The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852, 1844-09-25

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this contest, all pretensions to the high honors Of
the union. Fill no Office under the General Gov
ernment except In the Legislative Halls. This
will be no sacrifice, for no SON of yours WILL what
ever be his merits, ever fill the Executive Chair
until your wrongs are righted, until you shall be
respected as equals in the government, and until
the whitening scorn of the Legislative Assepp' =
shall Danish from thcir>hoors your calumnio - H.
cusers. ss e. n
do not say that you ought not to joip,S ar,I
zealously and with all your might, In the choic
chief magistrate of the Union; but let it not be
IN support OF Southern aspiraut which, ut this
time, will weaken, distract and mislead you-
Support always the candidate most likely to
tain your own and your countries interest l
speak not of Carolina alone but of all the Southern
Statcs-givc your whole and undivided weight to
the men aud the party opposed to your opPrcs-
sors, and claln no Office for yourselves BY this
unambifious course you may gain some weight in
the nationa! counclls-at present you have none.
The people of the west, Notwithstanding some
little apparent alienation, which has depended
vastly more on the movements of men than on
principles and which, therefore, cannot last long
arc your natural allies Let the south and the
west combine with the democracy of the other
parts of the Union. The west have at present
abundant to open their eyes to the evils they
suffer from tariff and abotion,-eombi Cor
hese powers axe closely united, aud together have
u,ut out the iamentable result 10 which / al
Nudc. II Prf+'dasee had epsbled ih,SS " Wess 20
God coulJ sas} lss,s; 81 .xsat would rse thsm @
wealth and security and power they opCht to have
desired FeSasse Bnt they themselves by these
unholy combinations entirely and heartlessly de-
prlvcd Of these great blessings All the South
Western States (by which mean all South and
West of the Ohio Riycr) arc of our blood and lin
cage; their Institutions or less Southern,
and their interests are really the same as those of
the South. There is reason, therefore, to hope
that long shall stand as we were wont to
do, in our country's more liberal and pamy days,
side by side in political movements. BY this
natural alliance III former times the high
handed power of that same people that now op-
press you, put down. This was the policy of
Jefferson and this formed the great Democratic
party of the Union That great bond is now
fcarluy shattered, and almost severed by tariff
and abolition combinations, and will altogc-
thcr perish if these combinations be not resisted.
Look ut the great Democratic family of the North
mud East, how it hobbies along in q spritlcss para
lytc movement, like that of the halt and the lame :;
look at the great and good old dominion, how it
has sunk aid fallen, how its glory has gone down
look at your own shameless Southern dcscrtions
What is the cause Of this deplorablc condition of
that general gloomy discomfort and uncertainty
winch prevail among the people concerning their
political movements; Of the infdcty so shame
fully exhibited by their representatives, who have
substituted the little schemes Of faction and per-
son1l resentment for the great interests Of their
country! You sec Southern Senators voting for
n tariff which they themselves have repeatedly
condemned and rcprobatcd, and Western Scna-
tors against the annexation Of Texas, which their
constituents, to n man, anNiousy wished to ac-
quirc. What is the cause Of those gloomy clouds
which lour in the political sky; Of that fearful
dread which all good men suffer Of fatal disrup-
ton oi our noble Institutions? Dark as this pic
tnre uiay ts. aud certany is, exclude hut single
hs aeens I'M ,hs s,ass, nss
n few hs scrsgrown capitalists. the COVER
nors Of power looms and spinning jcnnies, and a
very small number of reckless, fanatic abolitionsts
and all will be hight and life. We shall imme-
dately see the sky bril- ghten and the clouds dis
pcrsc. We shall discover free and profitable
and increasing commerce. feeding and sustaining
prosperous agriculture; high prices for the pro-
ducc of the soil, and cheap supplies for its cutiva
tors, with union, harmony and fratcrtna love bind
ing together the people of the whole country
The good old Democracy triumphant, and the
motley band of Whigism-"Hcrc n bit of black
stone, and there bit Of whitc'-hng its head
in fccblcness and defeat The whole Union hou-
rishing, and the South, loyal, conented and hap
py. Texas bounding and Strengthening our bor-
dcrs and increasing our wealth and greatness. In
the name of God, what fatuity has the
people, that they do not discover the petty and
odious thraldom in which they are bound and by
which the greatest boons and blessings Of Prov
dcncc threatened with entire subvcrson, and.
even in effect turned into curses. But, to return
from this too long but interesting DEPRESSION, in
which we have looked with kind Of prophetic
vision, VIC think, on what VIC hope to sec realized
at no distant day. When three four States
shall arise with unhinching front, and unite hear
tly and rcsoutcly, others will speedily join them,
and our relief WILL in all likelihood be pcaccably
accomplished and the Union preserved Yet let
not this blessed hope be relied upon with conf
dencc, but anticipate a worse result, and be pre-
pared to meet it.
But shall we put at hazard that Union which
we so much love and honor, in which we purchas-
cd partnership with many sacrifices. and be
forced out of it by that very people against whom
we have heretofore defended it! 1t is, in my
opinion, lamcntablc truth, that that hazard must
be met and it is idle, and even dangcrous to hes
tate in avowng it as the possible result, however
much we may dcprecatc it. There worse
evils than disunion, and can hardly doubt that
VIC have been long suffering under them. But il