Weekly conservative. (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1854-1860, 1855-06-09
PROPRIETORS
[ NO.. 20.


me ictter OF lion. a. u Stephens. of Georgia
says 'le Montgomery Mail. we are CHAD Ia ,lirL
WhateVrr be Its Intrinsic merits is nroor ma,
I i've ana uilabsWerable of what we have Ian,
hoped and believed, that "the tombor ,bo r.,,,h
lets has closed over the corpscs Of tbr tu, Iii
parties. IN the upheaving which is stirri,,, tt1
mind Of the nation to its very dentbs an nr W.
leavlng, as We believe, presuging a storm, r.,
surely as does the ground swell Of tho mir,h,y
ocean, ere it raises in the majesty of ts NIlin,.
terror Old landmarks are sweeping away TIl>
frozen, congcaled masses Of party have broIn,,
UP, ana the fragments are chshiDg loudIv tn
sather ike the ice foes, which the approach nf
summer sets Tree from the rigid hold Of the Win
Ter hlhg embrace. In this jarring Nsr of el,
iheiits, Wnat are we to do? Are we ia set ia
WorK WIN useless Labor, to dig from thc strata
III "l.leh tliey lie buried fathoms decp the fossil
reilai"s oi questions now lifelcss as the Masto
don! Are we TO ignore the rushing onward nf
the mighty present and with wistful ewes. strive
70 10 struggle hack towards the past, left far h..
hind! 1t cannot be, the doom of the old n,,t;o.
ls written By heScusli, al Ieast hoth nati,.
2res.uig,
oeen found wanting. Their mighty 6ee6e ,tn
OF the past, their active greatnes is but tr,d.
.loh' Dlg up their bones, string them toratber
y platform as you will, or still better by homes
Vi once, ,hey are but crazy skeletons at best.
,"'.ilig 'ieir ieShless limbs, and chattcring
uicr rSllhhlhg teeth in every trling brcezeready
W ''n hoPeiessiy to pieces Are these relics
oySohe day,unablc to move lest they break
mo atoms, the active and ciiccu, AGENTS IN
whose care the destnies of mighty ngiim ,rr
to be trusted! For shume fake tbn sightlcs.
scare crows to decent graves. 1t is not .ee,uly
TO keep them exposed to The iccrs of the multi
tude. Not by the old parties, are to be met tho
ISSUES winch we IRE about TO meet. Not hv
theh Is the South to find its ouiworks manned
III tne assault upon its honurs and its rights. to
summon Which already the trumpet of seditionis
heard sounding in the North.
GREAT questions are being made--uuestion,
evolved by the natural course of our national
growth These are to be the standards under
Which men must range themselves. These
questions, full of vtality--possessing intense
hnporlahce--upon them We must take up each
man MS position, according to the light he has
within him.
Shadng all otiier of those issues into dwarred
ana pale lnsghiiicance. is the question Of our
du'v TO the South. 1t connut much longer be
a'oi'eu. IL comes upon US nov. as of wore put
py the trembling lips Of few frantic fanatics.
pu' porne upon the swelling shouts of y mighty
Sectlon. We cannot skulk ii if we would, and
uu ~ 'A''. We WOULD so ulsh0nor our noble
oouth; even five could. This, then is the
party division on which we must soon take sides
Tor the South or against it. For ourselves. We
recognize 1t as the one great test of fraternity.
lie who is with lis here, is our brother: he who
Is against us, we would have no other than our
loe' Our position is taken, and premature
lhough some OF our friends may deem its un-
nouiiccihent we are content to leave its vim
dlctlon to the coming of The time, now We fore
see not lar removed, when the cloud shall burst,
once no bigger than man hand, but now lnrre
enough and black enough to cast darkness md
dread over the whole of our land.