Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-13
The Sou, b Determined to Retaliate

From every portion Of Virginia we hear
Of the ripeDng disposition Of the people
to temporize no longer with Northern
aggression but 10 abandon the policy of
Cancellation which has so long proved un-
avaiing, aud resort to decisive mea.u-e..
They believe it folly to cry peace, peace,
when there IL no peace, aud they are re-
solved TO meet assault with assault. and
war with war. Aggression must be re-
sisted. Insult must be resented. II is the
on!y way TO save the Union and, what is
infinitely mcle important than that, il is
the only way to save on: institutions threa-
tened a, home and from abroad.
And this honorable resolution is not con
fined to Virginia. 1t pervades the whole
South. A correspondent in Kentucky,
whose letter W. shall soon puhli,li entire,
saws: cit ,eesas to me that you under
estimate the progress which has been made
al the South Of the sentiment, OF no longer
submission 20 Noithern efcreachmeHt.-
The people of The NORTH, like all free So
cie,es which degenerate into angry, tur-
buient factions. have been noisy in mani.
testing tl.e,r spirit and clamofeus in pro-
INDICATING their dosmas. The people OF
the South have held 10 grand pow.wovs
of conventions, and have no Wilson's, Bur-
Iinnanes, Ciiascs aud GidIingses. Her
people STAY al homo, read aud think, anu
no one belief has half SO rapidly gaiaed
upon their minds, as that, sooner OF later ),
the entertainments Of the North must be
resistc1. Men who, in 1850. would have
thought 1t treason 10 estimate :be value ol
the Union, now freely hazard opinions as
10 tie term Of is existence aud, without
nosy, turbulent propagation CT the sen.
j tin ut, il has made pfes'es' lar iroa. be-
ins dreamed of by The North, aud clap
oil Startling thunder will yet break upon
their astae>he.' ears trom what they how
deem cloudless sky"
The same sentiment has recently been
manifested in mos; imposing form III Mis-
sou:i, and indeed seems stronger in the
States adjaitspg the Northern sssn in OH
e.s We hsse published to-day most
able and patriotic address to the South 81
the committee appointed by the ree.n;
convention of Shareholders OF Missouri
held in Lexington, in that State which
we desire every Southern patriot to read,
together with the resolutions which that
mpolsant Goa, eniion adopted. Bu. there
| vss another resolution, which is net pub
ished Will, the address as II relates 10
s,a..ss policy. which we deem fully as i'm
nortant a, the rest. We publish it here
as the deliberate resolve Of one OF the
largest, most respectable, and most :napen-
t,si conventions that ever assembled III
Southern State:
Resolved, That in view of the acts OF
the legislature OF Massachusetts,, and other
Northern and Western States, practically
nn,iify,nr The Constitution OF the United
States, and the !sws Of Congress relating
TO the rendition Of fugnive elaves, aud in
v,ndication ofsthe Constitution, anu tor the
purpose Of preserving th- iutesriy OF the
American Union, we recommend 10 the
General Assembly of Missouri to pass sneh
retaliatory measures. discriminating againsi
the sale Of the productions 81 maaafac-
lures, or material Of commerce, whether Of
importation by them or of ihe.product,on
Of said States, within this State, SIS they
raay deem proper fox that purpose, and
that such measures shall be made operative
as Iosg as the offensive legislation sbavs.
referred 10 continues on tl.e statute books
Of those S,stes.--Riea. Erqminef.