Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-12-06

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ns.;tu;ions of another. cren By discussion.
r committed bv foreign State, it is a just
,ause Of war; ifby contedcra'ed State, it's
I lust cause of separation. In c"Acr case
!, is a simple question of eXprdlcncy TO de-
tcrminc when the evil has assumed a char
oc.cr TO warrant resort to the Ultimate re-
medy.
Sach is the rapid progress o.: the spirit
Of abolition in the non-slavc-holdmg ota'eS'
that no human sagacity can tell how soon
tha, period may arrive. We fatally deceive
ourselves, if We suppose its fury abatea;
On the contrary it appears from ne annual
rrnort ofthe American Antl-SIavery Soclc-
tv which assembled at New-l ork IN May
las, that the Abolition Societies had swell
cd in number from 200 TO 523, since the
report of tic preceding year. The Socieiy
triumphant!y boasts OF fits progress. declares
;,s rcIiance on those whom il denomnates
;be ..bone and muscle OF society" tho "hard'
handed. cIcar-headcd free laborcrs and me-
chanjcs Of the NORTH" and that the opposl-
;ion to The aboionists is confined 10 me
head and tail of society purse proud arIs-
iocra.s, and pcnnyIcss protligatcs: 1t then
proceeds with the inluratcd zeal, but with
out the piety, of Peter the Hermit, 10 rally
its partizans for crusade against the slave
.ho!ders, by exclaiming: $ friends and iel-
low laborcrs, the enemy stands openly e pe-
fore us. His foo, is on the neck oi2.5o0,OOO
ofour fellow men. lie assers the right TO
maintain lis position and increase the num-
ber ofhis victims. He bcgs no longer tarors
from the circumstances ofMe case he bold.
i'lv avows slavery to be the best condition OF
the laborar. Such is the enemy we flnd
rampan, amidst our free institutions.
In this strain ofinSoent assumption the
American Anti.Slavcry Society continues
through some fifty pages to denouncc the
slavc.h holders, for the obvious and avowcd
purpose OF holding them upto the abhorrence
of Io Northern people, confidently aftlfm-
ing that the '.yeomanry ofthe land Will unIte
in This question, and identify their interests
with those of the slave" That they viii
"throw away political and scctarlan prcdl:
Iectioas, and stand forth on the broad ground
of human rights" And that from this
class the cause will always gam, and never
lose, till s!aye-holdins shall be SYNONYMOUS
; with ROBBERY in public opinion, as 1t Is III
fact.'
| have long believed that while large por.
ton Of the men ofinleIigence and properly
4 in the Norm, were opposed to every specie:
Of interference with the institutions OF tht
slavc-holding States, the great body:ot the
people, headed by that class OF desperate
E po!i,icans, who hold that no charters arr
sacred, would finally rally under the ban
, ners ofthc aboli;ionis:s and carry every thin:
before them in the elections. When thI
crisis shall arrive, those who now claim 10
Con-russ the constitutional power to cman
cipate the slaves in the District of Colum
, bia. vii. as boldly claim the same power II
, REGARD to the States. Their whole cours
demonstrates that this is the coasummatlo!
at which they are aiming. 1t IS nc!shc
calculated nor designcd;o convert the slave
G holders, but to unite the pcop lie OF tine slave
holding States in favor Of the emancipailcl
6 Of our Slaves. And it is evident that TIN
p. would not conducc, in any respect, 10 tn
, accomplishment of their object, unless by
resort 10 legislative power or physical force
Such being the apparent tendency an
design ofthcse discussions ndProceedInsg>
=, il deyolves upon you to decide what meas
, ur,s shall be adopted to arrest them. Il
r MANY fthc popular meetings at the Souti
, assembled to considerihc subject ofthe pro
$ cecdngs Of the Aboltlon's:s, the States
which those proceedings were carried OF
were called upon to suppress them by pen;
, cnoc,mcnts, and il was declared thai If tn
J redress should be refused, i. would be eXpt
, dicnt for the slave-hoIdng States to meet
Convention to consider the means ofprote'
ting themselves. In alIuding to these pre-
r. cecdincs at the South. the American An
p Slavery Society cxutingly gly declares that n
n legislative body in the non-savcholdIn
States. and but one popular meeting, ha
9 dared to propose penal enactments again
!. the abolionlsts, and yet that the sIaVc-ho''
V inr States shrunk from the execution
,h.ir threatened call OF 4 Convention. Ih
the Society SITS forth as one of its signs
h encouragement, and adds. "'he threat ,
:, crown stale. and its terror can never
! Restored" The intention is finally declare
!, !, Of urging upon Congress the immedIa m,
- abolition of slavery in the District OF Colun
~ % bia, and the hope is expressed That the t
!. blcs of that body will "groan with atenio
If weight Of petitions. " !,
:. ; 1t is quite apparent that as long as IL IL
= halls of Congress shall be open TO the dI
il cussicn of this question, we can have ncit'
;. er peace nor security, and 1t IS SUI MOI
IS apparent, that whenever the federal ieSlsI
" ture shall usurp the power OF emanclpa'lt
:, the slaves in the District OF COLUMBIA, u
h onIv security of the Southern Safes Will Co
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