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SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.
EDITED AND PCBLUHf D WEEKLY, ET
w- unr so nr.
Union Southern Kigbi« .Heeling.
Savannah, October 24, 1850.
Pursuant to public notice, an adjourned
meeting “of the citizens of Chatham Coun
ty, who, whilst they may be opposed to
the dissolution of the Union, or the se
cession of* the State of Georgia, yet are
in favor of the declaration of Southern
Rights,as contained in the resolutions sub
mitted on Tuesdy night las’," was held
this evening at the Exchange Long Room.
On motion of Cupt. R. W. Pooler, the
meeting was organized by calling Dr
James P. Screven, to the Chair, and ap
pointing Jno. M. Millen, Esq., as Secre
tary pro tem.
The Secretary read the minutes of the
last meetiug. Capt. R. \V. Pooler ad
dressed the meeting, submitting his views
and explaining the course pursued by him
on last Tuesday night, which was received
with perfect approbation.
John M. Millen, Esq., declined being
Secretary, and on motion of Hon. Thomas
Purse, the meeting was further organized
by appointing Edward G. Wilson and
Allen R. Wright, Esqs., as Secretaries.
John M. Mili.en, Esq., arose and read
the following Preamble and Resolutions,
which were received and carried by accla
mation.
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
The people of Georgia, by then consti
tuted authority, having determined to meet
in convention, and it being the duty of the
people of every county to elect dele
gates thereto, who shall express the opin
ions of their constituents, and advise such
course of proceedings as shall comport
with the highest and best interest of the
State, in viewofxhe dangers which Uneat
en the peace and prosperity of the slave
holding Stales; and it being important
that only such persons shall be elected in
each county, as will express the sentiments
of those by whom they are elected to such
convention, and that the sentimeuls of the
electors be promulgated.
Ist. Be it therefore Resolved, By the
citizens of Chatham County, in primary
meeting assembled, that the Government
of the United States, is one of limited
powers—that by the terms and according
to the spir it of the Constitutional Compact
of Union; no power not expressly, or by
the clearest implication delegated to such
Government, of right belongs or apper
tains to the same, and that in case of a pal
pable and dangerous violation of such
compact, it is the duty and the right of each
sovereign member of the Confederacy to
interpose, for its own protection, some po
sitive act of resistance, or withdrawal from
the Union.
2nd. And he it further Resolved, That
whilst we are opposed to the dissolutijn
of the*Union, or the secession of the State
of Georgia at the present time, yet we re
gard tho proceedings of the late Congress
touching the Slavery and Territorial ques
tions,‘(taking these proceedings iti the ag
gregate) as aggressive and indicative, it
not of a settled purpose, of a readiness on
the part of the North to make further and
more direct aggressions on the equal rights
of the Southern members of this Confed
eracy.
3d. And be it further Resolved, That no
person is entitled to the confidence of the
people of th's county, who would in anv
manner countenance the idea that the Le
gislature or Governor, ought to he censur
ed for calling the Convention about to be
held in Georgia.
4th. Resolved, That the Constitutional
Union bequeathed to us by out forefathers,
must bo preserved at every sacrifice, save
that of our honor, our property and our
liberties.
£th. Resolved, That the principle which
requires the representative to respect the
will of his constituent, lies at the founda
tion of our political institutions.
6th. Resolved, That any candidate, who
refuses to Irear the voice of his constitu
ents, or to proclaim his political opinions
is unworthy of the confidence < f the peo
ple.
7th. Resolved, That the refusal of the
self-styled Union Party, to proclaim their
opinions, is at war with our political insti
tutions, and the effort made by the meet
ing held on Tuesday night last to stifle dis
cussion an<l evade the questions at issue, is
unworthy of the party,and must insure its
destruction.
Solomon Cohen, E-q., upon being loud
ly called fur, advocated the resolutions in
his usual firm and energetic manner.
The following resolution offered by the
Hon; Thomas Purse, seconded by John
Esq;, was read and unanimously
adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting, through
itß Chairman, proceed to the appointment
of a committee of twenty four, to nominate
four persons to be run by the Union South
ern Rights party of Chatham County, as
delegates to the ensuing Convention, who
shall report to an adjourned meeting to be
called by the Chairman of this meeting
ou next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.
Joho Millen, William S. Bassinger,
and John Bilbo, Esqrs., severally ad
drbssed the meeting, advocating the reso
lutions, and submitting, their views amidst
repeated plaudim.-
Col. George P. Harrison, seconded by
Hon. E. J. Harden, offered the following
resolution, which was unanimously adopt
ed.
Ilesolved, That the Chairman appoint
an Executive Committee of twenty-four to
be tepored at the adjourned meeting, to
be held on next Tuesday evening.
Robert H. Griffin, Esq., upon being re.
peatedly called for, addressed the meeting
in his usual felicitous style, advocating the
resolutions and submitting his views upon
the great topics of the day.
On motion the Preambleand Resolutions
read by John M. Millet), Esq., were again
read by the Secretary, and enthusiastically
adopted.
On motion of Col. D’Lyon, seconded
by Dr. Ganalil, the following resolution
was adopted.
Resolved, That this meeting organize
into an Association, to be called the Union
Southern Rights Association of Chatham
County, with its present organization.
Samuel Hoyt and Edward J. Harden,
Esqrs., then addressed the meeting, and
on motion, the thanks of this Association
were tendered to the Chairman and Sec
retaries.
On motion, three cheers were given for
the Hon. John M. Berrien, our Senator,
and for the Hon Joseph W. Jackson, our
Representative in Congress.
The meeting then adjourned until nex t
Tuesday night, at 7 o’clock, after giving
three cheers for the Hon. Thomas Purse,
Senator, and Col. George P. Harrison, a
Representative from Chatham, in the last
Legislature.
JAS. P. SCREVEN, Chairman.
Attest,
Edward G. Wilson, I
A. R. W right, ! Secretaries.
Savannah, Oct. 29, 1850.
Agreeably to public notice, an ad
journed meeting, of the Southern Rights
Association, was held this evening—Dr.
J. P. Screven in the Chair.
Hon. Thoma3 Purse, Chairman of the
Nominating Committee, read the follow
ing
REPORT:
The Committee appointed to nominate
f .ur Deleg ates to represent the county of)
Chatham in the Convention of the People
of Georgia, respectfully report that they
have sleeted the following gentlemen :
Hon. J NO. MeP H E RSON BE R RIE N
Di. JAM ES P. SCR ENE N.
R. T. GIBSON, Esq.
Dr. C. P. RICHARDSONE.
In their selection, the Committee was
unanimous. They thought it was due to
Judge Benien, for his patriotic course in
the last session of the United on the South
ern question, to tender him a nomination,
with the earnest hope that he may be indu
ced to accept. His services would be in
valuable in iheConvention.from his know
ledge of the entire subject in issue. The
other gentlemen named with Judge Berri
en, your Committee take pleasure in pre
senting f r your consideration as eminently
qualified to carry out your views and pre
serve untarnished the honor and true in
terests of the peopleofGeorgia. Thename
of Col. Jos. W. Jackson would have been
presented, but it was understood that it
would be mote agreeable with his feelings
to be relieved from serving.
Respectfully submitted by order of the
cnmfTiitt ee.
1 HOMAS PURSE, Chairman Com.
On motion of Capt, R. W. Pooler, the
report wa3 received and tho nomination
enthusiastically adopted.
Dr. C. P. Richardsone and Dr. J. P.
Screven severally addressed the meeting,
accepting the nomination.
On motion of Hon. Thomas Purse, se
conded by J. H. Buckner, Esq. the officers
of the meeting were directed to notify the
Hon. J. M. Berrien, and R. T. Gibson,
Esq’rs of their nomination, and request
their acceptance.
The Chairman reported to the meeting
the names of the Executive Committee,
which was unanimously approved.
W. S. Bassinger,John M. Millen,and R.
H. Griffin, Esq’rs., severally addressed the
meeting.
On motion of John Boston. Esq., the
meeting adjourned, subject to the call of
the Chairman, first giving three threers for
the came and three for the nominees.
JAM ES P.SCREVEN,Chairman.
A. R. Wright, » „
-EdwardG. Wilson, i bec,olaneß
Public Discussion. —On Monday next
the 10th inst., there will be a public dis
cussion in Columbus.
Mr. Toombs and others will represent
the submission side. The Southern Rights
party will be represented by Maj. J. H.
Howard, am} others. The Hon. W. L.
Yancy, of Alabama, is expected to be
present.
Right. — One hundred and seventy
planters of Prince Williams' Parish, S. C.
have pledged themselves to employ no
'coasting vessel owned, commanded 1 or
imanned by any citizen or citizens of any
of Che non slaveholdiucj States.
Correspondence of the Charleston Jfercnr y.
Macon, Oct. 28, ISSO.
What will Georgia dp?
Gentlemen: —You ask wbat will Geor
gia do? She will do every thing that du
ty and honor require of her in this or any
other emergency that may happen to her.
But what is that ? I can, perhaps, answer
that question better by telling what Geor
gia has done, what she is doing, »nd what
in all probability she will do.
She passed at her last Legislature, with
the concurrence of all parties, and with al
most the unanimous vote of both Houses,
a set of resolutions that covered the whole
Southern ground, and no where,or by none,
were the principles and spirit of those re
solutions more ably, zealously and uncom
promisingly sustained than by Messrs.
Toombs and Stephens, in Congress, until
near the close of the last session, while at
home, amongst the people and the presses,
the only strife was, who should be fore
most in the support of the sentiments of
the resolutions.
Oneof the provisionsof these resolutions
you will recollect, was that in the event of
certain contingencies, the Governor of the
State was to call the people together, hi
Convention, to take counsel of each other
and to determine such course of action in
resisting this, the most dead y of all her
wrongs, in the manner that best became
her dignity and her honor.
The admission of California —wi h the
Wilmot Proviso, practically, though co
vertly embraced in it, having been passed
into a law by Congress, near the close of
the session, it became the duty of Govern
or Towns to act under the resolution, and
his proclamation was accordingly issued,
calling upon the people to elect, on the2sth
of November, delegates from each county
to meet in Convention, at Millegeville, on
the 10th of December next, and the sub
ject is now fairly before the people.
Anticipating the action of the Governor,
first appeared Mr. Stephens and Mr.
Toombs, in Georgia, although Congress
was still in session, and without any pre
vious notice or intimation, they were found
to the great regret and mortification of
their fi iends and the unmingled surprise of
every one, repudiating the whole scope
and tendency of these resolutions, and
broadly advocating the provisions of the
Compromise Bill, and the submission of
the people of Georgia to the monstrous
outrage perpetrated upon the rights and
institutions of the South by its enactments.
T Lis open and unblushing treacheiy to
the South, for it can be designated by no
other name, on the part of gentlemen who.
until this time, had been the recognised
champions of the rights and institutions of
the South, produced a universal burst of
reprobation amongst all the true friends of
the South in Georgia, and excitement ne
cessarily produced by the disclosure of
treason amongst themselves, the more ar
dent and devoted of the Southern Rights
party, felt that the time for bold and deci
sive action had been percipitated upon
Georgia ; and, as the alternative of resis
tence or submission must inevitably be
soon forced upon her, they openly pro
claimed their desire to make the issue and
meet it at once, rather than submit to fur
ther aggression and wrong.
It is one of the oronious features of the
t.mes that a class of men who have not be
fore appeared in the public arena, but who
ate eminently fitted to direct and control
events in times of peril, are being brought
into action by the pressure of the times;
and, when the contest does come, as it will
come, it will be decided by them and not
by stump orators or clamorous politicians.
This fact has not escaped the notice of our
brethien of the North, and the knowldge
of it has done more to produce a feeling of
alarm amongst the merchants of New
York, who now see by these signs eff the
limes, that the South is in earnest, than all
else we have done put together. With
this class of men, rash or precipitate or
premature action of any kind, met no fa
vor. Expecting to play their part in the
great drama whenever it did come, thev
were not the men to proceed without full
consideration and lull preparation. With
them, the dissolution of the Union could
not be considered otherwise than a great
calamity—a greater than any other known
to them, except one, and that was suhmis
sion to dishonor or degredation. With
such an issue before them, there could
be no hesitation, as to the choice of al
ternatives, and the choice being once
made, the conflict would be engaged in
with a determination and a prepara
tion to succeed, or to deserve to succeed-
Messrs. Toombs and Stephens, and their
confederates were not sudden, but partial,
outbreak of an indignant feeling, produced
in a great measure by their own unnatural
course, and hastened to plant themselves
upon the broad ground of the Union, the
whole Union, and nothing but the Union*
and proclaimed the issue to be Union or
disunion per se, as they say—which, I take
it, means disunion for the love of disunion,
and nothing else. They wheeled up into
line at the same time their whole array of
great names, and published them far and
wide, as evidence that Georgia, Georgia
was right—in other words, that she was
to be harnessed to the car of Mr. Filmore,
the arch Abolitionist, for the next Presi
dcncy, or in default of him, to Gen. Cass,
of non intervention notoriety. The War
Secretary, Mr. Crawford; the Speaker of
the House under favor of the Northern
Ablition vote Mr. Cobb, who, it will be re
collected, refused to sign the Southern Ad
dress, the Hon. Mr. Wellborn, of Col
umbus, the Hon.W.C. Dawson, one of the
Senators in Congress, the Hon. Mr.
Toombs, and the Hon. Mr. Stephens
themselves, and a few other lesser lumina
ries, as Judge Warner, Judge Hill, one
of the Lumpkins, (not the Ex-Governor)
and one of the Jaksons figure most pro
minently in the list. It was also at the
same time announced authoritatively, and
with no small degree of satisfaction, that
Georgia “had hacked out;” and by conse
quence that the South,weakened and divi
ded amongst themselves, could not resist;
and would be obliged to submit to what
ever indignity and oppresssion it might
suit the fanatism or rapacity of the North
to inflict upon them.
It was with some feelings of surprise,
and a good deal of regret, that we perceived
your good people of Carolina were so rea
dy to yield to such delusions 33 this; and
what was worse,by endorsing the currency
you actually gave it a value it never before
had, (for the people of Georgia know the
intrinsic worth of the coinage,) and which
without your hacking, it never would have
had. Georgia wants no aid from South
Carolina. She knows where you stand,
and whenever the crisis does come she
knows that your place will he “near the
flashing of the guns:” but while Georgia
is ready to concede every consideration
to you, it is not quite considerate, to say
the lest of it in your people, indirectly to
aid the enemies of the South, by giving
currency to the designing reports that "it
is to be feared Georgia will not stand up
to the mark”—"that the appearances from
Georgia are not favorable,” “the apprehen
sion is that she will back out,” and a good
deal of other slang ofthe same kind, man
ufactured and circulated for the purpose,
and which,in your use of it,goes some con
siderable distance beyond damning one’s
friends with faint praise; but let all this
pass.
If some of the most ardent of ourfrienAs
were a little premature or indiscreet in
the postion assumed at the outset, Mr.
Toombs and Mr. Stephens and Mt. Craw.
foro, more than counterbalanced it by
the exceedingly absurd and humiliating
declarations that the South had achieved a
great victory over the North, inasmuch as
the Fugitve Savle bill had been graciously
awarded her ; in other words, that the
right under the Constitution for the recov
ery of fugitive slaves had not been abrogat
ed, as injot her cases equally vital to us : that
admission of California, under all the cir
cumstances, was constitutional, and was
without cause of complaint to the South
and that last, though not least, the institu
tion of slavery in the South never srood
on a firmer basis than at the presant time.
If there was precipitancy and indiscretion
then on the part of the most zealous of the
friends of the South, there was madness
and folly on the part of those opposed to
it; nay, there was worse—ther# was apos
tacy, treachery and desertion. M.
Correspondence.
Edingsvillk, Oct, 13, 1850.
Gentlemen —l have this moment leceiv
ed your favor <.f the 15th, inviting me to
attend a complimentary dinner to be given
to the Hon. W. F. Colcock and the Hon.
R. W. Barnwell, at Beaufort on Friday
next.
1 need scarcely 6ay to you, that to ac
cede to your request would afford me much
gratification, more especially as it would
enable me personally to assure your dis
tinguished guests of the very high estima
tion in which their public service are held
by the people of the State and their Mag
istrate. Avery long absence from home,
however, to which 1 have just returned,
and the importance of my official engage
ments, that admit of no delay, are among
the reasons which put it beyond my power
to accept of your kind invitation. Hav
ing recently completed a tour though a
large portion of the State, 1 am enabled
to announce to you the inspiriting in
telligence, that South Carolina, with en
tire unanimity, is prepared to co operate
with her sistet States in adopting efficient
measures for arresting the progress of a
Government under whose hostile legisla
tion we have too long in gloriously suf
fered.
Very respectfully, your obedient serv’t,
W HITEM A RSH B. S E A BROOK.
Measts. Jos. D, Pope and others.
Athens, Oct 25, 1850.
Gen tel men — l thank you and your fel
low citizens of Beaufort, for the friendly
invitation, as well as the kind terms
in which it is conveyed, soliciting me to
mingle in the counsels of South Carolinians,
this day, in the Town of Beaufort, on such
an occasion as that which brings you to
gether. But by some means, your cm
munication has been delayed, till yester
day therefore, laing aside other considera
tions,it is not practicable for me to be with
you.
Allow me, however, to say, that I feel
assured of the pleauro and benefit I should
derive from a more intimate knowledge
and acquiantance ofa people already en
deared lomefrom recollections of the past.
Gross ignorance, or a want of patriotism,
can alone induce any Southern man, at
this time, to cry peace! peace ! all is well !
under the existing state of publnlic affairs.
Yet, a large majority ofthe office holders
and office seekers, of my own beloved
Georgia, both Whigs and Democrats, are
closely united in a most arduous effort, to
induce the people to believe that they have
no just cause of complaint from any act, of
any branch, of the Federal Government,
connected with the slave question, or our
territorial rights during the late session of
Congress. Indeed, a majority of our Con
gressmen are, at this time travelling over
the Stale, addressing public meetings, got
ten up for the purpose. They assure the
people that their Constitutional rights
have not been violated, and that the sever
al measures adopted by Congress are high
ly honorable to the South, and therefore,
ought to be satisfactory to the people.—
1 hese men and their traniued bands
of parlizans, aided by their subservient
presses, are engaged in the unholy work
of perverting the truth and deceiving the
honest, uninformed portion of the people.
I do not believe they utter one word of
complaint against their dear brethren of the
North; but have much to say in commen
dation of the liberality and patriotism of
their Northern friends and Essociates.—
Those who differ with them are constant
ly denounced as Ultraist, Disunionist, &c.
They inculcate the odious doctrine of ab
solute submission to the will ofa majority.
This state alone, has aroused me from a re.
tirement which 1 love and enjoy above all that
the world calls good, or great. I have had a
long and large experience in public affairs. I
am tred of political strife. lam more than con
tent with the share I have had in the past; hut
I cannot be quiet, and see the South thus de
graded. Degraded in our awn eyes, and I fear
will become a fit objeci, for the slow, unmoving
finger to point at, if these spoilsmen prevail.—
The South are committed in every possible form
to maintain her rights and do her dutv, “At all
hazatds to the last extremity,” that she would
not submitt to exclusion from the Mexican Ter
ritory and like measures. And our own test is
fairly presented tons,by North, regardless of all
our warnings, and ’.lie minds of Georgians were
made up to meet the crisis, in the true spirit of
a brave und patriotic people. But we now find
we have an unexpected and mighty host to con
tend with. The leaders of both sections, with
their trained bands of partizans, the whole pow
wer and patronage of (he Fedeaal Government
a corrupt and time-serving press, &.c. &c. A
short time more, and the die will be cast. The
result will be published to the world. The strug.
gle between selfishness and patriotism will be
decided. The union of the South,at this time,
might possibly save the Federal Union nothing
else can. It would, at least, save the South.—
She might live and prosper, become great and
strong Union of the South, secure to usjustice
and equality. Itmight bring the Federal Govern
ment back to the Constitution.
The character and principles of the Federal
Government, are not well understoood by the
great body of the people of the United States;
therefore, they yield to its ronsolsdaling tenden
cies. It is already a despotism of numbers. It
is no longer the agent of the States, for specific
purposes, as defined in our Constitutional com
pact. It not only assnrnes the exercise ofthe re
served powers of the States, hut it has become a
most awfully corrupt Government. Nothing is
left for us but ressistance, or submission. We
should study, however to do w hat ever may be
right, in a right way. I have no hope ofobtain
ing indemnity for the past, but must have securi
ty for the future.
I am, very sincerely, gentlemen, truly yours,
WILSON LUMPKIN,
Joseph D. Pope, and others,Committee, «Stc.
Silver Bluff, Oct 24, 1850.
Gentelmen : Your very kind letter iniling m 0
to the public dinner, to be given to morrow, to
Col. Colcock and Col. Barnwell, was received
only to-day. Had I received it in time severe
sickness in my family would have prevented me
from leaving homo. It would have afforded me
the greatest pleasure to unite with you in paying
a just tribute to the distinguished men, who have
at all times, and most especially during the late
memorable session of Congress, so faithuflly
and with such ability sustained the honor of
South Carolina, and supported the interests of
our State and the true interests of our whrle
country. It is a most important partofour duty
as good citizens, tocherish such men, and exhibit
in every manner our grateful sense of their ser
vices and sacrifices.
It would also give me great pleasure to inter
change ideas with the patriotic citizens of St.
Helens,in regard to the present critical condition
of affairs. But lam well assured that our views
do not differ. Indeed there is among the people
of our whole State an unanimity of sentiment
and feeling, such as history cannot parallel.—
Seeing this,l have not a doubt or fear for the fu
ture. Events may n6t go forward ns rapidly as
some of us might wish, nor perhaps altogether
smoothly, but the result is sure. We have but
to be a little patient, without losing any firmness
or omitting any preparation. I have the honor
to be, very respectfully, yourob’t. servant,.
J. H. HAMMOND.
Jos P Tope, Esq , and the Committee.
mac o n , G A.
MORNING, KOVEMbSTT
STATE
Southern Rights Candida!,.*.
ELECTION ON 25th NOVEMBER, 15-^
Bibb County.
LEROY NAPIER,
CHARLES COLLINS
JOHN RUTHERFORD
ROBERT A. SMITH. ’
Macok ID gh School.— The attention of it,
reader ts directed to the advertisement 0 f
Rev. P. A. Strobkl and Rev. Gkorg* u
Hancock, in anothercolumn. These gentl emf
are competent and experienced teachers
we doubt not, will render ample
all who patronise them We wish them abun
dant succe.s in their laudable effort, to elev.t"
the standard of education in this community. *
U-Tl»e Sewardites in New
York city by 5,000 majority, and elected their
Governor, &c., and a majority of Congressmen
The Great Un.on Meeting ,n New York
-As much rejoicings have taken place in thi,
city over the late rally ofthe “good men ofNew
York, for the glorious Union, ’ we make tl,
following extract from one of our New York
papers, ofthe speech of Mr Gerard, ( | ie gen
tleman who introduced the Resolutions adopted
at the meeting, in order to show what sentiments
prevail there, even among the best men of the
North. We ask any Southern man if |,e is pre
pared to receive these sentiments “with loud
cheers," as did their “brethren of New York
at that meeting. Its sentiments are sigiiincnnt
enough for any one not wilfuly blind, to tee
that wo have but little to expert from the North
in the maintenance of our rights But hear Mr
Gerard :
“As to Free Soil we are all for free soil; th* r9
is not a man north of Mason and Dixon's li, e
who ever wishes to see slavery extended beyond
the area now prescribed by the law. But the
God of nature has, by his works, by the rug»ed
mountains, and rocky deserts, by the soil and die
climate of our free territories, created a promise
against the further extension of slavery, strong
er than ten thousand Wilmots could draw. As
to slavery in the abstract, I do not believe that
there is a man North of Mason and Dixon’s line
who would not rejoice if to morrow’s sun coula'
rise npon the black population ofthe South con
stitutionally free. FOl our bint k brother, be he
bond or be he free, springs with us from the
same mother earth, bound w iih us into one com
tnon grave, and heir with us of a common im
mortality. My services in procuring his consti
tutional emancipation, are ever ready. 1 believe
1 am a much better abolitionist than those who
mislead the colored race to their ruin. The
laws to reclaim runaway slaves must and will be
strictly guarded and watched in their execution
I w ill,with all my heart,and without fee,reward,
give to any alleged slave, who may he arrested
under the acts, my service as a lawyer on his
behalf. I will defend him with all the power
and eloquence I am master of; hut if alter a
full hearing, the Commissioner on the proof
pronounces against him, he and I must submillo
the law. But, even then, that a deserving anil
meritorious slave shall not be without hope, I
will then set about buying his freedom, and
will contribute my first fees thereafter to mn|>n
him a free and regenerated man, and in that
sense I am an Abolitionist.”
NO “It (STILE INTENTION.**
If our submission patriots have as yet detected
no design on the part of the majority in Congress
to legislate unrighteously against the South—if
the President’s war message was not significant
of a hostile bias on the part of the Executive,
what will they say to the maddened defiance
that the free soil States are hurling at the au.
thoiity of the Government, because of the re
cent Fugitive Slave Bill ? We have never yet
read ofsucli a lawless and impudent disregard
for the powers that be, as the recent proceedings
at Boston and repeal meetings at the North have
evidenced. Not by the riff-raff of the high-ways
and by-ways—not by the “contemptible handful
of Abolitionists”—but in meetings that had for
their organs tho most influential journals and
tho elite oflhe land. Mayors—heads of Pilgrim
families, (Heaven save the mark) —sons of Ex-
Presidents, have lent themselves to fan the flame
of an insurrectionary movement against this de
voted land. It is time to epeak out plainly.—
That man or that party that can see no alarms
in the present aspect of affairs ;or that counsel
ns that it is premature or w rong to put ourselves
in a defensive position has treason in its heart,
and will be ready to open the gates to the enemy
when he shall be upon us.
We have time and time again, until wo are
weary with the i oration, warned our readers
that our greatest danger was to he found in the
universally distempered stale of the country pop
ulation at the North, as regards slavery. The
city population, it is true, are against us, but
this fact is significant of nothing, for money and
demagogues control, despotically, this class
But the canting, whining, blue bucket puritans,
to be found out of tow n, who think all the world
wrong but themselves and their crew—whose
law is the maod of their mind or the need of
their pocket, these are all, all against us. And
what argument —what honornblo appoals —what
but filthy lucre, or the lust of il foul domination,'
ever influenced a round head. As our friend
Judge Colquitt used to say,“their eyesix sot.
And we warn our people now for the hundredth
time, that tho majority of the freo soil States are
bent on a complete subversion of the Government.
Indeed it is in their hearts and intentions already
subverted, and from the November elections in
Now York, (when the “Putnam schoolmaster"
completely succeeded,) we are to hear nothing
more of our Constitution, and only of the “higher
law.’’ It is very true, that oven then, we will
not be materially worse off than now, for this
law has, for the last ten months, occupied the
plnce of the Constitution. But then this doe
trine is to he avowed and to go upon their ban
ners, and it-will bo something gainod by the
devil of discord, to have this villainous crcfd
preached as well as maintained and acted
out.
But vve started out to inquire respectfully of
the submission patriots, if the Fugitive Slave
Bill is to be obstructed in its practical benefits,
as it has already been, so repeatedly, or if A
shall be repealed next Congress, what then will
they see ? Any thing hostile in that ch
