again without previous condi-
tons. The South has demanded Justice only, and if
the North willing to yield that, she would be will
ing to say it. If she was determined to cheat the
South she would equyocate and evade thus proqing
was her settled purpose to cheat We were therefore
in favor Of nstructng delegates to Baltimore IN
this failed but it is scarce of peculiar satisfaction
to know that our course has pleased nobody but the
Pe2ple--the masses. The would be leaders the in
teresed have msrepresented US and not always sat
sed with that, some have stopped to downright false
hood,
Our policy would have been to hold olf-alopt the
principle ofs'mastary inactivity, and before June the
South could have demandedte from the North she
could have gained more by not having taken seats in
National Convention than she can now by doing So
at all events as much, and it would have been more
honorable to her. But vague fear ike the instinct
danger felt by the inferior creation before convu-
sion Of nature her. and her leaders pretended
that they storm, and heard the coming tempest
in each passing sough, it escaped from the brass
lungs Of that National Tom and Jerry, Henry Stuart
Foote, and it like arguing with deaf adder to at
tempt to them out of their position What an
influence forty thousand public Offices have, and what
arguments can resist them?
In conclusion We say, that Whatever may appear in
the above at all applicable to Paulding coem-
porary personally, We beg him to understand is neither
intended nor was it prompted by any unkind feeling
toward him personally. Wehaye dealt with the points
made in his article course just as we found them
and our readers may know whether we have misrepre
scented them for published his article in full last
week. As aiberal journalist, we demand that our de-
fence be published in the Clarion as we present it. II
III.
deliberately censured and misrepresented u.s. without
the generosity to do justice But this we will not
believe