Compendium of the Impending Crisis of the South

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112 ll lhe 1 ~tb of ,J anu:u·: 1//.) in indor~ing t.lte prt)Cl' •tling~ '!( the fir· t A1lleri<·:ul ( 1 < 11l~ 'l' '::>" amotlg' otltll' l'l"·;o]utiort~ ' tit lt <.·pr·~· .... l·rl;qir 01 tit. cxten .... i \· . I>i .... trit't of l>aril'll in the Culun; ol'(;eor:;i:t,'' adnptl·d the f'11llowin rr : ... r, . 'l'n -.how tltc world th.tl wt• arr not infltt<.'tle'rd h.· an~ contraetctl or iuttr ~ej 111,,~j,. ,.,, hut a ,r ' ll l'l',tl pltll.uttltwpy 1\)1' :~11 Ill lllktrt I, of \\-lt,tt v \ l' l' clunatt•,l.llg 11 01• l'llllipll•:'\iOII, WI' ]u•n•h) ck!' l:ll ' 0111' dt :tpprob:ttlllll :\l~d :1 IJIJ otTI'lll't' oJ' tilt• llnll t . 1 1 .. 1 .1•11.l. 11 t'"ll\'t'l'\' j 11 .\llll'l'it':t (hoWt' \ t' l'llll' llllt'llltt\at · d!--Ltt t' o t'out·l'ou tr" II ,I Jl ' 1 or uthn • ' • . • l) l ' f' 1 [ ' "'Pl'C'll)th ar~UIIll'llf.., tt1,1)' pll':t~ l Jor.t , a pntl' tl'l' '.Hllll Ct rn lltjll'-~ltrt• .tnd 1 l'ltl'IIY. und lti ~ ltlr d:tll g't'l'Olh tu uur lth e rltt'~ (a~ wt·l.l a~ ]Jvcs) <leba .. iu~ part of our ldlnw t'l'l':tt 11 r(•.; IH'Inw llll'll, nucl orrupltng- till' vtrt11 :wd moml'1 of til\• r!'-t • and j, Ia \ 1ug- thL' basi.., of' that Jib •rty " ~' cont •tulcd for (antl \\ hwh we pray th; \llll i"hty to coutinuc to the latc~ l po~tc nty). upon n. \'cry \~ron ~ inundation. \\\ 1 ltl•rt•Jur;: l't'-..oh 1' , at nil t illll'l'l, to u-..c our utrunsl t'lldl':l\ Ol'!:-1 ~or ~h e m.tlllltllissinn 1.1f our -.!an·~ in tlti~ Colon~. upon th' most snl' nlld c' quJtnlllr luotrng lor thl! 111 ,1,: r lllltl tlt t> IIl ... •I\ C'i." Tiro linn. ~tr. neid, of tlti :-; ~tate Ill :t :--pcl'clr d ·lirerctl iu F\·h. 1 1 :2tl, "": ~: ,: 1 am nol th1· pnnr ~ .Hi~t of l--.la\cr.y. r.L i~. 1111. tttlll:d',tr:tl :-,lalt-, n d:ul rlun.l, "hic'h ob-.cttl'l':-1 h:tlt' thl' lustn· of our free tnstttuttoll!--. I• or my own pall, thou~h Blll'l'lllltltll•d by ~lar e r y f'rotll my cnullc Lo the pr '~ ·nL lllOilH:nt, yrL " , 1 1t il t, tlu' t m )(' h or sl' n i 1 (' h n n, 1", I I o a I I 11 • t h c !-I. t' t' :-; " It o c r i 11 g ' a r n nn d. ' ' ' A · :~n :u· ·oinp:IIlllll •rJt lo tlw~c ]ina..; h might ltfl.YO utter d tl1c c: 1 I would not lra,·r n. sla\'<' to till my ~ro nnu; To ' :tiT\' Ill!' to l';ut 1111• \\!tile I . ll't 'P 1\ 11 d t r l'.llt II It' w h l' n [ w a k c , f'o r n ll tIt e \\' c : tl t h Th.lL sill'\\:i lwughL and :-,old Jttt\' ' '\ ·r '<li'LH'(l." Tllll 1t:t\' \\'l' pre" nt <1 a cornpr 'h C' n ~ i\'t' Hlllllll1:tl'Y or the lllO--tttne· quinwal HIHl irr l'r:tg:tb]c (t::-;(iillOny ol' ilte :--Iouth against th iniqni O:J, institution uf lllltll:lll ~l:t\'l'I'L \\rl1n.L 11101' can w' say? \Yltat nwrcc .. n \\ • do? \\~ migltt fill a folio Yolum' with f'imilnr extract. ; 1>11L\\ (' tmH forl·go th' itbk · llt r ' lll:tind•r of' our :pace lllll"t uc o •tupictl \\'itlr <1t!tcr nrgum 'nt~. Jn tire foregoing x · rpt~ iH r '\' ':tl'<ll 1.1'4, in lnngua!! too plain to Lo mi'4nn<lerstnod, the important f':t<'L that \'Cry trnly grcn and good man tltc ~,outh Jr:t cv r prodnc d 1tn~, with hop ·f'ul <'Ollfidl'll<'l\ ]ookt:d forward to till tim wh n thiH cnLir • \>nt in nL ·lrall be n :dl'l'lliCrl from lh <·I im an <l tit c·nrs of 141n.v ry. Our uohlc" lf-s:1cril1ciwr foru· f':tt It r'i ltnYo peri'nl'lnu l tlteir· part an<l perform d it \rPll. Tlrl'y h:l\ ~: lai<lns a fonndatio11 a enduring a: tlte ·:trth it:-~ ,H' · in til ·ir d.\·in~ mo· tnent~ th y [ttlmoni"1t('d u · to any out tl1 eir cl :i~n in tlr nplmildiu~ :tnd eompl tiun of tllC nper:t ructur '. Let u~ obey their patriot ic injnu · tiou . . From eaeh of tlw ~ ix. ori ~in~tl ~ onLhern Late· w h::t\'o int J'(HlucL·tl tll~ uw:-;t an1l'nt a~pirnLion~ for lib •r'ty-tllc n10sL po:-;itivc coll<lcnruntion"of !;-.]a\ ery. From each of' tl1e llinc sht\'C Htatc, \rlt ich haYC l>cen:ulmit tel into the L.. niun sinct' tlt' organization of th' General Uu,·crmnent we couhl introuu , from : \'Cral of t1wir "i. csL nnll b t ciliz n.:, nuu 113 l·l\"en' ... cntilll " llt~ C<pwJly n · 'trong an<l con\ in ·in rr ., . tl I .., • • ""' H to~' t taL ema- Il'" ted from tire great. l'omHl 'l' • >f our IIIO\ 'Il l 'llt-\\ :t 1 · • 1 • ll l l;.;loll ,J •jl'll'">O il ~Indi ... un P:rtri ·J... li ·nry and tl1 • n andol rll1 ·• 1\o.! 1 ' - ' '' o t:t \" ' ah·l'a<ly r..:uuu-k~<1, IHH~ '\. r .. tl1 Jimi~: of tltis ·h:rptt:r will nut, adlllit ot' tlr intrutluction o1 :uldtt ronal t stuuony from ith r uf t] 1 old or Ill'\\ ._Ja,· L tntc~. The rea 1 ·r will nuL fail L< ol>:cn·c tltat iu f>i'(' cnti 11 ,r t ] 1.. 1·1 1 1 . ' • b ... ~ , o I< a Jo I-tion dodl'llll'S or tltt Kotttll, wo.lt:L\ b l 'It ·ar •fnl to lll:lkt• ~tl('lt quota-tion" 1 as triuntplta11tly refute 111 e\· ·ry {larlienbr, ti io . 11101'(' ~flt;<'IOll ~ophi trie-, ()r tho oligar ·lty. Th m 'llt i.on of the illu~trimto..; naurPs abon' l'Clllind~ u~ of tit. t:tct th:lt ~n:wy .ol tlt·L' party .11 ·w:--pap ·r~ who e ' ·rwl culuurns ar • t•l 'l'II:tlly ~~.:lltlll~ \\ Illt 'tiup ·r:t!wn :liHl !:!l:ut<ll'J' l ttt \ l un~ a ::-ttred ll. tlt:tl tlr, Whk ~lti p " :1: to b ·. t er 'tl ll\,. ilto \\'a"lli ngton ruud •r tlrat th, 1 >L' Ilin-crat; c hark n·:t'-1 to ~ai l witlt tit' ,J ·ll'•rHon COllli>'l~s 'll l<i tlttl tl I • . ,. : tl \ 110\\- Xvtlting brig wa" to <':trry tho )f:tdi:on cllltrt. 1tnpu l'tl upon ll\ tltl':o.L' Jn(lu-.trous fal:->l'lwnd:-< \\' l!:l\ ', from tilll to ti nt' h "l'll indt;<. ·<l to CUJage JHl'-S:tge on acl: of' tlr '.'C <'onupL :uHl ri('J.....ety old hulks. bnt in erery in-..t<UH'L' \\'l h:t\ · IJL'Cn l>:bt'lj s\\ :unpe<l in tltc ·L':t of sla ,·~·n· :'uHl nn: alone irtt1 ·bted fur our lin"':-; to the h.intln --~ of Ilea\ l'll :lllrl t.!t nrt of '-\rim mi n~. \\' a..;J tin•g ton 111C futtiH1er of tit, \\~ bi (r t>' ·tr·t,, . ,J e I}'l 1'::-t I ll the fuundt•J' or tlu.' f) 'lllO<T:ttic part}! Y oltair tlte ftHtlld 'I' ol' ( 'llri-..t-i: lllity. ] In\\· :tlJ!:>ltrd! (io<l forbid tltal, l ll:tll's It •:trl l--ltould alwa' contillll ' to be tit ·i tn<l \1 or dcCL'p ti on-!lt:tl It\ ~~ltnuhl \(' I' Ill' to otlte'l the:wtipodt• of \\!tat lto is to ltilllclf'. _1'1rcr: b 11( 1\\ .i:t illi::~ cunnl.r} lHIL one "l'll-orrruniz ll part} that. pro­m 'l""1 111 gootl Luth to put Ill prudi<· Lit' prin eiple.., ot' \\ :tsltin~tnn, .J ·Jl'r ... un Jfadi-..on and tlto otlter ' nu·:d>lc Father-; ol' t1 10 Hl'llltbli(·­the n\:puLlican par(j. To tlli ' party \\' I pl dg \ \llh\\ ·n itltr ~Ill ·gi:llll'C "olon~ a · it :...IJ:dl COlltiJI{J to (>tll' .... tl til I :--tatism :t(l\()(':\.t <1 by tlt(. crreat JKJlitieal prntot ypl'S abo\' •-rn •ntionctl, but no longet·. \f b~li ' \ 7t. j-4 a'itonght to bl', th 1 tlt:sir<·, the tl ell'l'lllinntion, fi.IHl tlw dC' ·Iill} of tlti~ fl!ll'l,r to crj\ t' ( ltC <h•atJt-]J]OW to i'Jan•ry ; HilULJ]d fut Ill' de\ '!Oj> lllL llt • Jlr11re the party al \':tri:tnc wilh tlti"i l>eli -1'-a. h •lief ln tli hy '' hiel1 it Ita· I'(.'('t:lll]y in-.;pir \<l in i.IJ brea~t~ or littl ]c .... :-; ;lt:l;l Oil\ antl :\ lralr million of tit<.' 111o:...L inl ·11ig nt nnd patriot it' vo r: in .i\m rica-\\ , H!t:tll 'h: ke ofl' tltc du'>t of onr feet ng:tin..;L it, nnd J<>In one i.llilt "ill, in u ·rmma!')' Inanner 'xtirpate the int o] rahle gricranc ,,