Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-03


mother Compromise Necessary, and the demagogues
the South: the Foote's Cobbs and Clemens, viii swear
that the Efoa Is N Danger, the Constitution be
burned,and the day Of blood is nigh--and another
Unon party with It's demagogues its ISLANDERS and its
deadening corruptions will spring into existence.
Note reader, what we say. The only open and pub
licy avowed test, for reorganization of Southern
whiggery, viii be an avowal that the Compromise as
it stands is Final adjustment Of all sectional
questions.
01.rThe last Aberdeen Independent, contains very
Characteristic editorial It develops the editors pro-
clives in most remarkable degree, and were we not
so thoroughly acquainted with the structure Of mind
and constitutional propensity of the writer to misrep
resent I'VE will not apply harsher ephithet because
we regard the failing naturaD opponent, we
should have been surprised his hardhood in the pres
ent instance. A sense ofduty alone prompts to
pose the Misrepresentation ofthe Independent, and to-
do this eeetnally we publish that portion of its arti
Gle upon which we comment. We do this to avoid
everything ike unfaness, and also with the view of
rendering the exposure more complete. Here are the
two paragraphs
after all, we expect that our neighbor down
the river has been clubbing about his six PROPOSE
lions to prevent our exposure of the sophistry,
gan bling OF history, and Inconsistencies of the
rious articles which have appeared in his columns
since November on the subject of secession and
having Put Us Off, with the hope OF renewal of
/ the discussion, from the scathng exposure we had
in store, thus long till the Presidential election is
near at hand, expects TO escape from Like
the cunning partridge he has huttered before US,
i to invite and seduce to pursue him among the
brambles and bushes, in order to these, his
DEAR frail little ones 1t will be that it adj
mts BY its silence the facts touching the char
acter of the controversy agreed upon by us, and
further admits that it tried to change it. We are
obliged to it for publishing our last article on the
subject.
The only reason yet assigned by the Standard
for not proceeding with its side of the question, as
we proposed, and as its silence accepted was that
it would not lay It's side of the question before us,
to be pierced here and there This was discre-
tion in itand has proved to be the better part OF
its Yalor 1t may congratulate itself on its escape
from our exposure, for We would have pierced it
here and there SO that own daddy would not have
owned it,"
The suspects Of the Independent come with an ex-
ceedihgly bad grace just if it thinks that we
have "quibbled about his [our six propositions it has
exhibited degree of folly derisyebly criminal toward
itself, in not having answered them and then exposed
us Itcan easily test purposes, by answering the
"sx propositions yea nay; it can learn whether
We "sophistica and whether "garble history,
or whether fear its scathing exposure" it boasts
having ''thus long, in sstore'' for These boast.
bespeak weakness too characteristic to escape the
notice ofsensibe men, and they the induces
the character of vain egotis and self adulatng brag
CART in politics.
The independent says, that admit by our ''sence'
the facts touching the character of the controversy
greed upon. That is to say, we have publicly an
nounced thatwe had accepted the conditions proposed
This is simple untruth. The very article upon whic
the Independent commenting when it penned tn
above, contains the acceptance of the conditions il
these words HWe accepted the conditions; &c
1t says again. that admit' that 'tred to chang
t'ethe character of the controversy. This is boil
assertion, but fortunately for devoid of truth
the face of facts, it is marvellous what extent ma
engaged in bad be driven by his prejudice
or his fears. We have attempted to change tn
y character ofthe controversy-we never shall. w
accepted the conditions proposed, without any effort
change them. Butwe must be permitted to say, ths
they were unusa and such as no circumstances coul
have induced us to propose to an opponent We woul
have felt disgraced by rendering such proposition
for fail to see in it fear for fair play, an
] an open manly DISCUSSION, which characteriz
those who battle fol truth. We can never stoop
such poor shifts to obtain advantages and if
not defend our positions in open and fair field,
consider that it is in unison with the prophetic
of profession yield gracefully than seek som
! channel through which in crawling the slime of meI
tai cowardce maniiests itself controlling eleme1
of the who resorts to such means to escape e.
posure Not intending to reflect upon the Tndependen
for its toward us wholly willing to abid
its conditions presuming that its reasons sufceI
&c to preserve its self pride from HARM whatever publ
opinion may be in regard to its fairness and chivay
to The only reason says the Independent, syet assign
ed by the STANDARD for proceeding with side ol
Of question: is that twoud be pierced here and there
t. $50 that its daddy would have owned it, I'll
wise mortal who died making the discovery thath
lie that he was exceedingly dunpy about day. has
< doubt, bequeathed his wisdom to the Independent.
of may prove misfortune to the heir however, for
i is expanding and the wisdom has grown SO muc
that it fancies shadows where nc substance exists
Il cast them. No such reason has ever been sassig
I'd ed by us for not going with sside of the que
a. ton" It's fable, all and the genius which inver
n ed it, deserves our sympathies, rather than contem
We for wily nisrepresenting US because itw done
.. a natural way, and he could not help it.
al The INDEPENDENT boasts of our endeavoring to q
nj eape from its exposure This is ridiculous IF
st with such overwhelming fac
ed $50 sure of triumphng u.s. it can be easily gra
ne fed Lett say yea nay to six propositions,
he it will learn how much fear its exposure If til
att fsesto answers who ist that seeks to escape fre