The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-14

WASHINGTON CITY.

WASHINGTON CITY.
WEDNESDAY, JULY IA. 1861.
Eehees frsn the south.
From letters received by late mails we select
two, bearing on the present position OF parties
and of the Southern Press. From the tone OF
these two letters, it will be seen that the seeds
sown by this press, and by the Southern kights
men generally, have not fallen on stony ground,
but that the whole Southern soil il terminating
with them. Partizans may uplift their voices,
and cry aloud till the welkin rings with OLD
party watchwords and pseudo. enthusiasm but
the heart Of the Southern people, or of the more
manly portion Of them, is filed with douo''
despondency and indignation, at the past the
present. and the future aspect OF their positon.
A lev active partizans may make loud out
cry, and their shoutings may sound over wide
field; but az BURKE we'll said on similar &C.
casion: "7he shriH grasshoppers fill the field
UiM their clamor, sohile the majestic oren bro,oss
in peace beneath the shadov Of the mighty oaks"
AZ in the old Greek republics, the result Of
the recent struggle at the South has been the
ostracism Of mary of her noblest and best; but
events will vindicate not alone the wisdom but
also the necessity of the policy they labored to
put into action. II 10 true that SoULE and his
co-laborers, in Louisiana, were not sustained in
their position by the people of that State. 1t
is equally true, that while QuITMAN and DAVIS,
and the rest of the Mississippi delegation who
stood up, with but one exception, were ostra-
cised by the popular vote, FooTE was elevated
to the gubernatorial chair, and SHARxEY re-
warded for his apostacy by the consulship of
Cuba. Yet this but exempli6es the fact that
the rewards Of treachery are always immediate,
while those Of truth must often await the pro.
gress Of time, which always vindicates it.
For to the mind properly constituted there is
far more of satisfaction and of honor in suffer
ing in noble cause, than in crawling into popu-
larity and place with the Shiny sinuosities Of
the serpent marking the path of ascent.
For more true joy Marcellus sxied feels
Than Cesar with Senate at his heels,
may well be said of the pigmy Caesar of Mssis-
sippi and his competitors
It is also true--and pity tits tits true-that
the popular vote of Georgia, through the motto.
rious coalition. gave COBB triumph over Nc
DONALD. And thus without proceeding further
with q repetition of facts familiar to every one
without referring to the fate of the staunchest
and irmest of the supporters of Southern rights
connected with the preserve reafirm the fact
that the South has ostrocised her truest sons
for advocating her rights, honor, and interests
only too firmly and faithfully. 1t would be a
libel on the intelligence and manness of her
people, to believe that they will not awaken
soon from this lamentable delusion, vindicate
themselves, and do justice to those who have
sought, Curlius like, to save them, by Drawing
the fatal leap into the chasm that has engulphed
them. Let any man honestly aek and honestly
answer the question: In whom do the Southern
people at this moment place the most confidence
and hold in the highest honor, JOHN A. OUR
MAN or HENRY 8. FoorE? c. J. MCDONALD or
HOWELL CoBs? and SO throughout the cata-
logue Of resistants and submis sionists. What
press in this city has the strongest hold on the
Southern heart and on Southern sympathies,
in spite of the mad dog cry of "traitor," "dis-
unionst," and "ultraist," that has bounded it's
steps from the day of its foundation up to this
moment? Let the subscription lists of the
papers here answer that question-not the
names of politicians only, but of the people.
From Maryland to the confines of Texas and
Arkansas, the Southern Press can compare its
muster roll of names with those Of all the other
papers here collectively; and during all the mu-
tations of politicians, and while it has pursued
unflinchingly the even tenor Of its way, that
subscription list has never materially varied.
1t was confidently predicted that its silence
or opposition to the Democratic nominations
would Immediately be felt in its subscription
list Five weeks have elapsed, and as yet not
one ,cord of Dissatisfaction, not one threat Of dis
continuance, has come from abroad but on the
on the subject have been received, while we
know their statements to be also verified in
Georgia and elsewhere.
We invite especial attention to the language
of these letters, for they breathe spirit unsub-
dued aud unconquerable, and prove that under
the ashes of the late struggle still shoulder the
embers which events must fan into flame,
when Northern aggression shall 6 stir them,
soon returning"
The darkest hour is ever that which imme.
diately precedes the dawn. Let the men of the
South take heart of hope, and with an abiding
conviction of the might of truth and justice,
cherish the faith which will ripen into works in
the action Of Gods good providence. Other
wise, if they yield to an in6del despair, and
bowed down by the temporary triumph of their
opponents, and their own defeat, abandon their
future fates to the tender mercies Of their
Northern assailants, and the timid recusancy of
their Southern co-operators, bold only in resist