Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1853-05-07

in the dust in opposition to all law, moral, social
or political, and hurled into the teeth of those
who framed and supported it, whilst its yiolators
were permitted to roam, unpublished, to the eter-
nal disgrace of those functionaries whose duty it
Is to see their country's laws put into effect and
nunisb yioators thereof Again was the gauntlet
extended and the South challenged to contest
Again was she convinced of the ineffectiveness of
compromises and faithlessncss OF tyrants Still.
she presses TO her bosom the deIuslve phantom OF
hope and kisses the rod that smites her
These are the consequences OF the modern po-
ltical reformation, and in this manner 1T works
1t is the fountain head Of all the turmoil and con-
fusion, internal commotion and danger, to which
our country is and has been subjected for num-
Der of years past.
When the stars and stripes were first implanted
upon the battlements of freedom, they waved O.
YER free and happy people, united in sentiment,
feeling, and interest, with but one cause and one
country Beneath its folds they clustered as a
band of brothers and freemen, their hearts beat
ing in unison and full of thanks to that benihcent
Being who had so bounteously blessed them All
was peace and sunshine and nnbounded happiness
But, ah how changed the scene, how different
the aspect Clouds have risen in our political FIR
mament, storms have swept over the fair face OF
our country; faction and treason have raised their
haggard forms within mdsti the hearts that
once throbbed in unison are now estranged and
the lips that overfowed with thanks and praises
are full of gall and bitterness. To counteract
these evil influences of the modern reformation,
and for the restoration and preservation, if not of
mutual kind feeling and regard, at least peace and
tranquility, many ways and means have been con
trived and remedies recommended. Political
quGcks, DESTROYS OF entwinlng wreath of immor-
talty around their brows, or emulous of the fame
and name of Clay, have freely prescribed their
nOStrunaS for the restoration and future health OF
the body polite. "A double dose of anton, wash
ed down by large draught of Submission, is adj
vised by one Another strongly urges the neces-
sIty of omPutotion or secession. But mixture OF
union and submission, acting upon the political
system like qunine upon the physical, heightens
the .terer and augmentS the delirium especially if
given in large doses whilst ontputotion is invaria-
! bly, attended with much pain and misery, and eff
fusion of blood. In critical cases the system is
thrown into state of nervous insensiby by the
the application of chloroform This affords but
a temporary relief. It's effects crasing, the pain
is felt much NOR, keenly and acutely. PoSs bly,
a peaceful separation could be effected and its
baneful consequences, for short period, unseen
and unfelt. But soon, two rival powers sprngny
up, subject to all those petty animosies and jeal-
ousles with which the history of other nations, un.
der similar circumstances replete, the separa-
ton would be much more keenly felt and bitterly
lamented. A Cuban pill is the only enectual
remedy-the last resort. After the golden band
that bound people into unity of sentiment and
feeling has been severed in twain, and all sense OF
honor and justice is lost upon one side, and love
and respect upon the other after the seeds of dis
union and contention have been sown and taken
firm root; after every tie is burst asunder except
constitutional one-a rotten bond name, a phan
om-the last appeal is to the fear of the s;ron-
H., eofo
sent stern and determined front, and lie imme-
dately relaxes the rens and grants whatever con
cessicns are asked. The expressions of a naughty
prince gave birth to the necessity of, and the de-
termination of an enraged nobility and yeomanrv
wrung from an unwilling tyrant the Magma Charta
the Great Charter--lhe ground work of ouI
and all liberty.
The idea of the annexation of Cuba for the
preservation and future prosperity Of our country
Is not wild and chimencal one, nor is it the re-
suit OF cruSadlng propagandist spirit. Com
handing as it does the mouth of the Gul of Mex
leo, and being the key to the rich valley of the
Mississippi, 1t will be an effectual and powerful
weapon IN the hands of the weaker in inflictinn
serious injury upon the stronger, should her en-
croachments continue
i But incorporation into our Union under exist
ing circumstances is objected to, and many and
! plausible reasons assigned as the basis of these
objections. Being of different national stock,
speaking different language, and in state OF
almost heather ignorance and mental imbecility,
1t is feared they will not harmonze with tie Other
members of the Union Yet these statements are
inconsistent with facts. Louisiana is living eyi
dencc to the contrary. The same objections were
urged against her admission into the Union, vet
the event justified the wisdom CT the course pur.
f sued. 1t is also feared that its admission will re-
vlve those heart-burnings and wranglings tha
shook to the centre our country, and have bees
lately compromised. Every State, whether lately
admitted or not, has the hb>rty guaranteed BY
the constitution, of regulating its internal affairs
establishing institutions and framing whatever
laws are conducive to the welfare and prosperit,
of It's citizens, provided they Go interfere viii
| those OF the general government, or of siSte
/ State. The existing institutions of Cuba are @
> long standing and deeply imbedded They ar,
too closely connected with the interests of its citi
zenS to be torn down and cast away at the within o
caprice of politicians or reformers. And they vii
t exist until time shows the wisdom and necessity @
/ reform, whether she is under the dominion OF SPAN
D or the United States.
Aside from the calls upon our patriotism Their
are other inducements equally strong; other in
i centives equally squirting. The dissemination an
extension of religion. liberty and education, AM
S the cries of suffering humanity. When Greece
4 Poland, and Hungary threw off the yoke tina
ground them in the dust, and raised the banner {
n freedom; when they stood alone in the battle feel
j against the combined powers of despotism Whe
the horrors of hopeless and endless captivit
stared them IN the face, to America they apDeale