The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-02-16
Our Debut.

agent IN conducting a newspaper, WIN
the prospcctin political affairs before US,
we can but feel some misgiyings as to
the result Of our undertaking. We an,
ticpate no little commotion in the politj.
cal elements with which we have to con.
tend, and feel some secret dread " in
approaching this new "varicty Of I'M.
tried being through which we must pass
This is the first time that we ever aspired
10 that HIGH seat, the tripod, to advocate
what we conceive to be the true policy Of
our common country, or taken up that
mighty instrument Of little men" to de.
fend the cause Of American liberty and
native independence,
Though q" clouds and darkness" rest
upon the future, we are among those in
opinion who believe in the old Revolu.
iIonary motto, Q@itranStalH Sustinet-
We believe that that wisdom which has
so far conducted US through the ordeal OF
fanatcism and folly, will still sustain US.
The great problem Of self.government
has been solved in the success of our
Republic, and as wisdom is never suici,
dial, we still trust to her ia 'thful guidance,
The disafected, ambitious and disap.
pointed, proPhcsy that our country will
follow the example Of the Mistress Of
the Old World, but it will generally be
found that the oracle which they consult
is their own heart, which is somewhere
said to be "dcceitful above all things and
desperately mistaken" There is no sim.
ilarity in the circumstances Of the two
countries. Although there be many wor.
shippers Of Odiz north of Mason & Dix
on's line, yet we all know that Yankees
are too much governed by their interests
{ a characteristic trait among them J to
allow their envy or jealousy to overco ONE
them. Their ruling passion will asset
its prerogativc in their councils, as a
rock Of Caucasus to which they are
bound, while envy and jealousy are the
vultures that rend their immortal jecurs.
Whatever animosities may jar our Con-
federacy, we can still calculate upon the
union and stability Of our Government,
forif it is not bound together by thu vir.
tue and intelligence Of our citizens, at
least it may be aided by self,interest, a
principle long ago settled by metaphy 81.
clans to be the main spring Of human
action The South and West are the
great exporting outlets of this country,
and while they remain the producing sec.
tons must continue to be the real sources
Of national wealth. as we'll as the most
Independent portions of the coniederacy,
The three most important cities in the
North find in the South and West the
chief market for the sale of their imports
and manufactures, and here we find the
Gordian tie Of union, not to be lOOscd
by faction or political intrigue.
Our thoughts we must confess are
turned on peace and if rupture comes
let the South stand fast upon the Con.
stituton and be able to say with patriot
Of antiquity, eff Rome must fall we
are innocent" We will not now spec.
uate upon our position should that sa-
cred instrument, the Constitution, be
violated and disrcgaried by the foes of
union. All beyond is to us an uneX.
plored region, where patriotism never
wandcrs--an unpeop!el domain, ten
antlcss desolation, but within its limits
we feel safe to stray, and the institutions
built upon it we will defend as the ap.
purtenances Of our homestead, and rights
Of our native soil-compromising moth
ing guaranteed to us by its provisions.
Our public domain is now open to all
persons, untrammeIlcd and unpcrplexed
with provisoes and compromises, and it
is our duty to keep it SO. The Missouri
Compromise was made it seems before
the questions in regard to slavery had
been fully examined in their Constitu,
tional bearings, but the labor Of quar-
ter Of century has resulted in definite,
iy settling those old cOntroyerses-has
shown the errors Of those odious provi-
soes resulting in their final repeal, and
we say so let it remain. 1t now becomes
the friends of the Constitution to be firm
to all attempts 10 disturb them, and thus
ignore all future ogitatons Of those set.
tied principles in our National Legisla.
ture Rut sill vhiIe tho halls oc LEXIS.