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SATURDAY. MORNING.. APRIL a, lsoo
Recent scsnes n Congress. The NsrtA he
Rattle 0se0nA. &
The disgrace1al sseaes u ~ House Of Rap
ressntAttvsA growing eat Of she tUta0ons
low.6rvd ssd sratafmsgoasso Of LovnJoY, Of
Illinois, have sel31leoa oe0ueas 1ton many
Northsra Journals that ere just and national.
This 10 gratifying. Ifsueh wanton and gross.
ly outrasseas language. snch aaprovoksd and
sweepine vitupssation Of Tie Southera peopa~
a. that Mas iadalgedoa ~ door Of The Rsp.
resentAtivs Hall Of The nation, were 70 pass
without repvshsnsiou IN the North, Il would
indeed b bad sign; aad ws might well infer
that the public ssntiaeat that could not be
reused TO Indignant reproval OF such demon
stratoa Oust regard Il With . calm CON.
piacency nearly allisd TO appreciation.
We have frequsntiy expressed the opinion
that AFTER al. the North would have to b the
battle ground for the settlement OF the great
questions Of the day,-Whsthsr the South.
ern people are to b protected In their rights
under the Consultation, and whether they arc
to Be- left In the peAceable enjoyment OF thsir
proporty and pureuits Ut homo. In other
words. whether the Union shall b preserved
or not. II the South II not TO b protected In
the Union, Of course the UniOn cannot last
THE II the issue which must b fairly made
and settled ct the North. It 10 there that the
erroneous views of our institutions and the
obligations of the Constitution are enter.
tanned, and there must the effort be made to
correct them or to render them harmless by
depriving the bad aud the fanatical men who
entertain them Of the power TO enforce them.
Discussion here can have no influence upon
those misleading and misled people,
The South, therefore, might well assume a
digniaed silence At home, and leave the dis
cussion and the decision Of the momentous
question TO the North. She has vindicated
herself amply and honOrably on all proper
occasions, and her cause has been boldly and
1riumphantly defended BY her sons. II Whist
she has said cannot influence the minds of
our Northern brethren, then nothing that she
can say will. The question is witt the North,
let 1t Be settled there.
We cannot believe that the people of that
section Of the Union are blind to the inevita-
BILE conseq uence Of the standardization of the
political power Of this Conference.-The utter
disruption Of the Union Of States. WASH
INGToN predicted this dreadful effect Of such
a cause, and the wiseft and best men of our
country have cOncurtOd in his opinion. The
South will never submit to provincializa-
tion-to the monopoly OF all power in the
hands Of the North--and to be ruled by North
ern C.EsARs, Gas the Eramixer pertinently
styles them.)
AS the people Of the North must be satisfied
Of this. and as they alone have the power to
prevent q cause Of such fatal consequence,
we must interpret their wishes and intentions
from their acts. II they desire the preserva-
ton of the Union, according to the Constitu-
tiOn, they must resist and crush the sectional
party now SO powerful there, whose chief
claim to public support is its hostility to the
rights and institutions Of the South. If they
do not arise in their might and defeat it, but
allow it to be permanently installed in power,
then they will shew that they have not the in.
clinatf0n or the power to save the Union. In
the last extremity the South can protect itself,
and has not As much to lose by the dismem-
berment of the Confsderacy the NORTH
The North alone can prevent the last resort
and to the North let US refer the question:
There must be the battle ground-there the
figh: that is to decide the fate of this country.
1t would be unjust to the North to conclude
this article without expressing the grati0ca-
ton We have felt at the many proofs that have
been afforded Of determination among q
large portion of our Northern fellow-citizens,
to meet the Iarty that is warning against the
South and the Union, and, if possible, defeat
it. Among them are some Of the most gallant
and patriotic men in the Union, as we'll as
some Of the ablest and most clog uent debaters.
They will fight the great battle ON the great
issue like men ana patriots. With a cause SO
just and spirit SO brave Is theirs, they can
hardly fail TO triumph. We believe they will
triumph. But. triumph or not. the battle Is
with them. The South can do NO more, save
to take care Of herself in the worst event,
which she Is perfectly able to do.
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