The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-03-29


humtlcst clerk-tho representatives 10
Idreisn Governments, the Craftsmanship
of nlt me important committees In both
uo,nos Of Congress. are 70 b. flled by
paloul. good. Abolili0nisis, and the fellow
who has shouted loudest for Abolition.
and been mort voiablo ln bis abuse Of /
atho slave.driversf 81 She South. stands
she best ehance. a must DO truly /
grateful b tho citizens Of slave States
% have Che dignity and sovereignty Of the .
Government 10 which they belong, repre- I
senlsd abroad by such fellows ~ Judd. |
Linooln's bottle holder, CorWin, Casius.
~. Clay. Ansome nnriinghme, and others
Of The like sort. while In the committees J
Of the Senate. such Statesmen a. Hunter,
Mason. Greene. Toombs, Davis, Brown
and others We could monitor. are succeed
ed a. Chairmcn. but such cattle as sumner,
Wade. Wilson, q u ouas gnt1. How our
border State friends can consent 10 exist
as tho tail end Of a Government thus con-
lrolled and animated. We do not Sea-
Government conducted upon the single
principle Of hostility 20 their righis and
insiitulions-in which they are virtually.
dlsiranohisod, and a profession Of hostility
10 slavery i an essential passport 10 pro
iermcnt Yet strange ~ u may be, their
action, 20 Gar. would seem 10 indicate
decision 10 remain In connection with
their preaeat Abolition masters. II they
DO 70. they deserve no sympathy for any
amount Of degradation 10 which they may
be subjected. But we need not say that
their decision gives unalloyed pain 10 a
great majority Of the people Of the Gulf
states Not that the latter have the
slightest distrust Of their inability TO hold,
alone and unaasisiod, tho position they
have taken. Il IL not thaiwe need physi-
cal strength. or that We desire the coun-
tenanoe OF others Tor a movement which
We know 70 30 right. though all the world
should say Otherwise. Il Is ior none Of
these reasons that We plead Tor a united
South. But L Il because We wished to
avoid Che cslamitios Of civil war. because
We believed the cause Of one slave State
was tho cause Of all Of them, and because
wo we're reluctant 10 Be separate and dis
dnoi rom those to whom wo are bound
y - many lies. social. political. and com
morciai.
II iho border slave States could dis.
abuse themselves Of the idea--a totally
decisive ono-that By ruruaining in tho
Onion they win Be n . politi0n te-uietii'
ale bslwocn the Moth and sodth IN such
- 49,. ~ hrina l,ck Ia latter y the
al-Al-E, ~ - y Erc.s
4 psint ained with than. We have before
said, and every day strengthens she aaser.
zion, that rccousiruciion Of the Union
e The present time, and 10 the present
temper Of both the Northern and the
southern people, is matter Of almost
absolute impossibility. n the authoriia.
tive declarations 70 this effect, first. BY the
President Of ths Southern Congress. and
NEXT by President Davis himself IN biz
inaugural Address. are not sufficient,
the proof may - found in the fact that
noe e solitary Journal In The Gulf States,
20 far a. We have seen. nor q single speak.
or. has ever aliuded 70 a reconstruciion Of
ths old Union In any other terms than
those Of decisled condemnation and 70
pugnanoe.
what. thon. tho Border Slave States
propose 70 themselves BY remaining AZ ths
a. end a the old Union We are unable
10 see. We have no distFust Of their
dogotion 20 Southern rights and southern
houor. We believe they feel a. koenly q.
any others tho irnominy Of polihcal and
sotiaiodmpanionship with the myrmidom,
q Abolition. Il must Be hops that The
ili spirli Of fnaiicism win Be sooner -oI
later put down. that causes them 70 ad-
here % Do rotten wreck Of the old ship
q ths union. II +. We think, they hops
againsi hope. II Is the indulgence Of {
dream more unsnbsiantiai than The base
less aorio Of q vision. II Is delay which
win only give Aboliiioniam a longer time
70 wsayeiis ioils around the Border States
uuti they Ne PROSTATE and helpless At Ia
foot.
10 was vita dimculty she south, wher
al the States wors represcnsod in The
Fedsral Congress. could prevent she
passage Of The obnoxious measures o.
Black Rspublcan legislation. Now thai
ouo-hali Of che Southern Representative
are permanently Withdrawn, and he dis
proportion between tho two sections 4
about 70 be made siili greater under n,
new apportionhaent Of representation, th,
Border Slave States viii BE- powerloaa IA
The Congress q the Union. and unable I,
resist the most oppressive and unius
legislation that Black Republican ingonu
iiy aud seldshncss may suggest. Tn,
most onerous burdens In The shape o
iarilIi. bountics. monopolies aud elias
legislation viii Be imposed upon thei
shoulders. aud Northern cupidiiy vii
make up from lho Border States what ]
be- lost b ths-siihdrawal Of the 0ul
fI5zics. Il must result, sooner or later, II
tho sflfpg0icctlvo measure which we hayl
adopted--lho withdrawal from Union o
iniolerabic wrong and oppression. Why
then. these Siales should hesitate abou
4 stop that they VIII be compelled 70 TAX
eventually d, We repeat an inexplicabl
circumstances. In matter OF this sort
argument b not needed 70 show that th
quicker the Inevitable step j. taken th
better for themselves and The better 70
rs. Tlmidily and iFresoiuiion are not ID
+ appliances By which he Black Ropubl
, can crest y - BE- lowered n Il be true
a. NE Old classical maxim declared. tba
; We who givrs quickly gives twice. equal
true ~ IL IN thesiraiery Of resistance. tha
, be Who strikes quickly strikes with blo'
, OF rodoublcd iorcc.