The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-01-06

/ o So~hhoAA 10 ttA NOeaNion.
| This press, which has employed all the means within
its power 10 foment the dscord which was the purpo.
OF the Compromise allay seizes with aydity upon M
unjust remarks OF the South Side Democrat attrbung to
the Washington Union wish to unsete The faith Of n.
democratic party IN the doctrine of Stale rights. as ex
pounded BY the most honored patriots and statesmen Of
our country II the SouhSde Democrat is not an asso
cate OF The Southern Press in policy which aims direct
~ al The ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Union, il will be more
guarded IN future in putting forth opinions and statements
'ha' can have no other effect than to promote such an
object
Inc Souhtsrn Press occupies ground utterly al war
with the future tranquility OF the country Having done
what II could to stimulate South Carolina 10 leave
the Union, did not hesitate 10 declare that the Sou,b
stood disgraced by its determination 10 acquiesee in The
Compromise. According TO the State rights OF that iour
nal the relation OF the South the federal government
had become what that of our colonies was 10 Great Brit
ain in l776, and we We're told over and over again
that the Lord North of that revolutionary day was
mild master compared 10 the Lord North of The present
day. Mr.. Rhet, when he declared recently in the SEN
ate that he was for dsunion, did nothing more Than re-
peat the sentiment which The editors Of the Southern Pres
proclaimed throughout the past summera sentiment some
times disguised by The expression of willingness 10 &C.
cept the line OF 80 deg 80 min, or new guarantees
against northern aggression-but sentiment of deadly
hostility TO the constitution. and in harmony alone with
that republic which pictured by Mr. Cheves OF
South Carolina.
lsit for exposing such sentiment, and for showing
that il originated from desire TO defend State rights or
any other rights that consistent with the preserva
ton oil our happy institutions, that TO be charged
with deserving the doctrines maintained by Jefferson
Madison, and Jackson
MIR. Jefferson, after his election TO the presidency,
dwet most empha,icaly upon the necessity Of yielding
TO the decision OF the majority consutionally expressed
cordial support, and declared that there Other
appeal from it but TO force, which was the parent Of
anarchy. This his language after the debate and
resolutions Of 179s-'99 had produced their effect Mr.
Madison, in his celebrated Everett letter. declared in terms
equally positive that the remedies looked to in the crisis
Of 1900 those alone contained in the CONSTITUTIONS
and General Jackson called to act under circumstance
which tested the principles mbodied in these resolutions
gave construction to them in exact accordance with
that insisted upon by their authors
II is not the State rights guarded and defended by these
patriots and statesmen that the Southern Press respects
when ii denounces the Washington Union. II is The
State rights OF that school of which Mr. Cheves. oil
South Carolina, the oracle at Nashville rights
founded upon the ruin of constitution, and arrayng
one section of Union against another, on grounds
which would make future peace and tranquility impos
sibe. The doctrine of Mr. Cheves that the const
tuition had become dead carcass, and that our federal
system had failed that such statesmen Jefferson and
Madison blind and short sighted in imue;~ms
that system contrary TO the nature Of things our
federal system was, could be perpetual.
We have always believed that the Union can be PIE.
served only by strict adherence to the constitution and
scrupulous regard for the rights OF the States II
this is not done, then the Union cannot stand
consolidated empire, hostile and belligerent States
must take its place, no matter whether secession be
constitutional a revolutionary right We have there.
FORE always opposed any construction OF the consu
ton which would tend trench upon the rights OF Tie
States. and have sought 10 give effect TO efforts 10
that behalf by cultivang feeling Of amity and good
will between the various portions of the country. The
Southern Press has, the other hand aided and assisted
The National Era in iomenng discord, and it has struck
heavy blow a, The cause of State rights by attempt
ing to array portion Of the southern States in oppO.
ston to the government, for which vast ma.
joriiy OF the southern people pronounced inadequate
and by clearly unconstitutional. No cause was
ever more severely wounded by its worst enemies than
the cause of Saterights by the puny efforts OF the
Southern Press and its followers overthrow The Com
promise, produce disruption OF the Union The
people coald not but mischief in attempt, made
by weak and misguided men, to resist the Compromise
and the creed which was misused for such purposes did
not escape altogether the odun which should have al
tached exclusively 10 those who wished to peryerit
The intmaon contained in the Southern Press, that
the OF the Washington Union is dictated by
ceRary motives, is such might be expected from
source irreclamahly polluted by the influences Ct
criminal ambition. press that place its hopes
patronage upon the prospects Of civil commotion, and
upon traducng all that is sacred in land Is only trU
to lis vocation when il ascrbes to others portion of
own vice
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