Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-03
The southern Opposition In Congress.

We have referred from time to time what we con.
slider be the duty OF the Opposition members OF Con
gress In regard the organization Of the House of Re
representatives. We avail ourselves of the last oppor
tunty shall have 10 aude to this important matter
again. Tonight the proposed conference of the oppo
stion members North and South is to be held il held
at ALL This conference has been called as we under
stand, by the Pennsylvania delegation of the
be Of which elected by the Peoples Party which
we are told-and which are willing to believes
quite different thing from the Republican party proper.
We take occasion just here to say, that committed
in article Of yesterday in stating that the
sittyseven members of Congress- who endorsed Help
ers Infamous publication, members of the Con-
gress, which meets Monday We should have stated
what is the fact of the case that those sxyseven
were all members of the last Congress- of whom
-Giddings, Mateson Chaiee aud few others-are not
members Of the coming Congress But this fact makes
but little difference far the substance of argu-
ment is concentration overwhelming majority of
those sixtyseven cndorers Of Helpers work are
bers, and the whom Southern Opposition mem
bers called upon to confer with and WITH in the
election of officers of the House.
We take the distinct and mphatc ground that no
Southern Opposition member of Congress have any
afaton conference with single one of those Nor
thern MEMBERS who has endorsed or recommended for
SHOuiadou VI sanueTOuS anu III
surrectionary Helper pamphlet. Among the men who
have thus endorsed and recommended this pamphlet
discover members of the Pennsylvania deegaton-mem
bers of the so-caed Peoples Party-and the very men
with whom the proposed conference between Northern
and Southern Oppositionis touching the organization
OF the House. originated Now so far as these members
of the Pennsylvania delegation and Peoples party who
have endorsed the Helper pamphlet concerned with
what proprety decency Southern Opposition mem.
bers confer with them! No matter what they may call
themselves are they not every whit dangerous and
vperous Aboitioniss Greeley or Garrison wendeI
Phips' Are they truculeut iusurrectionists and
traitors totally unworthy both of the political and the
personal association OF Southern men and Just deerv.
ing Of the hangmans halter old John Brown and his
confederates in the Harper's Ferry forays
We repeat that there be cooperation or con.
ference the part of Southern Opposition members
with such Northern members either in respect to the or
ganzatOn of the House or any other matter Whether
they call themselves Peoples Party men, Republicans
or Whgs or Democrats, is thing of no consequence
So long they stand before the country as the adcrs
aud abettors of Instruction they do in consequence
of their endorsement of the Helper publication they
should be Stunned by Southern men, both in their 20.
litcal and personal relations, one would shun the
plague. Instead of receiving any countenance wha,ev
from Southern men, they should be looked upon and
treated as traitors and conspators who, if simple jus
tee were melted out to them would be swinging the
gaows in less than twentyfour hours from the present
moment. Let no Southern member Of Congress there
fore, think or dream Of touching them with forty
foot pole until they cleanse themselves if they can from
the dshonor and infamy which attaches to them.
The Southern Opposition members may preserve their
honor their consistency and the confidence OF their
stitueuts by pursuing the manly and independent
which we have pointed out to them. Let them then
nominate candidate of their own, and adhere to him.
as one man, to the " bitter end"