The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-01-31
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH.

western portion of Virginia. The Star, which
is conducted with ability and spirit, has been
transferred from Putnam county to Charleston
where it is now published:
THE SOUTHERN CONVENTION HELD
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
We publish in to.day's issue the proceed
ings of the Southern Congress held Mt Savan.
nah. Hark! let the South give ear; let the
people shout; power has arisen that prom
iscs to foster her development, her commerce
her progress; power has arisen that holds
ont the colors and the flag around which her
people may rally to sure and certain triumph,
eliminating cmincncc where the mind the
chiva'ry, the glory and the majesty Of South
ern thoughts and Southern ideas, Southern
morals and Southern honor may cluster and
grow strong, and shed around light and gen
ial rays to penetrate and dspcl the fogs and
the msts that Northern art and Northern
fraud has so long spread like dark pail upon
the material development and moral standard
of the Southern people; power has arisen
upon tower of strength, like beacon of fire
by night to guide and direct the generous
and chvalrous people of the South from the
more than Egyptian bonds the North has riv
cited upon them. Here, in these Southern
Congresses, the mind Of the South has found a
rallying point where her lofty thoughts and
conceptions, her high moral and mental stand
ard, the lofty and high born sentiments Of her
chvalry, may have full sway aud sweep, unbi-
ased and untrnmcllcd by the Yankee canting
and Puritancal hypocrisy that meets and as
sails them in the Congress of the United
States; unbiased by the fear of partisan ne
glect, or the hope of partisan reward. Here,
in these Southern Congresses, the men Of the
South whose education and whose morals,
whose calm thought and great contemplation
of things as they are, made aud loStered on the
farms and at the bar, where all great thoughts
do grow-may assemble and give forth that
wisdom and that greatness of mental and NOR
III conception which the din of party strife and
trickcry of Office seekers has shut ont and bur
led, by driving such men rs these from her
councils and Legislative halls Here, the great
and the good, fresh from the fields of their
contemplation, the closet of their studies, may
come and meet together and hold council for
the safety and the honor, the progress, the
power, the commerce and wealth, the great
ness and the glory Of their country Here,
not the can,ing politician who fears TO speak
great thought lest it may offend 1.-THE petty vii
lagc party managers but the great aud pure
men Of the South, from every nyocation in life,
may come together, give ultprancc to truths
and principles to new policies and new mcauS
of augmcnting the increase Of Southern pro-
ductions aud leave the rest to the people and
to that God who gives u spirit TO men and
inspires them with understanding. But one
great and all potent reason why the South
should give ear and the people hail these
Southern Congresses, is, that party divisions
are not represented and cannot be heard in
them Democrats, Wings and Americans, all
meet in these conventions, and here no voice
is given to that party strif, TINT has heretofore
divided the councils Of the South and victim
lied her to the rapncty and misconceptions fraud
of the North. Then we say, "Hafk! let the
South give ear: let the people shont' that u
Southern Congress has arisen which promises
to hush the fierce partisan strife OF her people
and unite them into one great unity for their
mutual projections against the fraud aud nhl-
name purposes of the misguided and fanatic
of the Northern people. We regard the Son,h-
ern Congress us cloud by day, pillar Of
fire by night to lead the people of the South,
the people Of all parties, from the mcshcS
which the Northern spiders are weaving, spin
ming for them and their children. AS soon as
her people shall unite together forget their
destroying party divisions and elevate to place
and to power those, and those only, who will
stand up for all her rights, all her honor, all
her progress and the annexation of those re-
gions bordering on her territory the future
seats of empire so soon will her productive Ia
bor, her commerce and her empire give to the
South II controlling power in the Union, a
majesty and force to win for her respect
from her friends and terror from her foes
These Southern Congresses are the entering
wedge to affect so great a good. They are
the assemblies Of the people, above party and
above prejudice, And here let us do justice
and give homo. to our high toned chvalrous
and lofty Governor, for appointing delegates
to the Savannah Convention, with immrtiality
and discretion from all parties. The honor of
Virginia and the South is safe in the hands Of
the high,bred, heightened gentleman now Goth
ed with her gubcrnatorial robes, whose great,
Southern heart fills and and animates bosom
worthy of the soul of Virgnias chivalry
The Southern convention is not a legislative
body. 1t is the guardian and watch of the
South 1t is Congress to advise, to recon-