Columbus Democrat., 1840-10-17
From. the .Nashrille Union.
APPEAL TO THE sou tn.
.NLore startllng dereI0pements.

N ,,on1 tLe documents which were submit ted 70
ia cl,r7ntesyie Convention, was the rematkahIr
l "a tbrllnr letter from Geo. NJ. Ddtas 0l fthhSy-
.,, a." 10 Wr John WiHS, delegate Of the county
,f0ean,e NJ. Willis laid il before tie Convention,
n .n5 made some stronger and eloquent remarkS- ana
rssob,ion was finally adopted 10 incorporate u wan
II ~ nr,ceedinas OF 1.-THE Convention We recommend
II !, "a The pnhic to read this bold and powerful a2'
npoI ID the South, 1t comes from the highest authnr'
ry, There is 10 citizen IN Keystone olohr' VINO
4 !. more distinguished for his tlens and prnclpes
s,ban Mr. Dal4s-nar for his services ia the State 4
National councils. | any Southern can lay down
Nm litter, without emolionl. any citizens oi n.
5CaroIna especially can read il without regfe', ne N
nj made of the penetrable stuff, which should
belong to a Southern man:
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %, lo4o
a Dear Sir:-Your introductory letter o the Ism
II ps, with the Introductory one from Mr.. J. b.
Smith, reached me some days ago, ana IhaVe I'M
8haitntly waited lar moment Of leisure TO fepy 10
Il aThe nroceeding, of the Democratic Stale Con
,pnlion a, Charlottesville on the 9Th o September
" n EXERCISE strong influence upon the pabHc opln-
I'M ot VIRGINIA and may be felt throughout The
whIe South. Indeed they must be regarded, at the
nraSpet time with great interest IN all parts Of HE
roontrv. The politics., the measures and me Sebt-
mepts of YOUR Commonwealth, when loTclbiY ana
agnctly enuucmted are habtuaIy and justly res
perted everywhere. e :.
urhe Nnriherp and Central Democracy ind It
imnlssibe to imagine that in contest sHeh a. ihe
Zone now wasing, they are IN danger o beng deSeh-
ed bg Virginia They have shrugged vigorously
far many years to repress aud su6due, MOI tle ea
ERA doctrines OF '9S alone. but WIN tnen' tle nc"
au5csu, whose aim, however disguised cannon oe
srcon,D,.hed, without snbvering The constitutional
~. me n
SAFES UmiI that lanaticsm called itself to the rel
Ics orFederaism, it was kept powerless' virginia
must have inpcueptby undergone an lneHPhcsoe
revolution of character II she conseu TO embrace, IN
Coordination, Two principles, which, Slh9S, sue mas
uulormy denounced and deserted
0 III is perfectly well known here, that lhe homna-
III ion Of Gen. Harrison, at Harrisburg, was extorleu
M b, he dciatorla violence and inflated promises OF
Aboinonlsts They do not perhaps constitute tne
whole oihe oppo>ton; but they are It's ruilhg ca"e
@ lis master-sprtS and the Presidential candidate ~
natnously their nominee. They exulled, pubhcy
and privately, in their success They are, ID al u'-
III ecliaNs, eager, indehtyabe and controlling dittc
IN tors Of his canyass,-ihey regard hun as their cum
# hnIY selected representative, IN whose eleNaloh
they oresee if not The immediate attainment OF iht'f
M destructive purpose certainly lis rapid advance meni.
NJ They deem the battle theirs, and anticipate reapng
d be only substantial harvest which a victory can
III Yed.
Although il might !be unjust TO say that every
III Wig IS an Abolrlnst, by direction or lndfecton,
HI sobvousy, not unjust to say, thai every wing
wiling 10 iucnr The risk and responsibility OF coune-
natcng snd encouraging them. The mass oi North
i en- and Central Wings are far from hostile 10 then
ptncpes and projects and the lew ol them who
0Heam now, would hasten 10 send 10 their adhe'
son, were Harrison elected or.would cease 10 nave lht
slgilest influence AS on all similar occasions, iht
p'actca effect wpuld be- 10 place the policy, the
power, and the patronage oflhe successful cnmblna-
,9l the hands Of It's most jealous and east scFuPu
ous action. Every Wing would feel, that AboioI
l# lal chaked out road t. trium1h-that Aboh'oI
Ial furnished the efficient paruzans- that Abohllol
IN aaa bied the lotboxes-and that Abolition wa
uul'el to ialr treatment and tolefalion. he "a!
T. winch asceralned Gen. HARRISON 10 be the Presl
geht elect, would not close without proclamation
s& w an Abolition Jubilee.
7 am mol unwilling to believe, that many of III,
9'a'aern Wings cordially hate Abolition hougI
N 1aAlol help suspectIng that some OF them Wout
a% % see raging its threatened storms IN the delu
s's nope OF attaining. amid the general contusln
ae PERSONAL dstincton--cear il is, thai Their par
II sprn IS TOO strong for their palriotlsm Or The,
|# y NY know the fend with whom they have made
ampace or, they are fool-hardy enough 10 take Il
.rf bosom serpent (numbed by Northern blasts
1'ffe l4ngs have been specially prepared to slrik
eFp alo their own system. Surely they canno
l8S imagine, that by assoclaing aud campaign
%aa Abolition, they may check II more etiectn
man BY openly enc. untering Il as an enemy.
.'S tahs 70 curb, guide, soothe or tame IT, 10 ih
W. ana amid the spols Of victory, their gnorshc
~ real nature, OF its delrious ianaiieism. Is a
>4'1'a as tFeacheruus.
Il should be recollected that the Northeil
~ 1ehlTa Democrats have maintained the hgh
sAls' Aholllon for years, actualed solely by
~ aad honorable sense Of Constitutional ooil
s.'oh ana an attachment TO their Southern ofelh
~ ~ Us ascendency could do them no HARM
Hus Is not poison on their palate. HoweFe
d nri"i'ilc and ungenerous it certainly would be
~ o'-hl ilciIllale thet local polllIcs and tran
60 iaeir local leuds, by dlscaIming all cor
Il. ?" me question. by permitting he nsulri
'adrF to pass unmoles,ed through Their Tel
~. and by IeGying to domestic seryude II
~, aeience. Such course, | freely adm
i, - oe dereicuon Of pubic duty. Bot, the
~ :. 1a s1' II Southern Democrats allow then
= an9 e 9s eazeaed aod cajoed nto "elconl,n
~. 'o'ari'ng tins very Ioe whose progress I
'fsoas we have steadily lmpeded if