Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-03-26

be possessed of fulppWees to dispose Of them
sdyes-neyerthelessf should they desire to be in
cqporated into our c0nfederaey, should oppose
the measure so long as it involved the necessity OF
bringing US more slaves. There Is, SAID be IN
conclusion, ga deep seated conviction on this sub
jeet of slavery throughout large class, who have
hitherto. for the sake of peace, acquesced in eg-
ishtive enaetments, but, who. if they to fore
EdfartheFAga their convictions, will spring an
aghation such as this country has never experen-
ided. For my own part, (said he, Father than
Cuba, with her slaves should be annexed to this
lountry. | should oppose the measure-even to
the dissolution of the Union'
u Said Professor, not long since, to New Eng
and student, during conversation which happen
I'd to turn upon Mrs. Stoves book-"I have liv
ed in Georgia, teacher, and can bear witness
to its truthfulness from my own observation. -
Again, in series of lectures, now in course of
delivery before the Senior Glass, by the President
upon the "Origin of Rights: and the Duties of
States'-h has taken especial pains to dwell up
on the injustice of Slavery" and our obligations
to 'higher law In order to bring the subject
before the great body of the students, he has with
in the last week in connection with Professor in
the law Department, given as the question for a
prize debate before one of the Societies "Ought
the Fugitive Slave Law to be Obeyed 90 He has
oASO
the nethcency of this law and to express his in
difference as to the time when the final crash may
come, which shall determine whether or not this
/ is to be free government.
\ In what, now, Cunoisp's Y clos FtleT
Inalionality-of which her friends, everywhere,
| have so long boosted? What cord of sympathy
or interest is left to bind her hundreds Of South
ern alumni, who have looked back with pleasure
and pride to their College days, and who have an
nually travelled weary miles to pay their tribute OF
4 love and veneration to Alma Mater? The society
which they formed thirty years since, for the cul-
vation of mutual friendship, and to enjoy the adj
vantages of debate freed from the angry conten-
tons which slavery disputes would beget in the
other societies. is dSsoIved and the Southern stu
dent, at this epoch OF hostility to his section is
thrown out to fight his way in weekly broils-or
/ submsslvely listen to the most hostile denuncia-
tons against the institutions under which he was
/ born. Such has of late been the state of feeling
that proposition has been mooted by a number
iof Southern students, to withdrew in body
The alumnus, of a few years back, can hardly ap-
preclate the full force of the present state ofthings
The md nant course has, in too great a degree
taken the place of the cheerful song and the auph
kprovoking 5est Men retire from the lecture room
I-zseme, Indignant and enraged-some, with pain
bGl surprise ask: ''What can the President near
by the course he is pursuing ?'--others elatGc
with the sanction of such high authority, unscru
Apulously re-echo the doctrines there promulgated
u Once more and have DONE This commuDi
lIeation has been prompted by no mere desire to as
sail any one-lest Of all, those under whose direc
y ton have pursued course of study for the fou
years nearly past The uniform courtesy, which
1i as an Individual, have invariably received, will
ii remain source of pleasant reflection-and shall
continue to do honor to the Genius of Yale
II las she was IN former years. / gladly acknowl
edge, that, among her present governors, Their
are some patriotic and national minds; but thes
4 exceptions, as high a regard as they inspire M
with, cannot allow to swerve me from the nerfor
: nance of duty which l feel l owe to the publ
d at large, and especially to my section. Connect
IS ed with every section of the Union by hundred
. of alumni-among the best educated men in tn
q country-this college has welded powerful IN
J. fiuence over the National willard sending fort
a hundred graduates annually, mbued with th
teachings here received it, becomes query of n
trivial import-whether this influence shall be e1
n erted for good or evil
1t The base attacks which have, of late, been
d repeatedly made upon the South and her institu
L tons, under the sanction of an acquiescng public
: have been glaringly malicious and unjustifabl
g that have been led into careful and lengthy il
S veStigation of the Abolition sentiment--embra
II ing its origin, growth, and present power v
d have seen it, at one period, mean and contem
j. tible faction; derided and despsed by all respec
u able perSons-while now it marshalS its sedtiol
u hosts alike in the haunts of faction, and at Il
heads of our first institutions. Religion, liter
ture, earning--all are enlisted in its ranks
by 1t is for me, sir, to pursue this subject ia
ut Their l leave the future to the guidance of 4
rs3 wise men Of our land--to the men Of detelmin
m, purpose and patriotic virtues--earnestly desir
he the perpetuity Of our Union and Constitution J
nd fully convinced, to adopt the explicit language
by the immortal Calhoun, that they can and ought
ur be perpetuated, only on the condition that tn
by fulfil the great object for which they create
ur the LIBERTY and PROTECTION Of these States.
on JAMES HAMILTON.