The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-14
Tho Southern Press.

The South Carolini0n, after giving brief
statement on the present position of the South
ern Press, and of its editors respectively, makes
the following remarks:
at is not our province to comment on the
position of the Press, or the conduct of those
Southern Rights men under whose auspices it
was established. We trust that they will see
the necessity of maintaining and supporting it
az the single and fearless advocate of Southern
interests at the federal capital Both it's editors
are doubtless honest and sincere in their frank
and manly avowas touching the present state
of parties and whilst we admire the consist
ency of the one, and cannot doubt the loyalty of
the other to the cause in which he has so zeal
ously labored, yet we think the present denoue-
raeni might have been avoided had the Southern
members of Congress done their duty in the
premises It's advocacy of Pierce and King,
under existing circumstances, need not have
made it less staunch in support of the interests
and institutions of which it is the peculiar advo.
cate in that city and it is to be regretted, that
whilst these men themselves thought it no rea-
son to the South to give the nomination their
support, they took no trouble to relieve the ed-
tors of the Press-their 0rgan-from the en-
barrassment in which their individual views has
placed them as editors"
Without specially referring to the PROPOSE
tons contained in this editorial we would only
say that it is manly, and breathes the proper
spirit. 1t was just what we expected from the
generous-spirited and heightened men Of the
South. But we must confess our disappoint-
ment at the manner in which one of our former
co-laborers in the great cause in Georgia has
seen proper to announce the fact to his readers.
From that quarter we had reason to hope for
better thngs-even though our Southern Rights
ally had pitched into partizanship, with an appe-
tite al the more eager for his abstinence during
the Southern Rights campaign in Georgia.
We refer to the Augusta Constitutionalisf
which seems to regard the "quandary" of the
Southern Press Gas it elegantly styles the differ
ence of opinion between its editors) as .
theme for email witticisms and the parable
| presented between the subscribers to the Pres
and to the Era, (aboltion,) as subject fo
mirth. We have much mistaken the tone ant
temper of the Southern mind, if that which ex
cites the merriment of the editor of the Con
stitutionoliss does not produce the deepest NOR
LITIGATION in others. And this taunting levity
will meet its echo only in presses hostile to thu
South, or such free-booters as the New Yorl
| Herald, whose comments the Consitutiondlis
seems TO have copied in letter and spirit.
To prove that we are not captious, we appent
two extracts from the editorial referred to, ant
the inuendo is the more unjust because it Gomez
| from friend. None Of our former foes at thu
South have shown the same spirit and we feel
that the South Carolinion speaks the sentiment
of our friends:
at 10 not hard to predict that the Souther'
Press il likely, in this state Of things to realize
the truth Of the old adage: "a house divided
against itself, will be apt to fall" or at leas
change owners