The Feliciana Democrat., 1856-01-19
TILE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Is there man in the south, who has spark
of justice or generosity in his composition that
will not thank President Pierce for his noble
defence of the slave-holding states, against the
charge of having received more than their
just and equal rights, under our constitutional
compact and his emphatic denial to the con-
trary in his recent message to Congress? II
there can be found any that are SO lost to what
is due to themselves, or so ungratefnl Us not
to acknowledge, the merit Of a great public
duty, consccntiously and fcarlessly performed,
in which our equal and just rights are clearly
cxpounded and firmly maintained, they deserve
to be whipped for their folly, and punished for
the omission oil duty! If any have been so
weak.minded as to believe that Franklin
Pierce was ever an abotionist; or SO timid
as to fear him, because he was northern man.
1t is certainly time for them to acknowledge
their error, and make the amende honorable /?
If the rights Of the states ever had q firmer
defender, or the Union of the states more
devoted friend, he has yet to be fonnd What
southern man could, or would do more for
southern rights and interests than heihas done!
National and patriotic in every emotion, he
works for the general good Of the nation and
each particular part His message before us,
is enough Of itself to place his character as a
statesman above the vindctive hate Of nor.
thern abolitionists, or the unmerited ccnsurc,
of southern know nothings. Why should the
south demand southern man for President,
when we have such noble men at the north as
Franklin Pierce, to do us justice. We want
no candidate selected from sectional considera-
tions. We want national man, true to the
constitution true to the rights of the states,
and the Union of the states, and who holds
one section of our country as dear rs another
We want statesman Of tried ability, man
Of answering purpose, whose life has been de-
voted to the promotion Of the great national
principles Of the democratic party, and whose
past political life is an earnest of what his fu-
ture will DO. Such a man we already have, in
the person Of President Pierce. There are
many more such at the north, and certainly
among them we can choose candidate who
will not only be triumphantly elected, but will
discharge the high trust, for the greatest good
of all, and in whose hands the interests of the
south may be securely rested This is not a
time for the south to raise a sectional issue. on
any question, much less on that of the Presi.
dency. Black rcpublicansm, alias abolition.
ism, must be put down at the north, and it can
only be done by the northern democracy Let
us then give our northern brethren all the NOR
al power, and influence of n northern man for
President. Justice to ourselves, and sound
policy require this at our hands. We ask fol
no better president than Franklin PIERCE
His last message is abundant proof in tselI
of his soundness, and eminent qualifications
for the station. Let every one read his mes
sage. and then judge without prejudice.
We invite the attention of our readers, to
the following extracts, which administer well
deserved rcbukc to their northern agitators
who are ncglecting their own social evils, to
meddle with those over which they have nc
control
1t has been matter of painful regret to
see States, conspicuous for their services in
founding this Republic, and equally sharing
its advantages, disregard their constitution
al obligations to it. Although conscious
of their inability to heal admitted and pal
pable and social evils of their own, and
which are completely within their jurisdic-
ton, they engage in the offensive and hope
less undertaking of reforming the domestic
institutions Of other states wholly beyond
their control and authority. In the vain
pursuit Of ends by them entirely unattain.
able, and which they may not legally at.
tempt to compass, they peril the very exs
tencc Of the Constitution, and of all the
countless benefits which it has conferred.
While the people Of the southern states
confine their attention to their own affairs
not presuming officiously to intermeddle
with the social institutions of the northern
states, too many of the inhabitants of the
latter are permanently organized in assoc
ations to inaict injury on the former by
wrongful acts, which would be cause o.