The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-03

do II we don't go into party canvass 3 We
ask in return what can We do by going in The
Wing candidate for the Presidency is a native
of the South, and an advocate of emancipation.
The candidate for Vice President is selected
from one of the Southern States, supposed TO
be the most apathetic as to Southern Rights
the most tolerant of Northern aggression. The
Democratic candidate for the Presidency is
man whose merit is that he is friend OF the
Compromise, and whose sentiment Is, as ayowed
at the Manchester meeting, that slavery IS de-
porable" The candidate for Vice President
claims the merit of being the first to advise the
South TO acquesce in measures that he himself
considered unjust to her. AS for the Freesoil
party, they nominate HALE and Clay, both
avowed Aboltionists, thus propoaing the prize
of the Vice Presidency TO a STAKEHOLDER for de-
nouncing slavery
Il anything to be gained by Southern men in
a Federal party contest like this No, the whole
policy of all Federal party politics is TO weaken
the cause of the South, by offering federal hon
ors to those who are the least devoted to South
ern Rights, but who can yet secure Southern
votes. 'a,af eseftsat 'r
But what is gained by abstsiniug from Fed
eral politics? We answer by another question,
What have the Abolitienists gained They
have gained power They have rendered both
parties subservient to them. They have gained
California and part Of Texas. They have
! gained the law against the slave trade IN the
District 1loy have gained large delegation
| in Congress. And now rather than support
even General ScoTr Southern emaneipationist,
whom Mr. SEWARD supports, they adopt sep
arate Organization. And if the South is not
ready to act with similar consistency, indepen-
dence aud energy, she caunct expect to make
efectual resistance to such foes.
Southern Rights men assured us they could
exert important and saluinry Influence on the
Democratic party by going into The convention.
We thought otherwise. They have tried the
experiment They went in We know, deter
mined to prevent ratification of the compro \
mise, They came out abiding by and sdherng
to IT, tN M r'u Faa arN nN
We cannot but regret most deeply the differ
ence of opinion that has arisen between us and
all our friends in Congress and the Convention.
We are consoled, however, by the reflection that
We remain in accordance with the Southern re-
solutions ofall the States in l849-50--and with
those of the Nashville convention, particularly
the one which pronounced against re union with
federal parties. Aud although States and parties
have thus far failed to support them, that is no
reason for individuals to fail. On the contrary,
if there is time for individuality to assert
itself, it is when all sorts of association fall
We then will not join either of the parties
but will continue as we have done to expose
them. We havenot space now TO do justice TO
The respective platforms. But we cannot delay
our protest against the affirmation Of the justice
and policy of the Mexican war by the Demo-
cratic. We concurred fully with Dir. CALHOUN
in all his opposition to that evil undertaking,
and its consequences are before the country,
worse oven than he foretold.
The Southern Press was not originally in
tended to mingle in party contests but before
and ever since the first number appeared, it was
and has been attacked by the papers of both
parties. 1t could not be expected that it would |
not respond, and acceptthe war that was offered
il.
The senior editor must now turn to the sub |
scribers of this paper We adverted yesterday
10 the fact that the National Era had eighteen
thousand subscribers paying in advance. And
whilst its proprietor thus receives thirty six thou
sand dollars at the commencement of his annual
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two years, owe us that much money--most of
it due more than year. The Era does not
trust its subBcribers-but the Press does
Surely they will vindicate our confidence
The large subscription of the Era and lite /
iourishng condition are owing to its permanent
continuance for several years, to the activity of
Abolition lecturers and the number of Abolition
everywhere in the North but abo We |
all to that intense fanaticsm that has overspread
that section. In the South, nothing of this kind
the necessity of augmented zeal and rs it is i'm
possible for any corps of collectors we can find
to make the round of our subscription list once
in two years, we most earnestly renew our re-
paper without being called on in person.
Let every individual man, then, exert himself
in the cause Of Southern Rights, for it is by in.
dividual independence and energy that parties
begin, and organization follows, As for African
slavery, il never can be overthrown until the
moral distinctions of the two races are obliter-
ated, either by the progress of the one or the de-
cline of the other. The institution is strong
enough 10 maintain itself against all external
aggression ifthose who are concerned in it shall
so determine. But if it falls, both enemies and
friends will be buried in the ruins.
Personal Explanation
The statement made by my colleague ex-
plains the silence of the Southern Press on the
subject of The Democratic nominations. That
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