Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-21

Acountry gentleman having caught in the fact
metropolitan spark kissing his daughter, re-
marked, "You may be very clever fellow, but
you 'ciH stand great deal Of ,caiehing." The
country gentleman did not object to the atten.
tons Of the city spark, but had his doubts if they
were honorable
Our respectable contemporaries OF the National
inteHigencer have been recently kissing the South,
but we doubt if with honorable intentions On
recent occasion the IHteligeneer declared: ''We
are southern in feeling and principle" A claim
on the part of that journal which, notwithstana-
ing the confidence with which it is put forward
we cannot, consistently with our duty as public
journalists, concede.
Our readers vii remember that sometime since
we took tho Inteiiigencer to task for saying, in
substance, that the abolition fanatcism at the
North was the REFLEX Of the peculiar political
views OF Mr. Calhoun and of that school Of poll
tcans in the South-that is, that the South
originated the excitement on the slavery question,
Of which the fanaticsm at the North is but the
refer. We surely cannot concede TO editors en-
tertaining opinions 50 injurious to the South and
at the same time, 50 much at variance with the
facts, that they 'are southern in feeling and prn-
ciple.
In pursuance of the view peculiar to that Jour
nal, III common with the more excited of the
northern fanatics, that the South is the aggres-
sve party which originated, on the slavery ques-
ton that excitement which has its refer in the
North, the Inieltgsncer of Friday last, under the
caption borne by this article, discourses as fol-
lows
g 1t is refreshing 10 find the influential class of
society in any highly excited section Of the coun-
try turning their attention, even for moment,
from the discussion oiexasperating political topics,
and directing their thoughts and counsels 10 the
tranquzing consideration of the interests of agri-
culture, the most virtuous and ennobng of all the
practical pursuits OF men. They have lately had
an Agricultural Convention in Columbia, South
Carolina and the Report made by the Committee
is SO excellent that transfer it to our columns
confident that we shall crafty our readers of all
professions by laying it before them. If the spirit
of agricultural Improvement can be SO thoroughly
reused in that State OF noble hearts and fiery tenn
pers to draw off some OF her most excitable sons
from their exclusive devotion to the political
topics of the day, to spend their enthusiasm in the
more agreeable and far more profitable occupation
OF farming and planting, and adjoining and i'm
proving their estates, not onl would South Caro-
lima herself become more happy and enriched, but
calmness and quiet would soon take the place Of
the turbulent discussions which agitating
the country. The report seems to have been
received with great unanmty, n Constitution
was adopted, and the Convention adjourned to
meet again in November next. The Society has
our hearty wishes for the success OF its noble aims.
In the midst Of all this alliance, these kisses.
these wishes for the success of the noble aims of
South Carolina, there is the subtitle accusation
that if some of her most excitable sons are drawn
off from their exclusive devotion to the political
topics of the day, their 'calmness and quiet would
soon take the place Of the turbulent discussions
which agitating the cOuntry'-that is,
'South Carolina, the aggressor, who originated
the slavery excitement, has only TO cease her ag-
gressions, and Northern fanaticism, which is the
"refer" of this, will at once die away"
We cannot, we do not concede to the InteIi-
gencer that it is " Southern in feeling and prin-
ciple."
1t fondles and kisses the South But WILL BEAR
A GREAT DEAL OF WATCHING.