The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-07-13

DANIEL WEBsrER is its prophet! The sincere
lovers Of the Union who, admiring it as great
good. forget that it is not the greatest-the Con.
solidationists who, welding by superior numbers
the power Of federal organization, sincerely
cherish it ~ source Of wealth and an access Of
force to themselves-the self.styled Unionisis
of the South, who in the masses prefer the re.
pose of submission to the activity Of selfpvotec-
tionDpd in the persons Of their leaders, love
the gilded servitude Of federal Office more than
the simple dignity of Independence these
are continually vocal in praise Of the Gre0f E1-
FOUNDER. We propose to take up the last leaf OF
his political commentaries, and examine now
much of the doctrine there set forth 10 fanaticism,
and how much ia can't We refer 10 the pub.
lished Boston speech, and shall only allude to
its leading points.
The people of Massachusetts, are there In
formed that their earlier worthless fought not for
the liberty and prosperity of the strip of land
lying between New Hampshire and Connect
cut" but for the primary object of liberating
this continent from European power-thst they
would have preferred to fall with the other col
onies rather than achieve liberty without them
and that when Massachusetts, shall cease to
rest her glory, past, present and future, on this
broad basis, the orator hopes that the sods Of the
valley will cover his head, AID here il is ~
ported that Mr, Wsssrss, moved To searss was
obliged TO ase his handkerchief amid t4ia 40
plausss Of the crowd reminding ass of tilte our
vensiera paitios with wile,l isloe opstsi ssasat,s
himsalf uo msia,e. In rap,E To- ttlessaassayasa,
tons wa saoni.~-tt,et thu. so,s oiipa,ia0ii's0ps
hars sst fnrstl, L. ss,ldt,s sndi Inisaslltva,'s-
that e asnnaai pssrruss "a vji0rn IL l,s i,,ha,y
Attributed. and VIM aarned idr Massachusetts
All curly and a lasting y0rys wars ml,Eld.d ay
a puEruiic devotion To iia rEls and interests Of
their own "strip Of and rs we,l ~ by bare
Of liberty and piiianLlirupy TRUE and commend
able, because practcal IN irS scope, and in It's de
sign, subordinate Go their first and highest d. /
ties-and 6na.ly, that tse mora recent conduct 4
of Massachusetts,, and Gf her distinguished /
leader, has not sviucsj lore for the liberty, /
ard regard for the rights Of others in conform
ity with the large hazis of philanthropy on which |
be seeks to erect the statues of bis State and l
of himself.
Creative design has affixed to the province of |
every day human action certain limits, up to
which it ought to expand, but within which its
efforts should fret and chiefly be exerted. 1t
may be dfhcnk TO find for these limits salts
factory definition of general application, but
they are none the less we'll defined to the in
stacts of every feeling heart and every RICH,
mind Nor is their wisdom less apparent than
their reality. Power must have certain scope
ia order to act at all, but it must be concentra
ted to act with efficiency. To such coucentre
ton, and to such instincts, are due all the great
actions in the drama Of humanity-local in their
performance, though general in their influence.
The instincts which Providence has given to
direct human effort, are essential to the welfare
and even the preservation of the species, bu,
they often present phenomena which must be
paradoxical to the mere casuist, and shocking
TO the pseudo .philanthropst. The best hearted
man is found in real life to be more afflicted
and anxious about the perhaps passing illness
of Il child at home, than by the accounts of
famine in Ireland or an earthquake in Peru.
As good citizen, the same man will leave the |
bedside Of the sick to extinguish petty fire in
his own village, or even to deposite his vote in
an election involving questions important to his
State or community. TO the suffering foreigner
he may, with opportunity. spare something from
his superhuty, but not to the extent of material
retrenchment involving the health or well-being
of his family, nor his means of usefulness in his
own sphere. How can this universal fact be
indicated? We answer, by the testimony of
the universal God.irplanted conscience. That
different theory, selfstyled more liberal, pre-.
walls in Massachusetts and elsewhere, in spite
of natural law, and with which Mr. WEBSTER
himself has been infected, we do not deny-but
We maintain that wherever found it is popular
only for the same reason that it is false and
hollow, because it is cheap. Mrs. JELLYBY is
devoted to the cause of Africa, and imagnes
herself the victim of intense mental suffering on
account of that unhappy country-but the truth
is, that she finds its superintendent conve.
nient relief from the irksome practical duties
of teaching young Master J. his alphabet, OF
seeing that the Misses J. are we'll washed and
we'll shod, and that M. j., senior, has a good
breakfast prepared in time to get to his office
Now, the effects of her sympathy for Africa are
problematical, while there can be no sort Of
doubt as to the good that would result from
proper training of the young jELLYBYs, and it
may even be fairly assumed that the commercial
enterprise of Great Britain and it's incidental
influence on the progress of the world, would
be promoted by sending Mr. J. to his counting
False patriotism, false religion, and false phan-
thropy are all cheap commodities and the ring
Of their base metal is easily detected. Their
in axurudax LIE tho neulact Of d.,t;oa