Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-04-12

lation of The rights Of sovereign ana 'noo'
pen.len. States, or na''onS, and' o' c''se.
ousnce, in direct and positive contFa'eh'o"
of international law. l.,
Tn. aboIi,ionists. By warring agait S: the
r;ol,s and sovereignty ofthe S'ate' cnc"o'~
,1s , vola,ion of the national faith, sane I'm
,b', ipfrac,iou OF law, and endanger me STA
bi,i,y and integrity Of the Federal Un,on'
In taking this ground ito adopt the LAM
puage Of one of the most original thinkers
and energetic writer's of tho age they
thu, aboli!ion s,s--set the law at defiance
and arc either mob or band ofinsurrcc.
,ionis,s. In taking this ground they justify
all the lawless violence against which they
have so vchemen,Iy decla med. If one
class of tbs community may set the laws al
de6,nce, why may not another II ;h'
aboli,ionis,s may Set at nought the Hterna-
,ional law, which gives the slave holding
States the exclusive jurisdiction otthe slave
question, why not other citizens say they
have a right, by mob law, TO prevent, them
if,hey can, from doingt? 1t we've not diff
cult to coavct the abolionises ofPreachnS
the yery doctrines the mobocrats attempt to
reduce to practice. They ought not, there.
fore to think It strange tha, they have been
but in too many instances the victims OF
lawless violence. When a portion OF the
community take it into their heads that they
! are wiser than the law, and commence the
performance of acts in conirlvention Of law.
they ought to be aware that they open the
door TO every species oflaaless violence, un.
chain the Tiger, and must be in werabe for
the consequences"
What mus, be the certain and inevitable
tendency Of the abolition movemen', and
what its moral and political results, If It's
progress shall be onwa,d AMI lis march be
lhrous shout the Union2 The consequences,
alas! must be but too apparent and apPal.
| ing to all who prize the Union-a'l who love
America. Tae efforts of the abollson's!s.
whether triumphant or no', cannot fail to
rock the b .tllemen,s, If not rive the foundd.
,ions Of the Republic. In the name OF hb
er,y, they seek to overthrow her last for.
iress,--,he American constitution. ln the
name Of patriotism, they strive to revolution.
ne and uproot the very foundations OF our
Federal system. And IN the name of hu.
manity, they would tear down the prop and
pillar of the las, fond hope Of human kind
the sovereignty of these United States! Such
is the political character and tendency Of
the abolition movement. But this is no
all. There are fearful moral evils
involved in the designs Of the abotionis.s
TIE violat on Of law an1 Of pighted filth.
Nay more--a'Iied 10 abotionism is bind,
reckless, feverish, fanaticism. The wild,
en,huiastc, and impetuous spirit which kin.
died the fires of Smi,h6eld, and strewed the
plains Of Palestine with the corses of the
Crusaders, stands with lighted and uplifed
,orch-hard by the side of abo|itionism,
ready 10 spread conaagra,on and death
around the land.
Bn to return to the subject Of slave"y, aud
of,he ri ,ht Of petition, as relates to the Dis.
,ric.. The question will be asked, no doubt,
if,he citizens Of the States have no ie.ni.
mate right to petition Congress on the sub
jec, of slavery in the District Of Columbia,
and if Congress are not bound to receive
such petitions, why is ii that SO many thou.
sands have signed petitions ofthis cbarac.
ter The reason is obvious, cir. The
prime movers in abolition proceedings, and
the great body of the in,c;l'gen, signers to
abolition petitions, belonging 10 Ihe Federal
school in poi ics. They ar, consolidation.
lsts, and rcpudiate the doctrine Of State
Rights. They regard the powers Of The
Federal Government as omnipo'ent. Hence
they believe the Federal Legislature not
only have the power to abolish slavery 10
the D;s.ric, Of Columbia, but also IN the
Safes. The Federal Or National Bank
parry can believe nothing short of this. Sir
ibis whole abolition movement had lis orig.
in Federal heresy. Abolilionism IS the
vertable offspring ofFederalism. 1t looks
to cen,ralz ,,ion for the realization Of is
hopes, and the consumma'ion of ilspurpos-
es. Withdraw from aboli'ionism the sus
tanning arm offs parent Federalism, and It
inev,lbly becomes helpless, and IN despair
falls PROSTATE in the dust. In confirmation
of villa, have JUS! stated, would appeal to
fac,s-ao.orious, undeniabe, incontrover.i.
bic facts. appeal 10 the known and ack.
now,edsed principles Of the Federal party,
| would appeal to the journals of Congress
TO the recorded votes Of the members OF
this House on all test question touching the
suaec, ofaboi;ian. l would app al to the
history of the recen, elections, and esPec ally
10 The election in the State Of New Yor::,
where 1t is we'll known every abollt'onlst
anil free negro voted the Federal or Wig
ticket. Nay, more, would appeal o the
ten thousand abolition petitions with which
a.; han has hren flooded for the last four