Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-10
ously denounced it, thereafter uphold it? What
will your rattle be worth, suppose you get it


els anything to be won by it Let the gener-
al aspect of our recent Southern elections give
swer. Consider especially the late contest in Vir-
gnia, which the wings fought under the banner of
Fillmore and the Compromise which whig Con-
gressonal caucus had just endorsed, while that of
the adverse party had wisely tabled it. The whig
candidate for Governor was decidedly abler and
more popular than his antagonist, and yet the for
mer was beaten some seven thousand votes, and
the State carried strongly against us on all points.
Can it be worth while to fish for Southern votes
with compromise bait after that?
''Is it wise without cause to force a sectional
issue on the country? We of the North are will
ling to live and let live.' Why Should you, for
mere name, insist on destroying US? Pause and
consider y
Here we are told that the whig party. or
ganized to carry out certain great principles and
measures, which have nothing to do with slavery
or abolition. What are those principles and meas
ures ? They are the tariff of l842-internal i'm
provement by the general Government, for the
benefit of the North at the expense of the South
an extravagant Government--the use of the Ma
tional treasure and its corrupting influence, to
swipe out the allegiance of citizens to State Gov
ernments-to make gods of and give give glory
to few--to place the government in their hands
at Washington. The first step towards which,
was betokened in the impious application of the
step was the tariff act of 1842, robbing the mr.
for the benefit of the few. The next was the sue
cussful appeal to the people, to deny the right of
State to secede-the question of the right to
nullify any act of Congress, however oppressive
unconstitutional, having already been settled
If whig principles, be admitted to be right, the
argument of the Tribune, addressed to the South
ern whigs is conclusive He states, and states
truly, that the compromise, which some of them
&f,uldH to have is ner II
valueless; and very sensibly asks, what would the
rattle be worth to the Southern whigs if they
could get it !?
Greely understand the Southern wings He
knows that they believe every word he says, re-
specting the emptiness of the compromise ques-
ton; and he addresses them more for the purpose
of convincing them, that hypocricy the subject,
will accomplish no good for them faction, or
as portion Of the great whig party, He shows
them, that IN fact and in the very nature of things,
it is nothing but that divides them And
he thinks it will advance the interest of both sides,
to withhold, even that from his Southern friends.
Don't be alarmed, Mr.. Greedy. Nominate Gen.
Scott, and what not the real genuine Southern
whigs-those who acquired that name from a
love and understanding of Whig principles, and
not by mere accident of party movements, will be
with you in due season. And you should see one
standing off, hesitant and sullen, lend him for one
moment only, telescope to enable him to see, how
a whig President, like Fillmore, distributes fifty
millions of dollars annually among the faithful +:
and you will soon see his patriotism boiling over
and hear him sing the chorus in every Scott song,
from Lundy's Lane to the city of Mexico
But you afford to be generous. You can
afford to endorse the compromise as FEnolty-
final as it now stands-fnal as it is now executed.
That is +; you agree that the fugitive slave law
shall not be repealed and they can agree, that it
shall never be executed. Although they pledged
themselves to disrupt" you see how quietly they
stand by, and see you enact the very thing which
they swore should be the cause of immediate and
awful disruption Be generous Mr.. Greely.
f What harm it do you Abolition to give them
the name Besides, you can get Mr. Cobb by
giving up the name, and putting him upon
the Scott ticket Columbus Ga.) Times.
A correspondent of the New Y ork Times cites
good classical authority for congressional 20 ticu-
ings. Here is one example from Cicero Tin the
Epistles, Book TX, Ep. a. ad AHieums,) of julius
Caesar in defining his position:
ftHavng only trifes to write, nevertheless,
send you my Atticus an account OF the late shin
DIV, in which our Caesar was engaged. He was
denying roundly allegation of Cato, when the
crusty old man few upon him, tooth and nail,
pugnis ct calculus, and blackened his eye. in a
most convincing manner. The veraclty of Cato
is no longer doubtful for he proceeded to punish
/ Caesars nose (nasum pertundere,) in close and
irrefragabe style. Julius felt for his bowie knife,
(gIadiolum,) but was restrained by the Conscrpt
Fathers, who shortly after formed ring, and vo-
ted civic crown to both orators''
Plutarch tells the following story of Kschines,
t Life Of 1Esch5aes, sec. 81.
He fetched the orator such blow in the face
as was cheaper than syllogism but Demosthe
mes, with that deinosis which belongs to him, flew
+ at his rival, and about to gouge out his eye
: when the Assembly cried out that they sat
isfed with the arguments and virtues of the two
: (katokagathoi) gentlemen
An occurrence in the House of Commons, az
: reported by Hansard (vol. xcvii., p, 898. is re
/ lated in the famous debate between Pitt and Fox
!, on the bill for increasing the Spanish line
: ''Mr. Fox here assaied the positions of the pre-
: mer with rapid and keen personality
calling the honorable gentleman a blackguard anc
- of -. To which Mr. Pitt replied by
splitting tobacco juice in the face of the other
It Fox, nothing daunted, cenched with his adverse
: ry, and the two orators soon rolling in Cor
: nish hug, with occasional spirting of claret anc
e several milling punches in the bread basket. AT
i ter suitable time, the combatants rose, exchaDg
ed their torn coats for better habits, made bow
v and apologies, and received the cheers of th
House.
Cause.-The official returns from Peru shov
that the exports of Guano for the past year reach
ed goo, 500 tons, 80 coo of which went to th
q United Ststes-the remainder to France and Eng
i land Large deposits of this now important arti
Al Gle of commerce have been discovered on tn