, 1867-03-08
splrIt of the southern Prns..

Iuc ChrtsndH Companion, OF Jefferson, Texas
tersely announces its creed as belief "in the Bi
BILE as it is. and the Constitution as it was" an
opposition to the "radicals and the DEVIL" an
thus exhOrts its readers:
"Who is so base coward that he will no
again uusheath bis sword in defence of constitu
tional liberty Shall the fanatical radicals usur
| the last vestige Of the glorious Constitution be
| queathed to our fathers? Veteran soldiers, t
the 'front.' March to your tents, o Israeli Immi
nent danger surrounds US. ORGANIZED Organ
izer'
The Richmond Times gives expression to
disturbing apprehension" in the minds of many
that the good old Virginia stock will run out il
about generation, "overwhelmed, confouuded
and demoralzed by an invasion of washing ma,
chimes, cooking stoves, Goldfish cold meats, pick.
led pork, poor cheese, and Yankee notions gen
erOllyi' but encourages itself with the hope
that "the blood Of true Yirginians" will not de-
teriorate so easily, and says:
"If IfNorthern immigration sets strongly to our
State, it will be seen that the foreign element
will change sooner than we will. The habits,
customs, genius, and virtues of our people, have
been planted by God; aud, by the help of God,
we will keep them. A thousand years of war
may roll over us; earthquakes may shake down
cur mountains, and swallow up our dry land:
Hoods may dash their waves over the place of
our abode; but, as long as there floats true son
of the Old Dominion upon plank of the wreck,
he will be Yirginian still"
The Columbia South Cdrolinian decams in this
fashion:
"Lookiug to Washington, one would imagine
that hell had been transferred to that point, and
hat had dali To 70 c,r
pandemonium Let all the Union-oving patri>
otto, God fearing men, North and South, wait,
watch and stand firm! We shall yet crush the
strong headed faction of rump treason, and mete
out bloody justice upon its advocates. Re
men, and bide your time; sleep upon your
arms, ready to strike gloriousy for liberty and
your country! Live the republic; perish all, its
enemies! "
There is something droll in the comment Of
the Richmond Times on the burning of the-Yan-
kee iron clad, the new Ironsides. Itremarks,-
"The Southern people will be able to bear
this disaster the more phiosophically, when
they reflect the fact that the ron~clad in ques-
tion was a prominent actor in the events of the
war on the Southern coast To us the most pa.
thetic, touching line in the account, is the last,
-'and she cSst over 81 200, ,OOOp Southern
pockets will be taxed to make this good"
At Marion Station. Miss, is publisheda paper
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thus Published Immediately under its editorial
head:
"Tbe Constitutional Amendment, uuconstitu-
tional, and must be rejected.
"Universal amnesty would attach, by implica>
ton, treason to our cause.
'UniverSal suffrage, upon any basis, would be
a swindle upon the SOuth, and disgrace to the
Government.
'No compromise respected unless submitted
by a constitutional mai Jrity of The people.
"Civil war preferable to national dshonor."
The Wilmington Dis2aieh, of December 18th,
says in a three column leader:
"The people of the South are united, as one
man, in their opposition to the threatening pol,
icy of Congress. They have felt the Influence Of
that lfe>giving power-treedom They eanuot
be made slaves through ignorance: they cannot
be held in subjection to tyranny. In the right
time if the President of the United States stands
firm in his purpose to protect the Constitution,
the check to this march Of despotism and fanati>
cism will be given by these forces combined.
They will drive the usurpers from their seats of
power. They will restore the Constitution of
our country. They will preserve free institu-
tions to America. There can be no reasonable
doubt Of the result. Already the Southern peo-
pie have given evidence of their capacity as SOL
diers. With the North united against them;
many of their own people against them; no or
ganized government to commence with; no army,
no navy, no resources, nothing to coalesce them
but a principle and on that thousands refusing
to stand they kept up an uneven contest for
independence for four years, with a valor unex-
ampled, fortitude unparalleled, and determl-
nation unexcelled. In this approaching conflict,
for conflict there will be if Congress attempts to
destroy the States, they will have nearly half of
the North as allies, and will be themselves uni
ted. There will be no room for compromise
after the first blow. There can be no divisions
of sentiment on the side of Conservatism and
Freedom and Union. The Conservatives will be
animated by the most powerful considerations
They will 6ght to the knife, and then to the hilt.