The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-13
NATIONAL POLITICS IN THE souTH.
a SECTIONAL sr . Union Party The Charleston
mercury DenouMees tine Know N0snlnxs--
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From the Charleston Mercury
THE UNION OF THE SOUTH.
We hold II 20 be impossible for any nstionsl par
y 70 protect the South. This fact has been grow
be m re palpabe At each successive crisis in the
wI npon slsvery In 1885. when the war broke
aniled against abolition. They saw thai it touched
1he vital and most sensitive chord in the South, and
believing toat there was spirit among her people
Which would not tolerate such insolens interference
onep tremoled lest il would prove natal to the UnsoD
Dagger TO the Union, from anti slavery aggression
On the one hand and The resistance Of tho South on
she other formed the key noe OF their arguments
. the theme Of his speeches and the point OF nis
famous resolutions on the subject Of alavery pet.
mons b.las Wright, tae giant leader OF New York,
altered sgaln and apain in tones Of prophetic
sbe constitution and in eloquent tributes of patriot.
love, declared that anti.slsvery, ii unchecked,
would destroy the Union.
Bnt the South took from the mouths Of the con-
s9vasve men Of the North shis potent argument,
whe1, by her submission. she taught them that she
might be iDgulted and trampled upoa with IMMUNITY.
TNe memorable lesson then taught cas- never been
ergGNeD. IL dsheartened snd Destroyed the friends
II South at the North, aud added new vIgor and
'ns0ence 20 her enemies. Wnas has been the coL-
sequence? In each successive struggle from that
Say 10 Snis-ip AZ, upon the W.imot provso; 10 80,
npcn her exclusion from California, and Utah and
New Mexio0--hsr friends at the North have auaied
before abolition, fallen in spirit and numbers, uut
AoE, m the prospect OF aggression fercer than ever
erioie, sne nnds herself without any support a. the
North, wNh her laat hops the democratic party
PROSTATE beneath fanascism. Such are the biGrer
and mortTying fruits OF that miserable policy which
eska peace, peace" when the watch Tord OF the
South should have been, diEuniOn or our rights.
The North does not believe in Southern snce.
y remembers her past loud and angry threats, oil
tpOiUg In words and nothog more Il Gees that
vntis y RAPIDLY sd ing in poser, the South is
eA!rT behind, and i.s arrogance follows the change.
Bot, more than al, !: calculates upon the magic Of
Offices and hc5orssne spolis Of Presi iential eie-
nons-so buy az Southern politicians and Calm aad
cheat The Soutn. Tine game mas succeeded 50 often
before, why .hould IL fail nov? Tons the fear Of
Southern spirit and Of Southern strength no longer
asstnsbs or cheeks The designs OF fAnsticsm, and
psrses can no longer be rallied at the North vita the
view Of pccpitastng the South lest her resistance
shoutd destroy the Unioa.
Ru' il there could arise in the North q party SO
beie 10 70 peril its own strength at home by pledges
lase them. They will be made with,ut faith, aud
violated without cnmpunction. Our experience on
That point 10 ample. On toe tarf--a measure
which bad It's opponents in botu sections OF tue
and again. At each national convention Il rene we'd
ne pledges to the policy of free trade, yet they
sand uLredeered 10 this day. And the very lsss
no,e made upon the subject, Secretary Gutarles
mon OF 46. What hope. then, OF Northern fath
upon questio On far more intense and controlling,
which has banded the whole North togetaer-the
question of slavery? Fanaticisn has fixed the
lssnp Of death upsn any party or man at the North
that dares 10 true to the South. It points TO the
igIOmiDi0us fate of the democratic and whg parties
s. warning, which none can disregard and Ii re.
brsr 60 all to the altar, and makes til sm wear the
cath Of eternal hatred 10 tue South. No pledges,
therefore Of regard to her Institutions csn be Kept
By Northern parties.
parties, for another reason. The North is the
AggIeseor- t1e South the sggressed. The crusade
upon her has been steadily assuming type more
ssd more uncomp,omiaing., The only ts,ms upon
q fyad ia hat fho roth
should scquiesce in being wronged and degraded.
me North will not yield, and the South must, else
no organization can be effected. Time was when
compromises were possible. Bat can there be any
On the Kansas issue Must she not be either ad-
nitsed OF excluded as slave State2 What ca -thly
chance does any party at the North stand wlicn
goes for her admission on that ground And how
can the S-uth ahihste with, or find safety ia, any
party which deserts her on this question? NJ! it
written in the bitter expere aces OF the past thu,
The North feels neither respect nor fear Of the
scuth-that the pledges Of national parties are
cheats and mockeres and that ere can be neither
safety nor honor 10 them for the South.
What, then, must be the course OF the Sou.h?
An true men agree that in union is her only safety.
herself into the arms Of national party? viii
that unite her What surer way of producing divi
mon Did national parties ever d. otherwise than
set Southern men upon each other in the hot scram
DE for office to the neglect OF their own ineres.s
ard section Can they touch or CAL forth thst
deep patriotism in the South which can neither foe
give nor forget their past tYeacheres aud s,orns
their base tricke,ies? Unite the South by ch ain.
ing her to the wheels OF corrupt parties, having
neither the faith nor the power - protect her!
Unite the South, by delivering her up to the North,
with all it's power and determination TO oppress and
crush her Unite the South, by irveigiing her iu.o
associations with men who have no sympathy but
thst OF the sDoier Of the strong towards the weak
no aim bur 70 use and abandon ner The thlag Is
inpessio.e. - -.o...,
article 10 toe Columbia Times, in wnich shs course
Of the Mercury upon kuow nottingham is c,n
demLe0 rs fatal TO toe union OF the South. Now,
what has been its course What have we dous
tus TO hold Up 70 the Sauth aud to Southern Knov
Mornings the Characters and principles of IL III
Northern sNes, and to warn them against their
association! And In so doing, have we prejud1ed
she hopes Of Southern union What Is the South
70 be up',e. by husc,ug up the truth and rushing
Aindy int, the embrsces Of her deajiiest foes Do
Southern kun~ Notangs ak OF Us silence 10 refe.
renee 10 tner Northern allies after the scsoes 10
Philsdelohial We have never accused t1e former
Of sreschery to tine South. We believe that there
sre many hearts among them b.imfu o. devotion
10 ney. Bet they ask what we can never grant,
vheD they expect US 70 De mute upon TIE great
ssnse Of the South, in ordsr thss Koo1 Noshiugism
mag triumph. ICIs "a mice of principle ana duty
which no party csn receive az our hands
But again. rhe position OF afdrs, just bsfors tbs
advent Of the Know Nothing party, was ennsr y
fsvoysbe % the union of the South TDe oil psrsies
we're dismembsrsd. The wings IN the S1ush had
been driven out from the party ranks By tins demon
Of 6DoliuOn. Inc dem 1crats OF the S1utn were 6X
periencng ike fate. A storm Of uoequaliet fury
WAS descending upon us. Througaout the S)uto
ths necessity OF union was becoming ~ imperative
convictioa. Everything pointed 10 aud fav ,red the
epnsunnation. The Know Nothing party arose,
and what was the result? IL restored 10 S,ataesa
wings the hope OF re.estabisn ug their party,
Through its organization, apd revived their fast
dymg 1--we for national idols. Ia yirgials-through
cut the South, the whig journals welcomed It's ad
vent, and espoused its cause. II galvanized the
hopes Of defunct politicians, and brought together
tne hungry horde. But worst OF all, It caught the
Ynpssny OF many true Southern men, whose sup
Pors, while II gave responsibility to the cause
weakened tue South in her teuderest poRt. II ab,
yufes secncnsiiam, and speaks only OF natiouasm
Infsead OF the constitution and our rigats, IL de-
cal good-stigmatizes the staunch men OF the
South, by placing them on the same foot
ing with abolition fanatics. AID as IL to
nay rample out her fe 4. binds the ,nsciencas NJ
eQuthern men by the third dacree n 1880, "a,