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THE GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXIilBi
TION OF 1851.
meeting or the central. committee tor the oni
teu states.
Pursuant to the notice given, tbe Central Commit
;ee mete at the rooms ut the National Institute, in tin
Patent Office, on Thursday evening. the I3lli instant
at 8 o'clock.
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ter It. Jolinson, on whose motion Col. Peter Form
was called to the Chair, and Charles 1*'. Ntankur]
ilioscn tSecretary of the meeting.
This temporary organization having been effected
.he committee proceeded to organize permanently bj
he appointinuns of the Hon. Millard Fillmore, Vic?
President of the United States, Chairman, and Prof
Walter 11. Johnson Secretary.
At the the request of the Chairman, (Col. Force,)
he following pipers were read by J'rot. Johnson, in
xplatiaiion of the appointment and duties of the
'.oimnittee s
State Department,
Washington, May 17, 1850.
Co the President of the National Institute
for the Promotion of Science.
Slit: I have the honor herewith to transmit coles
of a correspondence which has taken place beween
the Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty
lie Queen Crest Britain and this Department rclaive
to the proposed Industrial Exhibition to be held
a London in the year 1851.
From the circular of the Royal Commissioners of
reat Britain, hereto annexed, it wilt be observed that
II objects intended to be introduced from foreign
ountries and entered for that Fxhihition axe required
) have been first submitted to and approved by a culira
1 authority or commission of the country from
vhich they shall he brrought, and tint no other will
? recognized us a central authority except such as
hall have been so certified by the Government of the
ountry in which it exists.
That American industry and arts may he enabled to
iqicur in the placi allotted to them, it will he indtaic
usable that a recognize J central authority should he
onxtitnteil; atul I am under the impression that the
National Institute, having been regularly incorporated
>y act of Congress, and being habitual'y engaged in
natters pertaining to the arts and sciences, is the
iroiier body lot taking the initiative in constituting
uch a central authority.
1 therefore beg leave to submit to its consideration
lie interesting and important subject which has been
rougbt to the attention of this Department by the
istinguished Envoy of her Majesty's Government,
nd to request such action or suggestions as may seem
eces.sary in order that the natural productions, the
igenui:y, industry, and arts of the United States
lay be fully and suitably represented on the interestng
occasion herein referred to.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours,
JOHN M CLAYTON.
This communication was laid before the National
nstitnte, and by it referred to a select committee,
vhich brought forward the following report:
leporl '(/ tla Committee of the. National Institute:
Tin | i ial committee, to which was referred
he communication from the Hon. John M. Clay
.on,Secretary of State, relative to the formation
if a central authority for transmitting articles to
h? Industrial Exhibition to be held in London in
1851, offers the following report:
The eounnittec, impressed wi h the importance
if the subject commended to the Institute, hsive
tpvcti lo ll moir ealiit'bi ami careiui uucituuu.
The resources, the ingenuity, the industry, and
irt.n of the United States are conceived to merit
he best eddfnvors to procure for them the opporunities
of being adequately represented in the
jreat industrial Exhibition at London.
Aggre.exlily to the programme adopted by the Hoy11
Commission, no article* are to be received from
foreign Exhibitor* except those which shall have
icen approved by a central authority, recognized as
inch by the Government of the country I'roni which
.hey aie sent.
This Institute being the only Society for the Prootion
of Science and the Arts, directly incorporated
by the Government, the Secretary of State has deemed
it the appropriate body to take action or make suggestions
relative to the fulfilment of the wishes of ihc
Royal Commissioners, by the establishment of such a
entral authority as the case seems to require.
To this voluntary proposal on the part of the See'etary
of State, the committee consider the National
In titute in duty bound to respond.
In accordance with this view, the committee rcipoctfully
recommend the following resolution :
I. Resolved. That the Institute will take action
an the subject submitted to it by the Department ot
State.
"2. Resolved, That the Institute do now proceed
to constitute a committee suitable to be recognised by
the Government as a central body to hold oorrespoti
ence with the British Commissioners, and to socurt
the reception of American pi eductions at the proposed
Industrial Exhibition in London.
I'ETEK FORCE, j
JOSEPH HENRY,
WALTER li JOHNSON, ^ Committee.
J. J. GREENOUGH,
CHARLES WILKES, J
Nationai. Institute,
Washington, May 27. 1S50.
Sir : I have the honor to make known to the PeKirtment
of State the action which this Institute lias
aken on the subject of your communication of the
I7tb instant. That action is comprised in the followng
resolutions, unanimously adopted after full dis uwsioti
at the meeting held this evening.
"Resolved, That the In titute will take action on
lie suhiei-t submitted to it bv the Dcnartment ol
State.
' Resolved That the Institute do now proceed to
institute a com mi Iter suitable to be recognised by
tie Government to liold correspondence with the
Irilish Commissioners,^nd to secure tlie reception of
Lmerion productions at llie proposed Industrial ?xibltion
in Condon.
'?Resolved, That a committee of not less than nine:cn
be appointed to constitute a Central Committee
11 the Industrial Exhibition, and to correspond with
iciotics and local committees throughout the United
tatcs.
''Resolved, That the President of this Institute be
member of the Central Committee.
"Resolved, That the Corresponding Secretary commnicate
to the Secretary of State a copy of the forening
resolutions, together with the names of the
'entral Co.nm.ttce,"
The following are-the names of the members ol
u: Central Committee appointed in accordance with
lie foregoing; revolutions :
Ion. Millard Fillmore, Vice President of the United
States, and ex officio Chancellor of the Regents of
the Smithsonian Institution.
Jol. Peter Force, President of. the National Institute.
Ion James A Pearce, U. S. Senate, member of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Ion. L.evi Woodbury, M. N I., Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Commodore l.ewis Warrington, U S. N., M.N. I.,
Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography.
Prof. Joseph Henry, Vice-President of the N. I., Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institute.
Prof. Walter R. Johnson, Corresponding Secretary ol
the National Institute.
Prof. Alexander D. Bae.lie, M. N. I., member of the
Hoard of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute, and
Superintendent of the Coast Survey.
Commander Charles Wilkes, U. S. N., M. N. I., lute
Commander S. S. Exploring expedition.
Hon. William W. Scator., M. N. I., Mayor of Washington.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, U. S Senate, member of the
Hoard of Regents of the Smithsonian Institute.
Lieut. Matthew F. Maury, U. S. N., Vice President
of the National Institute, and Superintendent of the
National Obsservatory.
J. James (Jrtenough, Esq., M. N. I.
Charles F. Stansburv, Esq., Reeording Secretary ol
the National Institute.
Col. J. J. Abcit, M. N. I., Chief of the Topographical
Bureau.
Gen. Joseph (?. Totten, Vire President N. I , Chiel
Engineer; U S. Army.
Thomas Ewhank, Esq , Commissioner of Paten's,
William F.asby, Esq., Treasurer National Institute.
Leonard I). Gale, M. IV, M. N. I., Examiner o
Patents.
Joseph C. (?. Kennedy, Esq., M. N. I., Supcrinlrn
dent of Census.
r.rx C. Seaman, Esq., M.N. I.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully, your ob't scrv't,
W A l.TF.it It. lOHNSON,
Cor. Secretary of the National Institute.
Hon. John M. Clayton, Secretary of State.
Dkpartmfnt of State,
il'nshington, .huie 8. 18;i0.
Sir : I hare duly received your letter of the 27tl
ultimo, communicating to llrs 1 h-parLncnt the pro
cei-dings of the National Institute < n the subject of inj
note of the 17th of the same month. Those proceed
ings appear tome to be perfectly satisfactory j anil I
have accordingly transmitted them tot lie Stilish Min
islcr in this city, with the communication, a copy o
w hich is enclosed for your int rmati in.
1 am, sir, respectfully, your ob't servt,
JO!I.N M.CLAYTON.
Walter N. Johnson, Esq., Corresponding
Secretary of the National Institute.
Department or State,
Washington, June I, 1850.
St* : I have the honor to transmit to you herewitl
t copy of the correspondence which has pa*s<d be.
ween this Department and the National Institute foi
he Promotion o! Science, respecting the organization
>f a committee to ronatitute the central authority rejuirod
hy the regulations of the Koyal Commission on
* ibs jtfapoocd Industrial Exhibition, to coroMpond with
'.hem in London, sua with societies, local conimiLtaes.
mJ individuals in this couatrj, and to sanction the
r tor,* siding of articles applicable to the exhibition.
I need hardly say to you, sir, that the proceedings
of the National Institute, as set forth in this correspon
denae, meet the approbationot the Department, which
e has full confidence in the oouuuittec named by that
, Institute.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you j
* the assurance of my high and distinguished con- I
s sidcratiou. JOHN M. CLAYTON. I
r Right Honorable Sir H. L. BotWtR, Sic.
Extract from the Circular of the Royal Coimiiii- j
siarum.
i "The Commissioners have fellthut it would be
. desirable, as fnr hs possible, to prevent any persons
from Bending hither articles which cannot be
admitted, rather than to reject the articled after
i their arrival in London. They feel also that the
delicate and responsible task of deciding on the
admission or rejection of articles destined for exhibition
by I'orejgn contributors ought not to be imposed
upon any Fnglish tribunal, but should be
referred to one jviiig the confidence of the exhibitors
their it .ves, and standing entirely free from
possible .upututions of national partiality. They
accr tiigly propose to admit to exhibition such
foreign articles only as may be forwarded to them
by the Central Authority (whatever maybe its
nature') in each country. They will communicate
to hiic 11 Central Authority the amount of space
u-hirli >>>ni l>? nll.tu i'd to the iirodiirtions of the
country for which it acts, and will also state the
conditions and limitations which may front time
to time he decided on with respect to the admission
of articles. Ail articles forwarded hy such Central
Authority will then he admitted, provided they
do not require a greater aggregate amount of
space than that assigned to the productions of the
country from which they come ; and, provided,
also, that thev do not violate the condition** and
limitations ot' which due notice shall have heen
given. It will rest with the Central Authority in
each country to decide upon the merits of the
several articles presented for exhibition, and to
take care that those which ure sent are such as
fairly represent the industry of their fellow-countrymen.
" Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider
thnt to be the Central Authority in each case which
is staled to be so hy the Government of its country.
Having once heen put in communication with a
Central Authority in any country, they must decline,
absolutely and entirely, any communication
with private and unauthorized ^individuals ; and,
should any such be addressed to thein, they can
only refer to a central body. This decision is
essentially necessary, in order to prevent confusion.
" No articles of foreign manufacture, to whomsoever
they may belong, or wheresoever they may
be, can he admitted (or exhibition unless they
come with the sanction of the Central Authority
of the country of which they are the produce.
The Commissioners do not insist upon such articles
being in all cases actually forwurded" by the
Central Authority, though they consider that this
would generally be the ntost satisfactory arrangement;
but it is indispensable tlmt the sanction of
such authority should in till cases be expressly
given, and that it he held responsible for the fitness
of such articles for exhibition, and for not
authorizing the exhibition of a greater quantity
than can be accommodated in the space assigned
to the productions of the country in question."
A (Vill discussion was then hud of the subject
thus laid before the committee, and, on motion of
the Hon, W. W. Seaton, it was?
Resolved, That the Committee of five first charged
with this subject by the Institute (substituting
' Mr. Kennedy for Mr. Greenough, who is absent)
' be an Executive Committee to hike all necessary
steps hi curry uui nit- vicwa ui mc gnicrui i.iiiu
mittee.
The following gentlemen constitute the Execu
live Committee : Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter
R. Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C. G. Kennedy,
Esq., Capt. Charles Wilkes.
On motion?
Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to
prepare the proceedings of this meeting for publication.
And the Committee adjourned.
CHARLES F. STANSBURY.
Secretary of the Meeting.
N. B.?Associations, committees, or individuals
I desirous to make propositions or to receive information,
arc requested to address their eomiuunica.
tions to J. C. G. Kennedy, Esq.
J THE THIRD ANNEAL VOLUME
OK THE
SOUTHERN' LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May,
1850, under its original name?instead of Richards'
Weekly Gazelle?as more significant of its peculiai
character, it being the only weekly organ of Literature
in the entire South! It is
Greatly Enlarged and Improved,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of
matter. It is, moreover, in an
Entirely New Dress
"from h|ad to foot," and upon beautiftil wnrtr
paper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it is no1
surpassed by any paper whatever in the United
States! It continues under the same Editorial
direction as heretofore, and no pains or expense
will be spared to make it
.i Choice Family Newspaper,
"as cheap as tfie cheapest, and as good as tht
best!" Utterly discarding the notion that a |
Southern journal cannot compete with the Northern
weeklies, in cheapness and interest,
The Southern Literary Gazette t
rivals the best of them in all the characteristics ot 1
a truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim is the j
diffusion of cultivated and refined taste throughout
the community?and it embraces in its ample f
folds ever species of intelligence that can tend to 1
this result.
Original Contributions,
from many of the ablest writers in the South,
chieily occupy its columns, but not to the exclu- I
sion of choice miscellany, selected from the best
American and European sources.
The tone of the "Gazette" is independent ,r
criticism and in the discussion of every legitimate
topic, but it is strictly (
Neutral in Politics and Religion !
Its columns are occasionally embellished with
Southern Portraits and Landscapes,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied
by biographical and topographical sketches.
Its General Information
is copious, but carefully condensed from the
lending: journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size
and attractions of the paper, it is still published at
YVo Dollars Per Annum, in Advance !
it will be furnished to persons becoming respon
sible for the whole number of conies, and having
them sent to one address, on the following terms :
Three copies, ?5
Five copies, 8
i -
i t-u copies, I*)
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
JCr* All orders must be accompanied with the
1 money, and addressed, pest ixii, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. C.
WORTHINGTON G. SNETHEN,
r Formerly Solicitor of the General J.anil Office.
Attorkkt axp CouNsr.Li.on at Law,
Continues to practice in the Supreme Court or
j. the United States, in the Courts of the District or
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, to prosecute
claims of all kinds against the United Stales, either
before Congress or any of the Executive DeI
purtments, and to procure letters patent for inventions.
Business confided to his care, will be
. promptly attended to.
N. B. Particular attention paid to the prosecution
of claims before the Brazilian Commission
now sitting in Washington.
WiiRmoTtN Citt, D. C. July 11, 185ft
RA. PRINGLE, No. 5ft, Enm Bay street,
i Charleston, South Carolina.?Importer ol
French CALF SKINS; Manufacturer's Agent
and Dealer in BROGJIJfS, HOOTS and SHOES-,
i Advances made on consignment of Brog?ns 01
Southern Manufacture. Parties wishing to cont
e
. sign, will send samples of their make, nnd on reI
eeipt of their consignment, a liberal cash advance
* will be made. Information promptly imparted,
as to the style, but adapted to the trade.
Charleston, S. C., July 16, 1850.?djy
To Southern Gentlemen or Literary jnstttntinns.
A young man, a graduate of St. Mary's College,
Faltimore, wishes to obtain as ituation
as Assistant in an Academy, or Private Tutor.?
, He is qualified to teach the highest branches ot
. Greek, Latin, French, Natural Philosophy, Cher
miatry, Mathematics and English Literature.?
i The highest testimonials as to character and quali- ,
fications can be produced. Address, post-paid, ,
C X. V. Post Office, Baltimore, Md. \
it a i.iwp
Address to Oie People or the ktathcrn
States.
At a large meeting of SoutheTfi members
of both Houses of Congress, held at the Capitol
on the evening of the 7th ultimo, the
Hon. Hopkins L. Turnet, of Tennessee,
having been appointed Chairman at a previous
meeting, took the Chair; and, on motion
of the Hon. David Hubbard, of Alabama,
the Hon. William J. Alston, of Alabama,
was appointed Secretary.
Whereupon, the Hon. A. P. Buti.kr, of
South Carolina, from the committee appoint*
ed at a preliminary meeting, reported an Address
to the Southern people, recommending,
the establishment, at Washington City, of a
newspaper, to be devoted to the support and
defence of Southern interests; which was
read, and with some slight modifications,
adopted.
The following resolution was offered bv
the Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North
Carolina, and unanimously adopted by the
meeting.
Resolved, unanimously, That the committee, in
puli!^liiii|( the Address, lie instructed to give with it
the names of the Senator* and IteprcAcnUtive* in
Congress who coQeiir in the prop'wituin to establish
(lie Southern Org.ui, as manifested by their aubscriptions
to the several copies of tbe pi.in in circulation,
or who may hereafter aulliuiise 3..1J committee to include
their names.
Maryland.?Senator: Thomas G. Pratt.
Virginia.?Senators: R. M. T. Hunter,
J. M. Mason. Representatives: J. A.
Seddon, Thus. II. Averett, Paulus Powell,
R. X. Meade, Alex. R. Hollatlav, Titos
S. Bocock, 11. A. Kdmundson, Jeremiah
Morton.
No/lh Carolina.?Senator: Willie P.
Mangurn. Representatives: T. L. Clingman,
A. W. Venable, W. S. Ashe.
South Carolina.?Senators: A. P Butler,
F. H. Elmore. Representatives: John
McQueen, Joseph A. Woodward, Daniel
Wallace, Win, F. Colcock, James L. Orr,
Armistead Burt, Isaac E. llolmes.
Georgia.?Senators: John McF. Berrien,
William C. Dawson. Representatives: Jo
seph W. Jackson, Alex. II. Stephens, Robert
Toombs, II. A. Haralson, Allen F.
Owen.
Alabama.?Senator: Jeremiah Clemens.
Representatives: David Hubbard, F. W.
Bowdon, S. W. Inge, YV. J. Alston, S.
W. Harris.
Mississippi.?Senator. Jetlerson Davis.
Representatives: W. S Featherston, Jacob
Thompson, A. G. Brown, W. W. McVVillie.
Louisiana.?Senators: S. U. Downs,
Pierre Soule. Representatives: J. H. Harman;,on,
Ernile La Sere, Isaac E. Morse.
Arkansas.?Senators: Solon Borland, W.
Seb-.stian. Representative: R. W. Johnson.
Texas.?Representatives: Vol. E. Howard,
1). S. Kaufman.
Missouri.?Senator: D. R. Atchison.
Representative: James S. Green.
Kentucky.?Representatives: R. H. Stanton,
James L. Johnson.
Tennessee.?Senator: Hopkins L. Turney.
Representatives: James H. Thomas,
Frederick P. Stanton, John H. Savage.
Florida.?Senators: Jackson Morton, D.
L. Yulee. Representative: E. Carrington
Cabell.
A ? 1 ? ilvA MnAAlltldP n/liAlli'no/1
;MIU UUUII IIIUUUII, llIC Im.ciin^ liiljiiui utu.
HOPKINS L. TURNEY, Chairman.
Attest :
Wm J. Alston, Secretary.
THE ADDRESS
The committee to which was referred the
dull/ if preparing an Address to the people
of the slaveholding Stales upon the |
subject of a Southern Organ, lobe established
in the Ci'y of W ashington, put
forth the following :
Fellow-citizens: A number of Senators
and Representatives in Congress from
the Southern States of the Confederacy deeply
impressed with a sense of the dangers
which beset those States, have considered
carefully our means of self-delence within
the Union and the Constitution, and have
come to the conclusion that it is highly important
to establish in this city a paper, which,
without reference to political party, shall be
ievoted to the rights and interests ot the
South, so far as they are involved in the quesions
growing out of African slavery. To
istablish and maintain such a paper, your
support is necessary, and accordingly we
address you on the subject.
In the contest now going on, the constitutional
equality of fifteen .States is put in
juestion. Some sixteen hundred millions
worth of negro property is involved directly,
and indirectly, though not less surely, an incalculable
amount oi property in other forms.
But to say this is to state less than half the
doom that hangs over you. Your social
forms and institutions?which separate the
European and the African races into distinct
classes, and assign to each a different sphere
in society?are threatened with overthrow
Whether the negro is to occupy the same
social rank with the white man, and enjoy
equally the rights, privileges, and immunit;es
of citizenship?in short, all the honors
and dignities of society?is a question 01
greater moment than any mere question ol
property can be.
Such is the contest now going on?a contest
in which public opinion, if not the prevailing,
is destined to be a most prominent
force ; and yet, no organ of the united inter
ests of those, assailed has as yet been established,
nor does there exist any paper
which can be the common medium for an j
interchange of opinions amongst the South-j
ern States. Public opinion, as it has been j
formed and directed by the combined influence
of interest and prejudice, is the force
which has been most potent against us in
the war now going 011 against the institution
of negro slavery ; and yet wa have ta
ken no effectual means to make and mamtain
that issue with it upon which our safety
and perhaps our social existence depends.
Whoever wi'l look to the history of this
question, and to the circumstances under
which we are now placed, must see
that our position is one of imminent danger,
and one to be defended by all the means,
moral and political, of which we can avail
ourstdves in the present emergency. The
warfare against African slavery commenced,
as is known, with Great Britain, who, after
having contributed mainly to its establishment
in the New World, devoted her mostj
earnest efforts, for | urposes not yet fully ex
plained, to its abolition in America. How
wisely this was done, so far as her own colonies
were concerned, time has determined;:
and all comment upon this subject on ourj
part wouM be entirely superfluous. If,!
however, her purpose- was to reach and em>
barrass us on this subject, her efforts have i
not been without success. A common origin
a common language, have made the English <
literature ours to a great extent, and the 1
I
j efforts of the British Government and people
I to mould the public opinion of all who
I speak the English language, have not been
j vain or fruitless. On the contrary, they
j have been deeply felt wherever the Eng
j lish language is spoken; and ths more
| efficient and dangerous, because, as yet,
the South has taken no steps to appear and
plead at the bar of the world, before which
she has been summoued, and by which she
has been tried already without a hearing.
Secured by constitutional guaran ies, and
independent of all the world, so far as its
domestic institutions were concerned, the
South has reposed under the conciousness
of right and .ndependence, and forebome to
plead at a bar which she knew had no jurisdiction
over this paiticular subject. In this
we have been theoretically right, but practically
we have made a great mistake. All
means, political, diplomatic, and literary,
have been used to concentrate the public
opiuion, not only of the world at large, but
of our own country, against us; end resting
upon the undoubted truth that our domestic
institutions were the subjects ol no Govern
ment but our own local Governments, and
concerned no one but ourselves, we have
been nassive under these assaults, until
! i '
danger menaces us from every quarter. A
great party lias grown up, and is increasing
in the United States, which seems to think
it a duty they owe to earth and heaven to
make war on a domestic institution upon
which are staked our property, our social
organization, and our peace and safety.
Sectional feelings have been invoked, and
those who wield the power of this Government
have been tempted almost, if not quite,
beyond their power of resistance, to wage a ,
war against our property, our rights, and
our social system, which, if successfully
prosecuted, must end in our destruction.
Every inducement?the love of power, the
desire to accomplish what are, with less
truth than plausibility, called "reforms"?
all are offered to tempt them to press upou
those who are represented, and, in fact,
seem to be an easy prey to the spoiler. Our ,
eqality under the Constitution is, in effect,
denied; our social institutions are derided ;
and contemned, and ourselves treated with
contumely and scorn through all the avennes
which have as yet been opened to the public
opinion of tlie world. That these
assaults should have had their effect is not
surprising, when we remember that, as yet,
we have offered no organized resistance to
them, and opposed but 1 it-tie, except the isolntpil
pffnrtv nf mpmhers of Conmess. who
have occasionally raised their voices against
what they believe to be wrongs and injustice.
It is time that we should meet and maintain
an issue, in which we find ourselves involved
by those who make war upon us in
regard to every interest that is peculiar to
us, and which is not enjoyed in common with
then), however guarantied by solemn compact,
and no matter how vitally involving our
prosperity, happiness, and safety. It is time
that we should take measures to defend ourselves
against assaults which can end in
nothing short of our destruction, if we oppose
no resistance to them. Owing to accidental
circumstances, and a want of knowledge of
the true condition of things in the Southern
States, the larger portion of the press and of
the political literature of the wotld has been
d rected against us. The moral power of
public opinion carries political strength along
with it, and if against us, we must wrestle
witli it or fall. If, as we fiimly believe, truth
is with us, there is nothing to discourage us
in such an effort.
The eventual strength of an opinion is to i
be measured, not by the number who may
chance to entertain it, but by the. truth which
sustains it We believe?nay, we know, that ,
truth is with us, and therefore we should not <
shrink from the contest. We have too much
staked upon it to shrink or to tremhie?a |
property interest, in all its forms, c? incalcu- j
lable amount and value ; the social organiza- <
tion, the equality, the liberty, nay, the exis- |
tence of fourteen or fifteen Slates of the Con- i
federacy?all rest upon the result of the <
struggle in which we are engaged. We I
must maintain the equality of our political i
position in the Union ; we must maintain the (
dig ity and respectabil.ty of our social posi- j
tion before the world; and must maintain j
and secure our liberty and rights, so far as j
our united efforts can protect them ; and, if \
possible, we must effect all this within the t
pale, of the Union, and by means known to j
the Constitution. The union of the South t
upon these vital interests is necessary, not e
only for the sake of the South, but perhaps r
for the sake of the Union. We have great
interests exposed to the assaults, not only of
the world at large, but of those who, constituting
a majority, wield the power of our (
own confederated States. We must defend
those interests by all legitimate means, or
else perish either in or without the effort. To I
make successful lelence, we must unite with
each other upon one vital question, and make
the most of our political strength. We must
do more?we must go beyond our entrench- v
ments, and meet even the more distant and j
indirect, but by no means harmless assaults, ^
which are directed against us. We, too, \
can appeal to public opinion. Our assailant. f
act u|>on theory, to their ttieory we can op t
pose experience. They reason upon an (
imaginary state of things to, this we may , ^
oppo.se truth and actual knowledge. To do '
this, however, we too must open up avenues .
to the public mind ; we, too, must have an c
organ through which we can appeal to the *
world, and commune with each other. The ^
want of such an organ, heretofore, has been |
perhaps one of the leading causes of our pre- t
sent condition.
r...,.,., r.r? i V
10 iiw |'n|?' i nt nit MVOI "i II" I
ment through which we can hear or he heard t
fairly and truly by the country. There is a t
paper here which makes the abolition of slavery
its main and paramount end. There f
are other papers here which make the main- t
tenance ot political parties their supreme and f
controlling object, but none which consider 11
the preservation of sixteen hundred millions
of property, the equality and liberty ot tour- )(
teen or fifteen States, the protection of the i
white man against African equality, as para- "
mount over, or even equal to, the maintennance
of some political organization which is r
to secure a President, who is an object of a
interest not because he will certainly rule, or ''
perhaps ruin the South, but chiefly for the *
reason that he will possess and bestow oflice v
and spoils. The South lias a peculiar posi- *
tion, and her important rights and interests *
are objects of continual assault from the ma- ?
joritv; and the party press, dependent as it e
is upon that majority tor its means of living, R
will always be found; laboring to excuse the ?
assailants, and to paralyze ail efforts at resist- c
ance. How is it now? The abolition party
can always he heard through its press at
the Seat of Government, but through what
"rrTi-'?"wii?i?;? i 'i. ii'iin hl'lli *v ~ .sfflanrr urair r-?-i
I
\ /
' r hi - -
organ or press at Washington can Southern
men communicate with the world, or with
each other, upon their own peculiar interests?
So fat from writing, or permitting
anything to be written, which is calculated
to defend the rights of the South, or state its
case, the papers here are engaged in lulling
the South into a false security, and in manufacturing
there an artificial public sentiment,
suitable for some Presidential platform,
though at the expense of any and every interest
you may possess, no matter how dear
or how vital and momentous.
This state of things results from partv obligations
and a regard to party success. And
they but subserve the ends of their establishment
in consulting their own interests,
and the advancement of the party to which
they ar?'pledged. You cannot look to them
as sentinels over interests that are repugnant
to the feelings of tne majority of the selfsustaining
party.
In the I' ed?ral Legislature the South has
some voice and some votes; but over the public
press, as it now stands at the Seat of
Government, the North has a controlling influence.
The press of this city takes its
tone from that ol the North. Even our
Southern press is subjected, more or less, to
the same influence. Our public men, yes,
our southern men, owe their public standing
and reputation too often to the commendation
and praise of the Northern press. Southern
newspapers republish from their respective
party organs in this city, and in so doing,
reproduce?unconscious, doubtless, in
most instances, of the wrong they do?the
northern opinion in regard to public men
and measures. How dangerous such a state
of things must be to the fidelity of your representatives
it is needless to say! They
are but men, and it would be unwise to suppose
that they are beyond the reach of temptations
which influence the rest of mankind.
Fellow-citizens, it rests with ourselves to
alter this state of things, so far as the South
is concerned. We have vast interests, which
we are bound, by many considerations, to
defend with all the moral and political means
in our power. One of the first steps to this
ttreat end is to establish a Southern Organ
here, a paper through which we may commune
with one another and the world at
large. We do not propose to meddle with
political parties as they now exist; we wish
to enlist every southern man in a southern
cause, and in defence of southern rights, be
he Whig or be he Democrat. We do not
propose to disturb him, or to shake him in
i)is party relations. All that we ask is, that
he shall consider the constitutional rights cf
the South, which are involved in the great
iVtnlif win ni/ii'tt nr? nnf ou nnromniint 4 nil
"U"UIU" ",v'l",u") cu,0,"u7"v lv; ""
party and all other political considerations.
And surely the time has come when all
southern men should unite lor the purpose of
self-defence. Our relative power in the
Legislature of the Union is diminishing with
every census; the dangers which menace us
are daily becoming greater; and, the chief instrument
in the assaults upon us is the public
press, over which,owing to oursupineness, the
North exercises a controlling influence. So
far as the South is concerned, wc can change
and reverse this state of things: It is not
to be borne, that public sentiment at the South
should be stilled or controlled by the party
press.
Let us have a press of our own, as the
North has, both here and at home?a press
which shall he devoted to Southern rights,
and animated by Southern feeling; which
shall look not to the North but the South fur
the tone which is to pervade it. Claiming
our share of power in Federal Legislation, let
us also claim our share of influence in the
piess of the country. Let us organize in
every Southern town and county, so as to
send this paper into every house in the land.
Let us take, too, ail the means necessary to
mnintmn the. nnner hv snhsr rintinn. so ns to
... r _ i ~- j r 7 ?
increase its circulation, and promte the
spread of knowledge and truth. Let every
portion of the South furnish its full quota of
tale: t and money to sustain a paper which
)ught to be supported by all, because itNwill
oe devoted to the interest of every Southern
nan. It will be the earnest elTort of the
:ommittee who arp charged with these ar- j
angements, to procure editors of high talent
>nd standing; and they will also see that the
rnper is conducted without opposUi n, and
without rejerence to the political parties of
he day. With these assurances, we feel
ustified in calling upon you, the people of i
he Southern States?to make the necessary :
dforts to establish and maintain the proposed
taper. !
A. P. BUTLER,
JACKSON MORTON, r
R. TOOMBS, t
J. THOMPSON.
? * ? : -u (
PROSPECTUS OF A NEW SERIES OF
The Southern Quarterly Review. 1
Commenced ok the 1st of April, 1850, nv
Walker & Richards, Proprietors Publishers.
TERMS?$5.00 per annum, payable in adance.
1
The publishers of the Southern Quarterly
Ievieiv beg leave to entreat the attention of the
uiblic to that Work, to return thanks tor the in.
ariuble indulgence which has smiled upon its
progress hitherto, and to express the hope that
his countenance will not he withdrawn, now that
he publication, passing front the hands of the
ormer publisher into their own, makes, as it
vere, a fresh start in the pursuit of a well known
trogess. They cannot allow themselves to doubt,
hat?with all their former contributors, with the
iddition of many new ones, not less valuable and
listinguished?under the conduct still of Mr. \V.
jIlmork Simms, its sole Editor during the past
fear?and with the assurance which the subscribes
now beg leave to give, that the work will be
lenceforwnril issued in a style very superior to
hat of the past, on better paper, with a fine new .!
ype, and with a regard to neatness and finish,
vhich v\ ill leave it second to none in the country?
hey will continue to receive that patronage which
hair own endeavor and the claims of such an orran
seem reasonably to demand.
The writers for the Rf.view include the grenfer
mm her of the best and ablest names of the
lonntry. They represent the highest literary
iilent of the South, and reflect truly, with n nuive
enrnestness, force, and fidelity, the real polcy
and tlie peculiar institutions of our section.
We entreat the people of the South, who feel
he importance of such a periodical as the Review,
o excuse its deficiencies, and generously lend
hemselvcs to its assistance. With their count eauceaiid
concurrence, it can become the estabished
organ of domestic opinion?the champion
f our rights and character abroad?the guide and
ounsel to intellectual progress and proper taste
t honte?the arena in which the better minds of
lie country ntav always distinguish themselves,
nd find the proper provocation to execution and
erflrtnnancc?the wholesome authority to which
,e may always turn for the correction and retrain!
of crude and undigested speculation. These
re all objects of the last necessity to a civilized
eople. who hnve anything to gain by enterprise,
r any thing to lose by remissness and inaiflernce.
Once more, we ask from the patrons of the
Leriew, indulgence for the past, and such synij
athy and support for the future, as are due to the
ital interests which it faithfully serves, and the
haracter which it seeks to establish.
All communications should be addressed
WALKER & RICHARDS,
rvhlithert Southern Quarterly Rrririr,
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