The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-08-14


terms of the paper, which required payment in
advance-but to pay at the end of the year, when
he had furnished them the paper in advance.
They knew we had been meanly deprived of the
executive printing, which was ours by law. They
knew we were prescribed by Congress. They
knew we were prescribed by the business inter
est of the city. We had assured them it was
impossible by any corps of collectors we could
find to call on all of them N any reasonable pc
riod, even at great expense. And hence the
debts due the paper really became debts of
honor Aud when finally, all the South
ern members resolved to reunite with the Dem
ocratic party, and to "adhere to and abide by
the faithful execution" of the compromise meas
ures, we knew that all parties were hostile to us
because they knew we would expose their shuffi
ings, equivocations and humbugs. We, therefore,
turned to our subscribers and requested them,
in such terms one gentleman uses to others,
to transmit their arrearages We have received,
indeed, large number of letters, all endorsing
the course of the senior editor of this paper in
refusing to assume party position, but out of
the whole amount now due, we have not receiv-
ed, in the course of the last month, three hun |
dred dollars. OF course, many of our delinquent
subscribers did not mean not to pay. They
were only negligent; but that was the case with
the FIVE foolish virgins. We could not wait in
definitely, and pay indefinitely, until they con
cluded to wake up and look for oil.
Mr.. BURKE said about sixty years ago that
the age of chivary had passed. He was mis-
takeu--or at least if it had passed, it has re-
turned. But it re-appears under a new aspect
with reversed aspect. Ofold it was the custom
of men who were knights, to go about and COM
bat for the relief of the weaker sex--to rescue
distressed damses from the power and passions
of tyrants and bandits. Now the very women
have seized the lance. We dreaded the social
system of Massachusetts which allotted fifty
thousand OF the women to to--tweve thousand
maidens in Lowell alone-whilst their lovers
went of to the fisheries, to the West and to
California. But we did not anticipate the full
extent of the evil. Now we shall be in dread
that Aunt HARRIET BEEcuER STOWE will
some of these days lead down into the sunny
cotton fields of the South, host of Massachu-
sets young women armed with broomsticks to
rescue from captivity the dark skinned George
Harrises, whom she has go elegantly described in
! Uncle TOMS Cabin, as more beautiful, brave,
gallant, liberal, intelligent and moral than their
masters.
/ If her descriptions are true, and they are so
/ ~ in tha he Ill, ,,k, -;
sions of love and romance will FIRE the bosoms
of the now deserted daughters of Massachu-
sets? The Saracens carried their conquering
arms to the gl111Ihf European capitals fighting
with qyalcr ia by the faith of flying at
once INTO The arms of Hours, if death came on
the field of battle. But what sort of incentive
was that, compared with the hope, not only of
overthrowing the accursed system of slavery
not ssly Of bidding the oppressed 90 free not
only of knocking off iron chains, but Of putting
on siken chains, the chains of matrimony on a
few hundred thousand Of handsome, accomp-
lished and sentimental black and mulatto young
fellows like George Harris And against such
an onset as the mRdens Of Massachusetts,, and
other New England States, may make, we
tremble for the traditional chivary Of the South,
after what we have seen oft.
The views Of Mr. CALHoUN on the question
Of slavery have now all been indicated by
events. His speeches we're prophecies. Yet,
except from his own State, he was almost uni.
yersally opposed and denounced We have re-
peatedly seen him deserted in Congress by oil
his proiessed friends lie was man the most
hopeful, and Of the most amiable disposition
and equanimiiy we ever knew, but one Yet
we have heard from his own lips on such occa-
sons, the language Of spirit, stricken with that
sentiment the most terrible Of all, the loss Of
faith in fellow-men. II was quite the fashion
among Southern members to show their great
independence and profundity by differing frou
bin, and presenting plans Of Southern polio, Of
their own. And now the South has mndJ the
baHes She has displayed her sagacity by the
varhh,' of her eIpedients and the corusion Of
her counsels. Continual divisions b,ye charsc.
terized her tactics, and her only achievement is
defeat. Bat she has at last re,chcd grand
dssiderattun. She has arrived at the long de.
sired Union Of The South. md that has been
found in submission-submhsion not 10 power,
not 10 law, not 10 necessity, which binds all
men and States, with o, without their will
bot she has pronounced her own voluntary de-
clarntion Of opinion n favor Of submission-of
abiding by and sdhering TO" measures which
she once unanimously dsoouHced, and for which
several Of her States contemplated dhunion.--
Such was the behest Of party, and such the
power ofpaHy.
: And to this even South Carolin, appears 10
humble herself
And does she suppose she will fnd in case Of
Democrats success, her share Of 'Iice or spoils