Squatter sovereign., 1856-02-19
ConSress.-TAe South.

ment upon the state OF ii inRs at Washing
ton. But though silent, We have not been
Indifferent to the struggle which, for more
/ than seven weeks, has been going on be-
tween the Constitution and the South on
the one hand, and Abolition on the other.
II IS not the language of extravaganza to
/ say, that at the present moment, the .cCun-
try is in state of anarchy. There is no
| organized Government; and at the end Of
seven weeks, we seem TO be as far from II
as ever. Undated in violence, and un-
| yieldlng in spirit, fanaticism still demands
the Submission of the South, though dis
/ union and civil war stare it ia the face
A paralyzed Government-scenes of tur-
/ bulent rowdyism upon the floor of Con-
gress-the delight of rival nations at. our
condition. whole country disgusted all
fail to move it one jot from Its settled pur-
pose-the destruction of the South through
Congressional Legislation. And yet, with
a fatuity truly astounding, the people OF
the South, they whose homes and honor
are at stake, look calmly on-their Rep
resentatives at Washington, all the while.
believing that they are doing their whole
duty, by ballo,ing for this or that candidate
for the Speakership. We have neyerb been
of those who could see any good to be
gained by postponing the struggle which
every redecting man believes to be inevit-
able between the North and the South
Our motto is that of Patrick Henry: "Let
1t come" Delay brings no strength to US,
but renders only the more hopeless the
prospect of peaceable solution. Had the
South twenty years ago, when Abolition
nrst invaded Congress; had she even later,
when the Willnot Proyiso was applied to
Oregon; nay, in the still later case oi CAL
ifornia, made the direct issue with the
North, peace and security would now reign
where all is doubt and peril. Our friends
at the North felt and recognized its force
when they declared that the submission of
the South had destroyed them in their own
section. 1t deprived them of their best ar
| gument-the Union. Their appeals TO
Northern interests to stay the hand of ag-
! gresslon, fell stlli-born upon the ears OF a
| people wLo saw that they could aggress
with irnpunity. Their zeal in defence of
our rights bordered on the absurd. wien
we, the injured, seemed to have '.no stom-
ach for the Eght."
Again the issue is upon US; and with
all the past in fresh recollection. A boition
laughs to scorn our determinations. It
believes that it can elect Banks; that he
can appoint committees to do Its budding !;
that Reeder may be received as the Dele
! gate from Kansas; that Kansas itself may
be rejected as Slave State, and Its doc
trine OF "no more Slave States" established
as the policy of the Government, and the
Union still live In the shame and sutmiS-
sion OF the South. What have we done
what are we doing-to dispel such a con.
victions The issue at Washington is not
the Tariff, or Bank, or any such question
of party policy. 1t is the destiny and exls-
tence of the South. And upon this cues
ton the North tells us, In tones deep with
insult, and with significance certified by
past aggressions that there shall be no
Government, and if needs be, no Union,
except the South consent to her destruction.
Ihle IS the condition dema nded as the price
fine organization of the House. Where
IS the South, when such proposition can
be made and canvassed for seven weeks
What! No Government but that of A bol-
ucnists7 no Legislation but that which
crushes our rights. and brands us with dis.
honor no Union but with sworn foes q
and this proposition is to be talked over
and voted on by Southern men, day after
day! Can insult be greater on the one
hand, or tameness more submissive on the
other!
Mr. Faulkner, of Virginia, few days
since, sickened doubtless by the scenes in
the House. and hopeless of any good to the
South, moved that the members resign and
j go nome to their constituents. The mo-
ton was defeated by majority of 26. In
our opinion, it was very sensible PROPOSE
ton, and deserved the support of Southern
members. What good, real permanent
4 good to the South, can they do by remain
ing at Washington, balloting upon the
question as TO whether the South will, con-
sent to be trampled on and dishonored q
Let them do something. 1t is better that
their people should know the truth, what.
ever it is, and be prepared for the conss-
quences. Nothing can be worse than the
present state of things. And if Abolition
will tolerate no Government but one OF
wrong and ruin to them, let them come
: home. Washington is not then the place
, for Southern statesman. or a Southern
patrIot.-Charieston .nsrcurg.
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THE INDIANs AND FREzsoILERs.-A
Lawrence Free Soil correspondents of the
New York Times speaks compIacently OF
an offer of aid to the freesoilers from some
of the Indians of that neighborhood. II
there is any truth In this reported Indian
alliance, we have no doubt that it was So
licited onthe part of the freesoilers, who
, felt their own inability to cope with the
Shareholders, and In the same ferocious spirit
which acuated the British government III
the Revolution. were ready 10 arouse sava-
ges against white men. The .'border ruff
: fans" have probably as little fear of ,he
one set of barbarians as the other. Il is
an unnatural alliance, however, that of alb
t olitionists and Indians, and degrading to
the red men, who have generally no objec-
tons to slaveholding. and are not deficient
IN manhood and generous qualities. En
81 The editor Of the Boston Liberia.