For the South it is like closing the gap after the wolves have devoured the sheep — little satisfaction to know she had a right to what was stolen. "Agitation is not good for the South," say her self-appointed physicians; "she needs repose." Not when repose is death.
Original passage & context
"As far as the South is concerned, it is much like having the gap closed after the wolves have devoured all the sheep; it is but little satisfaction to her to know that she had a right to what has been stolen from her [...] "Agitation is not good for the South," says her self-appointed physicians; "she needs repose." Nay, answer we, not when repose is death."
The Delta quotes the New York Times and the Herald at length and draws the conclusion neither did: the decision hands the anti-slavery side the only solid foundation it has ever had for a national party. It also names the year the reckoning will come — 1860.
Read it in the original — New Orleans Daily Delta, Mar 19, 1857 ↗