The southern press., 1852-01-07

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E-IsrERvErrIos is becoming the question
of the day. We give this morning the views Of
Ex-Secretary WALKER on the subject, and also
those of our well known correspondent "A
Northern man aud friend 10 the Union in the
first of series Of articles which appears to-day.
The Union and Its Proclamation Doctrines
The shifts and subterfuges to which the sol
dieant organ of the old Democratic party now
resorts, in order to conceal its blundering imbe-
cility and betrayal of the principles which its
previous conductor never dared dispute in theO-
ry, are both pitiful and painful to behold. Stung
by the consciousness of the exposure of its real
principles, and wincing under the soaring brand
stamped upon it by the Soulhsids Democrat,
the Union of Sunday resorted to the samo tac
tics in its lame and impotent reply to that ,ble
journal, as it did it in its response to our own
before, begging off from the controversy it had
first courted and provoked. The Souths'de Dem
ocrat is so we'll capable of taking care of itself,
and of vindicating the principles and the policy
of JEFFERSON, MADISON and RANDOLPH from the
aspersions of the 'new lights" Of democratic
federalism, that we commit the Unions article
of Sunday to it's tender mercies. 1t is true, the
entire article is an evasion, full of quirks and
bubbles, and futile efforts to darken counsel by
many words, yet it contains admissions and
declarations sufficient to prove the writer dis
ciple of the federal and consolidation school,
Had the Union set up the plea of ignorance
of the whole subject, it might have avaed to
palliate, if not excuse, its shortcomings in re-
spect to States Rights. For every reader of its
editorials on that topic, must have been salts
fed of that fact long ago, The cardinal princi-
pie Of the Union's creed, under its present con.
ductor, has been Gen. JACK SON and unbOunded
reverence and admiration for everything that
emanated directly, or indirectly, from him, the
subject of its song. 1t has shown itself ac-
auainted with the fact Of his having issued
the Proclamation and Force Bill, but has very
dim and misty ideas of the Virginia Resolu-
tions on the States Rights doctrines.
The conception of General JAcKsoNs ever
having been on any occasion betrayed into false
doctrine, is too monstrous for the Union to
imagine. 1t is we'll known to all the readers
Of the Union that that "sprit, from its urn"
sways every thought, feeling and opinion
of its present conductor--ard that scarcely a
day passes without mention, reference or au
sion to that potential name, as an oil sufficient
shield for every one who once might have Sat
under his shadow SO far has this been carried
as to be common source of amusement to all
who wade through the heavy lenders Of the
Union nova days.
The "buried Majesty of Denmark" does not
play more conspicuous part in the play o.
Hamlet, than the ghost Of General JACKSON has
been made to perform under the platform of the
Union So long as the question was confined to
interesting little "reminiscences, or incidents, and
the writer spoke Of the personal attributes of
character of his former chiefiain, il did not mat
ter much, but, as we said before, was rather
amusing than otherwise. But when an effort is
made deliberately to revive, and graft on the
creed of one of the great parties of the country,
doctrines which, though at first proclaimed in
his famous Proclamation, were Immediately ex-
planned away by his special organ, and indig'
nantly denounced and repudiated by the great
the head-then these displays become no lon
ger matters for mirth, but for solemn serious.
ness. However little ability or skill may be
displayed in the assertion or the advocacy OF
those political heresies, the former prestige OF
the Union and the waning shadow of its once
potential position, both give some weight to ia
utterances and outgivings. Hence our first
notice of the Unions proclamation of federal
principles-a subject broached not by u.s. but first
commenced by itself--a purely gratuitous and
unnecessary assault, on the part of that organ,
on the cherished principles of the States Rights
party everywhere-a bold attempt to commit
the Democratic party to the doctrines Of feder-
alism. Convicted of this, and condemned out
of its own mouth, the Union sunk into sullen
silence Frightened from its propriety by the
indignant echo from the South, il now attempts
to bluster itself out of the difficulty, and hide
the real character and the real issues in this
controversy, under an aifectaton Of dignlied
displeasure, and by raising the mad dog cry OF
"dsunionist," against those whom it has failed
to meet or answer in argument.
In it's rejoinder of yesterday, in response to
our comments on the Souhside Dem ocrdfs ar
tcle, this trick is even more transparent than on
any previous occasions.
No attempt, even, at refntation Of state
ments, or at the semblance of arguments is
made but dull diatribe against the disunion
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