The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1849-08-04

sNi"S VI Gsl"o''ShihS otheI PRESSES
In. II the South. We suggest to them that
theirs work may be better accomplished in
another form. Anti.siavery presses, under
tSs name, can accomplish little for their
cause. To say nothing of the peril of those
engaged in the enterprise, the Southern
people forewarnedi = would be " forearm.
ed ~. Kno~ing Abe purpose designed, they
would be prepared 10 resist its execution.
The wisest policy these fanatics can
adopt, is to send out ll,eir Emissaries, who
may, by Disgusting their purposes, succeed
eln placing themselves in charge of Sou.h-
ern political presses. A little caution and
.clrcumspection is all that is necessary for
the success of tho plan. The agents Sc
l.ctcd for the work should be able to dis
avow membership with an Anti-Siavery
Society, whenever interrogated. (And
many of the most uncompromising Free
Soilers could do this with tru,h.) Once in
the editorial chair, let them show the warm
est political zeal, and most unscrupulous
partyism devotion thus will be established
n claim upon party sympalhics and graft
tude, upon which strong reliance may be
placed in case Of an emergency, during
subsequent operations. In fur,herance OF
their great object, such gentlemen will pro-
badly begin with the manifestation OF great
National patriotism, followed by ardent love
of the Union, exhibited in frcquen. quota.
tions of Wasbington's Farewell Address.
They will of course assail with fiendish
malignity, under the odious names of &" Ag-
1ators" and Disunionist," all who take
firm and prominent stand in behaIfof South.
ern rights-wcll knowing that the Aboli-
tionists Will have accomplished hall their
work, when they can induce the Southern
peopio &c withdraw their confidence from
their true friends, their wiscst and most
yigilant counscl!ors! They will scent
with the keencst smell any thing making
its appearance in Southern presses, or com
ing f:om Southern men, tending 10 invali-
date the claims Of the South, and TO discour-
age her in the mantainance OF them. Such
expressions Of sentiment will be eagerly |
renublished as an indication of feeling |
among shareholders. BY frequently quo
ting from each other, qui,e an impression |
may, in this way, be made, and the opinion
conveyed to the North that there is a very
powerful minority in the South who are op-
posed 10 the extension of slavery. They
will not advocate Abolition; they will only
proyc 10 us how much better off are the |
free than the slave States. They can nev-
or find To1fo in their columns for vindi-
catiop;1 the South, however temperate.
MheR called upon by unsuspecti1g patrons
tofepuhlish such a production as GElwood |
Eisher's, they will be able to discern in it
Tariff or anti.Tarif' views, which their
political views will not allow them to cir
culate. On the other hand, speech from
HeEto1 will be hailed as perfect God send !
its sssncks upon Southern men glonted over
with Eanuibal appetites, and its arguments
ngainststhe South lauded and republished
'asthe perfection Of logic! Propose to them
any plan by which the South may become
united and powerful, and you are met with
numberless objections-you are told that
me time for faction has not come-that
there Is no danger-that this or that man
having been elected President, trust him
and ail wilt 60 well. Peace, peace, is their
Ey. The South is lullcd into fancied Sc
enrity, and any one who would arouse her,
are denounced as traitors to the Union.
IEIen1pli Gratia. We refer to the Au-
gnsta Chronicle & Sentinel. Our portrait
ls perhaps not well executed. but we are
sure no one acquainted with the original
Wo9id fail to recognize it. That paper is
.sait 70 be edited by DR.. Lee, late from Yves.
torn New iork-a writer Of fine talents.
~ is truly Model Anti Southern paper."
published in the South. We have pcrused
aEregllarly for months with startling inter-
sesh We hesitate not to say, what we con-
eclentiously believe, that an Abolition pa
spef', a'nder that name, in every town in Geor.
gia, would not accomplish SO much, for the
EIln OF the South, as this one sheet. The
feaders OF avowed Abolition papers know
what they are perusing, and are prepared
70 question lis soundncss; but the multi.
tgde, suspecting nothing. swallow Aboli-
tloaisnn, disguised as 1t is in Southern pa.
per, perer dreaming that It's effect will be
~: destroy their antipathy to Northern ia
.,lattelAsh and sooth Them into the most list.
len indifference as 10 their ital interest.
~ ,ss,., Tallahassee F2oridiap.
s SogTHERN PARTY PoLrr1cs.--We no
4 stacs ,thaifhe Gsorgia Democratic stats Con.
ssentiof, ses its late meeting, unanimously
a.