Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-06-22
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the New York Courier and Enquirer. II Is not
Tor its own part, ike the Tribune and others, in
favsr of blaekening the sky With stora eleud
Of cnraged ink. and reddeping the earth with the
blood of Shareholders. Commissioners, Marshais,
&c. An il asks is, that the South shall com
mance TO agitate for the anti-slavery cause; shall
ostrAcise every Southern aud Northern man who
voted for the Nebraska bill; and shall send to
Washington body of Senators and Representa-
ti,es pledged for the Nilmot Profiso over Kan
sas and Nebraska. II win also accept one oih-
or atoneuent. although il does not expressly
say So We pledge ourselves Il vii accept it,
If the Whole South viii vote for NM. H. SEW
ARD for the next President it shall be forgiven.
In default of one or the other Of these charm
ing forms of osasHde the Courier and Enquirer
threatens as with the dissolution II the Union.-
We observe that some of our most respecta-
bic contemporaries at. the South, are appealing
to the moderate conservative journals f the
North to STAY the fereeness Of the anti slavery
excitement. They are asking impossibility
No such check is in the power Of the conservative
presses Of the North; nor would there be- even
If they we're five times numerous and as strong
as thew actually are. In knocking the compro
misses from under our feet our Southern friends
deprived "a Of all foothold They Anve left us
nothing bnt distractions to stand upon, and no
nun can hope Ia do practical work on these, pa
these driving times. From the start. We begged
the South 10 spare usthe Nebraska bill. Nede-
olared that il could do them no good, and would
do the country great hn1m. Measured them that
il would practically deprive OF the benefit Of tho
Compromise of 1850 aud establish no security
whatever IN its place. We told them that agitation
would come. and turmoil and discord aud fearful
danger Faithfully and fearcssly We declared the
truth, but warnings were in vain. The bill
was forced through Congress by Southern votes.
We could not control the bill itself and Ger
tainly can as little control its consequences. Re
pinings can accomplish nothing neither can COM
plants or piotestatons. Arguments about the
necessity of keeping good faith with the South.
and acting in the spirit of the Compromises of
the Constitution aud the two great Compromises
which have been established by the foremost pat
riots of the country snce-argnmcnts which
once told with such mighty eifeet-these. alas!
have been taken from us.we may almost say, wres-
ted from us. by the very men when, OF a. Others,
they best served In the face Of these fa'ts,
appeal TO Northern men TO do, what in the nature
Of things cannot be done. seems almost Ike
mock@y.
There is however, one satisfactory feature in
this business. The mass ol lie southern people
have no hand IN bringing the present state OF thing
upon the country. They have merely looked pas
siyely on. while their representative were doing
the work OF mischief They have not cared to in
terYene one way or the other. The movement
against the Compromise Of ls20 did not come from
the people, was not forwarded by the people, and
now, when i carried through i not met with
any show If favor by the people The CONNER
ciai Bulletin OF New OTleans,an excellent repre-
sentative Of the calm and wise portion OF the
Southern mind appropriately says:
I'VE are very sure that Louisiana "cares moth
= ii III. Il n
may be trufhfully said of great majority Of the
Southern States. There has not been the slight
est agitation among the masses of the people
The pTepandeTatiIg sentiment has been, and is,
that Of Indifference. Had the bill been defeated
there would have been no excitement no ndigna-
ton. As il has passed there indications
of rejocing-none Capitalization. The people are
tired of demagoguical elamor-tired OF schemiug
politicians, who,to gain their support, would reok
lessly venture upon any project, matter what
consequences might follow in its train. They are
sufficiently intelligent to appreciate the rdiuabie
services OF the unasked self elected champions of
their rights. In due timo Douglass and Compa-
ny will learn this fact TO the full extent of all It's
bearings
The great body of the Southern people are fast
arousing themselves TO the fact that the pence of
the country has been sacrificed in their name, for
no servceabe object whatever and greatly
mistake their character if they do not hold some
of the prime movers in this work 10 a severe reck-
oning. 1t cannot be that they will give their
sanction to men who have thus triiled with their
good faith, and betrayed their best interests.
In view of the just snd truly national spirit
which is manifested by many of our southern
cotemporaries, and by the few anti Nehaska
Southern men in Congress, and in view also of the
dspassionate condition of the popular sentiment
inthe South, we are yet not without hope that
something may be done towards undong the
grievous blunder and wrong which has recently
been perpetrated. 1t is certain that if there is 10
be sautary and etiectual action of this kind. the
South must contribute to it in large degree (:
otherwise it will become a merely sectional plan
of operations. and make the breach between the
two parts of the country wider thnn ever. Ii ev-
er there demand for comprehensive patti
otism, sober reflection and sagaeous forecast on
the part of tho South, and on the part of the
whole country, il is now.
We have faith lin the strength of the Union
and do not beginto despair of il yet but unless
concerted action be taken by the Union-lo loving
and falth-preserying men all over the country. to
aysrt such calamity, the Union, il is win to
deny, will not long hence have 10 undergo trals
such as it has never yet had to experience. There
are thousands, there in fact hundreds of
thousands of goters here at the North who are
net only willing bat anxious TO experiment upon
it-who would apply the very erperimeatHm
crucis to il ifthey could. Shall they have the
opportunity Onr Southern contemporaries can
answer this question with thousand fold more
effect than We.
We have no knowledge of any appeal by
Southern journals to the presses of the North
1t is certain that none has been made to the
Courier and Enquirer. If we are not mistaken
in the present tone of Southern feeling, the day
for appeals has passed. With patience and