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Show ) 17! A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. volved. NeVtJJ' pt•,·rnit tJd,q F(Jderal GOV(J,'7WU7~t to j I think I speak the sentiments or my own eonstltueots a~ 'JJ<I-~11 into tile t,·aitorutL8 hands of the .Btcu.:k Jlepubl~can the State or South Carolina, when 1 say so. 'lic£t:ty .. lt has air ·atly dcch~rcd w.ar against you twd you_r I Mr. Crawfot·d of Georrria said: lou ·ttt u Livn~. lt C\'t•ry tlll.y commits acts of war against ' ' you: it bus alrctt«ly compelled you to arm for your de- Now, In regard to the election or a Black Republican rense. Listen to" no vain l>:thi.J)ings," to no treacherous !)resident, I have this to say, and I spe:tk the sentiment of jaru-on a.hout "over~ acts·" they have already been com- every Democrat on this floor from the StH.te of Georgia. mitted. Ddenf! yoursclv~s; the enemy is at your door; we wlll never submit to the inauguration of a 111ack Rc: wait not to meet him ut the hearthstone-meet him at the puullcnn Presl<lent. (Appla.use from the Democratic door-sill and dril·e him from the tcr.::plc of liberty, or pull benches, an\) hisses from the HepuiJiicans.) I repeat it down it; piUars and involve him in a common ruin. sir-and I have authority to say so- that no Dcmocrnti~ . . • representative from OeMgia on thlij !loor will ever submit Scnato~· Clmgman, of North Carohnn, 111 arc- to the inaugumtion of n lllack Itcpui.Jllcnn l'resldcnt. cent t:;peech, S:l)'l:l that '' thet·e nrc hundreds of (Renewed applu.use and hisses.) . . . 'l'hc most condi ·unioni t in the outh now where there was h<llng of them ILl nre,_sir1 for "equality in the Union or , l !' , · f tl ind ·vendenco out of 1t; ' having losL a ll hope In t.be not ono ten yo art~ ago, nn ( t 1n.~ 111 some o le rormer, I am for "IND~>Ph:ND~>NCI> Now AND IN u~>:P~:No~:scs State · the m 'II who would willingly sec the I<'on~~:v.E~t!" Union dissolYctl arc iu the majority. In con- Mr. Gn.rtt·ell, of the same Stnte, saitl : sitlering the PI'Ope r cause fot· di · union, :Mr·. Just so sure as the Repui.Jlican party succeeds In elect- Clingma.n continues: lng a sectional man, upon their sectional, Anti-Slavery plat form, I.Jreathing destruction and death to the rights or In my Judgment, the election of the Pre ·idcntin.l ca.n- 111y people, just so sure, in my judglllcnt, the time will didate of the Ulack c:wse. . . . Repui.Jlicao party will furuish that have come when the 'out h must and will take an unmis- No other 11 ored act" can so lrnpcrn.tively demand r esistant ·e on our part as the t;imple election of their candidate. '!'heir organbmtion is one of avowed hostility, and they coonc again:;\, U;l as ljl/emie8. • • . 'l'lie ohj ~: ctio u~ arc not personal merely to this Senator (:\tr. cwanl), lmt apply e<tu;Lily to n.ny mcmuer of the party eh:ct~: d hy it. lL lm~ , In fact., been sugge!:ltcd tbnt, as a matter of prudence, for the firHt election t.hey should choose a southern frct•-sollt:r. Would the Colonits have suhmitt ed more williugly to llencdlct Aruold tlmn to Lord Cornwallis? )[!-. Cuny, of Ahtbnma, n membe r of the Ilouse of R cpr e:cntn.tiYes , in a rece nt speech, says : However distasteful It may be to my fl'iend from New York (:O.Ir. Clark), however much It may revolt the public sentiment or conscience of thi!l country,1 am not nshamed or a frn.id puhlicly to u.vow that the election of Will iam H. Seward or 'almon l'. Chase, or any such rcpresenLntlve of the ltcpuhlican party, upon a sectional platform, ought to be r •si:>ted to the di~ruption of every tic that uinds this Conf<!dcracy together. (Applause on the DemocraLic elde of the House.) Mr. Pngh, of the sn.me State , 111ade a speech in the Uou:se, in which he said: If, with the chn.ract('r or the Government well defined and the right~ ami pririlegcs of the pa•·ties to the compact clearly asserted by the Democratic party, the lllack Republica n~ get po ·session of the Government, then the question Is fully prcsenLcd, whether the Southern States will remain in the Union, as subject and degraded colQnics, or will they withdraw and establish n Southern Confederacy of cocctual homogeneous sovereigns? In my judgme nt., the l:tttcr is the only course compatible with the honor, equality, and safety of the South· and the sooner It is known and acted upon the uetter f~r all parties to the compact. 'l'he truest couservaLism nnd wisest statesmanship demand a speedy termination of a ll association with such confcrlemt.cs, :tnd the formation or another Union of States, homogeneous in populaLion, Institutions Interest::~ and pursuits. ' , ~fr. Moore, of the same State, said: I do not concur with the declaration made yesterday by the geutlemau from Tennessee that the election or a U_Iack J_tcpublican to the Presidehcy was not cause for a du;solubon of the Union. When ever 11 President Is elected by a fanatical majority !lt the North those whom I rcpre~ nt, a.s I believe, and the gallant State which I in part represent, arc ready, let the consequences be what they may,_ to fall back on their r eserved rights, and say, "As to tins Union, we have no longer any lot or part in it." Mt'. Bonham, a membet· of the Tiousc from South Carolina, said: tak;tblc and decided action, and that then, '' Itt> who dall ies is a dastard, and he who d oubts is damned." I need not t ell what I, ILS n Southern lllltn, will do-l think {may safely speak for the masses of tl1c people of Georgia - that whcu that event happens, they, iu lilY j udgment, will eo n~idcr It an overt act, a dcclaraLion of war, and meet inltnediately in convention, to t.akc into considerat ion t.hc mode and mcasur·e of r cdrc~s. '!'hat i~ uoy posi. t lou; nud If that be treason to the Ooverru11(:nt, make tbe mo::,t or it. Mr. McRae, forme rly Governor of Mis issippi, now a m e mber of the House of R presentativcs, recent1y spoke in that body a.s follows: I said t6 my constituents, and to the people nt lht! capital of my State, on my way he re, that if such an tvcnt did occur, while it would be the ir duty to dl!termine the course which the State would purHul', it woul1l be my privilege to counsel \vith them as to 11 fl at I hclicved to be the proper course; and I said to tltcu1, what 1 suy now, and will always say in such an cyent, t.lutt 111y couustl would I.Je to take independence out ot' the Union tn preference to the loss of constitutional rights, 11nd consequent <legradation ar~d dishonor in lt. 'l'h•Lt 18 my posi· Lion, anti it is the position which I know tl1c Democratic party or the State of Mi s:;is~ ippi will uminta in. Mr. De Jnrne tte, n m embe r of the llouse from Virginia, says : Thus William II. Seward stands be fore t h~ country & perjured traitor; nn1l yet that man, with llllntl~ stained with tl1e blood of our citize n~. we nrc ask t d to elect Pre· sident of the United States. You may elect. hin1 Presidcn~ of tho North, but of the South never. Whatever the ~:vent may I.Je, others may ditrcr; but Virginia, in view of her ancient r enown, in view or h t:r illu"~t no us dead, and in view of her sic semper tyra-nnis will re3iSL hls authority. I hu.ve done. ' .Mr. Lenke, also of Virginia, dcclar ::1 : Virginia l•ns the right, when she pl eases, to withdraw from tho Confederacy. (Applause from tht: Democrutio I.Jeuche~.) • . • That is her d oct-rine. Wo will no~ fight In the Union, but quit it the instant we t hink proper to do so. Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, says: You fi:Sk me when will the time (for disuni on) come ; when Will the South be united f lL will I.Je when you elect a lll:~.ck Rc pul>licn.n- llalc, cw.ml, or Cliasc-Presideot of the Uulted States. Whenever y ou undertake to place such a man to pr eside over the ci cl! tinies of the uuth, you may expect to eee us uud ivide1l auol indivisi· ulc friends, and to ilee all parties of tl1e Suuth u.rmycd t.o re3ii!L his inaugumtion, We can nevor quietly stand by nnd permit the control of the army and navy to go into the hancl;; of a llla~k Repui.Jiicuu President. Gov. Letcher, of Vircor inia , in. his recent mOd- As to dl.sunlon, upon the election or a mack Repuuli- snge to t h e Legi ·lature of his Statr, avows the ean, 1 can spea.k for no one but myself and tho~:~c 1 l1ave nmkc 't dis uuion and revolutionary A<'ntiments. here the hot1or to represent; and I suy, without hesitation, Iu this tl ocument, he d eclat·cs that if a Rcpu}>. U1at, upon the election of Mr. 'ewa.rd, or any other rn;w who indorses anrl proci<Lims the dvctrincs held hy him ·wd licau Preside n · :S elected iu 18t>u, his party- call him by what name o 1 ·· I ' 1 y favor of an 1uun u t d" ' Y u P caMe - am 0 tis u~clc8H to attempt to conce~tl the f.1ct that, lo the e< u e liiSOiutlon or the Union. And, l>ir, I p rc:~c ut teiU)ICr of the s .mtheru people, it i.!il JLJ't !)( bl a1t<l GARRISONIAN VIE\V OF DISUNION. 173 · "I" The b:trgaln b etween Frcerlom ~tnd Slavrr.v eont11inctlln 'w,,lmtittoll to. The " irrepresFil:le conft lct the Cor;stHutlon of the nlted l'Latcs, is morully all(! po- w/ll1h~ ~-dnllounccd tLnd :ul vocn.tctl hy tile ablt:IIL_ n.nd llitlcally vicious lncon~bt •nt with the prindpll:H on wlllch j .. ~lrin~ •. fl 'II • li ed leader of the lt ... p_ubli_cnn party, 1!1 .~n al nc our llc\·~lution cu.n be justifh•d ; cnlf •l :llld oppres- 1!1''"' ~~ ~~~;~~~·Ilion of w:tr against the lltStllut lon (!f African i~e by rlvetln~ the chains of Sla very ; nnd gro~~ly nneopen d~:c ~~h,l'revcr It cXi!lt!l; anll I would ble dt~h,>y~ltlto ~~u·ti 'Ln<l Impolitic hy admitting that l:wt>~ an~ at once 8l.tVt•ry, I th' s .. utli ir I did not dec are tIll IC ' 'i s to I e k ept In 8UhJ.l'Ction propt'rtr to ht• II ·cured V'rgiu i\ an< c · · uch senti went~ en ern e J ' • t t 1 e I I ' f ·uch a ulan, cntertallltng II • ed b. ' and r eturned to their own •r!!, and persons uo o H' rcpr . elccl •HI o . I, such <hiClrineR, Oti-(Jht to btJ r t>&tsl y i h rn elves uut for whom their ma. tt•rll nre prh I· sud 'tllvo,c;t;;;ll(, States. 'l'he idea of permitting such l~ ~en~~\..,it~ n~ttrly ~double share of n •pr•'sf •ntatlon ;" and IJt~B ave_'~e the cuntrol and direction of the MillY am egll'7tei'<'Ct8 (to quote the language of Wnl. Ellery Chnn· ruan to h·;,c Uuitc<l ~taLeR, and the :lppolntrnen~ of high i ,, "We In the Free Sta'-Cs cannot fly from the shame nj:l~f·iotrl \uHl exccuLive o fficer,., poKtnmsters lllcltu<led, ~ro:~itt of the Institution or f'lavt:ry, while _t hc,:e nr c pro-til c 'too entertailted by tAe Southjor a momen. visions of t ile Constitution blntllng us to !{IV<' It snpp_ort. ~;;e lio n. \.Yilliam L . Ynucy, a le Rding n.n<.l 0;1 this1s~1ujcc~1 ou~ ~~the~~~~~~~~-~~~~~~~fd;~~~ ~~~,~~~~~u~~~~~ romincnL D emocm tic po~iticin.n of Alai..Httna, ~7~~~~vt~t m~o:~l cl~~~~~~ tinm th~y, and must. ~~alk In it. . No p d fot·merly tr.embcr of Cong~·ess from tl.utt I.Jiesslngs of the Uulon can hen. con:J:('n~~tlc~~~ for taking asn t ·o•c the folio winO' lettct· Ill 1858, wlllch part in the ensl aving of our fcllOW-C1ftJilt~~ ('lh(\ ia,:lctyl Sen ) ta e, WI L o . J . 1 lVl , 8 (to c uotc the language o os1.t • ,u , · , the Washington State.~, u. Dcmocmttc ou r.ua' "'I'l L~r~;: of th~ nion is the very sinew of the subjection recently published nndc t· the title of the" c ar- of t;1~ ~laves ; it Is the Shweh?!;tcr's main strengt h ; Ita , contin uance ls his forlorn hope , and 1 f let Letter: ~IOMTOO:KKnv, Jwne 15, 186 . lVILe;·ms (to quote the lt\nguage or Mr. Um)Ie~:~~O< b~ " ,; h l.l! Kentucky ns utter •d on the lloor or ~on~rcss , ~e1 , - DRAR SrR: Your kiud favor of the lot re- solution or the nlon, making the OI_no l~il·c: and " ason 1 d . I Dixon's line the boundary line, IS Lh ~ Ulssolutlon of ce ve . dl n ee with you th~tt a general movement 'st:~< I t had been the common practice fiJr South.ern I bhea~,u.~e ~at will cl ear out the A ugcan lltnhl_e. .If .IVery. t t hll:S floor and say, ' 'J'outh thl~ subJect :nDemocracy were ov erLhrown, it woul<l result Ill glv- men to gc up on I U i as a remcdr.' Their re-le lace Loa realer a ncl huugricr swarm or file:-~. au:l,\;c,~''ll~h~i~s~;t~~lCttl~n o~ ~~e thing whkil they wished lng p remed gof the Pouth is not in such ll procc;~s. It me< Y \\ .ts ILl see il ·" "lml •· ~~l~ diligcftt orgn.ni?.ation or her true meu for pt:ompt to Have, anti any t~ensll>lc man cou f M· A. •;o ld of Ten. ~ealsta.nce to the n ext aggret~slon. H rnu:-JL come 1!: the lVh ~J'ectll (to quote the ;anf~fli·~~~ So~th l:·ts n~thlng l-0 no.ture of thing~. No national party can s,we us I' no nc!lsee, on the Sl~l? oc~n: t1s~olved. for !tll;>posing thu\ sectional P'"·ty c:w ever do it. llut tr we could l o as ~f~~~of\~t'i~~~ ~~ebe ~~~~ted, n lltllltllionfi~~t' 'tlatll'~cosf a~~or~~L~l~ ~ our fathers\lid- orgaui7.e committees of safety all over rise alHI strike for Freedom a le Jr., tlle Cotton ~tates taud it i!l only in them th:~t ~\·e CILn bo >e for any cll'cctive movcn?ent}-we ~hall )'~c Lh~ therefore, I t I advocating the Di~solullon of the So~thern heart instruct the ~outltern llllnd, gl\ c cou ]. RMolvecl, :r lft n .• tilled hy enry precept or rage to each otl:er, au<! at the PuOI' I<:lt •wM~N:, by cntl~e Union, t he Ahohtionistsl art IJU~r moraliLv hy C\·ery claim QI.(Ja1llizecl cottcf>rted action_, 1l'e ('t.U~ precLpttate tO the Oo ·pel, by every pr ~c p t lion i; a. ,•, Covenant with t of humanity i that sue lb a n~ullcd and " an agreement ()otum Stnte-~J into (£ re vo u.twn. , h Fi t1 b Death,, which ough~ to c a , ·rmil to stand; and 'l'ho Idea hag been shad owed fo rth Ill t e' ou 1 .Y with Hell," which a JuSt Cl od cannornt Io1uCr1t citlty of all whc Mr. lturun i has been taken uo nncl rccon1mendell Ill i ti c and para '1'1<6 .tJdverti~:~eJ' ( Publi~herl nt Mont.~,omery. A'lll~~m") , that It Is the ':lpcral vf m blood-gulltinesH, lo dclh·er th4 undtr the name of" League of United Southerner~:~, who, would keep their sou~ r~ o! the spoiler and usher in the kee]>ing up their olu p:Lrty relations on all other que_~- oppreRsecl out of the lU~ lts immediate , over th row l.Jy all Uons will hold the Sou~liern isl!ue paramount, anrl wtll day of Juull·e i to sec lnllu~nce par~ies, lebTislatures, arHl statesmen. I have no rl!5hte~us lnstru~~ ent(llti~~otc the ln.ngungc of Wllli:\m n. time to enlarge but to suggest merely. 2· 1•e8olved, lhn.t It~~ this n.gltation b ucci<lcu tnl, un-ln haste yours, etc., W. L. y .AN CRY. Soward) II they who. t 'f lnt rested or fanatical agitnt~r~, , necesslll'y, the work, o e t .. ke the case ultogethcr : It To J.uus l:l. ~l..A UOUTI£n, .l!:~q. ami therefore _ephemeral, mil;.;; en o posing a ud enduring The JJ[ontgomcry (Ala.) Co1tjvde1·at ~on thus is an Irrepressii.Jic Con~i~\\~ctU~Itelstates mu't and wi ll, gives the record of the leading sceessto n dele- forces . and It means t n. 'i~her entirely a lavc:hol.<ling g·,•tcs ft·otrJ •t,e Ch·,l.rleston Uouvcntion from sooner or later, uec~.rne ~abor Nation. lt is the failure • ~ Natior or entire!y n ree ruth that induces so many un-that State. It l:!tt}'l:! : . to app:ehcnd tins gre~t \ C promlse between the Jo'r -e No one can be deceivetl as to what are the O~J ects ilucccssful :~ttem~ts a~ i~~ th~~:xllltence of thi:! J::reat fa ct of the Charleston Convention. Listen to wbat the~r men and Slave States, an t • d d Compromises, whcn ruade, that renders all such pre en 'r aay" :I want the Cotton SLates precipitated i 0 t o a revolu- vain anc1 cp1 1 e'n era' l · " There ohr eo,w sincerely or v.en1 o ns1 Y Uoo."-lVm. L. l'ancey. ·' G rn 8. Resollved, That no ~at~~~uggling with ~ltle i!'l~nes, in " IC liT ad the JlOwer, I would dissolve Uus ove - any Political J'a.rty may c t itu extension or ot h erwl~e mcnt in two minutes."-.!. T. M or(!GIIt. slve rellltI o n t o )••\ very• to prcvcn dl " w· ithi n th•e ln, 1.1 on anu.1 "Let us urcak up this rl)ttcn, stinking, and oppres cripple its power, while sta~on~gromlses and r efuHing to Governruent."-Oeoroe GOIIJle. _ sancLionlng its ~)ro-Slave:y i P ositiou \ 1 mora lly indc- " Resistance ! Resistance to death against the GoT ntL'lCk Lhe Institution itselfd ~ P nd·ltion. ils le~tirnonit'!l ernmeut Is what we want now. " -.D(.Itf)id llul.JbMd. fer;!!II.Jlc; It rests up~n a sa~ Yle 0 ~atai to tl;e cause or lii.J· are powerless, and lts exn p su ort AN ANTI-SLAVKRY VIKW OY DISUNION. erty: hence we cann~~ t~~e~t :nrhou~~nd .times thttt all d b ';V 4. Resollved, 'l'hat c l ' rated by n conrurr\!_nce of The following Resolutions, prepare Y . m. North America should be obi tc a dead rcvcnf:lllJ; sea Lloyd Garrison, were adopted nt a Conventton the Atl:lnLic and l'acific Oceans, n~fler all' our light anu Of the noll-vot1· 11g Abolitionists (better known over burled Cities, than thu.t we,ving the truth thnt ~ave I Liberty should live only by rcmo Ic to a t!'rri!l<:d :tnl1 as Garri onians) , at Albitny, New-York, on t te us bcin'g, or should set t 1 he e~~~~~"' and daring to exUlt 2d o f F e b ruary, 1859 : strugg1 1u g w o.r ld of ad Nat etnlf ice da opp"r cw· on. " W7~r'ta8 (to quote the laniuag~ of John Qwncy AdalllB), only by austo.med o.n sane |